Friction, physics, and racing

[97snakedriver]

Originally posted by 69fastback:
Also on the same side of that people put smaller tires on the front to cause less friction. ...I am really intreseted on hearing the answers.

Moment of Inertia

Let me see if I can't find a better example, but:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/roller-coaster5.htm

has some stuff on it.

But one reason why cars can turn or acellerate harder then 1.0 G despite what simple physics says is that tires, 1. deform, and 2. adhere to the road surface, which the basic "law" of friction doesn't take into account.

Its not a simple nothing can have a coefficent of friction greater then 1.0 situation.