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05-25-2008 10:17 PM |
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 save the Mustang Does anyone know the top speed (not average) that an Indy car can go around the 500 track? 
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05-26-2008 02:18 AM |
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Save the Mustang In all my years of watching, it seems I remember something 231 or 232 on the back stretchas being top speed.
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05-26-2008 04:01 AM |
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re: save the Mustang Quote: Originally Posted by Bob Baker Does anyone know the top speed (not average) that an Indy car can go around the 500 track? In the mid-90's (before the split) when Arie set the fastest ever lap (236.?), the actual top end at the end of the straights were probably clipping in around 240 or a little more.
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05-27-2008 07:12 AM |
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Arie in 1996 On May 12, 1996, Arie Luyendyk set the one and four-lap qualification records for the IMS race course. The one-lap record is 237.498 mph (37.895 sec.) and the four-lap record is 236.986 mph (2:31.908), so you could expect the end of straightaway speeds to be close to 240-242 mph.
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05-27-2008 07:15 AM |
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Arie in 1996 On May 12, 1996, Arie Luyendyk set the one and four-lap qualification records for the IMS race course. The one-lap record is 237.498 mph (37.895 sec.) and the four-lap record is 236.986 mph (2:31.908), so you could expect the end of straightaway speeds to be close to 240-242 mph.
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