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  2. Aquaplaning - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of an aquaplaning tire Two vehicles aquaplaning through large puddles on the road's surface. Aquaplaning or hydroplaning by the tires of a road vehicle, aircraft or other wheeled vehicle occurs when a layer of water builds between the wheels of the vehicle and the road surface, leading to a loss of traction that prevents the vehicle from responding to control inputs.

  3. Glossary of motorsport terms - Wikipedia

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    Drivers race on the apron at Chicagoland Speedway (the area between the white and yellow lines). aero cover See wheel shroud. air jacks Pneumatic cylinders strategically mounted to the frame near the wheels of a racing car, which project downwards to lift the car off the ground during a pit stop to allow for quick tire changes or provide mechanics access to the underside of the car for repairs.

  4. Electronic control unit - Wikipedia

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    An electronic control unit (ECU), also known as an electronic control module (ECM), is an embedded system in automotive electronics that controls one or more of the electrical systems or subsystems in a car or other motor vehicle.

  5. KarTrak - Wikipedia

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    The car number is left-padded with zeroes if necessary. For locomotives, line 6 is the type of unit and line 7 the suffix number. The check digit is calculated as follows: Each number digit is multiplied by two to the power of the labels's position minus two. Thus, the first digit (line 2) is multiplied by 1, the second by 2, the third by 4 ...

  6. Race track - Wikipedia

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    An aerial view of the Killarney motorsport race track in Cape Town, South Africa Touring Car race at Brands Hatch circuit. A race track (racetrack, racing track or racing circuit) is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animals (e.g. horse racing or greyhound racing).

  7. Track geometry car - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, the increased operating speeds of trains of that era required more meticulously maintained tracks. In 1925, the Chemins de fer de l'Est put a track geometry car into operation carrying an accelerograph developed by Emile Hallade, the inventor of the Hallade method. The accelerograph could record horizontal and vertical movement as ...

  8. Talk:Engine control unit - Wikipedia

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    you put this in before and delete it now as giberish. what part is it you do not understand. quit your selective editing all over the place pls Wdl1961 ( talk ) 04:12, 26 July 2009 (UTC) [ reply ] Sifting through the article history, it appears the irrelevant and poorly-written parts of the block of text you present here were reinserted when I ...

  9. Glossary of automotive terms - Wikipedia

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    Also gas pedal. A throttle in the form of a foot-operated pedal, or sometimes a hand-operated lever or paddle, by which the flow of fuel to the engine (and thereby the engine speed) is controlled, with depression of the pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate. admission stroke See induction stroke. aftermarket air brake 1. A type of brake in which the force that actuates the brake mechanism is ...