Drag vs Wind

Drive the car through the air, or make the air move, and watch the forces.

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Drag only ever slows a moving object down. It can never make it go backwards. When the object stops, the drag is zero.
Drag (car moving through the air) Push from the wind (air moving) Direction the car is moving Air particle Air particle hitting the car

Air particles are drawn far bigger and further apart than real air molecules, so you can see them.