drafting
Drafting is when one car drives closely behind another car to go faster. It helps the second car because it has less wind pushing against it.
Drafting is a technique used in racing where a driver closely follows another vehicle to reduce air resistance. This allows the trailing car to gain speed more easily and can help in overtaking the leading car.
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"But when you've got cars drafting you, or when you're following something, you're like, you're sort of like moving around a little bit because of the aerodynamics and everything else."
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"...they'll go 148 miles an hour. They're using every bit of it, everything they got. The drafting."
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