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This Is My Job: Aerodynamics Engineer
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Aron Oakley Mooresville, N.C. Years on Job: 5 |
Previous Motorsports Stories
| 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)
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| 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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| Videos From DARPA's 2005 Grand Challenge Race |
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| Videos From DARPA's 2005 Grand Challenge Trial |
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| DARPA 2005 Robotic Road Rally Preliminary Photos |
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| Financing A Top-Tier NASCAR Team (Published in the July 2005 issue)
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| Baja 1000 Wrench Gang (Published in the March 2005 issue)
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| NASCAR Goes High-Tech (Published in the March 2005 issue)
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| PM's 400-Hp Tuner Civic (Published in the December 2004 issue)
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| The PM.Zone Attends Bridgestone Winter Driving School (Published in the December 2004 issue)
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