What do you mean by saying that "A Charger Daytona was also the first car to exceed 200 mph on a closed circuit -- anywhere in the world, any type of car other than a dragster". German Mercedes and Auto Union streamliner GP cars exceeded 200 mph even before World War II on racing circuits like AVUS. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http:\\www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 1:01 AM Subject: Re: RE OT-Dodge Charger-was: A few photos. > A Charger Daytona was also the first car to exceed 200mph on a closed > circuit -- anywhere in the world, any type of car other than a > dragster. It happened at Talladega in 1970 during transmission testing. > Buddy Baker was at the wheel. The near stock 7 liter hemis were said to > be putting out 625 horsepower. The car that set the record was later > given to a dirt racer in Iowa to settle a debt that Chrysler > motorsports had owed. At the time few recognized the significance of > the record. A few years later NASCAR asked Chrysler if they'd put the > car in the stock car racing museum, so Chrysler made a mock up of the > original. A few years ago, a lower level tech guy at Chrysler heard the > story of the record car and set about looking for it. He called the > dirt track racer it had been given to, hoping only to get a lead on > where it might have ended up. He asked him if he knew where it was. > "Yup," the dirt racer responded. "Well, where is it." the Chrysler tech > asked. "Out behind my barn." was the answer. Well, the tech guy was > amazed that it was that easy to find and hustled his butt off to Iowa. > He purchased the rusted remnants of the car for $30,000 and brought it > badk to Michigan. He's now restoring it in the garage behind his house. > He has apparently been barraged with offers to purchase the car. Some > of them in excess of a quarter million. it pays to be curious. > On Feb 22, 2004, at 5:17 PM, frank theriault wrote: > > > I liked the Charger Daytonas, with the high rear wing and the > > "nosecone". One of the more outrageous cars that Detroit has ever > > produced. > > > > IIRC, the Dodge Charger Daytona, and it's corporate sister, the > > Plymouth Roadrunner were produced in relatively limited quantities to > > get around NASCAR restrictions about body style (any stock cars had to > > be "production" cars back then, with only certain mods allowed). With > > their aerodynamic slipperyness (compared to any other Detroit boxes of > > the day), those two cars wiped up on the stock car circuit. > > > > cheers, > > frank > >
