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That's the tough thing for most to understand about road racing cars... they spend such little time at sustained high speeds. You are either accelerating or braking, either coming out of or going into a corner. An increase in cornering speed of only a couple mph is worth the trade off for several top speed mph. The time those cars spend cornering is significantly more than the time they spend at the the end of a long straight away.
It's been said that an Indy car, with all it's road holding ground effects, could run inverted. Same for a Top Fuel Dragster. Meaning the areo package generates significantly more down force than the car and driver together weighs, allowing it to run on the roof of a tunnel <I'd pay to watch that> I wonder what the Cd of an Indy car is, .75? LOL All that downforce come at the expence of a higher Cd number.
great pics btw, maybe they'll let you take it to lunch some day? I've seen the an old GT40 next to a new Ford GT, it was a real 'old meets new' treat.
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