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The Physics of NASCAR
Author | : Diandra L. Leslie-Pelecky |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0525950532 |
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Draws on the author's expertise in physics, as well as interviews with mechanics, pit crews, and other insiders, to trace the life cycle of a race car and offer insight into the scientific aspects of high-speed racing, in an account that also explains how drivers survive dangerous accidents. 35,000 first printing.
The Physics of Nascar
Author | : Diandra Leslie-Pelecky |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2008-02-14 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781101213940 |
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A physicist explores the science of speed racing and the #1 spectator sport in America in the perfect gift for both NASCAR and science fans. Every NASCAR fan—at one time or another—asks the same question: Why isn’t my favorite driver winning? This is your chance to discover how much more there is to NASCAR than “Go fast, turn left and don’t crash.” If you’ve ever wondered why racecars don’t have mufflers, how “bump drafting” works, or what in the world “Let’s go up a pound on the right rear and add half a round of wedge” means, The Physics of NASCAR is for you. In this fast-paced investigation into the adrenaline-pumping world of NASCAR, a physicist with a passion uncovers what happens when the rubber hits the road and 800-horsepower vehicles compete at 190 miles per hour only inches from one another. Diandra Leslie-Pelecky tells her story in terms anyone who drives a car—and maybe occasionally looks under the hood--can understand. How do drivers walk away from serious crashes? How can two cars travel faster together than either car can on its own? How do you dress for a 1800°F gasoline fire? In simple yet detailed, high-octane prose, this is the ultimate thrill ride for armchair speed demons, auto science buffs, and NASCAR fans at every level of interest. Readers, start your engines.
The Physics of NASCAR
Author | : Diandra L. Leslie-Pelecky |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Stock car racing |
ISBN | : 1429597380 |
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Draws on the author's expertise in physics, as well as interviews with mechanics, pit crews, and other insiders, to trace the life cycle of a race car and offer insight into the scientific aspects of high-speed racing.
The Physics of Nascar
Author | : Diandra L. Leslie-Pelecky |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Stock car racing |
ISBN | : 032983018X |
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Explains the physics of race car driving, focusing on how NASCAR stock cars are engineered and the applications of engine power, aerodynamics, and tire grip capability.
Physics of Nascar
Author | : Diandra Leslie-Pelecky |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Stock car racing |
ISBN | : 1322753598 |
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Driving with the Devil
Author | : Neal Thompson |
Publsiher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2009-02-04 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780307522269 |
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The true story behind NASCAR’s hardscrabble, moonshine-fueled origins, “fascinating and fast-moving . . . even if you don’t know a master cylinder from a head gasket” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). “[Neal] Thompson exhumes the sport’s Prohibition-era roots in this colorful, meticulously detailed history.”—Time Today’s NASCAR—equal parts Disney, Vegas, and Barnum & Bailey—is a multibillion-dollar conglomeration with 80 million fans, half of them women, that grows bigger and more mainstream by the day. Long before the sport’s rampant commercialism lurks a distant history of dark secrets that have been carefully hidden from view—until now. In the Depression-wracked South, with few options beyond the factory or farm, a Ford V-8 became the ticket to a better life. Bootlegging offered speed, adventure, and wads of cash. Driving with the Devil reveals how the skills needed to outrun federal agents with a load of corn liquor transferred perfectly to the red-dirt racetracks of Dixie. In this dynamic era (the 1930s and ’40s), three men with a passion for Ford V-8s—convicted felon Raymond Parks, foul-mouthed mechanic Red Vogt, and war veteran Red Byron, NASCAR’s first champ—emerged as the first stock car “team.” Theirs is the violent, poignant story of how moonshine and fast cars merged to create a sport for the South to call its own. In the tradition of Laura Hillenbrand’s Seabiscuit, this tale captures a bygone era of a beloved sport and the character of the country at a moment in time.
He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back
Author | : Mark Bechtel |
Publsiher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2010-02-08 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780316072137 |
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On a cold February day in 1979, when most of the Northeast was snowed in by a blizzard, NASCAR entered the American consciousness with a dramatic telecast of the Daytona 500. It was the first 500-mile race to be broadcast live on national television and featured the heroes and legends of the sport racing on a hallowed track. With one of the wildest finishes in sports history -- a finish that was just the start of the drama -- everything changed for what is now America's second most popular sport. He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back is the story of an emerging sport trying to find its feet. It's the story of how Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison, Cale Yarborough, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, A.J. Foyt, and Kyle Petty came together in an unforgettable season that featured the first nationally televised NASCAR races. There were rivalries -- even the sibling kind -- and plenty of fistfights, feuds, and frenzied finishes. Rollicking and full of larger-than-life characters, He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back is the remarkable tale of the birth of modern stock-car racing.
The Math of NASCAR
Author | : Ian F. Mahaney |
Publsiher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2011-08-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781448826964 |
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NASCAR is one of the most popular sports in the nation. To the untrained eye, it may look like there is nothing more to NASCAR than driving in an oval. However, readers will learn about distance, speed, the math behind pit stops, and so much more through the interesting text and bright design of this book. Readers who want to stretch their brains can try the Figure It Out! boxed insert challenges as well.