re: #140 Rightwingconspirator

What is their typical speed under yellow? I’m not a sprint car fan, they look like barely guided missiles to me. It’s so easy for a guy to drift offline and then open wheels touch, chaos and ballistics take over.

Just getting back…working on wood stripping (still!).

Well, they were just given the yellow caution, so I imagine they were down to about 50-60 mph at the time and then they probably would go another lap to get down to about 40. The engines are so radical they probably would stall at anything slower.

I’ve always considered a dirt sprint car to be a fast tractor. They are very basic…just engine, rear end quick change, drive shaft, tubes, gas tank and some shocks and basic brakes. And those big ass staggered rear tires which are also part of what may have happened. The rears are considerably wider and taller on the right side.

Under power the damn things want to go sideways more then forward…a product of all that engine and short wheelbase. So your reference of ‘barely guided’ is a good one.