Physics, cars I am in heaven :). This is a widely distributed series by Brian Beckman that you can find all over the web. I have put a copy here so its easy for me and all of you to find. I tried to find the original source but the site seems to be shut down. This has both the HTML and PDF version. I have also made a PDF that contains all the chapters in one file. Its a bit big 6.6MB but I did put nice bookmarks for each of the chapters. Share and enjoy...

# Chapter # Chapter
0. Introduction 15. Bumps In The Road
1. Weight Transfer 16. RARS, A Simple Racing Simulator
2. Keeping Your Tyres Stuck to the Ground 17. Slow-in, Fast-out! A
3. Basic Calculations 18. Slow-in, Fast-out! B
4. There Is No Such Thing as Centrifugal Force 19. Space, Time, and Rubber
5. Introduction to the Racing Line 20. Four-Point Statics
6. Speed and Horsepower 21. The Magic Formula: Longitudinal Version
7. The Traction Budget 22. The Magic Formula: Lateral Version
8. Simulating Car Dynamics with a Computer Program 23. Trail Braking
9. Straights 24. Combination Slip
10. Grip Angle 25. Combination Grip
11. Braking 26. The Driving Wheel, Chapter I
12. CyberCar, Every Racer's DWIM Car? 27. Four-Wheel Weight Transfer
13. Transients (The missing episode) 28. Hazards of Integration
14. Why Smoothness? 29. A Magical Trick
PDF Chapters in PDF form PDF


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