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Land speed records by type of vehicle Category Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) Vehicle Operator Date Certifier Refs Land speed record [a] 1,227.985: 763.035: ThrustSSC: Andy Green: 15 Oct 1997 FIA [2] Wheel-driven [b] 745.187: 463.038: Vesco Turbinator II: Dave Spangler 14 Aug 2018 SCTA [3] [4] Piston-engine [c] 722.204: 448.757: Challenger 2: Danny ...
The more stagger the car has, the sharper the car can turn, but at the expense of straight line speed. [10] [13] Sprint cars do not have starters, so push trucks are used to push the cars to start the engines. Sprint Cars only have an in/out direct drive with a fixed gear ratio, no reverse gear and no clutch. [10] [14]
The first weekly races were held at the Knoxville Raceway in 1954. After internal issues with the sanctioning body—the Southern Iowa Stock Car Racing Association—in 1956, Marion Robinson of Des Moines, Iowa was appointed as race promoter. During Robinson's tenure, the cars progressed from stock cars to modifieds to supermodifieds to sprint ...
Wingless sprint cars are considered the traditional sprint cars, dating back to the first sprint cars in the 1930s and 1940s (that ultimately evolved into Indy cars). Today, they are essentially the same car as a winged sprint car, only without wings. In fact, many of them have the "stub outs" in the frame for adding wings.
Highest number of Sprint wins per season Year Driver(s) Constructor(s) Sprint wins Sprints Percentage 2021: Valtteri Bottas: Mercedes: 2 3 66.67% 2022: Max Verstappen: Red Bull Racing-RBPT: 2 3 66.67% 2023: Max Verstappen: Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT: 4 6 66.67% 2024: Max Verstappen: Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT: 4 6 66.67%
Season starting earliest in the year: 1 January: 1965 (South Africa), 1968 (South Africa) Season starting latest in the year 5 July 2020 (Austria. Start of season delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic) Season ending earliest in the year 2 September 1956 Season ending latest in the year: 29 December: 1962 (South Africa) Coldest race (air temperature ...
The track is billed as the "World's Fastest Quarter Mile Oval." The current track record was set by Jeff Bloom in a 410 extreme winged sprint car on August 21, 2010 at a time of 9.908 seconds. [1] This is the first lap record under 10 seconds on a quarter mile oval track of any type, breaking Anderson Speedway's 10.28 second lap record. [1]
After a lengthy break from world records Breedlove began work on a new Spirit in 1992, eventually named the Spirit of America Formula Shell LSRV.The vehicle is 44 ft 10 in long, 8 ft 4 in wide, and 5 ft 10 in high (13.67 m by 2.54 m by 1.78 m) and weighs 9,000 lb (4 t), construction is on a steel tube frame with an aluminium skin body.