Texas Mile record...257.7mph in ONE MILE, video included!

[mikeyg402]

I saw this on another website I frequent. Texas Mile is an event that is held every year, in Texas obviously lol. Any car/bike can show up and compete. But this record was set by a Ford GT twin turbo.
204.4 mph in the 1/2 mile
257.7 mph in the mile

29.5 peak boost, 8400 rpm through the traps!



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tZPj7Ebh0o&feature=player_embedded]257.7 MPH Ford GT Standing Mile World Record - 2012 Texas Mile - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DcO8jg9qUE&feature=player_embedded]Ford GT 257.7 MPH Standing Mile World Record - 2012 Texas Mile - YouTube[/ame]


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tZPj7Ebh0o&feature=player_embedded]257.7 MPH Ford GT Standing Mile World Record - 2012 Texas Mile - YouTube[/ame]

Has anyone attended this event? Im planning on going next year, wont have a car to try though

[RTexasF]

Where in Texas?

[BIOLINK]

I didn`t see a cup holder in that thing. I`d probably spill my Diet Coke.

[BobbyG]

Three simple little words...I want one!

[tropicsteve]

wow, at 257.7 mph that run didn`t take too long did it ? awesome !

[Old Pirate]

Sweet, great ride to eat up others on stop light get together`s

[89LXi]

Where in Texas?

Beeville area.

[Todd@RUPES]

Very very very cool. I wonder how something like a Bugatti Veyron would stack up in this.

[512detail]

Very very very cool. I wonder how something like a Bugatti Veyron would stack up in this.

i was bored so i played on google and this video

Bugatti Veyron VS TT Viper STANDING MILE, 0-200 MP by a82e2806 - Car Videos on StreetFire

seems to say that the veyron (looks like a non-supersport) is 204 mph in the standing mile

a friend of mine`s shop had the previous record...240.9 A.R.T. - Viper, Corvette, Mustang, Hemi, BMW, Porsche, in Buda, TX

[KeithsTR20XHP]

Was it last year the SR2 Camaro flipped there. ?????

[GearHead_1]

I posted this same video on this site some time back but since that time believe that Hennessey`s own Venom topped that number on a one way pass. Some outrageous number like 270 m.p.h. but couldn`t back it up on the return run. These cars are mind boggling.

Edit: just looked it up but it was on the two mile run and was at 265.7. I`m still pretty sure I read the 270 number but can`t find it to back up my statement.

[Onepoint8tee]

Going that fast would feel like im swallowing my eyeballs hahaha

[512detail]

ive only been 170 and it was pretty scarry

160 in a nascar on a track in the passenger seat wasn`t as cool because the track is so big you hardly realize you`re going that fast

270 would be crazy

[The Driver]

How`d he beat the UR Lambo`s? Their 4wd launch always puts em up top.


Found it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-AM6P9gAmA#t=14

[GearHead_1]

How`d he beat the UR Lambo`s? Their 4wd launch always puts em up top.


Found it....

Lamborghini LP570 Underground Racing R2 (2005 HP) ? World Record - YouTube

I don`t know about world record but perhaps for that location. I`m not sure where that Lambo was running. I would expect that it not only has to do with the car but the location. The Texas mile seems to be where they`ve been setting a lot of the records but remember it`s only for that location. Probably a lot to do with altitude. I`ve seen the record change a couple of times in the last 2 years or so at the Texas mile. Hennesy has a Ford GT that`s set it at 267 mph. There`s been a twin turbo Camaro hanging around the 250 mph mark as well. There`s also a female bike rider that`s running over 240 mph.

Guinness recorded another Ford GT at 283 m.p.h. It was set at Kennedy Space Station.

Here`s the video of that one.



I`m not sure that this is the current world record but I think it is at Kennedy. As I`ve watched this, I`ve never seen a Lambo on top of the list but most of what I`ve followed has been the Texas mile. The Veyron was there a while ago but it takes a bit longer to hit its top speed (268) and hasn`t been a top contender in the mile. That said, it`s stock, these street cars are far from it.