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This Is What It Looks Like When You Crash At 220 MPH
Jalopnik ^
| 3/27/2013
| Travis Okulski
Posted on 03/27/2013 5:32:53 PM PDT by nascarnation
This past weekend was the Texas Mile, a twice yearly speed fest where hundreds of modified cars descend on Beeville, Texas, to try and set records for the fastest standing mile. Hennessey's Ford GT broke its own record and went 267.6 in a mile. The world's fastest Camaro was also on hand, but downforce became lift on a run, which caused a devastating crash and totally obliterated the 2,800 horsepower car.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: auto; beeville; crash; texas
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To: nascarnation
Actually, there is more left than I might have imagined.
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posted on
03/27/2013 5:34:48 PM PDT
by
Mrs.Z
To: Mrs.Z
Worth and about 200 bucks now.
To: nascarnation
Don't do that.
It hurts.
/johnny
To: Mrs.Z
Damn.... That faster than Chucke Schmer moving from a standing position to in front of a camera...
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posted on
03/27/2013 5:40:57 PM PDT
by
JZoback
To: Mrs.Z
Looks like a perfectly good alternator right on top. That ought to be good for about 10 bucks.
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posted on
03/27/2013 5:42:48 PM PDT
by
RobertClark
("May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't" - George S. Patton)
To: Mrs.Z
At around 320-325ft/sec, I’d agree.
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posted on
03/27/2013 5:43:13 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(The most insidious power the news media has, is the power to ignore.)
To: nascarnation
To: nascarnation
lucky man...
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posted on
03/27/2013 5:43:48 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: nascarnation
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posted on
03/27/2013 5:44:27 PM PDT
by
BobL
(Look up "CSCOPE" if you want to see something really scary)
To: nascarnation
The Obama sticker on the hood of the car must have done what Obama anything does to everything—unbalanced it.
To: nascarnation
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posted on
03/27/2013 5:49:04 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
To: nascarnation
how about rolling over and over ... ?
A 'crash' would have created nuclear fusion.
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posted on
03/27/2013 5:54:18 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: nascarnation
Looks fine to me. Much lighter now should go faster.
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posted on
03/27/2013 5:55:36 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
To: nascarnation
40 bucks worth of Bondo and she’s good as new.
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posted on
03/27/2013 5:57:46 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(I predict the exact same Freepers will hate the GOP Candidate for: 2016,2020,2024,2028, 2032.)
To: Mrs.Z
It will come back as half a Toyota, once it gets recycled.
To: NoLibZone
40 bucks worth of Bondo and she’s good as new.Don't forget the fix-a-flat...
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:04:35 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
To: NoLibZone
One would think that forklift would be padded so as not to scratch the finish or mar the frame.
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posted on
03/27/2013 6:08:20 PM PDT
by
21twelve
("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
To: nascarnation
I hate it when they bring my car home on a fork lift.
To: 21twelve
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