Zero to top speed in 1 mile


Aug 25, 2006
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I am glad to hear that the event was a success and that all went back home with no issues.

Now as for the 200 mph comments; this indeed is a very large number

Takes care

Shadowman
 

Kirby Vieira

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Thanks for sharing your fun time and congratulations. :cheers
 

John B

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Awesome!
We need an event like this in the Northeast. There is the Maxton mile and such but I think they require a full cage to go that fast as they use ECTA rules.
 

dbk

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John,
You can come run with us in Michigan in the spring.
 

kmillen

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Have fun and good luck! I didn't know that Stillens has a 4 plate clutch. The one they have listed on their web site is a 2 plate. I look forward to all of the reports.

You are correct sir!

Congratulations on hitting the 200+ MPH marker guys!
 

JKR

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Congrats

Brian thanks for all your help! Your a great contribution to the GT community. There is one thing you forgot to mention on your post. That you came in 1st place from the cars that attended at 206 MPH on the GPS ! !:cheers

I'd like to thank Hovik for coming here and inviting us to the Event !! Thanks to Hovik, Seth and the rest of the crew for a truly fun and safe day..:thumbsup

There was a wide range of interesting hardware. Doug Levin brought out his TT Murcielago, There were two or three TT Gallardo's. A Saleen S7, F 599 GTB, Nissan GTR, ZO6, some Porsches, Vipers and (4) Ford GT's.. sadly no TT Ford GT's

They did a great job on letting the guys run their cars as much as you wanted. After the end of the solo max speed runs they gathered everyone at the end of the runway for some head to head races. It was quite fun to watch !!

We can Officially welcome some new GT Forum Members to the 200 MPH Club.. Congrats to "JKR".. He's the guy who is the new owner of The original GTB gull wing car. He ran a 201 MPH on the GPS !! After many runs in the high 190's he pushed the car in to the brake zone and got his 201 MPH !!.. Good Job Jose!! I can tell you it was a bit nerve racking because if you wanted the speed you had to stay in it....

The other new Ford GT Forum member to Join the 200 + MPH Club is " Palm Harbor GT 40 " Greg is the new owner of a Tungsten no stripe car. He piloted the Whipple powered 3.90 geared beast to a 202 MPH on the GPS

There was another young GT owner in a Black w/Silver stripe GT.. I did not hear what his final numbers were.
The airstrip was great.. Another 1/2 mile would have been sweet !! Oh well.. it was a great time.. I think we'll will see more events at this facility.
 

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Texas GT - are you going to the Texas mile at goliad on march 29th ?
i am going but am taking my MV Agusta as my car will not be ready by then
let me know if you wil be there or any other forum members too]steve[/QUOTE

Yes I'm registered for Friday thru Sunday but will probably head home Sunday morning. How fast will that MV go?


Brian thanks for all your help! Your a great contribution to the GT community. There is one thing you forgot to mention on your post. That you came in 1st place from the cars that attended at 206 MPH on the GPS ! !:cheers

Wow, that is cool. Top Dog. Congrats.:thumbsup
 

PeakCompletions

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Here are some pics from another forum...

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and a nice kill vid for the GT :biggrin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CzSRcbcGRQ
 

Not 4N

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Great pics Ray - Thanks :thumbsup

Love the plate on the Lotus.

:cheers
Trent
 

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Sorry I didn't get any photos at the event.. I couldn't find my camera.. I thought I left it at home.. Found it in my gear bag later...:ack I do have this photo as a reminder of the event.. :biggrin
 

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B.M.F.

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That is what i call bus lengths:) Think he was bummed:biggrin
 

RALPHIE

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Brian -

Congratulations on a great run! :thumbsup

:cheers
 

steved57

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Texas GT - are you going to the Texas mile at goliad on march 29th ?
i am going but am taking my MV Agusta as my car will not be ready by then
let me know if you wil be there or any other forum members too]steve[/QUOTE

Yes I'm registered for Friday thru Sunday but will probably head home Sunday morning. How fast will that MV go?




Wow, that is cool. Top Dog. Congrats.:thumbsup

its supposed to go 187 off the showroom floor - the model is a F4 312R
and the 312 is top speed in kilomteres - so we will see what she does

we will see you there !

steve
 

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Is this the "runway" event?? Sure looks good. http://chrisgrosserphotography.com/gallery.php?ID=5&subID=91#imagelist

Brian, is that your car in image 16?
 
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STORMCAT

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Is this the "runway" event?? Sure looks good. http://chrisgrosserphotography.com/gallery.php?ID=5&subID=91#imagelist

Brian, is that your car in image 16?

Yes, that's me and Jose,,, It was a fun day.. :biggrin Unfortunately they organizer of the event shooed away the helicopters. hey came out to shoot for free... They could have made some nice vids and good exposure for the event ...
 

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Were they allowing passengers during the runs?
 

soroush

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Were they allowing passengers during the runs?

it looks like they were!
 

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Were they allowing passengers during the runs?

I took my first run easy just to see the course length and braking zone. There was a young guy that attends many events and he is a real nice kid and likes the GT's. He had a big Video Camera and asked if could come with me for my " easy " familiarization run.. On the easy run we hit 196 mph.. He was amazed how stress free and non dramatical the GT got there.. He's going to send me the video at some point..:biggrin
 

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I took my first run easy just to see the course length and braking zone. There was a young guy that attends many events and he is a real nice kid and likes the GT's. He had a big Video Camera and asked if could come with me for my " easy " familiarization run.. On the easy run we hit 196 mph.. He was amazed how stress free and non dramatical the GT got there.. He's going to send me the video at some point..:biggrin

sweet :cool
 

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Dear FastCat, congratulations on your excellent run. Easy to pick out your car (Helenor) with the little blue hubs.