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| Rules |
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your depth of understanding of the game;
some examples of rule interpretations etc
(Only teams, drivers, NASCAR
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Nascar
History from Nascar-Info; trace the story from 1794 .
"Of course, that's a whole century before the
invention of the automobile, but it was the year
of the Whiskey Rebellion....."
Know Your
History from Nascar.com; decade by decade, great races,
50 greatest Drivers, past champions
Evolution of the Stock Car
"Throughout the 53-year history of NASCAR, its race
cars have been transformed from road-going, lumbering true "stock"
cars into the sleek, technologically advanced machines that we see
today on ultra-modern speedways...."
Sand
to Asphalt the tracks, the Drivers,
the Legends from All-Sports-Posters.
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Taking part |
ways
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Technical |
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Science of Nascar
from Nascar .com - crew chief experiences, computer simulations,
adjusting 'shocks' .. "When a spring goes into
compression, you have to have something slowing it down when it comes
back out."
Science behind matching cylinder heads
200 mph
technology - how stock cars work; driving, aerodynamics,
the engine, crashing, tyres
How Nascar race cars
work from 'How Things Work'; the frame, body, matching the track,
tyres etc
Keeping track of Nascar - "The technology
driving telecasts just might surprise you."
Getting a head start "NASCAR bans high-tech
wizardry during the races. But teams shoot the works before the green
flag drops on Sunday"; Popular mechanics
explains the high tech available to drivers.
Using Nascar in
schools to learn about a range of topics
What can Nascar teach us about
business? an article from Slate
Nascar -The Imax experience
Social Science at 190 mph complexity theory on the racetrack
Helicopters borrow
Nascar windscreen technology - Science Blog
Nascar Knocked by
Lead-heads - JunkScience.com; science and safety v. environment
Safety
How Nascar
Safety Works from 'How Things Work'; the car, restrictor
plates, drivers gear, HANS device, track ..
Pushing the limits of Speed and Safety - National Geographic
interview with Gary Nelson, managing director of research and
development of Nascar Lab Tech, - the drivers space
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Coca Cola 600 a
six hundred mile race - the longest regularly-scheduled motor race conducted
over an oval circuit anywhere in the world -.held annually at Lowe's Motor
Speedway on Memorial Day weekend.
Background from
Wikepedia, including past winners
Lowe's Motor Speedway
directions, maps, parking, etc;
news
Coverage by
Nascar.com, Race2win
Team
news from Home Depot Racing
Tickets
from Tickco
MBNA
400 "A Salute to Heroes" run on a 1 mile concrete track known as
"The Monster Mile"
Dover International Speedway,
parking, directions,
news, history,
Coverage by
Racing One,
run
in June on the unique Pocono 2.5 mile track features three turns, each with
its own degree of banking and three straights of different lengths
Pocono Raceway
maps, directions,
history, news
Daytona 500. "The Superbowl of Nascar"- 200 laps, totalling 500 miles. The current 2.5 mile track, with 31-degree banking in the corners, was completed in 1959 by mechanic, racer and founder of Nascar, William France, and replaced an earlier course that used 1.5 miles of highway, before turning and returning along the beach. See Nascar.com for more detail
Brickyard 400 - the
name is based on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's nickname, "Brickyard";
the oval track surface was initially made up of over 3 million bricks.
