How the Top Wing Stabilizes a Sprint Car

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Part of the video series: Sprint Car Racing Tips

Summary: Learn all about how the top wing on a sprint car acts as a stabilizer in this free racing video.

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By Samantha Taylor
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Samantha Taylor has been around cars all of her life, her father put her in a car when she was just 3 years old and was racing by the time she was 5. She Attended the Jimmy Sills...read more

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on 8/2/2008 Hey, you're letting your ignorance show and embarassing the Jimmy Sills Driving School. Maybe you should have listened when he told you that a top wing will loosen the car if moved forward and tighten the car if moved back. Oops, maybe you have your wing valve turned around. LOL

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"In this clip we're going to talk about a top wing. This keeps the wind on the side of the wing keeping your car on all four wheels. It kind of acts as a parachute so as you're going around the corner and that wind is pressing up against this side of the wing and keeping you from tipping over and it causes you to go faster around the corner without letting up, without using the brakes so much. So, these are very important to racing and sprint car racing especially. The top wing is adjustable. The front wing is not adjustable. The top wing can go forward and backwards which causes the car to be tighter if you go forward and looser if you go backwards. You adjust your wings. You can adjust your wings manually up and down like this, backwards and forwards. I have a hydraulic in my car and I just use it back and forth and it works just like that."

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