Anyone who drives any sort of performance car will have been asked “Wottle she do, Mister?” Welcome to the Texas Mile.
The Texas mile has been held each March and October at the Goliad airstrip since 2003 and it has now attracted a national following and a global reputation for beckoning the man on the street to “Drive in Your World, Race in Ours!”
In essence, anyone can enter and it is an opportunity to run your street registered motorcycle or car down the measured mile without the fear of speeding tickets and jail time and the aim of the exercise is to see what speed your vehicle is doing at the end of the mile.
World’s Fastest Ford GT Road Car.
Over the last Texas Mile, there were 891 total runs on Friday and Saturday, 53 of which were over 200 mph! Check out the records and highlights below.
Fastest driver over the weekend: The fastest speed of the weekend was 227.1 mph achieved by Tim Siachitano in his 2003 Porsche 911 Turbo.
Fastest Motorcycle of the weekend: Nelson Pupo was the fastest motorcycle rider of the weekend achieving a top speed of 225.6 mph on his 2007 Suzuki Hayabusa. Nelson went over 204 mph a total of 4 times over the event weekend.
Fastest Female Motorcyclist: There were some very fast female motorcycle riders this event. Top honor went to Jennifer Robertson who achieved a top speed of 214.0 mph on her 2005 Suzuki GSX 1300R.
Congrats also to Valerie Thompson who achieved a top speed of 200.4 mph on her 2012 BMW S 1000.
Congrats, also to Rebecca Ebert who went 195.6 mph on her 2008 Suzuki Hayabusa GSX 1300R.
Fastest Corvette of the weekend: David Ghiselin and team LaQuay Motorsports left the Texas Mile maintaining their title as the fastest corvette. David achieved a top speed of 213.2 mph in a 2002 Corvette Z06 topping his previous speed from October 2013 of 206.3 mph, not quite besting his previous March 2013 record of 216.3 mph.
Previous records have been set by cars like the Lamborghini Gallardo TT which ran 255 mph (408 kph). This record was then smashed by a heavily modified Ford GT which ran 266.9 mph (426 kph). The car was built by Heffner Performance, and was both driven and owned by Ray Hofman, the president and CEO of Peak Completions from Midland, Texas.
The yellow Ford GT was equipped with a standard 6-speed manual transmission, runs a stock engine block and heads, retains its air-conditioning, power windows and power door-locks, and it also has an original, completely stock body with no aerodynamic modifications other than removing the rear view mirrors.
