From the JournalNow: And for teams looking to NASCAR’s post-race chassis dyno tests at Darlington for some hint of just how much horsepower Gordon might have to play with — no such luck either. Chevrolet’s SB2 engines are widely thought to be pumping out a lot of horsepower, maybe as much as Robert Yates’ vaunted Ford motors. If so, GM teams managed to disguise the power quite well, because Gordon’s engine, according to sources privy to the dyno results, pulled only 627 horsepower at the rear wheels, much less than the 658 horsepower Jeremy Mayfield and the 668 horsepower Dale Jarrett pulled. Backing up Gordon’s figures, Ernie Irvan’s 636 horsepower chart. NASCAR doesn’t officially release chassis dyno results but the figures were widely available yesterday in the garage, which is unusual.(JournalNow)(9-12-98)
