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    A roof flap is an aerodynamic feature on race cars, mainly stock cars, which functions as an emergency spoiler to prevent the vehicle from lifting off...
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  • Bum flap (or butt flap), a separately removable part of underwear (un)covering the buttocks Mudflap, a guard for tires Pet door or pet flap Roof flap, an...
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    safety policy includes the racing fire suit, carbon fiber seating, and roof flaps. During a series of deaths of several drivers, NASCAR began researching...
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    Roof removal Roof flap A roof flap can be undertaken forwards, backwards or sideways. The technique is similar for all three, but the direct the roof...
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    situational spoiler called a roof flap. The body of the car is designed to generate downforce while driving forward. These roof flaps deploy when the car's body...
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  • deckchair, then he realises that the roof flap cannot be opened from the outside and panics before Eddie opens the flap, hitting Richie in the face. Eddie...
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    Pet door (redirect from Cat flap)
    A pet door or pet flap (also referred to in more specific terms, such as cat flap, cat door, kitty door, dog flap, dog door, or doggy/doggie door) is...
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  • where moving cars start a race after the starter displays a green flag. roof flap An active aerodynamic element designed to keep a car on the ground when...
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    Superspeedway. Video replay showed that despite deploying, the car's roof flaps did nothing to stop the car from flipping – a common failing of the devices...
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    lift to get airborne if it spins sideways. To keep cars firmly planted, roof flaps were required in 1994. 1994 was also the final year that V6 engines were...
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    the team had also been penalized at the Daytona 500 the week before for roof flap problems. During the 2017 season, Pearn and Truex won eight races en route...
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    the mucosal tissue flap should be at least 1.5-cm wide. The surgeon then makes two parallel incisions along the floor and the roof of the nasal septum;...
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    Generation 3 cars were used until 1991. It was the last generation without roof flaps (mandated in 1994). It was succeeded by the Generation 4 cars in 1992...
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    steel bumpers were replaced by fiberglass to reduce weight. In 1994, roof flaps were added to all cars after Rusty Wallace's two infamous airborne crashes...
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    forward roof bar and center roof support bar to the roll cage to reinforce integrity and increase the crush structure of the roof. Larger roof flaps help...
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    tracks. Drivers such as Rusty Wallace have cited data showing that the roof flaps used on the cars cannot keep them on the ground above 204 mph.[citation...
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    tracks. Drivers such as Rusty Wallace have cited data showing that the roof flaps used on the cars cannot keep them on the ground above 204 MPH.[citation...
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  • that season, Parrott was fined $20,000 by NASCAR for improperly mounted roof flaps prior to the Winston 500 at Talladega. In 1998, he became the team manager...
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    the Bobby Allison crash in 1987. That resulted in the introduction of roof flaps in 1994. 1995: A violent wreck unfolded on lap 140 when Jeff Gordon clipped...
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    Research and Development center to be studied, as the video showed the roof flaps, which was used to keep the car on the ground but did not deploy to keep...
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    time due to enhanced healing factors. Coronally and apically positioned flaps, although technically not grafting procedures, are other forms of a pedicle...
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    innovations still in use today in racing. Roof flaps, power steering, generation 5 NASCAR chassis, cowl flaps, are a few. Nelson feels the best compliment...
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    Asphalt shingle (category Roofs)
    An asphalt shingle is a type of wall or roof shingle that uses asphalt for waterproofing. It is one of the most widely used roofing covers in North America...
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  • addition, following the 1993 season NASCAR mandated cars be fitted with roof flaps in an attempt to stop flips during accidents. While he would never race...
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  • lift to get airborne if it spins sideways. To keep cars firmly planted, roof flaps were required in 1994.[citation needed] 1994 was also the final year that...
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    square openings along the roof. In Native American plains style tipi, the smoke hole consisted of one easily accessible smoke flap vent which was positioned...
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    19th- and early 20th-century gallows featured a trapdoor, usually with two flaps. The condemned was placed at the join. The edge of a trapdoor farthest from...
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    Tomorrow where the original rear wing produced enough lift to render the roof flaps completely useless. Earlier in the week during first practice, teams had...
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    bilabial flap as the preferred allophone of what is elsewhere a labiodental flap. It has been suggested that this be written with the labiodental flap letter...
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    is thin, narrow strips of polyester. Three strips are inserted into the roof of the mouth (the soft palate) using a modified syringe and local anesthetic...
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