Your fastest high speed pass

[BevanWright]

I have had my cobra just under 180mph at a circuit based at an airfield, on the rev limiter in top.

It did get a little light feeling, and once I popped my head over the top of the aeroscreen and just about pulled my head off.

The car had aeroscreen and covered passenger compartment, I made a flat bottom, and was going to make an air dam, but now we can not race at the airfield any more. Plan had been to hit 200.

[smada001]

My fastest was just a little over 200mph. The NASCAR driver Brad Kesilowski has a foundation called the Checkered Flag Foundation (checkeredflagfoundation.org). His foundation brings wounded veterans to watch his races and hang out with him (when he's not busy preparing for the race). Notice that when he wins races, he grabs an American Flag for his celebratory burnouts, not the checkered flag.

On the Monday following his Sunday race, he takes all of the vets and their spouses for hot laps around in one of his specialty NASCARS he had made (with passenger seats) for his foundation. I went to Talladega last year, thanks to his foundation, and Brad drove me around on a hot lap going 200+.

Oh, and it didnt hurt that he happend to win that race last year. Going to victory lane, meeting El Capitan, getting sticky from the celebration, and hanging with Brad's sister for two days made for an amazing experience.

[Lex]

I was in a track event at Nashville Superspeedway with my old engine (just over 400 rwhp) and they got me on radar on the front straight at 147 passing a Porsche. I went to 5th gear as I went around him and about the time I pulled back in front of him all hell broke loose!! Concrete track, 9 quarts of oil, Racing slicks and the rest is priceless!!

[henrik]

approx. 125 mph in the cobra... no fun above 100

approx. 150 mph heading North on the German autobahn in a BMW 535 ("road train / convoy" of 4 cars in the night... I was last in line letting the front clear the left lane for a little hour on our way home from skiing

But the most fun on... a brand new Volvo R was giving me the angry lights from about 5 Feet distance - wanting to pass me badly... I was in my "sleeper" 1998 Saab 900 convertible on the highway doing 85 mph - when Right lane was free I changed lane, but the very moment he came passing at full trottle I let the turbo rotate... at 155 mph he gave up ( cars in Europe are often restricted to mph 155 and my mechanic have had my Saab at 175 mph )