Science of Nascar - Stock Car Racing - Physics - Aerodynamics - New York Times

Science of Nascar - Stock Car Racing - Physics - Aerodynamics - New York Times

Less than a foot? Well, that’s the kind of experiment that Nascar fans will be watching for and, maybe, as Dr. Leslie-Pelecky hopes, it will also inspire some future scientists. I don’t recall growing too excited about the old textbook problems involving locomotives lumbering at different velocities out of cities A and B. But I would have paid attention to two cars traveling 200 miles an hour separated by inches.