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Old 02-27-2016, 02:41 PM   #1 (permalink)
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New Speed Demon @ DARKO video

'talked with Layne Christensen at Darko yesterday and he told me about this.George Poteet and his guys spent 2-days there recently testing the new body.

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Old 02-27-2016, 03:44 PM   #2 (permalink)
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If I'm representing things correctly,10,000-lbs static weight isn't enough and the new winglet atop the vertical stabilizer is hoped to afford some additional rear downforce.Any wheel-spin at speed is................... well you know.
From the 2012 Mike Cook Shootout they think the car could do 485-mph with it's horsepower.
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One of my favorite cars. Youtube offered a followup:
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