[prismsinc]

NASCAR bodies don’t handle at all above 200mph. IRL does, but drivers start to blackout at 240 on the corners.

That’s what I suspect happened to Paul Dana, Danica’s former teammate. Though IRL wouldn’t talk about it.

[valkyry1]

//NASCAR bodies don’t handle at all above 200mph//

I know that, but thats what they were hitting with those Plymouth 440 Superbirds and Dodge Daytonas circa 1970.

[valkyry1]

They were hitting 240 mph with the Plymouth Superbirds and Dodge Daytona’s back then.

[RayChuang88]

I remember reading that Rusty Wallace took an unrestricted NASCAR then-Nextel Cup racer around Daytona a few years ago using a pre-Car of Tomorrow design and promptly hit an amazing 230 mph on a couple of laps around that place! Small wonder why NASCAR instituted the restrictor plate rule for Daytona and Talledega.