Race Car Aerodynamics
Designing for Speed
by Joseph Katz
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publestion Data
Katz, Joseph, 1947~
Race ca aerodynamics designing for speed / by Joseph Katz
Inctlles index
ISBN 0-8376-01428 $345
1. Automobiles racing~Aerodynamics 2. Automobiles, Racing
-Design and construction. 1. Title
Tings. 195
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