If you watch any type of racing—be it mechanically propelled or powered by pedals—you’ll understand the importance of the slipstream. From Formula 1 to the Tour De France, racers have been taking advantage of using competitors’ aerodynamic profile to ease their progress through the air, resulting in less drag and more speed. But what if teamwork prevailed more often than the occasion NASCAR “slingshot”? What if this principle could be harnessed in the pursuit of land speed records? Of course, it already has been. … More
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