Trivia

[Willowbilly3]

Who can say (without cheating) what the significance of the number 212.809 ?

 

[8literbeater]

Boiling point of water at sea level?

 

[Blue Eyed Devil]

Bill Elliot knows...

 

[Old Iron]

Bill Elliot knows...

BED, Is that the speed ole Bill qualified at

 

[21willys]

I've got one that's a bit less known...

139.104 at Indy. Anybody know the significance?

 

[Willowbilly3]

BED, Is that the speed ole Bill qualified at

April 30, 1987, Talledega, Fastest lap ever ran by a stock car. May 3, Bobby Allison got upside down and became airborne into the fence. It was the last unrestricted race at Talladega or Daytona.

 

[Sam_Fear]

...and the beginning of the end for NASCAR. I do think something had to give, but restrictor plates were not the answer.

21Willeys - I had to look that one up. Cool history there.

 

[echnidna]

Who can say (without cheating) what the significance of the number 212.809 ?

that's so easy
its the number immediately before 212,810

 

[Old Iron]

I've got one that's a bit less known...

139.104 at Indy. Anybody know the significance?

I had to look this one up

 

[Blue Eyed Devil]

April 30, 1987, Talledega, Fastest lap ever ran by a stock car.

Yes and no. Fastest lap ran during a sanctioned NASCAR event. Rusty Wallace actually set the record there in 2004 at 216.309mph. However since the lap was for a radio test it was not "technically" considered a record.

Crazy thing is the first car to run over 200 there was all the way back in 1970 by Buddy Baker in a Dodge Charger Daytona - 200.447mph. That's when stock car racing was actually STOCK CAR racing, and "win on Sunday, sell on Monday" was a real thing. No one actually qualified over 200 there until 12 years later in 1982, accomplished by Benny Parsons.

Lots of history at that track, not to mention all the "haunted" stories...

 

[Bamamav]

...and the beginning of the end for NASCAR. I do think something had to give, but restrictor plates were not the answer.

21Willeys - I had to look that one up. Cool history there.

Yep, not long after that they started going to the make believe cars that never existed. 4 doors made to look like 2 doors, FWD bodies with RWD. I kinda doubt a windsheild out of a NASCAR car would fit a show room stocker anymore, like it used to have to.

 

[Willowbilly3]

Yes and no. Fastest lap ran during a sanctioned NASCAR event. Rusty Wallace actually set the record there in 2004 at 216.309mph. However since the lap was for a radio test it was not "technically" considered a record.

Crazy thing is the first car to run over 200 there was all the way back in 1970 by Buddy Baker in a Dodge Charger Daytona - 200.447mph. That's when stock car racing was actually STOCK CAR racing, and "win on Sunday, sell on Monday" was a real thing. No one actually qualified over 200 there until 12 years later in 1982, accomplished by Benny Parsons.

Lots of history at that track, not to mention all the "haunted" stories...

Well, yeah but that's a stretch. It wasn't a sanctioned event OR a sanctioned car since it was running no restrictor plate and who knows what else. And he actually hit 228

 

[21willys]

I had to look this one up

I've wanted to build a replica since I've read the article the first time.

I'd love to see them build a car and run again at Indy.