More recently, we talked about that at the event in Denton, which opened the championship RTRA (Radial Tire Racing Association) Kyle Hyuttel set a new record in the class Pro Drag Radial, catapulted his Chevrolet Corvette C6 by the end of the distance of 201 meter by 3.870 seconds with a speed of at the output of 202.279 mph. Thus, the Texan was the fastest driver in the history of the competition, where slicks outlawed, and the allowable width of tires is limited to 315 millimeters. But at the end of the notes, we wondered how long it takes riders to overcome the 3.87-second barrier. But even in my wildest predictions, no one could not assume that newly record will last only until the next night.
Rob Walden little that went home with the trophy, so it is twice noted the results at the level of 3.85 @ 212 mph, sliding the pure time bar passage 1/8 more than one hundredth of a second. By the way, before and at events like speed RTRA no one has ever demonstrated. Most competitors real hard tightened after such a turn of events, because turbocharged dregster team Andrew Alpi debuted in RTRA relatively recently, and its potential is disclosed yet far from complete. And if a single departure from 3.87 seconds could be attributed to luck, the weather conditions and the tricks of the devil, the two nearly identical arrival in a row — that's statistics, to deny that, at least, stupid.
Now we can hardly be surprised if burgundy Chevrolet Corvette C7 again rewrite history before the summer.
And more... The new record RTRA less than one-tenth of a second different in a big way from the best result among cars class N / FC (Nostalgia Funny Car), whose motors are powered by nitromethane, and crushing is transmitted to the pavement by means of huge glued slicks. And in our case, we recall, it is a methanol and tires with grooves.
Photo: open source
Photo: open source
