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Old 09-14-2010   #18
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Re: Gates @BIR

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Originally Posted by btleier View Post
If I remember correctly he was talking about being out of gear at 188.
Yes sir, that's how he is geared. He gets there quickly, though. Superbikes run about that same speed on AMA weekends.

Gates did a 1/4 mile run with a soft launch and still ended up with one of the fastest X's so far (137.6mph). As Dave mentioned, the car is seriously lightened...they consulted Mitsu engineers and torched away a lot of metal.

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