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GAINING SPEED
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Post by patrick on Nov 16, 2017 14:20:23 GMT -6
It depends......Was the 1st racecar to break 200mph the 1969 Superbird ...201mph at Talledega ?....Or the 1967 Ford GT-40 MkIV on the Mulsanne straight at Lemans...207mph  .... |
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Post by JCON on Nov 16, 2017 16:51:29 GMT -6
Everyone knows that the first car to break the 200 mph barrier was the Ferrari F40 in 1987. However, the F40 was only the first road car to reach this milestone. In fact, the first 200 mph run took place 60 years before the F40 was born. This year, the first 200 mph car will celebrate the 90th anniversary of its record-breaking run. The car is known as the Sunbeam 1000hp, and it currently resides in the For Britain and For The heck Of It display at the National Motoring Museum in the UK. Unfortunately, it hasn't been started in over half a century.
This incredible car was powered by two Sunbeam Matabele V12 aero engines. Each 22.5-liter engine produced 435 hp which combined to drive the rear wheels through a three-speed gearbox and chain drive transmission. It didn't quite make 1,000 hp, but this was still an impressive machine.
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Post by JCON on Nov 16, 2017 16:54:12 GMT -6
The 200 MPH Barrier Was Broken In NASCAR. It was 47 years ago that Buddy Baker broke the 200 MPH mark for a closed course with a stock-bodied car, driving a Dodge Charger Daytona past the mark at Talladega.
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Post by BUCKY on Nov 16, 2017 17:19:24 GMT -6
Nice bit of history, Joe!
212.809 miles per hour....Record qualifying speed for any NASCAR race, set at Talladega in 1987, by Bill Elliott in a Ford Thunderbird.
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