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zippy
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Was going to go out to the track, but looking at the radar there will definitely be no practice today.
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westracing01 wrote:
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I'm pretty sure that a Cup car without plates could do laps over 230 mph, maybe even reaching 250 on the straights so, no.


3 or 4 years ago Kurt Busch went down to Talladega and test the car without a restrictor plate. If memory serves me, lap speeds were high 220's, but that's without a proper setup in the car. Kurt said that if they took the time to set it up correctly 235+ wouldn't be a problem, except for the fact the car was nearly uncontrollable.

Still, that's why they get paid the big bucks. Move all the fans out of the first deck of seating at Talladega and Daytona, take off the plates... And have at it boys.

That was Rusty.
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That was the summer of '04, wasn't it?

I'd be a little uncomfortable with seeing cars going that quickly, and I sincerely doubt that a car going 250 is going to stay on the ground if it gets spun backwards.

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Or even at 220 for that matter.
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This might be unpopular, but I really like the 2 car tangos. Its removed the boring periods of single file packs.

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This might be unpopular, but...

You? Saying something unpopular? Inconceivable!!
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Speedworx wrote:
This might be unpopular, but I really like the 2 car tangos. Its removed the boring periods of single file packs.


They make the last lap quite entertaining but all the other 199 laps are not near as good as they used to be.
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I'm at track, no more rain and jet dryers are working hard.
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The sun is out and Nationwide cars are lining up on pit road for a 45min practice!
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The 11 car got spun off turn 2 after one lap of practice. The 62 and 30 were also involved after looking at the replay.
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This is a crashfest, Danica hit the wall now Sadler wrecked Bowyer.
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Looks like Derrike Cope was slow and in the way. Bowyer had to take evasive action.
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Already at 199mph laps.
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Humm... will the roof flaps save the night in less than 24 hours? LOL
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Beaver Dragon wrote:
westracing01 wrote:
Gabriel wrote:
I'm pretty sure that a Cup car without plates could do laps over 230 mph, maybe even reaching 250 on the straights so, no.


3 or 4 years ago Kurt Busch went down to Talladega and test the car without a restrictor plate. If memory serves me, lap speeds were high 220's, but that's without a proper setup in the car. Kurt said that if they took the time to set it up correctly 235+ wouldn't be a problem, except for the fact the car was nearly uncontrollable.

Still, that's why they get paid the big bucks. Move all the fans out of the first deck of seating at Talladega and Daytona, take off the plates... And have at it boys.

That was Rusty.


Sorry about that. Guess memory didn't serve me so well. Sadly, I'll have to watch tonights race on tape since we have to go to some damn fireworks show.
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Both Nemco cars plan on running the full race tonight....Conway will find a way to fuck it up
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Spin his teammate out and cause a mega big one.
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Or crash while he gets lapped trying to get out of everyone's way.

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What do you mean trying to get out of the way?
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