[DeTomaso] FAST CAR

Rich Hoppe richbhoppe at gmail.com
Wed Nov 15 12:35:38 EST 2017


After going that fast it seems like you are hardly moving when you are still going 130mph.

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> On Nov 15, 2017, at 10:22 AM, Himes, Terry (397C) <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
> 
> Hooly $Hit !!  Scared me just watching on full screen!  Awesome!  Even a bird strike would have been deadly
> at that speed.  Amazing how stable it was. (seemed like it any way ;-)
> 
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>> On 11/15/17, 9:08 AM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Jack Donahue" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of demongusta at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Last weekend near Pahrump, NV the Swedish auto manufacturer Koeingsegg set a new land speed 
>> record for a production car at near 280 mph.  They did this on a closed section of Nevada Highway 160.  
>> Here is a link to that attempt and video to show the complete runs from inside the car. 
>> 
>> Pretty impressive to see a shift to higher gear at about 220 mph!  Sound up and enjoy.
>> 
>> Watch the setup vid below the speed run. He almost crashes it.
>> 
>> 
>> https://jalopnik.com/this-is-what-koenigseggs-record-278-mph-nevada-speed-ru-1820157256 <https://jalopnik.com/this-is-what-koenigseggs-record-278-mph-nevada-speed-ru-1820157256>
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