A Couple of Cool Sprint Car Pics

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Originally posted by Shelby428cj
Chris those babies look so fun to drive!! Are they expensive???

Yeah, they can be fun.

And they are pretty expensive, too. A new car with new everything will set you back around $50k - $60k, but you can get used ones for under $20k. It's mostly the engine that costs so much. There's no tranny, two axles, 3 brake rotors (sometimes 2), no electrical system, alternator, or battery, and usually no more than 3 gauges. It does run on pure methanol, though, and gets about 2 gallons to the mile.

The small ones, like ours (360ci), average about 2 horsepower for every 3 pounds of total weight, but the big boys with their 900 hp 410's have more than 3 hp for every 4 pounds of weight. There are no other circle track race cars anywhere in any type of racing that have as high a hp to weight ratio as Sprint cars.

Yeah, "fun" is a very good word them. In all the racing I have ever done, or worked in, from 1/4 mile to NASCAR, nothing even comes close to how much fun Sprints are.



Take care,
~Chris