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Old 03-24-2013, 4:50pm   #1
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TEXAS MILE // OFFICIAL SITE // 3 DAYS, 1 MILE: NO SPEED LIMIT

It's a one mile speed run on the former NAS, Naval Air Station, Chase Field in Beeville, Tx. For the camera leg humpers, I'm on the other end of a professional so I just used a simple point and shoot.

The most popular cars to run were Vettes, Mustang/Cobras, and CTS-Vs. Yet, there were all kinds of vehicles that continually lined up. There were motorcycles that crossed the line at speeds above 200 while the slow ass dog of the day went to the two wheel fella on a Sunday drive with 105 @ 1/2 and 111 at 1. The slow ass dog car went to the Mini Cooper with 130 @ 1. Overall, my buddy and I had a great time and are looking forward to going back again.

A fella even had a camera mounted on this:



Here's a coupla sleeper vehicles that ran around 170.







A C4 @ 147



The fastest CTS-V @ 192



This begins the 200+ Club

217





226



2800 HP, Twin Turbo
200 @ 1/2
250 @ 1











Top speed of the day and new Texas Mile Record:

210 @ 1/2
267.6 @ 1
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Apparently, that Camaro crashed and burned...
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There wasn't any indication of problems as we were leaving soon after he ran. There were cars running when we left.
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Old 03-24-2013, 5:29pm   #5
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He out ran my camera. He was that fast.



Also, here's what used to be '78 280ZX
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There wasn't any indication of problems as we were leaving soon after he ran. There were cars running when we left.
There's a thread about it at the other place. Here's an aftermath pic...
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There's a thread about it at the other place. Here's an aftermath pic...
Was the driver ok??? Thanks for the invite Johnny. I was gonna invite you to the redneck games this year so ya could go bobbin' for pigs feet. Not so sure now!!! Oh...no lumpia for you!!!
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Was the driver ok??? Thanks for the invite Johnny. I was gonna invite you to the redneck games this year so ya could go bobbin' for pigs feet. Not so sure now!!! Oh...no lumpia for you!!!


Shit dude, I looked for ole JW but didn't see him. There were a coupla AMG's runnin' too.
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Shit dude, I looked for ole JW but didn't see him. There were a coupla AMG's runnin' too.
Dude, there is some shit we will never forget. That moment is one of them. I haven't seen ol JW since then. Hope he's doing well!!! Nette is probably like, "I hope James doesn't find us in Texas"!!!! Tell her I said howdy!!!
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I would love to take my vette there to see want it can do in a no speed limit mile.
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I would love to take my vette there to see want it can do in a no speed limit mile.
All ya gotta do is line up. Anyone can run.
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So, where is Chef's Gallardo??
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Was the driver ok???
Last I heard was yes, the driver is ok..
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Air lifted to Austin. No broken bones. A picture I seen shows him kinda laying/sitting up in a bed. I suspect he does have a knot or two on his head though.
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Dude you were there Saturday?

I would have loved to meet up.
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I would have loved to meet up.
Yep, we rolled in about 9am and stayed 'til about 5pm. I didn't even think anyone from the forum would be there.
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Yep, we rolled in about 9am and stayed 'til about 5pm. I didn't even think anyone from the forum would be there.
Yup, I was there with 5 liter eater & he who shall not be mentioned from down undah, oh and a chit ton of beer.

I've got about 13gb of pictures I'll be going through over the next week or so.

Where you visiting in Tx?..welcome stateside!
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here are the pics of whats left of the camaro.

http://s466.photobucket.com/user/ynotdv8/library/Events/TX%20Mile%20Mar%202013/Bise%20Camaro?page=1
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here are the pics of whats left of the camaro.

Bise Camaro Photos by ynotdv8 | Photobucket
what's the story? anyone have any video of it?
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Great event, a shame about the way-fast Camaro...

We drove our very-stock C6 Z06 down from St. Louis, and had a blast. Both from seeing all the great machinery, and from having a chance to run WFO for that long (without fear of jail time). Lots of great cars to watch, hadn't seen that many ZR1's and Z06's in one place in awhile. And a dozen or more CTS-Vs in various states of tune. Our goal was to break 170, managed that on Sunday (171.4...I know it has more in it).

Brought our MINI Cooper S also...all 1.6 litres, showroom stock, and managed a best of 135.9 on Sunday.

And yes, it sucked to have to drive 1000+ miles home to the foot or more of snow that fell here in STL over the weekend!
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