This Is What Happens When a Drag Racer’s Parachutes Fail
Just in case you’re skeptical about just how much work a drag racer’s parachutes do to slow down a speeding car, here’s an excellent demonstration. Even though they’re not making that hot caliper-on-rotor contact of the brakes, a car’s drag chutes are incredibly important, as you can see right here on Pro Mod racer Mike Bowman’s Chevelle at Gateway Motorsports Park. The race happened in September, and as you can see, those chutes do a ton of the work of stopping a speeding race car. Without the drag those chutes provide, the car’s brakes simply can’t convert enough motion into heat to get...
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