Bobby Isaac sets a new World Closed Course Speed Record of 201.104 mph at Talladega, Alabama, USA.
Isaac drove Nord Krauskopf's K&K Insurance Dodge to the Winston Cup title in 1970. He won 11 races, and his car accounted for nearly 54 percent of the total points which earned Dodge the manufacturers championship, breaking a 7 year stranglehold by Ford.
Isaac, Krauskopf and legendary crew chief Harry Hyde, decided to cap the season by going to Talladega Superspeedway, the worlds fastest track, to try for a closed-course record. On a raw, blustery day, Isaac circled the track at 201.104 mph to trump Buddy Baker's old record of 200.447 mph.
Isaac felt that this was the pinnacle of his career. Yet, in September 1971, he went on to set 28 world class records on the Bonneville Salt Flats in his Dodge. Many of his records still exist to this day.
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Isaac's 1971 Dodge Charger
Isaac drove Nord Krauskopf's K&K Insurance Dodge to the Winston Cup title in 1970. He won 11 races, and his car accounted for nearly 54 percent of the total points which earned Dodge the manufacturers championship, breaking a 7 year stranglehold by Ford.
Isaac, Krauskopf and legendary crew chief Harry Hyde, decided to cap the season by going to Talladega Superspeedway, the worlds fastest track, to try for a closed-course record. On a raw, blustery day, Isaac circled the track at 201.104 mph to trump Buddy Baker's old record of 200.447 mph.
Isaac felt that this was the pinnacle of his career. Yet, in September 1971, he went on to set 28 world class records on the Bonneville Salt Flats in his Dodge. Many of his records still exist to this day.
Isaac's 1971 Dodge Charger
I remember those days well. Those were the days of racing, not of NASCAR fixing races & championshps.
ReplyDeleteThe #71 was not Nascar legal when it did 201mph. The drip tails were shaved, the rockers were modified and they we're running two four barrels. All big no-no's in Nascar. The #88 actually held the over 200 closed course record for more than a dozen years.
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