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From: The Ghost In The Machine
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In alt.conspiracy, Jim Chandler
<n427c@gte.net>
 wrote
on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:16:39 GMT
<rb3Kg.67$m36.15@trnddc02>:
> TColspamnot@toast.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 16:23:51 -0500, "Kate" <svtkate@spam.filter.selby.ws>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>Sooooooooooo the good ol boys at  NASCARaren't running it,
>>>so "woulda, coulda, shoulda" just doesn't cut it.
>>>
>> 
>> 
>> NASCAR?  Isn't that the silly pasttime pursued by frustrated wannabe
>> athletes who drive cars and chase each other around an oval track.  That's
>> about as exciting as watching traffic lights change in Cary! 
>> 
>> Ray H..
>
> You ought to try it some time, Ray.  It takes quite an athlete to 
> wrestle those cars around for three, four or five hours in temperatures 
> of 100+ degrees.  I do agree that supertrack racing can get boring but 
> short track, especially dirt, can be quite exciting.
>
> JimC (former driver on dirt)

Indeed.  But even the supertrack at 200 miles per hour around a 2.5 mile
oval can pull some serious G's, at least on the corners.

If a = v^2/r is the formula for centripetal acceleration and one
assumes a perfectly level perfectly circular track one gets an
acceleration of 40.96 ft/s/s or more than 4 g's.  That sounds like
very strong neck muscles are needed... :-)

And tracks are rarely perfect circles. :-)  I'm surprised the
tires last as long as they do.

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Subject: Re: NASCAR engineers never would have allowed Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia to take off.  "If that bird ain't safe, we are going to blackflag it until it is!"
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