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Tire Friction Coefficient

Rich Spears ([email protected])
Mon, 11 Jan 1999 13:48:59 -0500 (EST)

Iassume that dragsters have smooth and wide tires to increase the frictoin and provide more traction. But in theory the force should depend on weight alone and not the size of the contact to the ground. Can someone explane to me what the explanation is for this.
Rich Spears
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