There’s been a huge increase in Michigan International Speedway pole speeds this year. Is it the biggest increase ever?
The red arrows indicate the first race after a repave. The pole speed for the Cup race is 12.9 mph more than last year’s pole speed. The previous record for the largest year-to-year change in pole speed is 6.5 mph.
Data, as usual, courtesy of racing-reference.info.
NOTE: This post was refreshed on 8/17/2021 to clean up the text.
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