![]() If a driver raced nonstop at 200 mph for the next 50 years, he would age 70 microseconds less than the rest of us. At the end of a 3.5 hour race, the drivers have aged about 0.5 nanoseconds less than the spectators who stayed still. So it’s fair to say that speed demon NASCAR drivers age a very tiny bit less than the rest of us. This is comparable to the bite force of a large American crocodile or what it would take to lift a full-grown buffalo.Īccording to Einstein’s theory of special relativity, the faster you move through space, the slower your passage of time. During this acceleration, the car must exert an average of 2,600 lbs of horizontal force against the track. They accelerate so quickly that it takes them only around 3 to 3.5 seconds to go from zero to 60 mph. NASCAR drivers travel at extremely high speeds, over 200 miles per hour. As a physicist, I love seeing all the physics principles on display during a NASCAR race. Or maybe its the feats of science and engineering that pull some spectators in. Maybe it’s the excitement in the crowd or maybe it’s the constant threat of danger that draws people to the sport. Nearly every weekend, today’s speed lovers can live vicariously by watching their favorite NASCAR drivers race around the track at death-defying speeds. ![]() Throughout history people have always pushed themselves to go faster, whether on foot, on horseback, on a boat or on a bicycle. There’s just something thrilling about traveling at high speeds.
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