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NASCAR’s Jet Dryers Were Once Real Jets

2:00AM September 29, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

NASCAR — a celebration of horsepower revelling in the roar of the engine and the aroma of gasoline, grease and burning rubber. You shouldn’t ask why NASCAR uses modified jet engines to dry its racetracks, you should ask why doesn’t everybody? More »


Entertainment

The World’s Most Ginormous HDTV Is Only 720p

6:20AM May 13, 2011 | Max Behrman

The world’s largest HDTV is 60m wide and 24m tall. The 1486sqm screen is made up of 158 panels, weighing 74,800kg. It’s lit up by nine million LED lamps. But it’s only 720p. More »


Entertainment

How Trevor Bayne Used A Video Simulator To Win The Daytona 500

1:15AM February 25, 2011 | Justin Hyde

Last Sunday, 20-year-old rookie Trevor Bayne became the youngest winner of the Daytona 500 in Nascar history. His first experience with the track? Driving the iRacing video simulator at Daytona a year earlier, with Michael Waltrip giving him pointers. More »


Cars

NASCAR Transformers Attack Daytona 500

6:15AM February 21, 2011 | Ray Wert

Behind the drivers on the parade lap ahead of the green at today’s Daytona 500 was the scariest thing they’ve probably seen in their rear view mirrors – a threesome of Michael Bay’s NASCAR-liveried Transformers first glimpsed last year. [Jalopnik] More »


Mobile

NASCAR Event The Latest Venue For Rampant Palm Pre Rumour And Speculation

12:00AM May 18, 2009 | Jack Loftus

The latest Palm Pre release date rumour has come screaming out of a Sprint-sponsored NASCAR event, where the product placement was about as subtle as a 1 tonne stock car to the face.

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Official Dale Earnhardt Jr GPS Unit Will Sadly Only Direct You In Circles

9:03PM April 15, 2009 | John Herrman

Dale Earnhardt Jr does not take his novelty product branding responsibilities lightly, I’ll have you know. This Rightway GPS unit goes whole-hog, featuring his voice, his car and advice about his favourite “waterin’ holes”.

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The Digital Transition is Proceeding Exactly According to Plan

2:45AM November 16, 2008 | Mark Wilson

Everything is fine. Just fine. [Reuters via digg and Getty Images]

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180mph Car Treadmill Great for Designers, Dangerous for Pilots

8:37PM July 26, 2007 | jenneth

Check this full size Nascar sitting on top of a steel belt sliding at 180mph. While wind tunnels have been used to design cars for years, the results can be affected by the fact that the ground is still. This machine solves that problem, in truly dramatic and dangerous fashion. Just like NASCAR itself. The image after the jump shows how giganormous this thing is. More »