You're talking 24 degree banking vs 18 or less and only 6 at Indy.
The key numbers that caught my eye; 233+mph AVERAGE and the track is only
1-1/2 miles around vs 2-1/2 for typical Superspeedways and 2.6 for Talladega
(I think). Think about that for a minute!! The car structure has nothing to
do with it except that its' design allows such speeds to happen. Not being
an expert, this is an OPINION, but it seems to me that someone in the CART
"circus" could have foreseen this better than they did. They already know
what
G loads are being developed on the other tracks and knowing what the human
body is capable of would have led to a little more caution before going to a
track with these specs.
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From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
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Subject: Re: CART/Texas Motor Speedway
Well, how dose the IRL drivers do it? They only go about 10 mph slower?
could it be that the CART cars structurally could not handle the G loads
since they where design to run on less banking?
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