1.0Lafayette Magazine Spring 2019https://magazine.lafayette.edu/spring2019Ellen O'Malleyhttps://magazine.lafayette.edu/spring2019/author/omalleye/ Speedway Design 101 - Lafayette Magazine Spring 2019rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8t7GdpIQ6q"><a href="https://magazine.lafayette.edu/spring2019/2019/02/28/%e2%80%89speedway-%e2%80%89design-101/"> Speedway Design 101</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://magazine.lafayette.edu/spring2019/2019/02/28/%e2%80%89speedway-%e2%80%89design-101/embed/#?secret=8t7GdpIQ6q" width="600" height="338" title="“ Speedway Design 101” — Lafayette Magazine Spring 2019" data-secret="8t7GdpIQ6q" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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As an inquisitive engineering student, Van Walling ’77 began to study speedway design. But the independent study dedicated to that task only yielded more questions, so one semester has become the last 40 years. What began as letters to notable design masters, viewing microfiche, and following good leads has transformed into painstaking digital research. And […]https://magazine.lafayette.edu/spring2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2019/02/Design-Racetrack-1-300x169.png