Texas Mile

[FranklinJL]

Don't know if we have any participants on this board, but if you are going good luck. I'll post videos afterwards....I'm taking 2 cars, and hoping to run fast and not crash

I'm hoping to break 220mph in the camaro...

 

[02SE]

AS far as LSR goes, I've mostly been a Bonneville participant. But I know/have known several people who run/have run the Texas Mile, Loring, Maxton (now Ohio) El Mirage, lake Gairdner, Mojave Mile, etc.

Good luck.

 

[OneEyeJack]

Is there a breakdown for classes or is it a run what you brung deal?

 

[IndyIan]

220! That will be exciting! Do you have some wings on it to keep in on the ground?

 

[aquariuscsm]

I haven't been to Beeville in a long time. I had no idea they had a track there,sweet!!

 

[RhondaHonda]

Good luck and be safe!

 

[FranklinJL]

No wing, just 3800 pounds of expensive chassis. I've done tons of track days, lots of drags, and the Texas Mile by far is the toughest test I've seen on engines, and cooling systems. You find out what's broke real quick with multible 200mph passes. This year I went to a air to water intercooler to hopefully keep my motor alive at 16 pounds of boost which should make 1100+hp

 

[SteveSRT8]

Great fun! I have run the Florida event at the abandoned airport near the Everglades a few times. A great place to be especially if you want to see some really hot cars. Amazing how fast some of the "ordinary" looking street cars can run.

 

[Astro14]

They don't really have a track in Beeville...they have the former NAS Chase Field with its three runways.

 

[bdcardinal]

That sounds awesome!! You have any pictures of your Camaro? I have been a huge fan of Big Red for years.

 

[A_Harman]

I ran the Ohio Mile with the East Coast Timing Association for a couple of years, setting the records in B and C Diesel Truck with my trusty Dodge. I also ran C/GT in my Corvette one time, but couldn't run for a record because it didn't have a fire system. That event was fun, though, because I towed the Corvette to the event with my Dodge, then ran both for two days. Then I towed back to Michigan with the Cummins hummin' happily all the way.

 

[FranklinJL]

Do have a 12v? I'd buy that truck from you! I have all these fast expensive cars, but I'm in love with my big dodge....compound turbos, 650hp, towing my triple axle car hauler 80mph down the highway all day long....the Cummins 5.9 is the best motor of all time!

 

[A_Harman]

Originally Posted By: FranklinJL
Do have a 12v? I'd buy that truck from you! I have all these fast expensive cars, but I'm in love with my big dodge....compound turbos, 650hp, towing my triple axle car hauler 80mph down the highway all day long....the Cummins 5.9 is the best motor of all time!


Mine is a 24v with the VP44 injection pump. I set the records when the truck had 235k miles on it. Now it has 291k, and still runs as good as ever. I don't think it got broken in until it had over 200k miles on it.

 

[FranklinJL]

Yeah they don't break in, or smooth out till about 150k-200k