WHAT'S YOUR TOP SPEED?

[Xplantdad]

I helped an older gentleman tow his ProGas Corvette back to the pits at OCIR on a Wednesday night test and tune...it seems that this guy was some really well known motorcycle racer in the 60's and 70's...held all sorts of records...(he showed me his scrap book with photos at Daytona. I wish that could remember his name!)

Anyways...he was so happy that I towed him back, that he offered me a ride in the car the next time he came out. Sure enough two weeks later, he was back. If I remember right we ran around 9.94 at 158mph. That ride scared me to death. It gave me a real appreciation for the top fuelers and funny car drivers and what they do in a quarter mile. When I got out of the car...my legs were shaking...and he was laughing!

Okay...so make fun of me now...

[Seattle Sam]

I was a passenger at 146 indicated in a 2001 Camaro convertible, top down, cruise control on...had to put down the magazine I was reading. Yes, his cruise was working at that speed.

Had the 97 Camaro Brickyard up over 125, wife sleeping, radio playing with the auto volume on. Radio got too loud over 120 and woke up the wife. She looked over and said "What the *&!% are you doing?" so I slowed down..also Montana. Never did find out the terminal speed on that car!

Also did 130 indicated in a stock 1990 Honda Accord with 100K miles on it(!) going across Montana with a friend.

When I was young (probably 1970 or 1971), did 120 driving a friend's Torino with a 429 in it, somewhere outside of Ottumwa, Iowa. That was a lot more exciting than any of the above..

[Kim_Howie]

Sam I live 20 miles from Ottumwa,Ia. Who's 429 ford did you ride in may know him. I had a 66 425hp Vette had a 3 barrell and diff cam. I went across the Blakesburg flats around 140 just outside Ottumwa.

[bad1racing]

73 AMC Gremlin 304 auto fresh off to showroom floor,105mph with a 69-70 Impala next to us just playing.My brothers new 92 Lumina Z-34 prep test drive,115mph before to computer shut the fuel down.Brothers 80 Z-28 speedo went to 85 with a peg.Had the needle pegged let off the gas 15 sec. later the needle started to move off of the peg, mph ??? 165 or so at Daytona on a ride along in a stock car.Sure didnt feel like that much.Gives a greater awareness to how talented those drivers are.
Kendall

[Seattle Sam]

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Sam I live 20 miles from Ottumwa,Ia. Who's 429 ford did you ride in may know him. I had a 66 425hp Vette had a 3 barrell and diff cam. I went across the Blakesburg flats around 140 just outside Ottumwa.

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Kim,
30 plus years ago, my memory is a bit hazy.. I was attending Indian Hills Community College ("Iowa Tech") and studying computer repair. He was a tall slender dark-haired kid and I believe his name was Jim? We used to run down to the Eldon "Y" to buy gas, they would be a penny or two less a gallon there. I think gas was 18 cents a gallon there and 20 cents in town. We would also run down to Missouri on a Sunday to buy 3.2 beer (no beer sales in Iowa on Sunday). I sure remember flying down some two lane highway in that big ol Ford, though!

-Sam