Hotrod Article on 300 MPH GT

[MarkH]

I thought Hotrod did an amazing job on the quest to 300 mph article sort of describing how this all got started with a tribute to the late Ray Hofman. If you have a few minutes to read it, I would say give it a shot.

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/2006-ford-gt-road-300-mph/

Thanks,
Mark H.

 

[Simon]

Great Article.

Mark I think you need to update your signature....."
M2K Motorsports Standing Mile World Record Holder 293.6mph"

 

[Howard]

Am enjoyable and informative article on a tremendous achievement.

 

[FourFather]

Excellent article on a tremendous achievement! Congratulations again, and thank you for raising the bar, and posting the article.
Setting records is fun, isn't it?

Cheers,

Eddie

 

[soroush]

great article Mark! your car is definitely a legend now...


I do remember the fastest ford Gt at the ford gt forum rally Texas mile being a different car however

 

[twobjshelbys]

' Like I say to everyone ‘It’s a built as tough as an F150.’” '

Great line. "Built Ford Tough"

The one thing you get from reading this is that the team doing the work never believed anyone claiming "you can't do that". Instead their belief system was "Of course I can. Let me show you how". [A working mantra I believed in. The very first time someone said that to me it was a challenge to prove THEM wrong.]

 

[Special K]

Great read, outstanding accomplishment! The article really helps put into perspective the monumental hurdles that were overcome to reach that goal.

 

[Rickmustang]

Those shocks were expensive!!!

 

[GTMD]

Wonderful article. Congratulations again Mark and thanks again for posting!

 

[Gene Cassone]

Great article! Surprised to see aero on the car that good! We have all read about how original GTs front end would pick up at speed at Lemans!
Nice to see 05-06s still making news like NFGTs!

 

[Ed Sims]

Great article!

Those shocks were expensive!!!

It was not just the hardware but the time & expertise in setting it up. A race bike can have a custom shock (one shock!) for $5-7K.

Ed

 

[Ed Sims]

Great article! Surprised to see aero on the car that good! We have all read about how original GTs front end would pick up at speed at Lemans!
Nice to see 05-06s still making news like NFGTs!

Part of the ability for the '05-06 GT to attain extremely high speeds is that it doesn't have lots of downforce. It's aerodynamically almost perfect for high speeds.

Ed