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Lamborghini Crash at Texas Mile

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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by S2KNJ,Dec 13 2010, 12:50 PM
Call Amberlamps
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http://www.amberlamps.co.cc/
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Old Dec 15, 2010 | 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by senor_flojo,Dec 13 2010, 10:03 AM
about as necessary as the idea behind the texas mile.
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if some people think the 1/4th mile was senseless... a speed contest down the full mile? why not just compare dyno charts * wind tunnel results
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Old Dec 15, 2010 | 01:56 PM
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Real life and computer simulations are 2 different things.
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Old Dec 15, 2010 | 02:12 PM
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[QUOTE=smurf2k,Dec 15 2010, 08:55 AM] +100

if some people think the 1/4th mile was senseless... a speed contest down the full mile?
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by GateCrasher,Dec 15 2010, 04:56 PM
Real life and computer simulations are 2 different things.
dunno, watching a car plow straight down a line on computer and in real life is equally boring to me
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by smurf2k,Dec 17 2010, 06:33 PM
dunno, watching a car plow straight down a line on computer and in real life is equally boring to me
I think he's talking more about the experience of driving a car that fast. I'm sure there's a rush to it, even if it's only a straight line.
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 11:57 AM
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Old news. Driver has balls the size of watermelons. Came out of it uninjured. The car...not so much.
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by The Raptor,Dec 13 2010, 08:15 AM
After the speed runs last year, they made him install a roll cage in his 1,900 hp Lamborghini. It probably saved his life.
this... wow thats nuts
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