2800hp camaro crashes at Texas Mile...

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03-25-2013, 10:26 PM
wingnut

2800hp camaro crashes at Texas Mile...

2,800-hp Camaro wrecked at 220 mph during Texas Mile speed run | Motoramic - Yahoo! Autos

http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Oe...amarob4aft.jpg

Few weekend race events have grown quite as quickly as the Texas Mile, a twice-a-year run down a 1.5-mile airstrip in Beeville, Texas, that lets tuners push their creations to 200 mph and beyond. One of the stars of the past couple of years has been a fourth-generation Chevy Camaro, tuned by a Houston shop into a twin-turbo monster that hit 263 mph last October, claiming the mantle of America's fastest Camaro. This year, the team returned to the Mile last weekend with some 2,800 hp — and found that the engineering they'd put into safety features paid off when the car went off track, rolled several times and caught fire.

http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q_...lmrccwreck.jpg

...dont think thats gonna buff out :eek:
03-26-2013, 12:05 AM
fullracegt

Man he's lucky to have survived that.
03-26-2013, 01:01 AM
mb3000

Holy shit!
03-26-2013, 03:33 AM
Unlogic

That must have been a hell of a ride.
03-26-2013, 07:20 AM
green-lantern

Dammit, I watched that video expecting to see the crash but it never happend. :mad:
03-26-2013, 07:58 AM
HilbillyHomeboy

Quote:

Originally Posted by green-lantern

Dammit, I watched that video expecting to see the crash but it never happend. :mad:

Thank you for saving me the time.

Jeremy
03-26-2013, 08:18 AM
green-lantern

you're welcome :D
03-26-2013, 11:54 AM
Chris@Rvengeperformance

looks like something from grand theft auto
03-26-2013, 01:04 PM
Erron Spalsbury

Tons more pics here...
Bise Camaro Photos by ynotdv8 | Photobucket
03-26-2013, 01:26 PM
green-lantern

http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...o/DSC03967.jpg

I'm suprised they used a car with T tops. I want to see the video from this crash. He is lucky to be alive. That's one hell of a roll cage.
03-26-2013, 01:42 PM
FeaRpb

I am glad I got to see that car in person before its end of life.
03-26-2013, 01:44 PM
wingnut

Well hell...

http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/r...o/DSC03959.jpg

...THERES where 2600 of the hp came from :lol:
03-27-2013, 09:43 AM
J. Fast

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust... RIP Camaro :(
03-27-2013, 09:47 AM
J. Fast

Love the Kirkey seat drivers enclosure. Drivers seat skeleton looks undamaged. Thankfully cage safety appears to be quite adequate at this event.
03-27-2013, 10:08 AM
green-lantern

Quote:

Originally Posted by J. Fast

Love the Kirkey seat drivers enclosure. Drivers seat skeleton looks undamaged. Thankfully cage safety appears to be quite adequate at this event.

Agreed, very stout cage. Awesome design

I hope they release the wreck video. I wonder if the gopro got damaged.
03-27-2013, 11:11 AM
sketch

daaaaaaaaammmmnnnn.
03-27-2013, 05:40 PM
Alex3000gt

Hell of a roll cage, thank you safety requirements.
03-27-2013, 08:49 PM
IPD

as long as there isn't a sudden stop at the end....the driver has a good shot at walkng away; provided, of course, there's ample safety features.
03-29-2013, 09:45 AM
Ninja Performance

Look at the cage in the after pic. It is 100% solid, intact and not deformed. That saved his life. Craziness...sad but he is alive so it aint too bad.

-Chris
03-29-2013, 10:20 AM
Erron Spalsbury

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ninja Performance

Look at the cage in the after pic. It is 100% solid, intact and not deformed. That saved his life. Craziness...sad but he is alive so it aint too bad.

-Chris

Yep, looks like CRMO. they don't bend a whole lot typically, they just break like where you see in that one pic. That's my guess anyway.