The Texas Mile
| The Texas Mile | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Auto Show |
| Dates | March and October |
| Venue | Chase Field Industrial Complex |
| Location(s) | Beeville, TX |
| Country | United States |
| Inaugurated | 2003 |
| Next event | October |
| Participants | 250+ |
| Website | |
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The Texas Mile is a automobile event held in Beeville, Texas at the Chase Field Industrial Complex, an old U.S. Navy base runway. It is popular for its record breaking speed cars.[1] It is held twice every year in March and October.[2] It is held in 130mph, 160mph, 190mph and 200+mph classes.
History
The event was first held in October 2003 and has since been held semi-annually every year. It was in Goliad, Texas for the first seven years and then moved to Beeville in 2010. It is owned by Shannon Matus and her husband Jay Matus.
Over 250 sports cars, motorcycles, trucks and concept race cars are raced in one mile distance on airport runway strip, to clock the speed that can touch.[3] Participants come from all over the United States, Finland, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Canada and more.
The fastest Texas Mile record is held by M2K Motorsports and driver Patrick O'Gorman, with 279.9-mph record. Mitch Medford drove his 800 horsepower 1968 Mustang fastback, Zombie 222, converted to electric power, with two 11″ electric motors and 2 controllers to manage the battery packs, the car cranks out 800 horsepower and a massive 1800 lb-ft of torque. It does 60 mph in 2.4 seconds and speeds through the quarter mile in 10.7 seconds at 125 mph. It did 178 MPH at the 2015 March Texas Mile event.
References
- ↑ Christopher DeMorro (April 10, 2015). "800 HP Zombie 222 Electric Mustang Goes 174 MPH At The Texas Mile". Gas 2. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ↑ Haag, Mike (2015-03-22). "Texas Mile returns to Beeville on March 27-29 - Motorsports". Blog.mysanantonio.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ↑ "Dark Horse: the story of a record-shattering, all-electric ’68 Mustang". The Verge. Retrieved 2015-04-10.