Steve, I agree about the braking system
The 71 Pace Car Challenger in the video appears to be doing in excess of 100 mph when it passes the camera, and it seems like Eldon should have been slowing well before that point. I'm not sure how long the Indy pit lane is, but I believe the straightaway is 5/8 mile, so I'm guessing the pit lane is at least 1/4 mile long? Maybe 1500 ft? I would think that even a drum brake Mopar, doing 100 mph, would take around 400 feet to come to an aggressive stop, maybe 600 feet for a nice controlled stop. Eldon (in the video) seems to be going full throttle going past the camera.
The 1971 Challenger 383 (with pdb) is one of the old road test videos I have up on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMCoRhsPCG0 Check out the 70-0 mph braking at 3:11 into the video. It took 211 ft to bring it down from 70 mph, and sideways at that!
