[DeTomaso] FAST CAR

[Himes, Terry (397C)]

Agreed.  Wow.

"A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
 stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
 
Terry W. Himes 
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dawn Spacecraft Team
Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell:     (818) 653-8213
thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
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On 11/15/17, 9:45 AM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Jack Donahue" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of demongusta at gmail.com> wrote:

    I love the way it accelerates from 180 to 220. Almost like he is finally putting his foot in it.
    > On Nov 15, 2017, at 9:35 AM, Rich Hoppe <richbhoppe at gmail.com> wrote:
    > 
    > After going that fast it seems like you are hardly moving when you are still going 130mph.
    > 
    > Sent from my iPhone
    > 
    >> 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 ;-)
    >> 
    >> 
    >> 
    >> "A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
    >> stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
    >> 
    >> Terry W. Himes 
    >> JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    >> Dawn Spacecraft Team
    >> Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
    >> Phone: (818) 393-6261
    >> Cell:     (818) 653-8213
    >> thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
    >> 🇺🇸
    >> 
    >> 
    >>> 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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