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Paul
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 Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:50 am Post subject: Leno Speed Records in a Carrera GT |
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Explains the reruns on the Tonight Show the past two weeks!!
http://tinyurl.com/b3v94
Here's an excerpt:
Two hours prior to the record runs, Leno was testing at speed when he lost control in the speedway's tri-oval. Leno had just passed the timing light at more than 182 mph when he drifted high in the tri-oval and got caught up in debris near the wall.
The 605-horsepower, $450,000 vehicle spun five times on Talladega's front stretch but never hit the wall. The car suffered only minor damage after hitting a cone located in the grass in the tri-oval. Leno was wearing a helmet and seat belts, but the car had no roll cage.
A shaken Leno managed to laugh off the incident.
"NBC thinks I'm at the go-kart track in Malibu," he quipped.
Asked if 182 mph was the fastest that he had ever been in a car, Leno managed a laugh. "No, he said, "but that's definitely the fastest I've ever been backwards." |
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Kenodog
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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Must really suck to be rich.
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Khal
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That's Gold!
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morghen
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sweet ! haha 182 backwards 
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Neil924
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| Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| Sounds like fun! |
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WhoDak
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That was a very decent article...I learned a few things about Leno that have gained him more respect in my eyes. I liked what he had to say about the car hah, I didn't know he was a driving/car guy.
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Joes924Racer
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yea he drives he has a big shop with a bunch of mechanics they do
resto work and can handle just about any job... Only bummer is
there no pic of the 600 hp porsche.
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Neil924
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| Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:03 am Post subject: |
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| Joes924Racer wrote: | Only bummer is
there no pic of the 600 hp porsche. |
Those CGT picturea are all over the web now. Nice car! |
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