When i was watching the indy car race a couple weekends ago it looked like there were Ribbons coming off the back of the wins in the corners especially. Was this air? I know nothing is tied to the rear spoiler and you could only see it entering, and during the corners clearly. I mean.. explain to me what it was? if it was air, why could we see it?
2007-07-09 10:23:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ Indy Racing League (IRL)
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2007-07-09 10:30:25 · update #1
It was water vapor from the high humidity. You see the same thing from wings of jet planes.
2007-07-09 11:06:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
vapor trails is correct. You see this about once a year on the cars either on race day or during practice. Conditions have to be just right.
2007-07-09 22:06:48 · answer #2 · answered by wreck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vapor trails are definitely the correct answer. Although it DOES happen more than twice a year. It's actually a pretty common occurrance.
2007-07-10 19:15:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The air was very humid that day. It was just water vapor. Pretty neat looking though.
2007-07-10 11:39:46 · answer #4 · answered by Baby #1 born August 2009 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you wanna see something really freaky........try watching a sprint car race on a really hot, muggy night.....you can see those "contrails" coming off of the front wings!!!!
2007-07-10 00:12:01 · answer #5 · answered by Super Racer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the air being compressed so much that the water vapor becomes visable
2007-07-10 11:31:34 · answer #6 · answered by eyesinthedrk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋