DEARBORN, MI, (Apr. 10, 2012) – It may seem strange that on a race track where 43 cars can beat and bang on each other for the better part of three hours that the one thing nobody can see sometimes makes the most difference in who gets across the finish line first.

Yet that’s the case almost every week in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as the air that gets buffeted around from stock cars whizzing around at close to 200 miles an hour provides grip and speed for the one in front while those stuck in the pack struggle to overcome its turbulent force.

That’s why when it came time to start designing the 2013 NASCAR Fusion stock car that will compete next season, aerodynamics was paramount to its development.

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