http://www.autoblog.com/2006/07/21/hond ... onneville/donskar wrote:Well done:
"And PNSD is right. NASCAR took a car out to the Salt Flats and went 244 MPH. Yes in a straight line, but for a series that get almost no respect even here in the States by most people, it's pretty badass to me."
And that with the aerodynamics of a slightly rounded brick. (Full disclosure: I can not watch NASCAR)
Anyone recall what the slightly modified Honda F1 did in a straight line in that special run a year or two ago?
They did it without a rear wing. Technically not illegal according to the rules, I don't believe it is required but ill advised. And hence not really, to me anyway, in the same vein as to what they did with that Dodge. The Dodge they used for the NASCAR record was completely legal for racing in the series without removing anything and was only 2 MPH slower. Yet still no respect for that accomplishment.