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Old 10-22-2019   #11
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Default Re: VIDEO: 218 mph top speed run

Graham, tease us. Just tell us enough to make us want to hear the rest.
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Old 10-25-2019   #12
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That's a crazy piece of footage. I'd forgotten about that '98 test in R&T.

That track at Ft. Stockton was treacherous eight years before on the Record Run. To think that someone would go 218 on a track having banked turns with no guardrails, is freakin' amazing.

Ole Lingey's balls were so big he had to roll them around in a freakin' wheelbarrow.

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...Ok, Behan, you're on. If I make it to the NCM C4 event next year for the Record Run's 30th, I'll buy and you freakin' tell all, sucker.
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Old 10-29-2019   #13
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Is that the event where Mario drove each car?
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Old 10-29-2019   #14
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I suppose it coulda been...my memory of that is a bit foggy, but I thought John L. was the driver.
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Old 10-29-2019   #15
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Mario drove all cars
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Old 10-29-2019   #16
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I’m imagining w a Manhattan or Martini in hand!

🤣😉👍

I can’t recall, is that THE Mario?
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Old 10-29-2019   #17
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Paul Smith showed a video of that event at one of our TX BBQs about 8 years ago. We ran and re-ran the part where a Viper caught on fire on the other side of the track and they tried to put the fire out by throwing sand on it. Memories that can't be un-seen.
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Old 10-30-2019   #18
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Mario drove all cars
So he's the guy with balls so big he rolls them around in a wheelbarrow.

I stand corrected!
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Old 10-30-2019   #19
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Mario drove all cars
What with the Ford v Ferrari movie coming out, it would be great to see one done of Andretti’s life.
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What with the Ford v Ferrari movie coming out, it would be great to see one done of Andretti’s life.
It’s just a matter of time. The early years back in the 50s with his brother Marco have to be put to film. And the best thing to happen to that Viper was the flames.
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