Century Motorsport Breaks world record 9.722 @ 148mph

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Century Motorsport Breaks world record 9.722 @ 148mph

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Nathan Freke has taken the Century Motorsport MR2 sub 10 seconds today at Shakespear Raceway. The 9.934 second run is the first sub 10 outside the USA. More information will be posted in the Project Cars section later.
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Builders of the the UK's first 9second MR2 - 9.722 @ 148 MPH ----- 07947883103 ---- www.centurymotorsport.com
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nice one :thumleft:
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congratulations guys god work :thumleft:
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now go and get that record
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Nathan has just done a 9.722 pass which is faster than the previous world best of 9.727 held by Tony B in the USA. Timesheet will be posted later.
Builders of the the UK's first 9second MR2 - 9.722 @ 148 MPH ----- 07947883103 ---- www.centurymotorsport.com
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good lad, does as he is told nathan :lol: :clap:
\:D/ \:D/ \:D/
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Well done fella :thumleft:
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Congratulations Nathan - now don't break it ahead of TOTB!

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Good work :thumleft:
'02 VX220 2.2 n/a Daily driver - Exige Size TD 1.2 - TAT shorty Diffuser - HardTop - Chris Tullet 4-1 Manifold.

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Wow, awesome Nathan :clap:
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Wow- amazing results and well deserved too :thumleft: :thumleft:
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thats mint :shock: well done :thumleft: i wonder how much G force that is , inflatable suit needed soon
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:clap: :clap: :clap:

Well done Nathan! All that time, effort and investment has really paid off! Can't wait to see it run at TOTB :thumleft:
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nice one :clap: :clap: :clap: :thumleft:
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Well just got back folks - had a great day. Will update with a bit more info on the day later but here are the details of the quickest run of the day..

60ft - 1.459
330ft - 4.235
1/8th mile - 6.375
1/8th MPH - 116.86
990ft - 8.145
1/4 mile - 9.722
1/4 MPH - 148.20
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congrats :clap: you must be well chuffed :)
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Excellent!! Well done nath and everyone involved with the car!! \:D/ \:D/
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Played mate. bet that guy from the US is pi$$ed now :wink:
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well done guys :thumleft:
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Well done... another MR2 record :thumleft:
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