Thread: Top speed at Indy (not average lap speed)
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Old 22 May 2017, 01:36 (Ref:3735159)   #7
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Originally Posted by Danathar View Post
Does anybody know what the top (peak) speed record for the Indy oval is? Not lap speed averaged, I mean the top speed ever done at any point in time during any lap.

It's obviously at the end of the straights. Can't seem to find that record anywhere?
They were hittin' 238 this weekend. Back in the CART days, they were topping 240. I don't know what the peak velocity has been and I've searched also.
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