> close course, then it almost certainly would be one of the high banked
> ovals used by NASCAR. In this regard, Mark Donahue tried for (and I
> thought set) a closed course record on the Talladega track using a
> moth-balled Porsche 917 CanAm car. Does anyone recall what that speed
> was?
In the early-mid seventies AJ Foyt went to Taladega and set a record
of ~217 mph in an Indy car of that era. The next week, Penske and Mark
Donahue went to Taledega in a Porsche 917 and went ~225 mph.
Ok, does anyone know the real numbers that go above (year, mph,
etc.)?
Matt Peterson