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RAcing explained--physically

Sure, you know that the gas pedal makes the car go fast and the brake pedal makes the car stop. But what's really involved when you're going around the track? Brian Beckman, member of the No Bucks Racing Club, wants to explain it to you. Click on the link above, and you'll have access to the Physics of Racing archive page, where you'll be able to access the 12 articles he's published on topics such as weight transfer, traction, and speed and horsepower. True, Beckman penned his essays in '91, but I doubt the nature of physics has changed much over the past nine years. Haunted by bad memories of inscrutable high-school physics classes? Give these articles a look anyway--Beckman has written with a non-scientist audience in mind.

Fri, 14 Jan 2000 04:15:44 -0800