Innovations in Racing with Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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🗓️ 28 April 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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What difference does the driver make? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly break down the science of NASCAR in Neil’s interview with Dale Earnhardt Jr. with the help of physicist Diandra Leslie-Pelecky.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:09.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:13.0	This is Star Talk, sports edition, Neil deGrasse Tyson here, your personal astrophysicist,
0:21.0	and today we have as our guests, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
0:28.0	I sat down with him and we talked about everything under the sun.
0:34.0	I got Chuck Knife Chuck. How you doing, man?
0:37.0	What's happening, Neil?
0:39.0	All right, Gary, Gary Riley.
0:41.0	Neil.
0:42.0	So always good to have you guys.
0:44.0	So what we have clips from my interview with Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
0:48.0	But we Gary, you, you, that wasn't enough for you.
0:55.0	No, we went out and found a friend of ours that we had back on the show when it was playing with science.
1:02.0	Many years ago, Dr. Deandra Leslie Pellecki, undergraduate degrees in physics and philosophy,
1:08.0	PhD in condensed matter physics, Neil.
1:11.0	Love it, loving it.
1:12.0	Love it, yes.
1:13.0	But I knew this, this is definitely for you.
1:17.0	Research in magnetic nanoparticles, focusing on medical diagnosis and treatment,
1:23.0	science communicator, radio, TV broadcaster, and author of the physics of NASCAR.
1:30.0	Not only is Dr. Deandra an expert in NASCAR, but she is also working with NBC on their motorsports
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