The only car I can think of is SAAB in rallying - and maybe DKW to a limited extent. Some DKW-powered Formula Juniors were successful in shorter races as they overheated in longer ones.
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My list of production cars to first achieve 100s top speeds.
First to achieve:
100 kph-1903 Mercedes Simplex
100 mph-1919 Bugatti Type 23 Brescia
200 kph-1932 Duesenberg Model SJ
300 kph-1982 Lamborghini Countach LP500 S
200 mph-1987 Ferrari F40
400 kph-2005 Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4
No 300 mph or 500 kph yet but they are getting close.
Fascinating...
My top 5 favourite alphabet letters...
1) R
2) Ä
3) X
4) Õ
5) W
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Pure thrust car two-way average record speeds by year (speed/driver/car/setup/sactioner):
1961-331.0 mph/Nathan Ostich/Flying Caduceus/1-Turbojet/SCTA
1962-342.9 mph/Art Arfons/Cyclops/1-Turbojet/SCTA
1963-407.4 mph/Craig Breedlove/Spirit of America/1-Turbojet/FIM-retroactively
1964-413.2 mph/Tom Green/Wingfoot Express/1-Turbojet/FIA-retroactively
1964-434.0 mph/Art Arfons/Green Monster/1-Turbojet/FIA-retroactively
1964-468.7 mph/Craig Breedlove/Spirit of America/1-Turbojet/FIM
1964-526.3 mph/Craig Breedlove/Spirit of America/1-Turbojet/FIM
1964-536.7 mph/Art Arfons/Green Monster/1-Turbojet/FIA
1965-555.5 mph/Craig Breedlove/Spirit of America-Sonic I/1-Turbojet/FIA
1965-576.6 mph/Art Arfons/Green Monster/1-Turbojet/FIA
1965-600.6 mph/Craig Breedlove/Spirit of America-Sonic I/1-Turbojet/FIA
1970-630.5 mph/Gary Gabelich/Blue Flame/1-Fluid Fuel Rocket/FIA
1983-634.1 mph/Richard Noble/Thrust 2/1-Turbojet/FIA
1997-714.1 mph/Andy Green/Thrust SSC/2-Turbofan/FIA
1997-763.0 mph/Andy Green/Thrust SSC/2-Turbofan/FIA
Note: 1964-65 is known as the era of the Jet Wars.
Top 5 F1 teams of early 1980s in alphabetical order.:D
Brabham, Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, Williams.
Three largest oval tracks that motor racing events were held at:
3-Monza-2.64 miles
2-Talladega Speedway-2.66 mile
1-Daytona Beach and Road Course-3.20 miles
The Brooklands Outer Circuit was 2.676 miles
The prewar Avus track was 11.987 miles after the banked North curve was built