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Old 06-14-2010, 04:55 PM   #20 (permalink)
Piwoslaw
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Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
Frank's right. You'd need weight classes. Otherwise we'd see Aerohead put 1,500 lbs of dense freight in his truck and coast into the next county. No penalty for all that energy needed to get him up to speed.
What about this: Both cars are weighed right before the race, then they accelerate to the top speed and switch off their engines. After they coast past the finish line they stop and get weighed again. The difference is the amount of fuel used to accelerate and that can be factored into the penalty.
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