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Not 1000HP, but Nascar several years back was running something near 800HP, and at a couple tracks (Daytona and Talladega) they were wide open the whole way aro
by rascul 3y ago
Not 1000HP, but Nascar several years back was running something near 800HP, and at a couple tracks (Daytona and Talladega) they were wide open the whole way around if they were in front. Those races last several hours, with some number of short breaks due to cautions.
- brucethemoose2 3y agoYeah, NASCAR engineering is underappreciated too, but I didn't know they could do a lap with an open throttle around Talladega. That's crazy. Fun fact: the Porsche 917 still holds the lap record at Talladega, even though it was set in 1975, because no one else is crazy enough to run a 1200HP 1700lb car around it. And it got so hot (running an open throttle?) that it spontaneously caught on fire when it stopped in the pits without any airflow.