Case Studies: NASCAR Speeds Certifications While Boosting Safety
At the competitive edge in every professional sport, the margins of victory mean tiny differences in energy efficiency, skill and physical configuration. Over time, these strivings give rise to elaborate rules governing competitors' behavior, their contests, and the unending attempts by the clever and the well-financed to create a winning edge by stretching the rules.
To deal with this in stock-car racing, NASCAR opened a research and development (R&D) facility in Concord, NC, in January 2003. In addition to staff and facilities for materials testing and aerodynamics, it is equipped with advanced dimensional measurement technology to assist in the approval and verification of vehicles and parts as submitted by the manufacturers.