Content tagged with “auto-racing” under “The Interesting List”

“ A short examination of how NASCAR regulates the shape of its cars. ”

“ With the help of Red Bull, a team builds a camera fast enough to follow an F1 car around a very fast track ”

“ A side-by-side analysis of two Formula One drivers on the same track showing the tiny choices that separated their lap times by 0.35 seconds. ”

“ On two occasions, Saab ran stock cars around a super-speedway at about 140mph continuously for several weeks just to prove their reliability. ”

“ The inside story of a race where almost the entire field refused to compete. ”

“ Amateur video of the moment when Formula One cars come in from their warm-up lap, line up, and start a race. The sound is what I imagine a demonic chorus would sound like. ”

“ The front tires of Formula One cars are not normally pointed straight ahead, which sounds ridiculous, but this video clearly explains why. ”

“ A haunting cartoon short about the crash at Le Mans in 1955 that left at least 80 people dead, and Mercedes’s ensuing decision to withdraw from the race. ”

“ A video which tries to figure out why NASCAR isn’t nearly as popular as it once was. Theories range from young people caring less about cars to safety regulations that have made races boring to our general declining attention span. ”