Steering Towards Efficiency

The racing team is just as important to a car.s finish as the driver is. With little to
separate competitors over hundreds of laps, teams search for any technological
edge that will propel them to Victory Lane. Of special use today is computational
fluid dynamics, which is used to predict airflow over a car, both alone and in relation
to other cars (for example, when drafting). Engineers also rely on more basic
subjects, such as calculus and geometry, to improve their cars. In fact, one racing
team engineer said of his calculus and physics teachers, the classes they taught to
this day were the most important classes I.ve ever taken.