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Originally Posted by streetglider
My two cents, a simple solution.... For as long as i can remember, the standard fuel cell for sprint cars was 33 gallons. I seen many 40-50 lap features. They started running 28-29 gal fuel cells to save some weight, and that became the trend. Some low budget teams would still run the 33 gal tank and just not fill them up to full. I think if a promoter would run a 40-50 lap show with NO FUEL STOP, then i would simply slap on my 33 gal tank and not take a chance of running out of fuel. Who wouldnt do that for a Million bucks or 175K ?????
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"Green flag fuel flow for winged 410s will be about 2 gallons per minute, hence about 25-26 gallons for 12.5 minutes (50 laps) under green. Yellow flag fuel flow will be about .6 gal/minute. How many minutes of yellow were there at the Million?"
If the green flag burn (see above) is 25-26 gallons, then the remaining 7-8 gallons (in a 33 gal. tank) is good for only 12-13 minutes total yellow flag time over the whole of a 50 lap race. Gonna make it? Nope.