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DISTRO 03.08.13 THE RACING LINE: EXPLORING NASCAR’S TECHNOLOGICAL DICHOTOMY<br />
ENGINE<br />
CONTROL UNIT<br />
This system, powered<br />
by a 32-bit Freescale<br />
<strong>pro</strong>cessor, controls the<br />
engine, regulating fuel<br />
flow and monitoring<br />
things like temperature,<br />
RPM and driver<br />
throttle position.<br />
34-year-old market, the kinds of viewers most excited<br />
about modern tech, viewership was down 25 percent, and<br />
ticket revenue is down sharply overall.<br />
Can a form of motorsport that’s entering retirement age<br />
change its course? Can it be<strong>com</strong>e more relevant to younger<br />
viewers who only recognize Danica Patrick from her terrible<br />
TV <strong>com</strong>mercials while still supporting the older fans who<br />
grew up watching Junior Johnson figure out drafting? Can<br />
it take the technology and sophistication of the presentation<br />
and bring that to the racing itself? All that remains to<br />
be seen, but it’s clearly time to call in all the cousins and sit<br />
down for a serious talk. With any luck, the hip, tablet-toting<br />
branch of the family tree can help the rest of the clan get<br />
with the times, and soon.<br />
Tim Stevens is Editor-in-chief at Engadget, a lifelong<br />
gamer, a wanna-be racer, and a born Vermonter.
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