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Hennessey-tuned Ford GT does a 235.1-mph Texas two-step
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A few times a year, some of the fastest and most powerful cars meet in Texas for an adrenaline-filled weekend of top-speed runs called the Texas Mile. The high-performance machines have one mile of arrow-straight runway to get the highest top speed at the one-mile marker.

It was the right mix of conditions for Mark Heidaker and Sean Kennedy, who drove their twin-turbocharged Ford GT to a top speed of 235.1 mph down the runway into a decent headwind of 20 mph.



Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/2011060 ... z1OAsIiMUH
'08 Jeep Liberty 6-Speed MT - "Last of the Mohicans"
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