Chip Ganassi has a secret underground test track/tunnel
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/nascar/the-secrets-of-laurel-hill/
Too bad it's only straight line.
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March 18, 2011 6:46 p.m. fastbmw New Reader
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March 18, 2011 7:07 p.m. fasted58 New Reader
Cool, I live 30 miles from Donegal. I will take a further look.
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March 18, 2011 8:41 p.m. Cole_Trickle New Reader
Thats still pretty cool!
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March 18, 2011 9:43 p.m. Hal Dork
Old News - At least 2-3 years old.
And it's not exactly straight line. Every time I drove thru that tunnel it had a slight bend in it
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March 18, 2011 11:41 p.m. Schmidlap HalfDork
Hal wrote:
And it's not exactly straight line. Every time I drove thru that tunnel it had a slight bend in it
But it's a left hand turn, so it works for Chip Ganassi.
Bob
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March 19, 2011 3:13 a.m. novaderrik HalfDork
i recall reading a while back that Ganassi not only tests the NASCAR racers there, but also all of his other teams (Indy car, road racers, etc.) and there has even been a few F1 teams doing some testing there.
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March 19, 2011 3:32 a.m. fasted58 New Reader
Some Laurel Hill Tunnel info:
http://www.rays-hill.com/turnpike/web_pages/laurel_hill/Laurel%20Hill%20Tunnel%20S...
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March 19, 2011 11:08 a.m. Xceler8x SuperDork
Pretty damned smart I'd say. Could also be used as a real life engine dyno. Time the car from point to point and you could see how the whole drive train works and what improvements work.
