As we watch NASCAR we wonder can those cars go any faster without flying off the track? And each year they do go a couple of miles an hour faster and well not all of them stay on the track completely.
It is man and machine and a test of will and watching auto racing well there is simply no greater thrill.
Yet we ask in the future what is the deal, as materials get lighter and stronger, is they any upward limit to the speed? And what about the propulsion systems as these units put out more raw power than can be believed.
What about the drivers all in their prime and best athletic years? Will they be able to handle 300 mph hour on the ground around a track.
What about the gravity forces during acceleration? Surely in the future with carbon nano-tube construction these bodies will weight less than the decals and the paint on top of them? And they will be 50 to 100 times stronger than the titanium frame.
But lightness whereas it has its advantages it also has its drawbacks, consider if your will a car gone airborne, well it is liable to fly out of the stadium.
Auto Racing in the present period is an incredible sport indeed, yet in future periods those with the need for speed will be pushing the limits of our imagination and our dreams.
Perhaps you will think on all this in 2006, now start your engines and let the race begin.