fastbmw
fastbmw New Reader
3/18/11 6:46 p.m.

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.

fasted58
fasted58 New Reader
3/18/11 7:07 p.m.

Cool, I live 30 miles from Donegal. I will take a further look.

Cole_Trickle
Cole_Trickle New Reader
3/18/11 8:41 p.m.

Thats still pretty cool!

Hal
Hal Dork
3/18/11 9:43 p.m.

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

Schmidlap
Schmidlap HalfDork
3/18/11 11:41 p.m.
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

novaderrik
novaderrik HalfDork
3/19/11 3:13 a.m.

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.

fasted58
fasted58 New Reader
3/19/11 3:32 a.m.

Some Laurel Hill Tunnel info:

http://www.rays-hill.com/turnpike/web_pages/laurel_hill/Laurel%20Hill%20Tunnel%20STATISTICS.htm

Xceler8x
Xceler8x GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
3/19/11 11:08 a.m.

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.

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