Twin Turbo Gallardo wreck

[Vince30]

Any point with using a Gallardo to... drag race?

Am I the only one to think that using a ready-build high tech car for drag racing is lame, and that the point of drag racing is for mechanics/engineers to build engines.

If you watch more videos about it he makes a clean pass of 241mph in a mile, I don't know about you but I wouldn't want to go that fast in a hopped up mustang. Those cars are ready-built high tech cars for touching unfuckingbelievable speeds.

[assoutE12]

in one of the videos he hits 250, in a mile, thats fucking crazy.

[Kershaw]

i wonder if insurance covers that?

[s0urce]

i wonder if insurance covers that?

Nope.

[u3b3rg33k]

i wonder if insurance covers that?

If you can afford a prepared twin turbo gallardo, you don't have to ask.

[Ral]

I was there the day after- some redic cars out there. (turbo supra that hit 235 mph.) Apparently after that, he got in his second twin-turbo gallardo and kept running

[jaycheetwood]

Apparently after that, he got in his second twin-turbo gallardo and kept running

Must be nice.

[Schnitzer318is]

Yep, that's the Texas Mile top speed runs. His car came with a whole trailer of 200+ mph cars. He just got in another one and kept going. I'll be he was glad he invested in a full cage for that one though.

[MonkeyMadness]

1 chute and they are saying the reason for the wreck was strong crosswinds.

I find that hard to believe you know how much down force that car makes at speed? It makes almost twice what my lotus makes at 100mph
I make 100lbs front and 140 rear and that's stock..
the speed he was going he had to be around 450-500lbs on fat wheels!
With out really knowing what happened. I would base my guess on driver error..
He got antzy at speed pulled the chute and jumped on the binders..
The pull from the chute and the front in a dive could easily put the car in to a unsettled state and a nervice twitch on the wheel and alittle over correcting could cause and hell of a problem..
Now you panic and what is the nature of a panic braking? he locked them up and lost all control..
It, only takes a fraction of a secound to get there..

That would be my guess..

[e30rapidic]

^^ agree...


but it also looked like something came off the car when he pulled the chute??

[Mlarsen]

^^ agree...


but it also looked like something came off the car when he pulled the chute??

From what I can tell from the video, it looks like he had two chute system and one failed.

[z31maniac]

I just can't believe they are holding this where there isn't adequate room to shut the cars down without a parachute.

[Vince30]

I just can't believe they are holding this where there isn't adequate room to shut the cars down without a parachute.

Like top fuel dragsters, they are so stupid, I hate going fast.

[MonkeyMadness]

I just can't believe they are holding this where there isn't adequate room to shut the cars down without a parachute.

+1 !

Like top fuel dragsters, they are so stupid, I hate going fast.

glad you own an E30

[Vince30]

glad you own an E30

An eta at that, anything over 16 in the quarter is just stupid to drive on the street.