There's a similar phenomenon in motorsports, but not as extreme. If a track (and vehicles) are such that the draft is a deciding factor on the final straight, it may be best to be second or third in line coming at of the last corner before the checkered flag. (The "draft" is an aerodynamic effect.)
Sometimes the leader will try to sucker someone else into taking the lead by blowing a corner. "Oops, I overcooked that one."
Motorcycles on the roval at Daytona are an excellent example of this. Riders can draft past another rider and then get drafted back again running down the straight. A bit of multi-player chess going on at 170 mph. (They're crazy. I don't go anywhere near that fast, and I want to be surrounded by a steel cage.)
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Sometimes the leader will try to sucker someone else into taking the lead by blowing a corner. "Oops, I overcooked that one."
Motorcycles on the roval at Daytona are an excellent example of this. Riders can draft past another rider and then get drafted back again running down the straight. A bit of multi-player chess going on at 170 mph. (They're crazy. I don't go anywhere near that fast, and I want to be surrounded by a steel cage.)
- mark 6-01-2011 7:26 pm