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ZR1 reportedly ran 7:12 around the 'Ring
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<blockquote data-quote="GT Premi" data-source="post: 15884389" data-attributes="member: 121775"><p>It's not the chassis that limits BoP HP, it's driver safety. They keep the cars slower to increase the driver's chances of surviving a crash. Yes, there is a point of diminished returns. Seven hundred HP isn't it. Making the cars more powerful means it needs a stronger crash structure, probably more aero, different tire compounds, etc., mainly for the sake of keeping drivers alive and on the track.</p><p></p><p>Remember when NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Cars used to run an actual 1/4 mile? The cars were becoming faster and faster, but also more dangerous. There was a fatal crash that spooked all the drivers, and they whined to NHRA to do something. NHRA reduced the length from 1320' to 1000'. Remember the Spec B rally class? Those cars made so much power and speed that the whole class was deemed too dangerous, and WRC killed it off.</p><p></p><p>So power limitations have much less to do with car limits and much more to do with driver, and in some cases, spectator safety.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GT Premi, post: 15884389, member: 121775"] It's not the chassis that limits BoP HP, it's driver safety. They keep the cars slower to increase the driver's chances of surviving a crash. Yes, there is a point of diminished returns. Seven hundred HP isn't it. Making the cars more powerful means it needs a stronger crash structure, probably more aero, different tire compounds, etc., mainly for the sake of keeping drivers alive and on the track. Remember when NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Cars used to run an actual 1/4 mile? The cars were becoming faster and faster, but also more dangerous. There was a fatal crash that spooked all the drivers, and they whined to NHRA to do something. NHRA reduced the length from 1320' to 1000'. Remember the Spec B rally class? Those cars made so much power and speed that the whole class was deemed too dangerous, and WRC killed it off. So power limitations have much less to do with car limits and much more to do with driver, and in some cases, spectator safety. [/QUOTE]
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