Ferrari Mailing List: Re: BUGATTI WOW ! - (NFC)

[LarryT (l02turner]

The fastest top speed recorded at Le Mans is 405 kmh. This was in 1988 by 
Roger Dorchy in a WM Peugeot P88.

The McLaren ran 240 but IMO the biggest acheivement for McL was winning 
Lemans *overall* the 1st try.   Granted they
had some well qualified help.

The 917s and 956/962s were in the mid 240s.

Many of the top speed records down the Mulsanne were done at night when the 
air was cooler!   I watched a In-Car video showing a night lap at LM - 
there's no lights down most of the straight - so all that is seen is what is 
in the headlights.  I've heard some drivers say they like it that way -  not 
sure I'd want to be blind like that....

Here's a site with many top speeds listed - including F1 records -
http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/f1/top_speed.html

One cmment I found interesting was <<modern F1 cars are faster than the 
+1300HP turbo cars of the 1986 qualifying sessions>>

Later ya'll -

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "E M" <pokiebaron [at] gmail.com>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] BUGATTI WOW ! - (NFC)


> I think the record was set by a Peugeot, of 253 mph, or 406 kmh.  I think
> they put the  twisties in Mulsanne straight, late 80's real 90's to help
> keep top speeds down.
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> I think the old porsche 917s were touching up near 240 mph, but I can't 
> find
> any official times for it posted.
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> The thing with the BUG, if you drive it like that, you'll be out of gas in
> about 12 minutes, if you start with a full tank, and tires probably not 
> long
> after. lol.  Still, it is quite the engineering accomplishment for a road
> car!! ;-)
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> Ed
> 911SC
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> 2009/3/30 <red5hilser [at] aol.com>
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> > Does any Tifosi out there know what the all-time top speed reached on the
> > straight at Le Mans is? I think it's not too much slower than this. Just
> > wondering . . .
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