zr1 190 mph
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Melting Slicks
It was run on the George Bush Tollroad in Dallas Texas. 5 lanes wide, flat smooth and walls on boths sides. The runs were made on a weekday early in the morning, like 2-3 am. This shot was from about 6 years ago.
Last edited by 4cefed; 03-27-2008 at 01:27 PM.
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I rip up and down the German autobahn once or twice a month at 150+. I have gone on road trips and cruised at 130+ for 50-100 miles. If I get in my car, I will break 100. Even if I am just driving the 3 miles to work (only after I let it warm up). If the "left lane owners" would move their duma$$es over, we could do it in the states. Not scary at all.
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Melting Slicks
I rip up and down the German autobahn once or twice a month at 150+. I have gone on road trips and cruised at 130+ for 50-100 miles. If I get in my car, I will break 100. Even if I am just driving the 3 miles to work (only after I let it warm up). If the "left lane owners" would move their duma$$es over, we could do it in the states. Not scary at all.
While it is all illegal I would rather be passed by a performance car with a driver who has a maintained (Safety inspected) car with both of his or her hands on the steering wheel!!!
Last edited by jakers; 03-30-2008 at 12:44 PM.
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Thanks for remembering old #364. It was a '91 and that run was in the 2002 BBORR. I held it at that speed for well over a minute. It was nice to go over 200 but it was not all that much different from 180 which I have done many times. That was the only time I went over 200 but for my basically stock ZR-1 (add-ons and stock long block) with about 390 rwhp it was as fast as it would go. It was setup for racing in ORR with full roll cage, lowered right down on the ground and lots of other safety equipment including road racing slicks. I have done 175+ on the open road in West Texas not in a race but just out having fun. You really don't want to have other traffic around you so if something goes wrong, you only kill yourself. I have played around on George Bush Tollway but not at speeds over 150. I know that others have gone quite fast on that road and on the North Dallas Tollway too. But I would have raced any of those cars in the BBORR. They had much more powerful cars, but there is a significant difference in racing for a mile or so and racing around corners for 118 miles. I would have liked my chances of winning in my pore ole 91 Z. :-)
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