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NASCAR: Garcon, What is the Soup de Jure?
NASCAR: Garcon, What is the Soup de Jure?
“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!
From the Marbles — ... 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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