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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><strong>technology in NASCAR</strong></h1> <p> </p> <ol> <li><strong>simulation - <a href="article?id=1315#content" target="_blank">7 post shaker rig</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] a device that enables race teams to simulate the forces encountered by a car at various tracks while in the race shop</li> </ol> <li><strong>simulation - <a href="article?id=1316#content" target="_blank">Fluid Dynamics</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] using computer aided simulation to study the effects of a racecars aerodynamic behaviour in different racing conditions, without ever entering a wind tunnel.</li> </ol> <li><strong>car - gen 5 - "car of tommorow" or COT</strong></li> <ol> <li>] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_of_Tomorrow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_of_Tomorrow</a></li> </ol> <li><strong>car - <a href="article?id=1317#content" target="_blank">gen 6</a> </strong></li> <ol> <li>] the current revision of the NASCAR stock car which debuted at the 2013 Daytona 500.</li> </ol> <li><strong>car - components - computer mapping system</strong></li> <ol> <li>] 2013 </li> </ol> <li><strong>car - components - shock technology</strong></li> <ol> <li>] the combination that will allow the car to get as low to the ground as possible without dragging the splitter on the nose of the car</li> </ol> <li><strong>safety - roof flaps</strong></li> <ol> <li>] </li> </ol> <li><strong>safety - track - safer barriers (soft walls)</strong></li> <ol> <li>] </li> </ol> <li><strong>safety - <a href="article?id=1340#content" target="_blank">hans device</a></strong></li> <ol> <li>] Head and Neck Support(HANS), a driver safety device that attaches the drivers helmet to the seat to restrain the drivers head on impact</li> </ol> <li><strong>safety - carbon fiber seats</strong></li> <ol> <li>] </li> </ol> <li><strong>track - laser inspection system</strong></li> <ol> <li>2013 - new</li> </ol> <li><strong>track - air titan track drying system</strong></li> <ol> <li>2013 - new </li> </ol> <li><strong>data collection - loop data</strong></li> <ol> <li>] </li> </ol></ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <div><ol> <li>] http://bleacherreport.com/articles/542395-nascar-sprint-cup-the-10-biggest-technological-innovations-of-the-last-10-years</li> <li><strong>] ARTICLE piston src=stock car magazine</strong></li> <ol> <li>] a look at 1 part, </li> </ol> <li><strong>] ARTICLE - <a style="font-weight: normal;" href="http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/13/exploring-nascars-technological-dichotomy/" target="_blank">exploring NASCARS technologicial dichotomy</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - </span>mainstream tech blog "endgadget.com" </strong></li> <ol> <li>] A division or<strong> contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.</strong></li> <li>] looks at how NASCAR is leading edge when it comes to (] fanvision, ] engineers for all ] laptop/ tablet surface/toyota) ] EFI replacing carbs in 2012, designed by Maclaren, utilizing 32 bit freescale processor, experienced 0 failure rate in 2012 season for the first time it ] enabled limited telemetry which is banned except for test days at non-sanctioned tracks </li> <li>] budgets of 10 -20% of a typical f1 teams 400m cost in a popular sport means there is money to be made </li> <li>] Telemetry - "<em>another evil</em> but its going to come soon" Steve Wickham is VP of chassis operations at Toyota Racing Development(TRD) USA. strong background in Formula One but he came over to NASCAR for a new challenge. Freescale/efi allows ltd data gaterthing but laptop must be tethered to car </li> <li>] <em>another evil</em> - cost of sensors that gather the data and engineers that make sense of it can be </li> <li>] Television Broadcast / Scoring - </li> <li>] </li> </ol> <li>] check out</li> <ol> <li>] Richard Hammond's NASCAR segment.</li> <li>] 2014 electronic dashboard</li> </ol> <li>Anatomy of a crash</li> <ol> <li><iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4NM9rS5xZUc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></li> </ol></ol></div>