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Top 10 NASCAR Crashes That Changed Racing (With Videos)

Racing tends to change only when it has to, but as much as major crashes may raise the drama of NASCAR, they are, tragically, the main impetus for new safety systems and engineering practices.

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10 More Shots of Record Setting Cars from Bonneville Speed Week '08 No steam car this year (the "steam team" was a no-show), but the cars at Bonneville Speed Week continue to impress. Today brings a record-breaking electric motorcycle and a Volkswagon/Hot Rod hybrid.
10 More Blazing Fast Cars From Bonneville Speed Week '08 PM's man on the ground... er, salt had a great time Wednesday hanging with some hot-rodders from New Zealand, meeting the fastest grandma on two wheels and watching some classic cars leave newer models in the dust.
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10 Hot Cars From Bonneville Speed Week 2008: Pre-Race Gallery It’s the legendary setting for falling speed records and road testing of alt-fuel super vehicles: Bonneville Salt Lake International Speedway—better known as the Salt Flats. Stay tuned for daily updates from the 60th annual Bonneville National Speed Week!
Anatomy of a NASCAR Crash About six crashes occur in every NASCAR race, yet drivers suffering serious injuries are astonishingly rare. We take a look at the physics and tech being used to keep America's favorite wheeled pastime safe for its high-speed stars. (Published in the March 2008 issue)
NASCAR's New 180-MPH Mega-Treadmill: First Look Getting detailed data on the performance of race cars can be difficult as they are roaring along a track. When it opens in Concord, N.C., later this year, a full-scale, high-speed race car treadmill, the first of its kind in North America, will provide teams the chance to crunch the data indoors. (Published in the March 2008 issue)
NASCAR's Controversial Car of Tomorrow, Here Today Stock car racing's new standard is safer and potentially cheaper—but it has its detractors. (Published in the April 2007 issue)
Deep In The Heart Of NASCAR Country The Charger's suspension is compressed flat to the bump stops as it drifts up Darlington's banking. The steering is getting twitchy and so am I. The passenger side mirror nearly brushes the wall off Turn 1. The next turn comes quicker than I can think. My eyes tell me to hit the brakes, my mind tell... (Published in the March 2006 issue)
Bonneville Salt Flat Dreams It's time. Gary Calvert, a 65-year-old member of the Muckleshoot tribe, lowers himself into the coffin-size cockpit of a 14-ft.-long cigar-shaped race car that he built back home in tiny Enumclaw, Wash. He scoots his legs forward until he's lying nearly flat on his back, then watches as his chief me... (Published in the January 2006 issue)
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