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NAPA also sponsors Ron Capps in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series; they have remained a sponsor since 2007. [8] The company has previously sponsored Michael Waltrip from 2001 to 2009 and Martin Truex Jr. from 2010 until 2013 when Truex and the Michael Waltrip Racing team were implicated in a race manipulation scandal at the 2013 Federated ...
Caliper is the American spelling, while calliper (double "L") is the British spelling. A single tool might be referred to as a caliper or as calipers — a plural only (plurale tantum) form, like scissors or glasses. Colloquially, the phrase "pair of verniers" or just "vernier" might refer to a vernier caliper.
The concept of brake pads or disc brakes as an alternative to drum brakes had been around at least as early as a patent by F. W. Lanchester in 1902. [2] However, due to high cost and inefficiencies compared to drum brakes they were not commonly implemented until after World War II. [3]