Many features of the modern internal combustion engine car owe their origin to innovations in NASCAR. Seat belts, safety innovation, and durability in suspension components originate from what we learn on the racetrack. Some of the tricks that racers have been using to decrease the car weight are things that will directly translate to production cars as we move to electric vehicles.
What difference does the driver make? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly break down the science of NASCAR in Neil’s interview with Dale Earnhardt Jr. with the help of physicist Diandra Leslie-Pelecky.
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What difference does the driver make? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly break down the science of NASCAR in Neil’s interview with Dale Earnhardt Jr. with the help of physicist Diandra Leslie-Pelecky.
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