NASCAR announces ”Members Of Citizen Journalists Media Corps”

Nearly 30 web sites given access, tools to cover NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) today announced the members of the newly-formed “NASCAR Citizen Journalists Media Corps.” This group of new media consists of a range of professional and amateur experience covering NASCAR. One common theme is that each site is dedicated to providing information about NASCAR to a growing readership. “We have been overwhelmed by the positive response since our initial announ

Mobil 1 partners with Canadian Tire and NASCAR

Company adds presenting sponsorship to NASCAR portfolio Canadian Tire Corporation and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) announced today that Mobil 1, the world’s leading synthetic motor oil, has become the presenting sponsor for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. The series is now officially called the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1. The involvement in NASCAR by Mobil 1 is long and storied. It stretches from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series all the

Nascar (National Association For Stock Car Auto Racing)

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Thou Shall Pit-Stop Before Requesting Metadata

By Evan HarrisKentucky Speedway, L.L.C. v. National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92028 (E.D. Ky.)Employees implicated: CounseleLesson Learned: Courts have recently become more reluctant to order a party to produce metadata unless the requesting party can show it’s necessary to the case. Thus, a party should limit its metadata requests to specific documents where the metadata is necessary and relevant. These requests should also be made in a timely fashion

Nascar Cars (Stock Cars)

In the beginning teams of engineers and mechanics didn’t specially design NASCAR cars. When it first began stock car racing was all about what the name suggested. People raced in cars as purchased from the showroom floors of dealerships. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing was born in 1947 with the goal of setting standard rules and maintaining a running measure of race performance based on a point system that would crown a champion each year.

Dirt tracks hosted the early races, which were made more dangerous by the ruts and potholes scored in the road by the cars. Soon NASCAR cars were changed from plain street cars, by rule, so they would better withstand the vigors of racing. Over time the changes became more extreme, sometimes for safety concerns and sometimes simply to make the races faster and more fun for the fans to watch. NASCAR keeps a tight reign on modifications through its meticulous rules, showing each modification and forbidding anything not specifically allowed.

Modern NASCAR cars are as much like street cars as house cats are like wild lions. NASCAR cars for one are hand made. Their bodies are constructed from sheet metal, the engines are built from the ground up, and the frame is a series of steel tubes.

The frame tubing is square and round, with thicknesses that vary depending on the car and placement in the frame. Because the roll cage is the frame around the driver, set to keep its shape so the driver isn’t hurt in a crash, it is the thickest part of the frame.

In order to absorb momentum in a crash with another car or a wall, the front and back parts of the frame are thinner so they will crush – they’re called the clips, front and rear. In addition, with the force of impact, the front clip forces the engine through the floor instead of through the car to impact the driver.

The bodies of NASCAR cars are not easy to make, and it’s not fast – often requiring a full 10 days including installation.

NASCAR rules define the body shape for NASCAR cars. To make it easy to follow the rules NASCAR provides 30 templates for the different areas of the car. A big template checks the center of the car while smaller templates are used for other sections like the rear bumper.

There are different sets of rules and specifications for different vehicles that race on different tracks. For instance there are endurance cars, short track cars and cars used on the speedways like Daytona.

To learn about these differences as well as about the engines in NASCAR cars, try a Google search.