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To: MtnClimber

204mph sounds about right for the Daytona lap record. And Talladega was even faster; Bill Elliott pulled a 212.7mph lap in qualifying for one of the 1987 races there.

Given the extra twenty-plus years of engine and aero development on Cup cars, I wouldn’t be surprised to see one turn 220mph laps at ‘Dega with an unrestricted engine. Which is probably why it wouldn’t be a good idea; I suspect the day one of those cars clears a catch fence and lands in a grandstand will be the day motorsports dies in this country.


60 posted on 02/17/2013 2:10:00 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'll stop being a cynic when the world stops giving me reasons to be cynical.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

At Daytona, I don’t remember what year, but probably mid 1980s, there was an auto magazine write up about top speed at a superspeedway. There was a runoff between an IMSA GTP prototype and a purpose-built NASCAR type car. The IMSA prototype was the Al Holbert Lowenbrau Porsche 962 with a low-drag Le Mans rear body work and wing attached, and maybe just a different gearbox, but a pretty stock race car. The NASCAR was something I don’t remember, but I don’t think it met any NASCAR rules as it was purpose built for this run and no reporting on what it had or how many laps it could last.

The Porsche ran an oval lap at around 250 mph. The “Nascar” ran a few MPH faster. Just shows what speeds could be attained if the rules did not keep the speed down.


98 posted on 02/17/2013 5:18:33 PM PST by MtnClimber (I did not vote for 0bama, someone else did that!)
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