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The Physics of NASCAR: The Science Behind the Speed

The Physics of NASCAR: The Science Behind the Speed

by Diandra Leslie-Pelecky (Author)

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    Illustrated 2009

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Synopsis

A physicist explores the science of speed racing With 75 million fans, NASCAR is the #1 spectator sport in America. Now, in "The Physics of NASCAR," a scientist explains the intricate and complex way the sport works, in terms that anyone who drives a car?or maybe occasionally looks under the hood?can easily comprehend. Based on her extensive access to NASCAR race shops, drivers, crew chiefs, engine builders, and pit crews during races, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky traces the life cycle of a race car from its creation at top race shops to competing in the door-todoor action of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 320
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Plume Books
Published: 27 Jan 2009
ISBN 10: 0452290228
ISBN 13: 9780452290228

Media Reviews
To understand what is happening on the track... you need The Physics of NASCAR. --New York Times

[Leslie-Pelecky], a physicist and devoted NASCAR fan, explains in clear, simple terms what goes into making a NASCAR vehicle, from design to development to construction to test-driving. Along the way, she introduces us to some of the sport's key players and teaches us (painlessly) more about the physics of speed racing than we ever thought we needed to know. NASCAR fans will flock to this book. --Booklist

Having caught, by chance, the broadcast of a multi-car NASCAR crash on television, Nebraska University physics professor Leslie-Pelecky found herself compelled to understand why it happened... Along the way, the nanotech specialist becomes an unlikely racing fan; this fun physics primer should give any NASCAR aficionado a similar appreciation for science. --Publishers Weekly

Language sports fans can understand... You'll be as entertained as you are informed. --Sporting News

The people she encounters are fascinating... Even if you are not a NASCAR fan, read The Physics of NASCAR. --Physics Today

Author Bio
Diandra Leslie-Pelecky works at the intersection between science and story, leveraging her unique background as a nanomaterials researcher, a motorsports writer and a master science communicator to create unique stories. She is nationally recognized for her work in science education and outreach at all levels, with projects primarily funded by the National Science Foundation. The Physics of NASCAR has been featured in publications from the Materials Research Bulletin to Sporting News. Her blog, Building Speed, focuses on the science of motorsports and is avidly read by NASCAR fans and insiders.