Lights...Camera...Action - Jeg Coughlin Jr. (NHRA/JEG'S)

Lights...Camera...Action
 

Two-time NHRA POWERade Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin spent Wednesday  
afternoon shooting an education piece on friction.  There will be a total  of 
86-episodes that are being produced for McGraw-Hill.  The episodes  are being 
produced by the Horizons Companies (_http://horizonscompanies.com/home.html_ 
(http://horizonscompanies.com/home.html) ) and will  air in Jr. High and High 
Schools throughout the nation.

 
In  this video, students will learn about friction as it pertains to the 
sport of  drag racing. Successful drag racers know that acceleration, not speed, 
is what  wins races. They also know that Newton’s Second Law of Motion  (F=ma) 
is the governing principle of  drag racing. And when the green light goes on, 
the force from the engine must be  transferred to the drive wheels – and the 
friction between those wheels and the  pavement are key to the car’s ability to 
accelerate. In this video, viewers will  meet a champion drag racer, watch 
racing action up close, and learn the role of  friction in racing, and how 
winning race teams work to maximize the coefficient  of friction throughout the 
quarter-mile run.
 
 
"I'm not much of a science guy," explained Coughlin.  "However, it was  fun 
to use racing examples and video illustrations to explain the  concepts.  I 
know if I saw a race car in a video during a class in middle  school or high 
school I would have paid attention."
 
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