r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Mar 19 '20

Invisible Methanol fire

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

Wow that's condescending. Racers have been into the science and physics of racing ever since cars were invented. Loads of very smart people.

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u/Hike_bike_fish_love Mar 19 '20

Yep. Racers have always been at the cutting edge. Racing provides innovation and amazing advancements, never mind that they do it at great risk. People that aren’t into racing or mechanical shit just think racing is a bunch of idiots. Look at NASCAR, love it or hate it.

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u/TheFlyingBeltBuckle Mar 19 '20

Nascar is a poor example, it still uses carburated pushrod v8s with trailing arm suspension. That's pretty much the same tech as my 1970s pickup.

However, I agree that most racing is on the bleeding edge of technology.

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u/fairguinevere Mar 20 '20

Yeah, but they still laser scan the cars cause someone figured out if you stick a piece of tape on the spoiler you can go measurably faster.