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Turbo boost set to pump up Indy 500 power numbers
Once Fast Friday arrives and NTT IndyCar Series teams receive maximum turbocharger boost to use in preparation for qualifying, the Indy 500 will see some of its highest horsepower figures put to the pavement in many years. Big power was the norm for the CART IndyCar Series in the 1990s as more than 1000 horsepower was occasionally made by turbocharged V6 and V8 engines. With the advent of the Indy Racing League and its takeover of the Indy 500 in 1996 using CART cars, a final year of prodigious power was unleashed as Arie Luyendyk set the qualifying speed record with a four-lap average of 236.986mph. As recently as 2019, IndyCar has given its teams 20.3 pounds of boost for Fast Friday and...
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