Kirk:
Don't you mean to say:
Centrifugal Force-"a force that tends to propel a thing...from a center of rotation."
Not
Centripetal Force-"the force that is necessary to keep an object moving in a circular path and that is directed inward toward the center of rotation."
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Not trying to be picky, but I wondered if I I missed the meaning of your sentence.
Thanks.
Good racing.
Bill