Category: Las Vegas
Engine Blowups: A Consequence of the Testing Ban?
03/01/09 | by diandra ![[mail]](img/envelope.gif)
| Categories: Engines, Materials, Las Vegas, Grip, Roush Fenway Racing, Michael Waltrip Racing, Brian Vickers, Horsepower, Testing, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota, Michael Waltrip, David Reutimann
| Categories: Engines, Materials, Las Vegas, Grip, Roush Fenway Racing, Michael Waltrip Racing, Brian Vickers, Horsepower, Testing, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota, Michael Waltrip, David Reutimann The stock car science blog has been a little behind due to a really big project I've been working on that has taken up every spare moment of writing time the last few months. The good news is that there (finally) will be an announcement at Texas Motor Sp… more »
The Science of ...G-Forces
04/13/08 | by diandra | Categories: Las Vegas, Safety, Texas, Michael McDowell, Jeff Gordon, Force, acceleration, Black Box
| Categories: Las Vegas, Safety, Texas, Michael McDowell, Jeff Gordon, Force, acceleration, Black Box UPDATE 4/18/08: NASCAR.com has a very nice interview with Dr. Dean Sicking of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln about the SAFER barriers and how they functioned during the McDowell crash discussed below.
As the FedEx commercials say, "The questi… more »
The Science of ...Tony Stewart vs. Goodyear
03/13/08 | by diandra | Categories: Las Vegas, Tires, Goodyear, Atlanta, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
| Categories: Las Vegas, Tires, Goodyear, Atlanta, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. We’ve established in Part I and Part II of this series that there are many factors that go into tire performance, some of which Goodyear has control over and others of which they don’t.
Goodyear has to determine the combination of tire compound and con… more »
