What Is Drag Nascar

Drag is the resisting force the vehicle experiences from air pushing against it and the additional weight that downforce creates. Drivers can lessen the amount of drag that they experience on the race track by drafting. … The front bumper of a NASCAR race car is very low and also wide.

What does drag mean in Nascar?

Drag: The resistance a car experiences when passing through air at high speeds. A resisting force exerted on a car parallel to its air stream and opposite in direction to its motion. Groove: Slang term for the best route around the race track; the most efficient or quickest way around the track for a particular driver.

Why is it called a drag race?

The ‘roadway’ meaning of drag was transferred from England to the USA and, in the 1950s, the teenage pastime of racing cars ‘along the main drag’ began to be called ‘hot rodding’ or ‘drag racing’.