The History of NASCAR Race Car Aerodynamics
- Posted by jetpho on Jun 12, 2022
NASCAR has changed a ton since its first race in 1949. From buying cars off the showroom floor and going racing, to building race cars from scratch, and now all teams using a very similar template, the sport has gone through a remarkable transformation. In this episode of "Overtime," Matt Faulkner discusses how race car aerodynamics have changed through the decades, and the technology that's currently being employed to help govern car body shape.
0:00 - Introduction
0:23 - History of car bodies
1:12 - Race car templates
2:34 - Hawkeye Laser Inspection Station
3:36 - How Hawkeye works
4:38 - How teams use Hawkeye
5:04 - Conclusion
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