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- A NASCAR racing style that utilizes aerodynamic principles for two or more stock cars to take
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- advantage of the slipstream or partial vacuum created behind them. When drafting, one racecar pulls up
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- behind another on a straightaway; the front car penetrates the air while the rear car whisks along in the
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- slipstream using less horsepower and fuel while traveling at the same speed. The rear car, in turn,
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- extends the envelope of the vacuum, reducing the amount of drag on the front car, effectively pushing it
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- along. Source: www.nascar.com