228 mph.......

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in a stock car!

NASCAR.com:


Interesting observation, Mark. I contacted Talladega vice president/general manager Rick Humphrey for clarification on your email, and while he could find no record of the Tim Richmond lap you mentioned, Humphrey did offer insight into Wallace's accomplishment.

He told me that while Wallace did, in fact, reach 228 mph during a lap at Talladega Superspeedway, the fastest lap ever recorded there was 221.160 mph by Mark Donohue on August 9th, 1975.

While there are no records of how fast Donohue went while averaging in excess of 221 mph, it is believed that Wallace was in the ballpark of a 221 mph lap when he reached the 228 mph milestone.


pretty awesome :D

[AKlingel]

It's amazing what running without resistrictor plates can do... :cool:

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Yeah it is. I've often wondered if the IRL ran there with way less down force it the would break 270. BTW, I have an 3.3 Intrepid too!

[DodgeNitroBIRM]

in a stock car!

NASCAR.com:



pretty awesome :D


And that was in a OLD stock car, think of what the current Gen. stock cars could do. :cool:

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Actually, this was this year or last, but at Daytona this year he supposedly did a 238 mph run, but probably could go faster, although I'm not sure how the spoiler was positioned, laying it down would really reduce drag, but he might have lost control by doing that.