News tagged with green racing


Roadsters embrace green racing

Chemistry / Other

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fast and green. That's what it takes to get to the winner's circle in a new type of auto racing.





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The WorldFirst Formula 3 racing car drives down the straight of a test track at Bruntingthorpe, near Lutterworth

Mean, green machine - future of motor racing

Technology / Energy

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Cars powered by chocolate, steered by carrots with drivers sitting on soybean oil foam seats - it's motor racing's cheap, cheerful and environmentally-friendly series of the future.


NASCAR goes green with hybrid pace car

Technology / Energy

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Until recently, about the only thing green about NASCAR was Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s paint scheme.


Horse racing was best before British, says historian

Horse racing was best before British, says historian

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- American horse racing was kinder to the animals, more sporting and more socially egalitarian in the days before the 'ruthless' English version was introduced, according to a historian.


World-first sustainable racing car to take on Formula 3 at Brands Hatch (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Can the idea of 'green motorsport' actually work? Yes, according to Dr Kerry Kirwan at the University of Warwick, who led the research team which designed and built the worldfirst fully sustainable Formula 3 racing car.


University of Cambridge Unveiled Solar Car

University of Cambridge Unveiled Solar Car

Technology / Energy

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Cambridge University Eco Racing team's new solar racing car showcases cutting-edge environmentally-friendly technology, applicable to the next generation of electric vehicles.


Churchill Downs Inc. owns the horse racing track which hosts the famed Kentucky Derby

Churchill Downs buying YouBet.com

Technology / Internet

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Churchill Downs Inc., owner of the horse racing track which hosts the famed Kentucky Derby, announced it has agreed to acquire online betting website YouBet.com.


Local area drivers drag race down pit lane at a motor speeedway in Fort Worth

Drag racing goes green as US electric cars shine

Technology / Energy

created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Far from the fury of traditional race-tracks, spectators got a glimpse of the future as they watched electric cars rev up, and silently bomb off around the Mason-Dixon Dragway.


Solar car aims to put rivals in the shade

Solar car aims to put rivals in the shade

Technology / Energy

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plans for a solar-powered racing car which will cruise at 60mph using the same power as a hairdryer have been unveiled by students at Cambridge University.


Antifibrotic effects of green tea

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Several studies have shown that lipid peroxidation stimulates collagen production in fibroblasts and hepatic stellate cells (HSC), and plays an important role in the development of liver fibrosis. Hepatoprotective effects ...


Wind power turbines in Dali, in China's southwestern Yunnan province

China to become 'global leader in green tech'

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 6

China can become the world's top exporter of "green technology" if it carries out crucial energy and ecological reforms, leading environmental campaigners said here Saturday.



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