Thread: We ever going to see a 400mph lap??.

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altho they shortened the length to reduce speeds, it was really just to get more stopping room as the cars weren't accellerating much at the top end--

the real problems are equip and stuff setting around at the top end that can be hit by an out of control object-

even with todays cars, if the body work was redone so as to eliminate the rear wing structure, the cars could run maybe 75 mph more and this wouldn't really lower the et's much--but that would be to the 400 mark---

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

altho they shortened the length to reduce speeds, it was really just to get more stopping room as the cars weren't accellerating much at the top end--

Most Mondays I have lunch with Vance Hunt (Drag Racing List - The Racing Career of Vance Hunt) and a few other old high school buddies of mine.

Needless to say, the quality of the Bee Ess is very high at those gatherings.

Anyway, right after the distance was reduced from a quarter mile to a thousand feet Vance mentioned that an influencing factor in the decision was that most blower/engine failures (I guess you could read that "explosions") occur in the last 300 or 400 feet of the run.

There's gotta be a lot of reasons why 1,000 feet is a good idea.

Jim