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Sponsor: General Motors
Ride time 5 minutes, 34 seconds
Seventeen Show Scenes
85 road signs along the track
Total Track Length: 5,246 feet
With 34 turns
29 vehicles on the Track at one time
6 people per vehicle
0 to 65 in 8.8 seconds during show
Max Speed: 65 Miles Per Hour @ 6000 RPM
Engine: 260 Horsepower Electric Motor
That is more horsepower than a Chevy Blazer
Vehicle Weight: 4,800 Lbs.
0 to 60 in 6 seconds
With a 1/2 G acceleration force
Crash Car Averages 4,018 Cycles a day
Victory Lap: (High Bank Angle) 48.6 degrees
Steeper than splash Mountain
On board vehicle computers have more processing power than the Space Shuttle
Capable of 100,000,000 calculations per second
6 breaking systems on board each vehicle
A vehicle will travel 50,000 miles a Year
22 wheels per vehicle
4 visible
720 times a day the Test Track Dummies will be hit in the knee, chest, and neck in the preshow