Texas Mile RESULTS, Highlights, & 200+ MPH Club

Dear Texas Mile fans,

RESULTS from the March 24-26, 2017 Texas Mile event in Victoria, Texas have been posted!

Below I have listed out the link to the Results, Highlights & Awards, New 200+ MPH Club, Special Thank Yous, and on the right, please check out our incredible Sponsors! It takes a village to pull off the Texas Mile and we appreciate each and every one of you.

We are already busy getting underway for the October 27-29, 2017 Texas Mile which will be back at Victoria Regional Airport in Victoria, Texas. It will be even bigger and better than the March event! Exciting announcements will be coming soon!

If you plan on participating, MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Registration will open Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 5 p.m. CT.

Also, don't forget our team also puts on The Arkansas Mile (June 2-4, 2017) and The Colorado Mile (September 8-10). These events are ran exactly like The Texas Mile, just in different states! For more info, check out www.usmileracing.com.

RESULTS

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE MARCH 24-26, 2017 TEXAS MILE FULL RESULTS

HIGHLIGHTS & AWARDS

Event Highlights

TEXAS MILE TOP SPEED RECORD
Driver, Patrick O'Gorman set the first Top Speed record in Victoria in Mark Heidaker's 2006 Ford GT with a world record breaking speed of 293.6 MPH!! Huge congratulations to Patrick, M2K Motorsports, and car owner, Mark Heidaker! Check out the video of the run:

293.6 MPH Record Breaking Run at The Texas Mile

FASTEST MOTORCYCLE

Hussain Alsowaigh was the fastest motorcycle rider of the weekend achieving a top speed of 262.1 MPH on his Pink 2008 Suzuki Hayabusa. Hussain is now the 6th Fastest Standing 1-Mile Rider in the World. Congrats!

FASTEST MUSTANG SHELBY GT500

Driver, Bill Wagner, Jr. raised the bar again for the Mustangs when he broke 260.8 MPH in the AirTech of Houston Blue 2011 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. Congrats to AirTech of Houston and M2K Motorsports!!

FASTEST LAMBORGHINI

We had 4 Lamborghinis at the first Texas Mile in Victoria and the fastest goes to Jack Cooperwho went a record breaking 252.2 MPH in his Black 2011 Lamborghini Gallardo. Congrats Jack!!

FASTEST CORVETTE

We had 55 Corvettes registered for this event. The fastest? #883 Rick Harden in his Red 1992 Chevrolet Corvette C4 with a Top Speed of 244.2 MPH. This is also the FASTEST TEXAS MILE CORVETTE!! Congrats Rick!

FASTEST CTS-V

We had a total of 18 registered Cadillacs for this event. The fastest CTS-V of the weekend was John Rippamonti with LSX Performance Dyno Tuning is his 2009 Black Cadillac CTS-V with a Top Speed of 203.0 MPH! Congrats John!!

OLDEST VEHICLE

We had 6 vehicles from the 1960's registered for this event. The Oldest Vehicle goes to #3792 Tony Peirano's 1963 Silver Studebaker Avanti which ran a Top Speed of 183.3 MPH in the Standing Mile. The fastest was #1969 Lee Novikoff's 1969 Red Chevrolet Camaro 5.0 that went a Top Speed of 209.2 MPH. Congrats guys!

AWARDS

*CROWD FAVORITE CAR: #280 M2K Motorsports' 293.6 MPH 2006 Ford GT

*CROWD FAVORITE BIKE: #1000 Hussain Alsowaigh's 262.1 MPH Pink 2008 Suzuki Hayabusa

*CROWD FAVORITE TRUCK: #41 Monty Weeks' Red 2000 Ford F-150 Lightning. Monty ran aTop Speed of 162.8 MPH!

(*All voted for by Texas Mile fans)

LONGEST HAUL: The winner of Longest Haul goes to Sean and Tracy Coiteux from Brush Prairie, WA. Sean was #874 and raced his Black 2012 Ford Shelby GT500 with a Top Speed of 220.3 MPH!

MOST RUNS OVER 200 MPH: Tom Krause had 8 runs over 200 MPH over the course of the weekend. Tom Krause was #7051 with a Top Speed of 213 MPH on his Blue 2016 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14. Also, congrats to Bob Keselowski who made 6 passes over 200 MPH in his White 2012 Dodge Charger. His weekend Top Speed was 227.9 MPH.

MOST RUNS OVERALL: Congrats to Erik Ganauser #143 for making the most passes over the weekend! Erik made 10 passes over the 3 days in his Red 2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06. His Top Speed for the weekend was 187.6 MPH!

To check out even more highlights of the weekend, check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/TheTexasMile .

200+ MPH CLUB

Congratulations to the FIRST members for the 200+ MPH Club at the Victoria track!
To view the list on the website, CLICK HERE.

Special congrats to Brian Huffman for being the first participant to break 200 MPH at the Victoria Regional Airport!

SPECIAL THANKS

Special Thank You to Joel Novosad, OC Garza, the City of Victoria and Explore Victoria. They went above and beyond for the March Texas Mile providing everything from our billboard, hotel signage, front gate banners, and the list goes on! We are incredibly grateful for the over pouring of support from the city!

Also, thank you to Dennis and Louise Patillo for their continued support of the event and assisting us over the years in helping The Texas Mile secure its forever home in Victoria, Texas!