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Indianapolis 500 is on tomorrow 8-23-2020
- Thread starter Omega Man
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dennisdarrow
#4869 Earned Lifetime mem
THANKS BUD!!!!
What channel??
Oh boy.......
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SOMETHING TO DO
What channel??
Oh boy.......
... SOMETHING TO DO
THANKS BUD!!!!
What channel??
Oh boy.......
Dennis, Looks like NBC broadcast channels.
OM
I saw some qualifying...... 240 miles per hour
And the fast guys don't lift (take foot off accelerator) for the corners.
gtrider
52184
A lot of them used to come up through the sprint car ranks, where the motto is “Never look, never lift.”
Qualifying speeds have been high, it’s going to be 100F along much of the Wasatch front, sounds like skipping the Sunday ride and watching the 500 is a good plan.
DeVern
saddleman
Enjoy The Ride
Some hit almost 245 mph going into the turns with with the tail winds.I saw some qualifying...... 240 miles per hour
OM
Rinty
New member
I saw some qualifying...... 240 miles per hour
Marco Andretti on the pole by .01 second.
I really like the technology as much as anything. There is a lot going on at 12,000 rpm. Is the valve open or closed?
OM
pglaves
#13338
It is a wonder that anything works at that rpm.
Valve action at 100 times a second more or less boggles the mind.
riderr1150gsadv
Well-known member
Can't watch the 500 as there are just too many commercials...
After all it's a Nothing But Crap broadcast....
After all it's a Nothing But Crap broadcast....
36654
New member
It is a wonder that anything works at that rpm.
F1 engines run up to 18~20,000-rpm. High rpm = less torque and lower weight
pglaves
#13338
So now we are at 166 valve actions per second. My calculator can compute that but my mind fails to grasp it.
If you happen to notice the wreckers/knuckle-boom trucks working the track are from Guiffre Bros out of Milwaukee, great people to do business with.
I bought a boom-truck from them a while back. Probably the best “big-ticket” buying experience I ever had
OM
I bought a boom-truck from them a while back. Probably the best “big-ticket” buying experience I ever had
OM
36654
New member
Think what was going thru the minds of the BSA and Triumph engineers in the early 1960's when Honda was fielding road racers with 14,000-RPM engines
https://www.vf750fd.com/Joep_Kortekaas/1962.html#RC110
Metallurgy and minimizing mass to avoid valve float and other "lost to history" terms.
Honestly, the earlyy 60's was a period of incredible advancement for the Japanese and their customers
