Superbird Runs Daytona 500 in 2025?

[Dibbons]

When my parents went to special order a 1971 Plymouth Road Runner at Normindin Chrysler Plymouth in San Jose, the salesman first offered to sell them a leftover Lemon Twist Superbird still for sale in the back lot.

I would like to see the 1969 Dodge Daytona (number 22) that ran the 305 Mopar small block in the 1971 Daytona 500 run against Petty current competitors. In the real 1971 race, the 305 led for a few laps but then was invovled in a fender bender and set it back in the pack. The driver Brooks qualified eighth in the field and finished seventh.

Would be a cool video game:

 

[DeltaV]

"The way to make them more exciting is to give them more horsepower, and let them run faster. The faster they run, the more the driver has to stay on his toes," Richard Petty said in a video posted by him on X.

"And when you get cars running, 200 miles an hour instead of 185 miles an hour, all the drivers are not capable of running that speed, that close to each other. So that's the first thing to really separate the cars because that's the way how it used it be," he added.

Millionaire NASCAR figure Richard Petty offers a straightforward solution for superspeedway racing problems

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A properly done video game could hook the youngsters, but it's no substitute for the raw feel of being there.

 

[R413]

Would that 305 inch Daytona go 200? The new car would run away from it, overall very high tech and better aerodaynamics.

 

[DeltaV]

The King drove a 1970 Plymouth Superbird, not a 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona.

 

[Unkle Krusty]

I would like to borrow one of their engine builders for a weekend, while I put my 318 back together.

 

[odcics2]

Baker ran his 200.447 mph record speed with around 600 hp, as installed in the #88 Daytona. (serial #DC-93)

This hp number takes into account using ram air from the base of the windshield.