Daytona's banks were a whopping 31 degrees, significantly steeper than the relatively flat 12-degree banks at Martinsville or Occoneechee Speedways. Walls that NASCAR's stock cars would drive onto. The turns had towering walls that sloped downwards to the center. Narrator: In 1959, something happened that revolutionized NASCAR's stock-car racing: the introduction of Daytona International Speedway.ĭaytona was unlike any race track before it because of these: banked turns. We dive deeper into the physics of NASCAR's banked turns.The race cars, which can reach speeds faster than 200 mph, would fling outwards and off the track if not for the banked turns.NASCAR tracks use banked turns that are sloped to keep race cars tilted inwards.
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