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How fast are NASCAR race cars? The record for a NASCAR legal car is 212.809 mph set by Bill  Elliott in 1987, he set this record during qualifying at Talladega.  In 2004, Rusty Wallace tested a NASCAR rac … e car with no restrictor  plate at Talladega Super Speedway and it recorded a top speed of  228 mph. 6 people found this useful.
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Year of speed: NASCAR teams go faster than ever before Year of speed: NASCAR teams go faster than ever before. Last month at Texas, Tony Stewart became the first driver to cross the 200-mph barrier at a 1.5-mile track.
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- The automatic is faster, hitting 60 mph in 3.6 seconds, while the manual is more fun and still quick doing 0–60 in 3.9 seconds. Jump to Instrumented Test – 2016 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Automatic.
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1955 Le Mans disaster Aside from two layout changes to make the circuit shorter, the Le Mans circuit itself had remained largely unaltered since the inception of the race in 1923, when top speeds of cars were typically in the region of 100 km/h (60 mph). By 1955 top speeds for the leading cars were in excess of 270 kph.
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- Each week, countless drivers put life and limb at risk, all in the name of driving fast and entertaining millions of racing fans around the world. The elite of stock car racing eventually find their way to NASCAR, where the cars are faster and the price of failure is much higher than the dirt track back home. The size and layout of the track has a large effect on how fast a NASCAR driver can push his ride.
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- There's really no telling, as it depends a lot on the circumstances. I can do about 18-20 MPH under road conditions, racers can do 25-30 for quite some time. Disregarding the above answer, it really doesn't depend on circumstances.
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How Fast Did the First Car Go? How fast is the 1968 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 390 fastback? The 1968 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 390 Fastback has a top speed of 130 miles per hour and accelerates from zero to 60 mph in 6.2 seconds. The car achieves this performance with its high-power engine and lightweight body.
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- Qualifying Fast Facts-Charlotte: #20-Matt Kenseth won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 56th Annual Bank of America 500 with a lap of 27.759 seconds, 194.532 mph. This is his 17th pole in 574 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his fourth pole and 16th top-10 start in 2015.
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Top 10 Fastest Supercars in The World The McLaren F1 is amongst the fastest cars in the McLaren series and also the fastest car in the world. The McLaren F1 can clock a maximum speed of 240 miles per hour, or an equivalent of 386 km per hour.
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How fast are NASCAR race cars? On super speedways, they can reach speeds of 200 miles per hour. They are slower on short tracks. Today, the fastest they can go is 202 mph. Currently with the restrictor … plate carbs, they can go about 190, at tracks like Talladega and Daytona.
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- A fast quarter horse can run about 45mph. at top speed, but this only lasts for a few seconds. Petro Jay, running 6 furlongs at Turf Paradise, AZ, had a time of 1:07.2 and ran 40.18 mph. I Googled it, twice, and the first result I got the first time was 40 to 48 km, aka 25 to 30 mph.
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How Stock Car Racing Techniques Work The combined effects of drafting mean that a pair of cars driving one behind the other can go as much as five miles per hour (about eight kph) faster than either car driving alone. Add another car behind the trailing car, and the effects get even more pronounced [source: Tierney ]. Drafting is the reason so many stock car races turn into long lines of cars circling the track in close formation. You're less likely to see drafting in short-track races, however, as the shorter track reduces the advantage of its effects.
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- Answers.com® is making the world better one answer at a time. A black racer goes approximately 40 m/s and goes from nought to 60 in approximately 6.77 reoccurring seconds. 3 people found this useful.
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- The NASCAR Nationwide Series (Comcast Xfinity Series) will feature 33 races across 36 weeks for the 2015 season and contains very few changes to the schedule that preceded it.
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Speedweeks The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Xfinity Series regularly conducted annual preseason tests on the 2.5 mi (4.0 km) oval, under the moniker Preseason Thunder. For 2015, the January test sessions was cancelled as part of NASCAR's overall ban on private testing.
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10 of the Fastest Mopar Vehicles of All Time Powered by a 440 cubic inch V8 (though a 426 Hemi was available too), the Daytona dominated on the track with its massive aerodynamic front overhang and ridiculous 5 foot tall rear spoiler, becoming the first NASCAR stocker to hit 200 miles per hour on the track.
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NASCAR XFINITY Series playoffs news & information Drivers must have declared to earn NASCAR XFINITY Series points in order to be eligible for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Dash 4 Cash bonus.(NASCAR)(1-19-2016) UPDATE: The Richmond format will consist of two 35-lap heat races with a 15-minute break between the events. Caution laps will count in each heat.
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- exists and is an alternate of . Making the world better, one answer at a time. A black racer goes approximately 40 m/s and goes from nought to 60 in approximately 6.77 reoccurring seconds. A black racer goes approximately 40 m/s and goes from nought to 60 in approximately 6.77 reoccurring seconds. Minor edit?
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How Fast Is Lightning? Tornadoes move at varying speeds but typically travel at around 30 miles per hour. Some tornadoes have been clocked moving as quickly as 70 miles per hour.
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Martinsville Speedway Packages Nearly 70,000 tickets sell out virtually every time Martinsville Speedway hosts NASCAR’s top stars. The track is still .526-miles, the shortest used today in NASCAR’s top series.It’s shaped like a paper-clip and often described as a pair of drag strips connected by turns at either end.early 70,000 tickets sell out virtually every time Martinsville Speedway hosts NASCAR’s top stars. The track is still .526-miles, the shortest used today in NASCAR’s top series.
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How Formula One Works Formula One cars can easily attain speeds of 200 mph -- but during a race, the speeds are generally lower. During the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, the winner's average speed was 101.769 mph, and in the 2006 Italian Grand Prix, it was 152.749 mph.
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Daytona's Top Ten NASCAR Stock Cars Elliott took the pole for the '87 Daytona 500 at an incredible 210.364 mph and then went on to win the race, averaging a record 176.263 mph--both records still stand today. Then, as he was qualifying for the Winston 500 at Talladega, Elliott topped even his Daytona performance by qualifying at 212.809 mph.
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- Chris Eggleston (16) Track Facts. . 1 875-mile paved oval with the turns banked 12-14 degrees, four degrees of baking in the backstretch and 10 degrees in the frontstretch.  The track opened in 2006 and the first NASCAR sanctioned race was a K&N Pro Series combination event on May 20, 2007 won by Joey Logano.
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- Joey Logano set the track qualifying record last August at 203.949 mph in winning the Coors Light Pole Award for the Pure Michigan 400, posting the fastest qualifying lap in NASCAR history at a track other than Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.
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- K&N Pro Series West. . 1 875-mile paved oval with the turns banked 12-14 degrees, four degrees of baking in the backstretch and 10 degrees in the frontstretch.  The track opened in 2006 and the first NASCAR sanctioned race was a K&N Pro Series combination event on May 20, 2007 won by Joey Logano.
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How Fast Can a Thoroughbred Horse Run? How fast can a thoroughbred horse run? Thoroughbreds can sustain a speed of 40 miles per hour during races. Although they are very swift, the quarter horse breed is actually substantially faster, with a maximum speed of nearly 55 miles per hour.