Resources
This section lists materials that use motorsports in some way to teach math, science and engineering. If you have a resource you'd like to have listed, please send to admin(at)buildingspeed.org.
Ten80 Education
Ten80 Education has a range of products available from RC cars that are almost as adjustable as the Car of Tomorrow to worksheets and other materials for the classroom. Materials for all grades (K-12 and even beyond) are available.
A World in Motion (AWIM)
A World in Motion is a SAE Foundation curriculum that features engaging kit-based activities that link teachers, students and industry or university volunteers. Various kits cover grades 3-10 and address physical science standards (mostly force and motion, energy and electricity) at those grade levels. The kits are simple to use and focus on experimentation.
Understanding Car Crashes -- It's Basic Physics
This curricular material for grades 9-12, written by Griff Jones of the University of Florida, has experiments and worksheets, many of which are linked to a videotape available from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Physics is Fun: Racing
Alabama public television offers an episode with Bobby Allison and Lyndon Amick that covers the fundamentals of aerodynamics and kinematics.