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Hennessey Ford GT Hits A Record 267.6 MPH At The Texas Mile
According to the Texas Mile's official Facebook page, a Hennessey Ford GT hit a new record of 267.6 mph this afternoon at the festival in Beeville. That tops the record they set last fall at a speed of 263.3 mph, and blows away the 257.7 mph speed they hit in 2012.
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Holy $hit, that's fast.
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Just to be clear this is a Texas Mile record, not a standing mile record. This guy did over 280mph in a street car, standing mile:
Fastest standing mile
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also @ Texas Mile....243.6
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The previous standing mile record holder, which was a Camaro, got little fuzzy over 200, crashed and burned.
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What's the difference between "standing mile" and "Texas mile" ?
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Why does it have six exhausts? I could understand four--two out the turbos, two out the bypass valves.
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But the turbos dump directly out the backs...
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I doubt you would find an air filter on a top fuel dragster, either. I'm more curious about why he would want to suck air from a low-pressure area, like the back of the car, rather than using ducting so that he can get a ram-air effect.
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Did anyone else notice that the driver of the 280 mph car didnt even have his belts tight while making his run. Huge stupid oversight, lucky he didnt crash or he would have been dead!!
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At that speed does it really matter? You're dead either way if something goes wrong.
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