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Old 07-16-2012, 07:25 PM
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Well, one word comes to mind immediately - Awesome! Some others came to mind after I noticed his speed on the straight was over 260mph. But awesome will do. Thanks for posting this!
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Old 07-16-2012, 08:13 PM
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I thought that he might lap that cobra he passed early on!!!!!
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Well, one word comes to mind immediately - Awesome! Some others came to mind after I noticed his speed on the straight was over 260mph. But awesome will do. Thanks for posting this!
Looks like the display is metric... which would be 165-plus. Still cookin'!
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Cool video!

Sounds like it has a very healthy motor. It would be interesting to see what tweaks they made to the suspension and brakes ... need equal measure of both to circle the ring in that machine at those speeds!
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