The Texas Mile

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 a one mile distance on an airport runway strip in order to clock the maximum speed they can reach over a distance of precisely one mile.^[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' 2006 Ford GT, driven by Patrick O'Gorman, clocking in at a 279.9 mph top speed. The record-setting speed was achieved during the April 2016 running of the Texas Mile.^[4]

An important milestone for electric vehicles was reached at the Texas Mile when Mitch Medford drove his 800 horsepower 1968 Mustang fastback, the Zombie 222, to an electric vehicle speed record of 178 mph in March of 2015. As of October 2016, the Zombie 222 also holds the record as the world's fastest-accelerating road car with a 0-60 mph time of 1.79 seconds.

References

External links

• Official site