Fastest Track In US

[b1eagle]

Wythe Raceway in Va. is a half mile on the inside.The surface is as smooth as the highway.140 mph in straights and barely lift on entry.No slide jobs there too fast.

[BIG MAC ATTACK]

173, to be exact. A friend was down there when a Georgia state trooper did the check. Did know who the driver was but have forgotten now. Could have been Skip Arp, but I'm not sure.

That would have been Darrell Lanigan

[BIG MAC ATTACK]

http://www.race-track.com/news.asp?TOPIC_ID=1512

Story on Lanigan at Golden Isles

[AllenK]

Why doesn't more footage of the old Golden Isles exist out in the public domain?

[jhanson]

thanks for the videos and stories---great stuff---fun---Wythe, Golden Isles, etc. I love tracks where the drivers never have to lift during time trials. If you have to lift in 410 time trials at Cedar Lake, you are toast. I'm not a racer, just an observer, but it seems to me that even hammer down late models sometimes have to lay off for half a second to get the car to turn. ?????? I saw Tony Stewart run a late model hammer down lap at Cedar Lake where he got the car to turn without letting up. I'm just trying to remember---many years ago.

[CIRF]

http://www.race-track.com/news.asp?TOPIC_ID=1512
Story on Lanigan at Golden Isles

I asked earlier in this thread and no one answered so I'll try it again. Did 410 winged sprint cars ever run at the Georgia track that is covered in the above link? If a 2350# late model ran 143 MPH then a 850 horse full house 1400# winged 410 should be well over 150 MPH average if they ever raced there.

[Barbecueboy]

http://www.race-track.com/news.asp?TOPIC_ID=1512
Story on Lanigan at Golden Isles

That was a good read....lot of cool names in those rundowns from 15 years ago.

[Rocky]

I've never been to the old Golden Isles or to Sringfield when they ran the mile. I don't know what's left as far as scary fast tracks. I didn't even know they'd closed the Belleville High Banks. What I'll say is, these cars are barely safe enough to run on real half mile tracks. They definitely aren't safe enough for the mile at Springfield. At least not with open motors.

I asked Brian Keselowski a few years ago how fast he could lap Dover in an outlaw Asphalt Super Late Model, you midwest Michigan, Ohio, Indiana guys know what I'm talking about everybody else flex the search engine. Brian told me "it would break in half" but if it wouldn't about 4 seconds faster than Cup pole speed. Those cars run dirt style bodies, but are way more robust than their dirt cousins at 2800#. So you take 500 lbs of steel out and, okay, think about it. They're the cars that were left over when all the outlaw tracks up there got paved and they kept DLM rules back 30 some years ago. Like when you guys were talking about dirt cars on asphalt at Volusia at Speedweeks back in the day and Larry Zent being super fast, I've seen Larry race one of these cars a whole lot. I'm rambling here.

I think what I'm saying is if we're gonna start running miles and super high banked 5/8 miles and stuff ever again the cars need to weigh at least 3000 lb and have steel bodies and not really resemble a dirt late model. Or make everybody run a crate motor. Call me a sissy, I can take it.

[jhanson]

deep thinking, bro---good analysis

[EvelB7]

Safe is all in the eyes of the person willing to strap in.... Your helmet strap would pull at your chin as it tried to rise up at the old Golden Isle.

[ride height]

No doubt....when you get rollin at Springfield Mile....you’re rollin. Way over 100 mph. More like 150. These dirt late models aren’t built for that. If you crash at those speeds...you’re in real deal trouble in these cars.

[J&Jsteel_fan]

No doubt....when you get rollin at Springfield Mile....you’re rollin. Way over 100 mph. More like 150. These dirt late models aren’t built for that. If you crash at those speeds...you’re in real deal trouble in these cars.

Steve Sheppard Jr's car after a wreck at the Springfield Mile.

[TUTY]

10.426 by Terry McCarl at Husets Speedway in Brandon SD. That track is bad fast and opening up again very soon. Hopefully Late Model races next year !!

[lurker]

---- and Larry Zent being super fast, I've seen Larry race one of these cars a whole lot.

Ditto. I’ve seen Larry win a bunch of races too. Absolutely dominated the Outlaw Super late class in this region back in the day.

[Dlmfan123]

10.426 by Terry McCarl at Husets Speedway in Brandon SD. That track is bad fast and opening up again very soon. Hopefully Late Model races next year !!

I believe Tod wants to bring in lucas