Not NASCAR but Daytona related- Crazy!

[Spotter22]

 

[Greg]

I wonder if a Cup Car with an open motor could beat that time.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

I wonder if a Cup Car with an open motor could beat that time.

Probably, along with a Supercar. I'm sure a 2024 Hypercar could blow it to shreds.

But this is old news.

 

[Efisher131]

I wonder if a Cup Car with an open motor could beat that time.

I could be mistaken but didn’t Rusty Wallace do 228 at Talladega in the early 2000s?

 

[JJ_14]

That's... too much.

 

[kkfan91]

I could be mistaken but didn’t Rusty Wallace do 228 at Talladega in the early 2000s?

He did, if I recall the video of him talking about it he said it was all kinds of sketchy at that speed.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

He did, if I recall the video of him talking about it he said it was all kinds of sketchy at that speed.

I also recall him saying he was too scared to do it more than a couple of laps.

EDIT - just Googled it. Car & Driver said TOP SPEED was 228 at the end of the back straight. LAP SPEED was 216, compared with Braun's 222.

 

[kkfan91]

The published numbers were 228 with an average of 216.309. Rusty says (which might not be true) that he actually came by the start finish line doing 241 with an average of 238. The tires just wouldn't stay on the car.

https://www.speedsport.com/nascar/nascar-cup-series/that-time-rusty-wallace-ran-unrestricted-at-talladega/

 

[Spotter22]

I wonder if a Cup Car with an open motor could beat that time.

Rusty ran 221 at Talladega unrestricted, that was average lap, the top trap speed was 228

 

[Spotter22]

Tim Richmond ran 240 at a test track,trap speed

 

[Mispeedway15]

The published numbers were 228 with an average of 216.309. Rusty says (which might not be true) that he actually came by the start finish line doing 241 with an average of 238. The tires just wouldn't stay on the car.

https://www.speedsport.com/nascar/nascar-cup-series/that-time-rusty-wallace-ran-unrestricted-at-talladega/

In race trim you could probably hit 230 on the straights but the corners would be tough. The drafts would be insane, Michigan had huge runs on a 2 mile with lower banking. Add almost an extra mile and 9° more banking and you’d get some ridiculous speeds towards the tri-oval

 

[2 Sweet]

Tim Richmond ran 240 at a test track,trap speed

That's awesome, got any details? Please elaborate!

 

[Spotter22]

Tim Richmond ran 240 at a test track,trap speed

Tim Richmond and Harry Hyde set that trap speed at TRC, a private test track in Ohio with an oval more than seven miles around.

 

[2 Sweet]

Tim Richmond and Harry Hyde set that trap speed at TRC, a private test track in Ohio with an oval more than seven miles around.

Seven miles? What track? What is TRC? What year, and what led to this happening?

 

[aunty dive]

Ohio | TRC

The Ohio page of the TRC website.

www.trcpg.com

 

[2 Sweet]

Ohio | TRC

The Ohio page of the TRC website.

www.trcpg.com

Interesting. That's about 50 minutes away from me.

Still curious to know the story behind NASCAR/HMS/Richmond testing there