2006-11-19 18:27:28 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
It keep the tires warm and enhances the car's traction when the green flag drops. The tires are made to operate best a race speed, so when they are just following the pace car they can cool to less than optimal temperatures. Forcing them to corner increases the friction acting on the tire and generates heat. Well, that sounds good anyway, right?
2006-11-19 18:31:42 · answer #1 · answered by DJL2 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The main reason they swerve from side to side is to clean them off. When the cars are running at speed for several laps. the tires heat up tremendously. When a caution comes out, they are now running at a slower speed and, at this speed, they pick up debris called 'marbles.' Marbles are pieces of the tire that wear off when they are racing. These marbles stick to the heated tire. The drivers swerve their cars from side to side to clean this debris off so that the rear tires don't spin on the restart.
2006-11-20 05:05:04 · answer #2 · answered by joem_1701 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U forgot 1 thing, drivers also do that to feel if any of the tires are low, sometimes when u are under cation u might run over something and cut a tire, so by doing that u can heat tires up clean them off and see if all tires have enough air to get ready to restart the race..
2006-11-20 02:18:04 · answer #3 · answered by eas24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats a way for the Drivers to Clean There Tires were they can get a good restart with out stuff on all the tires
2006-11-20 06:22:36 · answer #4 · answered by hotrod4964 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To clean their tires off from debris and build heat into their tires for a restart. If the tires are dirty or cold, or both, they tend to spin and the car simply will not start to move fast.
2006-11-22 04:18:17 · answer #5 · answered by kaisermojo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They either are warming up their tires just before the race is about to begin or they are getting some of the debris off the tires if they ran through some.
2006-11-20 23:06:15 · answer #6 · answered by TJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To warm up the tires and also to clear debris off the tires.
2006-11-22 21:50:15 · answer #7 · answered by Karli P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It cleans off the tires
2006-11-20 01:44:56 · answer #8 · answered by ram_this911 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It warms the tires up and cleans them off.
2006-11-22 18:55:15 · answer #9 · answered by £i£-ßrAt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Curiosity- to see if the car will actually TURN RIGHT. But the attention spans of NASCAR drivers is so short that they forget and do it again, and again, and again...
2006-11-21 01:23:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋