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How Turbo Charging Changed Auto Racing

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



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