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Old 08-21-2024, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 8SecDD
Joe Santos (one of the two owners of AIM Performance) drove a 997 at Johnny Bohmers event at NASA Space Center a few years ago. I was there. We ran on the 3 mile shuttle landing runway. Joe stayed in his 1/2 mile pull and was going to run a mile, but he lifted when the moon roof caught air and ripped off. LOL I believe he got to 142mph or so before lifting and would have gone faster. Not sure how much gear he had left.

Not sure what a 991 would do.
My guess is this is a typo.
Likely 242mph?
That would be sick.
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Originally Posted by vrybad
My guess is this is a typo.
Likely 242mph?
That would be sick.
Yes, sorry. A typo. 242mph indeed, I believe. He would have stayed in it longer if not for the moon roof.
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Originally Posted by 8SecDD
Yes, sorry. A typo. 242mph indeed, I believe. He would have stayed in it longer if not for the moon roof.
Like you, I can't see Joe letting out at 142!!!
242 is flying, holy cow.
Is there video of that anywhere?
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Originally Posted by 8SecDD
Yes, sorry. A typo. 242mph indeed, I believe. He would have stayed in it longer if not for the moon roof.
Sunroof delete FTW!

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Originally Posted by vrybad
Like you, I can't see Joe letting out at 142!!!
242 is flying, holy cow.
Is there video of that anywhere?
I just confirmed with Joe, it was 247 mph!
Not sure about video.
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Originally Posted by CodyzWorld
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Originally Posted by vrybad
Like you, I can't see Joe letting out at 142!!!
242 is flying, holy cow.
Is there video of that anywhere?
Ryan just told me that there is a video of it on their Instagram.
Was back in Dec 2020.
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Originally Posted by vrybad
Like you, I can't see Joe letting out at 142!!!
242 is flying, holy cow.
Is there video of that anywhere?
Here is the video. 247mph!


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That's amazing, really flying.
If he didn't have to let out....
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amazing manual shifting!



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