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The Doppler Shift Is Not There on NASCAR Tracks
Doppler traces back to a German physicist who measured the speed of cars. He did it with an orchestra playing on flatbed rail cars before they had automobiles. The only time you see the hear the Doppler is when there's a single camera in the ground and the car goes byYou're actually missing the most beautiful Doppler shift, which would be at 200 miles an hour.
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