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There are plenty of Internet trolls that think our cars don’thandle well. They’re wrong. And besides, everyone knows the fastestway between two points is a straight line.
The fastest time ever run at Pikes Peak is 7:57. That’s waytoo long. If we removed all the curves, making a straight line fromtop to bottom, how quickly could a Challenger SRT® Hellcat Redeyereach the top?
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Slope of 6.4%
Redeye top speed 203 mph
A stock Redeye has a peak acceleration of over 1g. Assume thisRedeye will accelerate at an average of .091 g (2.93 ft/s2)
The 12.42 mile long Pike’s Peak course has over 156turns
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Some kinematic equations:
d=v^2/2a
t=v_f/a
t=d_remaining/v_f
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