Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Dodge Daytona

Dodge has produced three separate vehicles with the name of Dodge Daytona, all of which were a modification of the Dodge Charger.


The name "Daytona" borrowed from Daytona Beach, Fla., who was one of the first centers on an auto racing and was one of the highlights of NASCAR. The first car, which bore the name of the sports version of the Daytona was Studebaker Lark, which was issued in the years 1963-66 have with the standard bucket seats and was available with a V8 298-m (4.7 liters) 240 l / s (179 kW) engine.


1969 model year

After a crushing defeat in the 1969 Dodge Charger 500, producing a high-performance Dodge Daytona, a limited version of the Dodge Charger for the sole purpose to win the race NASCAR.
Buddy Baker (Buddy Baker) at number # 88 on the Dodge Daytona was the first driver in the history of racing NASCAR, which managed to overcome the barrier of 200 miles / hour (330 km / h), it was held March 24, 1970 at the biggest track in NASCAR - Talladega (Talladega Superspeedway), Alabama, whose length is 2.66 miles (4.3 km). The track runs to this day, turned on its territory an international museum of motor racing glory "The International Motorsports Hall of Fame Museum", where he is "happy 88th" Dodge Daytona.

Dodge Daytona is one of the most famous aerial vehicle, with its special modification of the body, including 584 mm in height and a special rear wing made of sheet metal "bow" cone, which completely replaced the traditional vertical grille and bumper.

Daytona was built at that time in the heavy-duty suspension and used a special setup in the body to cool the brakes. As standard, equipped with 440-m block Magnum 375 l / s (280 kW), and for an additional fee, to be available "simple" 425 l / s (317 kW) and is strongly modified 426-th block of the Hemi 620 l / s ( 460 kW). The latter is particularly valuable in the community of collectors, still, after all, only 70 of 503 cars had been "charged" Hemi.



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