Drag Racing Hub http://draghub.com All About Drag Racing , Tips, Articles,drag race store and more Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:51:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Ride in ’64 Galaxie wagon drag car http://draghub.com/2010/09/03/ride-in-64-galaxie-wagon-drag-car/ http://draghub.com/2010/09/03/ride-in-64-galaxie-wagon-drag-car/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:51:27 +0000 admin http://draghub.com/2010/09/03/ride-in-64-galaxie-wagon-drag-car/
Here is some video from inside and out of my race car.

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]]> http://draghub.com/2010/09/03/ride-in-64-galaxie-wagon-drag-car/feed/ 25 The Physics of Nascar http://draghub.com/2010/09/03/the-physics-of-nascar/ http://draghub.com/2010/09/03/the-physics-of-nascar/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:14:30 +0000 admin http://draghub.com/2010/09/03/the-physics-of-nascar/ Even though NASCAR started as a backwoods illegal race to run moonshine, it has today evolved into a sport that is not only entertaining but depends on physics too. The obvious element in the physics of NASCAR is the aerodynamic design required by these cars in order to achieve top speeds of near 200 mph with the minimum drag coefficient. But there are other forces involved too such as Newton’s Law of Motion and centripetal force.

Newton’s Law of Motion states that a body will remain in motion unless it is acted upon by some external force. In outer space for example, in the absence of gravity, an object will go on forever. So there are forces that resist the movement of a NASCAR vehicle such as wind drag and another known as centripetal force.

Centripetal force should not be confused with centrifugal force. However without getting too technical, you can think of centripetal force as a real force acting perpendicular to the motion of the moving body. Centrifugal force on the other hand is actually a fictitious force and what we feel as we are thrown outward from a moving vehicle is the reaction force.

Centripetal force in the physics of NASCAR is crucial to keeping a car on the track. The tires of the vehicle provide the friction which is part of the centripetal force. The centripetal force needed to keep the car on the track cannot exceed the square of the speed of the car. To put it in simple terms, if the car takes a turn too fast, the wheels leave the ground and an accident occurs. The physics of NASCAR dictates that turns on the racetrack must be banked in order to increase the friction (part of the centripetal force) to hold the car.

Another component of physics of NASCAR that serves to keep the vehicle with all four wheels on the track during the race is center of gravity. Center of gravity is basically the point where you could balance the car on the top of a flag pole (theoretically). Racing vehicles need low centers of gravity in order to keep the weight close to the track. If a vehicle has a high center of gravity then it can lose control when it hits a turn much faster. Think of an ambulance with a high profile patient area. If the ambulance took a turn too fast, it would topple over. But if its profile was not too high, it could take the turn faster because the center of gravity is lower.

An ambulance needs the high profile in order to get patients in and treat them but the physics of NASCAR dictate the low center of gravity in order to apply more centripetal force and keep it attached to the track on a turn.

Then there is the machining of engine components in the physics of NASCAR that are important for building horsepower with the minimum of friction. You want friction when it comes to centripetal force but you don’t want it inside of an engine. This is why internal engine parts are machined to within very accurate tolerances—much more accurately than automobiles for family and everyday use. Why? It is because you want to minimize friction inside the engine. When engines torque at these speeds, friction is a very dangerous enemy.

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As part of the 2008 PickupTrucks.com Half-Ton Shootout, PickupTrucks.com raced six half-ton pickups from Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, GMC, Nissan and Toyota in a quarter-mile race to find out which truck was fastest. For more information, visit PickupTrucks.com.

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Newtons Law of Motion states that a body will remain in motion unless it is acted upon by some external force. In outer space for example, in the absence of gravity, an object will go on forever. So there are forces that resist the movement of a NASCAR vehicle such as wind drag and another known as centripetal force.


Centripetal force should not be confused with centrifugal force. However without getting too technical, you can think of centripetal force as a real force acting perpendicular to the motion of the moving body. Centrifugal force on the other hand is actually a fictitious force and what we feel as we are thrown outward from a moving vehicle is the reaction force.


Centripetal force in the physics of NASCAR is crucial to keeping a car on the track. The tires of the vehicle provide the friction which is part of the centripetal force. The centripetal force needed to keep the car on the track cannot exceed the square of the speed of the car. To put it in simple terms, if the car takes a turn too fast, the wheels leave the ground and an accident occurs. The physics of NASCAR dictates that turns on the racetrack must be banked in order to increase the friction (part of the centripetal force) to hold the car.


Another component of physics of NASCAR that serves to keep the vehicle with all four wheels on the track during the race is center of gravity. Center of gravity is basically the point where you could balance the car on the top of a flag pole (theoretically). Racing vehicles need low centers of gravity in order to keep the weight close to the track. If a vehicle has a high center of gravity then it can lose control when it hits a turn much faster. Think of an ambulance with a high profile patient area. If the ambulance took a turn too fast, it would topple over. But if its profile was not too high, it could take the turn faster because the center of gravity is lower.


An ambulance needs the high profile in order to get patients in and treat them but the physics of NASCAR dictate the low center of gravity in order to apply more centripetal force and keep it attached to the track on a turn.


Then there is the machining of engine components in the physics of NASCAR that are important for building horsepower with the minimum of friction. You want friction when it comes to centripetal force but you dont want it inside of an engine. This is why internal engine parts are machined to within very accurate tolerances much more accurately than automobiles for family and everyday use. Why? It is because you want to minimize friction inside the engine. When engines torque at these speeds, friction is a very dangerous enemy.

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From fear of getting some major tickets, kids try and escape a police drag racing raid.

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Japanese Review of the 1993 Mitsubishi Mirage Cyborg (Mivec) from the legends at BM. Also includes a drag race between the Mirage, a Honda Civic SIR and the Toyota Levin GT-Apex.

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In 2004 I had the utter displeasure of breaking down on the M25. My Space Wagon decided that the engine was to work no longer and promptly dropped it on the tarmac of the hard shoulder. I was then forced to hire a car until I could locate replacement. I ended up leasing a Volkswagen Golf GTi and after my lumbering automatic people carrier, it sent me into throes of automobile excitement. This was an entirely unplanned situation. I was not meant to fall in love with a car, I was not meant to become a petrol head, I had no intention of burning rubber and doing donuts; but something had happened deep inside and I can only assume that I’d been kind of ‘Clarksoned’.


I immediately went through the local auto trader ads to locate my new beauty, but I just couldn’t afford to buy what my heart desired, and had to downshift as it were to an older model. I decided that a Mark II from the late eighties was within my budget, and promptly ended my leasing contract to purchase the car of my dreams. The minute my eyes met my Mark II model, it was love. The test drive was a thrust fuelled drag race along the A127 and the hefty weight of the hot hatch steering made me feel like I was in my very own road movie, finding freedom and sticking two fingers up to the establishment. I was ready to pack a suitcase and leave nothing but a cloud of dust in my wake.


When I got the papers, I understood why there was such a rapport between me and my beloved VW. We had met many years earlier, in my home town and travelled some miles together whilst a friend of mine was the rightful owner of this trusty automobile. He had it bought for him, brand new as a gift for passing his test. It was a gleaming trophy of success, wrapped with a ribbon on a driveway flanked by perfectly pruned privets. We drove to the coast, through the countryside, along main roads and along dusty tracks to far flung lakes. We went camping with it, picnicked from it and even had a fire side party using it as a stereo on wheels. The love I felt towards this car was comparable to the way Sam Witwicky felt about Bumble Bee in the Transformer movie.


Love alone however was not enough to keep my ageing automobile with me; the rust spread, things fell off and eventually it got swiped by some little oik and went out in a ball of flames just off the A12. The oik remained unharmed, just for the record. Once again, I was sans auto, and set about finding a car. Going to yet another leasing company, I once more headed for the Vee Dubs. My recent experience of love and loss, which I likened to a personal movie, could only be honoured in one way. I leased myself a VW beetle. With a great series of films based on the ever personable Herbie, and a smash hit childrens animation with Bumble Bee; It was only right to choose a classic for my next adventure.

Dominic Donaldson is an expert in the motor industry.
Find out more about VW Leasing and choose the Volkswagen to suit you and your budget at Amber vehicle Solutions.

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430 Scuderia – 510 hp x Hayabusa Turbo – 405 hp em São Paulo! INACREDITÁVEL aceleração da moto.

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