tohaapanen@watrose.UUCP (Tom Haapanen) (01/25/86)
In article <773@grkermi.UUCP> markm@grkermi.UUCP (Mark S. Miller) writes: >> The superbird didn't fare that well on the race circuit. 220 mph was great >> on a track by itself, but the thing was pretty poor when it had to run in a >> pack of slower cars. > >Now, I'm a little rusty on my Mopar lore, but as I recall the >SuperBird/Daytona dominated for the years they ran. In fact, they did >so well that the Reg's were changed to stop them. As I recall a >Superbird held the record at Daytona (200 something or other mph) >until just a couple of years ago. Sounds like the stock car equivalent of Porsches. Regulations change continuously to stop Porsche domination of various race series. Witness Can-Am (917 was too fast), IMSA (935, 962), World Endurance Championship (917, 935, 956, 962C), and things such as the possibility of the Porsche Indy-car way back when. Racing executives are mostl interested in having a wide variety of cars winning, and will change the rules if one company really does a good job and begins dominating. It isn't enough to have a variety of winning drivers, they have to be in different cars as well. \tom haapanen watmath!watrose!haapanen I'm all lost in the Supermarket I can no longer shop happily I came in here for that special offer Guaranteed personality (c) The Clash, 1979