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Old 09-23-2020, 04:08 PM   #15 (permalink)
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The Bluebird CN7 originally had no fin, and crashed at 365 mph. The car was rebuilt and the fin added before its record run; it ran only one more time after that as a demonstration on an airstrip where it overshot the end of the runway and crashed at low speed. (According to an article in Motorsport magazine I found yesterday. That article, published in 2002, also reported the drag coefficient and drag area).
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