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Information Junky
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: an island, upper left coast, USA
Posts: 73,167
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Just another thought, NASCAR cars weigh a minimum of 3400_lbs.
That Sirocco won't weigh even half that.
And, like you say, slower speeds...
Doing the math on that...
Energy of the car in motion is = .5xmass x velocity2
-- this means a 3400 lb car doing 200 mph will carry about 6x the energy of a 1600_lb car doing 120_mph
That's the energy that needs to be absorbed in a crash. Big difference.
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