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fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net - 5/20/2008
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“Garçon, what is the soup de jure?”
“Well sir, the special this week as pictured on the menu at left, is the specialty of NASCAR Nation, at least temporarily, is Crab-Walk Soup de Jure.”
The master chef’s of NASCAR Nation, more often called the categories elite engineers, are fast coming to grips with the new car of today - and the news is not all good to ...
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Crab-walking! It's the newest NASCAR dance craze!
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... a "crab walk" effect as it drives down the straightaway. Literally speaking, if one was to stand in front of the car, you could plainly see the right rear tire. I bow in deference to the genius of NASCAR engineering teams when it comes to tap-dancing along the razor's edge of the rulebook. Over at Stock Car Science, Professor Diandra Leslie-Pelecky gives us the lowdown on how exactly crab-walking provides an advantage (link via Full Throttle): There are rules about how much you can move the trackbar, so ...
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