Bristol is new and smooth. That is a lot of the secret ingredient. Jeff Bloom tested at Bristol in 2003 and said it was so bumpy he couldn't focus after a couple of laps. Blonde said Bristol is now super smooth (he was there in '03 too).

The extra 174' at Bristol was covered in roughly .82 seconds.

I don't have the exact number in front of me but I believe Dodson went 13.585 at the first King of the Wings.

It will be exciting to see qualifying May 15 for this years' KotW.

The supers would have the same trouble hooking up at Winchester as the sprints do. Bentley was scary fast back years ago but remember the track has been reworked about twice since then.

I'd still like to see a Speed Trials format where a car must conform to the rules of its competition sanctioning body, and then also allow an absolute no restriction class. It would get peoples' minds working for sure!

By the way, the whole Bristol idea came up in a matter of weeks before the event. The track tried to get an Indy car to hot lap some after the NNS race but no teams wanted to donate. Can't imagine they have a chassis ready for a half mile concrete track ready to go, let alone a week before the season opener at St Pete. The supers were raised up almost 3" to stay off the track, can't imagine an Indy car could build downforce at that height.




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