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Old 09-11-2015, 07:27 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I think it comes down to percentage of "blockage" i.e. vehicle frontal area vs tunnel cross sectional area. I'd imagine a vehicle- especially one that booking along like these race cars- would create a bow wave. The question is how significant is this wave and how does it impact the results?
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