Ford GT Forum 200 mph Club & Standing Mile Results


BlackICE

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Nov 2, 2005
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SF Bay Area in California
I think youre car would run 200 even without optimum conditions, due to the gearing, as lont as its not 110 deg:willy

you guys coming down for the next mile in march?, you know now they have side by side roll races going on from 1/4 mile mark to the 3/4 mile mark, its pretty cool they follow you with a truck that has a camera mounted on it and a motorcycle follow just behind(as a judge) to make sure no one jumps the gun:biggrin

soroush, can the motocycle keep up with your car? :lol
 

kumar

GT Owner
Jan 31, 2007
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Dallas
Must be something new. I've run over 200 at the Mile several times without a suit and no complaints from the organizers. I'll need to find out about this before I go back.:confused

Yea, that's what I've heard before so I went down unprepared. They were strict on suit, gloves, and fire extinguisher.
 

kumar

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Jan 31, 2007
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Dallas
I'm aiming for Mullet's time next time out.
 

Mullet

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Oct 21, 2008
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I'm aiming for Mullet's time next time out.

Bring your A game.

I'll be there and am shooting for 230+. :biggrin
 

ChipBeck

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Feb 13, 2006
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Oh yeah!!!!!

Well I'm planning to knock off MarkH with a run of 200.7 mph!

I just want the 200 MPH Club T-shirt. :cheers

Chip
 

kumar

GT Owner
Jan 31, 2007
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Dallas
Bring your A game.

I'll be there and am shooting for 230+. :biggrin

at least let me try to catch up to 226 before you go upping the bar :ack

i was going to do the motor this winter but opted to try something else instead
 

64c2vette

Future GT Owner
Dec 20, 2009
20
CA
Gps?

My 206 MPH run was recorded on a Garmin GPS. Yes , The GT Speedos are off by about 6 MPH at 200 MPH.
We had a two mile Airstrip to run the cars. We were able to do a running start at the beginning of the 2 mile runway. It took more than a mile to get my Pulley and tune car to that speed.

Hope your Garmin is more accurate than mine :wink (just so there is no misunderstanding, I am NOT claiming this as a legitimate top speed, but it is an unretouched photo) Was trying to check speedo accuracy at the upper end of range, and the Garmin appeared to be a bit "optimistic" shall we say. I am told it is an older design that is not accurate at high speeds (um, yes).
 

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BlackICE

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Nov 2, 2005
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SF Bay Area in California
My Driftbox matched the TX mile slips in the 3rd decimal place!

My Garmin seemed very reasonable up to 143 MPH but I didn't have anything to compare it too.

The Driftbox's datarate is 10 times per second, while most GPS units only do at 1 time per second last I read.
 

soroush

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Aug 8, 2007
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Bring your A game.

I'll be there and am shooting for 230+. :biggrin

then I will shoot for 232+:biggrin
 

Apollo

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I am officially a member of the 200+ club. 202.5 at the Top Gun Run in Miami on 3/14/10. :banana::biggrin

Correction - 202.66
They had a printer issue so we did not get slips but I see the reults have been posted.
 
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laniakea

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Dec 11, 2009
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New Members to the Club

Congratulations to Kyle Wall, 17 years old, 202.5 mph and Jim Guthrie, a little older 210.7 mph both in Jim's 05 silver GT. Additionally, Kyle ran 187.6 mph in his Red 05 GT which is completely stock.:banana
 

fjpikul

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I thought you had to be at least 18 to participate? NASA rules?
 

Fast Freddy

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laniakea

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Runs were done at the Texas Mile. I'm not sure what the rules are for nasa as a sanctioning body, however, the website for the Texas Mile states all participants under the age of 16 must have a minor waiver signed. When we arrived it turned out to be a typo on the website and waivers are for all those under 18.
 

kumar

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Jan 31, 2007
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Dallas
224.3
 

FlorIdaho Chris

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I ran 206.6 yesterday on the Miami runway. (1 mile, not 1.25)
 
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Awsum GT

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I ran 206.6 yesterday on the Miami runway. (1 mile, not 1.25)

Was this just before lift off?
 

FlorIdaho Chris

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Was this just before lift off?

LOL...no, that speed would exceed the speed rating of the av-tires. They are only rated to 160 knots. :lol
 

PL510*Jeff

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I ran 206.6 yesterday on the Miami runway. (1 mile, not 1.25)


:confused---FGT or Airplane?
 

jaxgt

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I didn't think the runway was open until Sunday? Congrats though.