Car Racing

Dyneema' 360 MOTORSPORT Car racing is one of the world's most watched televised sports. As technology has improved over the years, races are getting faster and consequently more dangerous. Time is everything in racing and every 10oth of a second counts. Equipment and materials used within the cars have a dual purpose - to be as lightweight and durable as possible, and to ensure drivers are kept safe. The extreme lightness and strength of Dyneema® make it the perfect ingredient to build seat belts, netting and airbags for these high-speed, high-risk races. W. RACE DISTANCES The Indianapolis 500 (IndyCar) Formula One Drag Racing 400 804.6 km 300 km W. RACE SPEED IndyCar Formula One Drag Racing Average car 269 km/h 360 km/h 530 km/h 180 km/h OINDYCAR O IndyCar was the first racing series to adopt the SAFER (Steel And Foam Entergy Reduction) soft wall safety system, which debuted at the Indianapolis 500 and has now been installed at almost all major oval racing circuits to make racing safer. OFORMULA ONE O Approximately 80,000 components come together to make an F1 car. Normal cars have around 2,000 components. F1 car engines complete their life in about two hours of racing. Normal car engines go on serving us for around 20 years. Pit stop crews take only 3 seconds to refuel and change tires. The average hug lasts 3 seconds HRS O DRAG RACING O A top fuel dragster takes 4.5 seconds or less. A top fuel car can be heard over 8 miles (13 km) away and can generate a reading from 1.5 to 3.9 on the Richter scale. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_racing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndyCar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_racing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Rally_Championship http://formula1.sporting99.com/trivia/car-facts.html www.dyneema360.com