Texas Mile standing start mile racing

Chase Field, Beeville, TX
March 23-25

Standing Start Mile Racing
Motorcycles, cars, trucks, etc.
Plenty of on-site camping, open pits
On-site race fuel & food vendors
5 minute drive into town for anything you need including hotel rooms, excellent dining, convenience stores, movies, mall, etc.

I'll have extra camping gear with me, so you can ride out unloaded (e-mail me!)

grandpaulz@hotmail.com

www.texasmile.net

So...Grandpaul how was it? From the link to their webpage it looked like it would be good. Cj

Paul basically heads up the ticket and parking and staffing of the event with his motorcycle gang members. He will see you get an offical hat and tag for free run of the place and likely handing out the time slips at end of run way to excited pilots both elated and pissed off to the max. Spring Weather is still mild at night so I slept next to car on taxiway with other campers poor crews. Others have a few million in their van and motorhomes of course. Once sun arises theres a few hours of rushed activity to get best times in before it starts feeling like Texas summer in middle of wind swept tarmac. You may never again see such cash cars and crazies in once convent place. They have various BBQ type foods but I like the mex. resturant in town better. Ever hear a motorcycle sound like a air plane taking off over 200 mph - you will here.

(See complete write-up with pix & slideshow link, below)

Thanks for the feed back. Sorry I missed it, but looking forward to your photos. Cj

Yeah - pics! 8)

The wind was favorable (very light tail wind), but we had FOG BANKS move through Saturday and Sunday mornings that shut down racing for 1/2 hour each day.



It was hot, but not TOO hot, right at or just under 90.

A new track record at 260+ was what I HEARD, I only SAW 257.7 from the Hennessey Ford GT40



More info at: GTSpirit Website

Bikes were inching up to 250s, previous record holder at Goliad (287+) went down after a 240+ run, not hurt bad (bike barely scratched as he laid it down at the very far end when he caught a cone).



Karl Gunter went down after a 221+ run, and was airlifted out; 60+ year-old rider, hurt pretty bad but is recuperating and should be okay (bike was trashed, no photo).

A really cool German 3 cylinder turbo diesel bike with CV transmission and single-sided monoshock swingarm pitted next to me, so I did some pit crew assistance for them over the course of the weekend. They started at 94+ and inched up to 96+ before leaving early to prepare for Baja. They had alternator issues they need to sort out. Very trick bike.



Only BritBikes I spotted were a spectator's modern Rocket 3 and a racer's nifty old '57 Triumph 500 sidevalve "pit bike".



(Don't know why PictureTrail cropped off half the front wheel, darn it)

One squid went down outside the front gate when he plowed into the back of one of his fellow squid's bike; trashed his own bike, but only cut a finger.

All in all a great race weekend; long hours, hot and humid, but great cars & bikes in the pits, in the staging grid, and making the 'Mile.

Slideshow Link