Crazy Insane Ranked Google Race Car Crash Images

Springport, Mi, (December 26th 2017) We Googled "Dramatic Race Car Crash" in December of 2017. These are the shots that popped up. Do you agree with Googles Ranking? They are in order as they popped up in this short video compilation. Original content appeared from our sister site

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Circle of traction theory

The circle of traction theory is a way to express how much traction is available for a given type of tire. Above is a picture that represents the circle of traction. When you have a tire on the racing surface there is a certain contact patch that is generated between the tire and the surface depending on the load that the tire is asked to support. Tires do have more traction available as vertical load increases, but this tapers off after a given point. You can look for a posting about this in the near future. Depending on the force applied, the components that the tire is constructed of - and the steering input applied generating slip angle your tires contact patch has a place in this circle of traction. The more force you apply with your accelerator pedal (represented as climbing higer on the acceleration force line in the circle (red line) ) the contact patch moves towards the total capability of the tire (outside of the circle). The more steering input (blue line) that is applied- the more the force travels along the force line for turning right. Where these two intersect is where your contact patch is on that circle of traction. If you go to extremes on any force applied like a full throttle acceleration or a up against the lock steering turn you can see how your contact patch travels outside that capability circle. When this occurs is typically when your butt muscles tighten up a little bit because your car has lost control.

A very easy way to prove to yourself how this traction circle exists (if you have never lost it in a race car) is to take your car to an empty parking lot and go in a circle slowly applying more and more throttle until the tires just begin to squeal. Back off your throttle until just barely until the tires just quiet. Maintain this speed and then slowly apply your brake pedal while maintaining that speed. You will hear your tires begin to squeal again. The braking force added to the maxed acceleration force and turning force exceeds the traction circle quickly. This is why your very fastest laps are usually generated when your braking is done before the apex of the corner. If you have braked, let your car settle, negotiated the turn and then accelerated there is more traction available because of the lesser number of forces being applied at any given time.

For ideas on how to capitalize on some of your un-used traction contact us directly at http://www.racingpartsales.com/ We handle all the products that you are in search of on a daily basis for performance driving. If you enjoy racing information please help us by linking us to your website. Thanks and have a great day. Jeff Parish

The importance of rotational inertia in Stock Car racing. (Even Street Stocks)

We have a majority of our business from people who are striving to learn. None of us are born knowing everything, so we have to rely either on our ability to ask questions and learn. One of the things that I have learned over the years is the value of reducing reciprocating weight (rotational inertia) in the drive line. I have expressed this at times to individuals and usually they scoff at the idea if they are just starting out or are in some of the heavier classes of racing.

I had heard trinkets of information while just getting going in my racing career and tried to learn what I could about the subject. Removing engine weight at the crankshaft area has 15 times the benefit of just taking weight off the car. Removing rotational weight from the axle area has 3 times the benefit of taking weight just off the car. I learned the specifics of this from a book by Herb Adams called Chassis Engineering.

There is a chart in Herbs book that goes into great detail about the benefits. Herbs book is available through our store at http://www.racingpartsales.com/ in the books section.

Many of his teachings I applied to my very first race cars and to the later ones too! I am including a link below to a short movie of our number 02 factory stock. I wont go into all of the details of everything we had done, but I can say it was a totally legal motor. Unmolested heads, stock carb (4412 2 barrell Holley) This motor did have a light crower crankshaft and a direct drive powerglide with a shell converter. You can see after watching for a few moments the accelleration that this engine has. This car had light rotational engine and driveline components compared to the competition. This is why I am a believer in reducing rotational weight!

Check out the black and orange 02 Nova starting in the rear driven by a 15 year old kid at the time of this filming. You can judge for yourself.

The new direction of our blog

I have had this blog for about 3 years and have made the decision to switch it over to yet another business tool.

Thanks very much to all that have become friends through the use of blogger. I shall keep in touch from time to time.

This blog will now be used for information on different products through our strore located at www.racingpartsales.com

If your into motorsports you can use this site as a place to hang out, discuss things and maybe learn a thing or two.

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