Thread: We ever going to see a 400mph lap??.

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Just my opinion, but it ain't gonna happen. If they shortened the track before to prevent going 330, they will take further steps if necessary.

It's not all bad. I went to a lot of 1/8th mile tracks in the '60s-'70s, and loved it! A "good race" is about close competition... not trap speeds.

I have a friend who is pretty heavily involved in nostalgia racing. Today they are only allowing enough nitro to give them some of the cackle, and flames... but nowhere near the percentage makes a lot of power... so they are basically alcohol cars, with a little "show".

There is also the incredible cost of racing fuel cars, and of course the safety issues. If we were losing drivers in the low 300s... there is no way that the sanctioning bodies will allow 400 to happen.

some earlier plans