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Daytona Charger vs Winston Cup
I had an article from some Mopar magazine about Bobby Issacs #17 Dodge Challenger which had won NASCAR doing laps just over 200-mph.
That car was taken to Bonneville,and with the 426-Hemi,did the flying-mile at 217 mph for a world record.
I recently ran across an article in HOT ROD Magazine where a NASCAR Winston Cup Dodge,also #17 was taken to Bonneville where it set a new LSR,at 244 mph.The car was claimed to have a "NASCAR-Spec" engine.There is no information about whether the restrictor-plate was installed.(They didn't exist in 1968).
HOT ROD also did an article about the "blunt-nosed" Camaro which ran around 268-mph.From the photographs you can see that the nose is completely sealed.All it's features are either painted on or are decals.That car developed 1,200 Bhp,the blower absorbed 250 Bhp,and they calculated that the aerodynamic drag imposed by the bug-catcher/blower housing/drive pulley,etc.exposed to the airstream required 150 Bhp to push through the air at their speed.
Their next attempt will be with the Pro-Comp scoop which has remarkably less drag.
" Speed costs money!" E.C.Burnett
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