| Automobile racing is one of the most
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| | The turbocharger and auto racing
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| popular sports in the world, and
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| | The first use of a turbocharger in auto
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| certainly has its place among the most
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| | racing was in the late 1970s, when auto
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| watched sports in North America. Every
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| | producer Renault of France introduced the
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| year, thousands of people watch what is
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| | turbo charged engine into their Formula
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| happening on the NASCAR and CART circuits
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| | One vehicles. This was a relatively late
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| and every year thousands of people seek
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| | development given the long history of the
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| to emulate the pros.
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| | turbo charger, but up until this point
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| The history of professional and amateur
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| | racecar developers believed the
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| auto racing probably goes back to the
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| | technology was not fuel efficient or
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| days when the automobile was first
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| | reliable enough to power a successful
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| invented and the first competitive spirit
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| | racecar.
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| jumped into his driver's seat, while his
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| | Renault proved critics wrong, however, by
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| friend jumped into their car. Since that
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| | using a turbocharger that provided a
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| time, the sport has been refined and
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| | significant boost to the speed of the car
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| marketed to become the past time that it
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| | with the use of a fairly small engine. By
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| is today, and that has meant a lot of
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| | the early 1980s, all Formula One cars
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| change along the way.
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| | were equipped with turbo chargers.
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| The turbocharger
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| | Turbo charging and the driver
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| One of the big changes that
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| | Aside from increasing the speed a racecar
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| revolutionized auto racing was the
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| | could hit in a short amount of time, the
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| introduction of the turbo charger. The
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| | skill needed to use a turbo charger in an
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| charger itself was actually invented in
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| | engine also meant a new breed of drivers
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| the very first years of the 20th century,
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| | were needed. This development was not
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| and began showing up in practical
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| | just limited to professional circuits
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| applications (specifically ships and
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| | like Formula One; amateurs all over the
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| locomotives) around the 1920s.
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| | world found that successfully racing a
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| Turbochargers increase the amount of air
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| | turbo driven car meant an increase in
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| drawn into the piston of an engine at
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| | timing ability, reflexes, and even
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| each stroke, thereby increasing the power
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| | strength.
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| boost that the engine supplies to the
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| | The introduction of the turbo charger
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| vehicle in motion (more air equals more
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| | changed auto racing forever. Today, there
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| fuel). Turbochargers use the rotation of
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| | are several styles of auto racing that do
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| the crankshaft as their power source,
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| | not allow turbo chargers, but even so,
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| using the heat produced to power in the
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| | the very fact that there has to be
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| extra air. They are said to be more
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| | litigation against these innovations is
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| efficient than superchargers, which draw
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| | an indication of their far reaching
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| power from the engine itself.
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| | impact and application!
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