I wonder what a supercar with real aero would do, like one of those crazy turbo S7s or something.

No roll cage in it?

i see a cage

Probably took him half a mile just to spool that turbo. He could have gone a little faster if he had smaller, lighter wheels. I don't know if it's just me, but I think I would have tried to find a bigger wing and add some front canard's to keep it on the ground.

thats retardo....even with all that spinning to get up to that speed. amazing!

Texas mile is for slackers. Just do it on I10 like everyone else.

damn! Hey, what did that SVS viper run? (the stars and stripes)

The spinning actually helps I think to a certian extent.
I know it does at the dragstrip vs hooking and bogging, or just feeding in
enough throttle to not spin.
By spinning and still accelerating at a decent rate, read moderate slippage,
your putting down more hp. That way your not bogging the engine, and will
achieve a faster speed, but not a faster time to cover the same distance.

Apparently Tommy (owner of the supra) ran the 228mph on the second day after switching to 18 inch wheels, which allowed him to hook in third.

Every real world experience at the drag strip has shown me that slight tire slippage produces higher traps and higher ET's.
Hooking will produce a lower ET and lower trap speed.

Except for when this supra put on sticker tires and trapped higher.

Very impressive - the Hennessey Viper in the R&T shootout did 220 in the mile (beating the Veyron as well)

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=31&article_id=5675

Somehow I missed this gold last time I read this thread.

Technically you are 100% wrong (IMO). Without some slip, it is not possible to get a car moving. With an auto, the torque converter slips. In a stick car, it neither the tires nor the clutch slips, either something breaks or the motor stalls; 100% of the time.

Whats Newton got to say about dat?

Somehow I missed this gold last time I read this thread.

Technically you are 100% wrong (IMO). Without some slip, it is not possible to get a car moving. With an auto, the torque converter slips. In a stick car, it neither the tires nor the clutch slips, either something breaks or the motor stalls; 100% of the time.

Whats Newton got to say about dat?

I think basic frictional physics don't apply to the tire/pavement interface.

We had a thread a couple years back and theoretically, the contact patch of the tire doesn't change frictional force, but we all know you hook better with bigger tires. Why? My guess is that tires, tire treads, asphalt are not theoretically ideal. They are not smooth and there is likely some additional frictional forces occuring beyond the normal force and coefficient.