2800HP Camaro (4th Gen) wreak @ 220 mph

[SMWS6TA]

Damn that's fast ....


http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoram...4431241.html11

[Spikito]

I've seen this car drive a few times....sad day.

[GTP231]

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[FasstChevys]

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[SMWS6TA]

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

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.

The Camaro, built by KP Racing in Houston, was powered by a 441-cu-in V-8, which the team overseen by Kelly Bise and Late Model Racecraft had cranked to about 2,800 hp. While last October's run of 263.2 mph went off without drama, two years ago the Camaro had gone sideways at the end of the runway after hitting 244 mph:

According to witnesses, driver Joe Honeycutt was halfway through the run when it veered off the runway. "The car must have done at least 8 barrel rolls before coming to a stop, then it caught on fire," KP Racing said in a Facebook post. "Pretty scary for those of us attending the event."

Fortunately, despite the car's destruction, Honeycutt suffered only a concussion and several cuts and bruises, and was released from the hospital shortly after the crash, a testament to the roll cage and HANS neck-protection device Honeycutt wore. All involved say the crash won't deter them from returning to the Mile in search of even faster speeds — and ample proof that safety devices can keep such fun from turning fatal.

[Zinergy]

Good job on surviving.

Cars like this really make me marvel at the Veyron. Sure it isn't pretty, or light or cheap but it can do 265+mph...faster than this 2800hp camaro has ever gone with less than half the hp and double the weight while passing emissions and while being a quiet comfortable ride that a decent driver can control. They really put some thought into that car.

[Zapper2003]

Well put, Zinergy. I think as car people we often say how we could build a much more powerful, faster car with the 1million+ dollars it costs to buy a Veyron, but what you just said pretty much sums it up in the end.

[35th-ANV-SS]

So what caused the wreck? Car just all of a sudden pulled and the driver lost control?

[Knight]

Probably texting while driving.......

[ls1camino]

The track isn't as smooth as most people believe...hitting a bump just right at 200+ can send you off course faster than you can correct it.

[Y2KArcticSS]

Ouch...glad the driver is ok. Wouldn't take much at that speed to make that happen. A small twitch in your hand, a bump in the road, holy shit a rabbit oh wait it's just a sack too late I swerved boom bam bang better tell the guys I have no idea what happened. You know, things like that.

[SMWS6TA]

The track isn't as smooth as most people believe...hitting a bump just right at 200+ can send you off course faster than you can correct it.

^^ that and a solid cross wind gust could ruin your day too.

[ss~zoso~ss]

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[INMY01TA]

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[SiggyZ]

You haven't been on this forum much lately, have you? Antarctica has more activity.

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