Nascar fastest Q speed. 192 mph
IRL Pole last year 215 mph
CART practice speeds 233mph...two hundred and thirty three FREAKIN' miles
an hour!
dave henrie
They will probably get to 236 or naybe even 237 tomorrow. It's just
first day of practice!
> > First practice results at Texas are in, I went back and compared the
> >Qualifying times of Last year's IRL race with the Nascar Qualifying
record
> >and set those against the Cart Champcar speeds.
> >( all speeds rounded off because I hate dots...) :>
> >Nascar fastest Q speed. 192 mph
> >IRL Pole last year 215 mph
> >CART practice speeds 233mph...two hundred and thirty three FREAKIN'
miles
> >an hour!
> >dave henrie
> They will probably get to 236 or naybe even 237 tomorrow. It's just
> first day of practice!
> > > First practice results at Texas are in, I went back and compared
the
> > >Qualifying times of Last year's IRL race with the Nascar Qualifying
> record
> > >and set those against the Cart Champcar speeds.
> > >( all speeds rounded off because I hate dots...) :>
> > >Nascar fastest Q speed. 192 mph
> > >IRL Pole last year 215 mph
> > >CART practice speeds 233mph...two hundred and thirty three FREAKIN'
> miles
> > >an hour!
> > >dave henrie
> > They will probably get to 236 or naybe even 237 tomorrow. It's just
> > first day of practice!
Bill Elliott turned a 212.8 mph at Talladega back in '87 (before restrictor plates). Just a few mph off
of a IRL car from today ...... makes one wonder what they can do now if left unrestricted
I never could, but I could do 240+ laps in a race setup.
Of course, I'd always end up in a wreck before the end.
In a slower, saner setup I was able to finish occasionally.
-Tim
>> I seem to remember tweeking the stock block Buicks in the original Papy
>>sim, the Indy 500 the simulation. I 'think' the speeds we got were 240mph
>>for the lap average. Of course we all know
>>only Al Unser Sr. could get one of those early stock-blocks to finish...:)
> I never could, but I could do 240+ laps in a race setup.
> Of course, I'd always end up in a wreck before the end.
> In a slower, saner setup I was able to finish occasionally.
> -Tim
BTW Al Unser Sr didn't drive an early stock block. Those go back to
1983. The Buick that Al Unser Sr drove to 3rd was in 1992 with an
enormous amount of attrition. Was 1997 the last year of the Buick?
> >> I seem to remember tweeking the stock block Buicks in the original
Papy
> >>sim, the Indy 500 the simulation. I 'think' the speeds we got were
240mph
> >>for the lap average. Of course we all know
> >>only Al Unser Sr. could get one of those early stock-blocks to
finish...:)
> > I never could, but I could do 240+ laps in a race setup.
> > Of course, I'd always end up in a wreck before the end.
> > In a slower, saner setup I was able to finish occasionally.
> > -Tim
> My memories of that game were starting dead last and seeing how many
> positions I could make up on lap1 . If I remember correctly, I could
> get up to 11th or 12th on lap 1 from 33. My best lap was a 242 or so
> in the Buick.
> BTW Al Unser Sr didn't drive an early stock block. Those go back to
> 1983. The Buick that Al Unser Sr drove to 3rd was in 1992 with an
> enormous amount of attrition. Was 1997 the last year of the Buick?
Yea, but do you know how fast an IRL car would go at Talladega? Remember,
NASCARs lift at Texas, Atlanta, so on...IRL cars don't. At Talldega, I'd be
willing to bet 240/250 would be easy...and a CART might be capable of 270!
-
Alan
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>IIRC I did a 254mph lap in IndyCar Racing 2 at Talladega. I doubt IRL would
>go faster then 250, with their limited horsepower.
I agree that IRL might beat 245 or so...there only so much you can do withn
naturally aspirated engines.
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Alan
Perhaps I should explain "slower"....I meant that the dogleg carved off more
speed than gained, like the Talladega in N3/N4.
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Alan
>Yea, but do you know how fast an IRL car would go at Talladega? Remember,
>NASCARs lift at Texas, Atlanta, so on...IRL cars don't. At Talldega, I'd be
>willing to bet 240/250 would be easy...and a CART might be capable of 270!
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