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July 21, 2011

Turning

Anyone can go fast straight: The challenge is turning. It takes more than 10,000 pounds of force to get a racecar around Turn 3 at Texas Motor Speedway at 180 mph. All that force comes from four tiny patches of rubber--the only thing keeping the car on the track and out of the wall.

Credit: National Science Foundation and Santa Fe Productions


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