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That Scud is insane - not a big Ferrari fan, but that must haul ass. Perfect color

Are you sure it's the same car?

I think so unless Ray has 2 cars? Looks sick with the black pipes... makes me want to make a move on mine... Great work as always guys!

Just saw this thread, been so busy with events and new business ventures, Thanks for the opportunity to work with you that day Webb, your talent speaks volumes through the images. I just received the large print in the mail last week and it is being framed, i chose the one on the bridge, just a spectacular photo. Another white monster is on it's way, very very rare car and having the PPI done tomorrow - I will be sure to connect with you again for a full WHITEOUT photo shoot of all my cars. Just one more on my list I will probably pickup in December..... My count will be up to 15 white cars then...

To all Participants, Spectators, Media & Fellow Enthusiasts, On Sunday, April 25, 2010, Exotics Rally hosted a Runway Event at the Dade Collier Training & Transitional Airport in Ochopee, Florida. To measure this competition we used a new-unique timing system built by 2 engineers that have extensive knowledge of electronics, circuitry, mathematics and more. They have worked for The Military, US Government, Apple, Disney and many more projects past, present, and future. The system was built to perform better than the mainstream systems normally used when measuring a 1 mile speed competition. It was tested and calibrated and found to be 100% accurate within 100th of a second when it was built. On Sunday, April 25, 2010, Myself and one of the tech's measured the mile accurately using a measuring wheel and laid out the trap sensors perfectly. We performed tests to insure it's accuracy with my car and compared it with a vBox and it was 100% accurate at 9am. At approximately 9:30am Jason Heffner and Ray Hofman approached me with a concerning issue. The lane for the 1 mile was directly set over the markings that were painted on the runway. They explained that they had been testing on the runway a few days prior and that it caused the car to become very unstable and they feared it could cause an accident. At this time I instructed my tech to move the lane over approximately 20 feet to avoid being on the markings. I began to help move the trap sensors and then was called away and went to the front of the airport to handle registration issues. When I returned, the tech had said it was completely ready to run. Cars began running the mile and when times were announced many people were disheartened with the results claiming there was no way possible and the 'buzz' was that the system was off by approximately 9 mph. We continued to run until 12:45pm and then stopped for a lunch break. While everyone went to lunch I became aware that the tech did NOT re-measure the actual mile and simply walked the sensor traps across the runway laterally. This should have been handled differently and therefore the timing was indeed inaccurate. We went and re-measured and obtained the proper distance and the determined the exact calculation of the error. Thankfully the system is designed so that the tech was able to add these calculations to the software and re-adjust all the previous runs to read the correct times. Towards the end of lunch I came forward and made the announcements regarding the issue and handed out time slips. Several people concurred that the timing was now accurate according to their vBox's, speedometers and gps devices. As of Tuesday, April 27, 2010 there had been much talk on the Internet, in chat rooms, on the phone, and in the media questioning the validity of the World Record Run, by Ray Hofman which resulted in a reading of 266.938 mph. There was also speculation that now the system was reading higher mph results as well. In reviewing the data file from all the runs of the day it is my finding that there may have been some inconsistencies that some would find questionable. Therefore, in order to verify these results I personally emailed both parties on April 30, 2010. In sum and substance I asked Jason Heffner & Ray Hofman to share their results with me exclusively. I offered a non-disclosure waiver, stating that I will not release or share any data included within the results that they claim they are in possession of with any other 3rd party. To my dismay I received an email from Jason Heffner stating that the timing system was inaccurate. He also declined to share their data with me. With all these variables I cannot firmly state that the run was without question 100% accurate without the additional results. However this does not discredit the timing systems reading of 266.938 mph, it merely does not verify it with their results. You may draw your own conclusions as to whether the timing system was accurate or not. For the remainder of the day it is my tech's conclusion that the timing system was working properly when it was not being blocked by spectators which happened several times. Please see the following statement made by my tech's. "From everything I have seen, Heffner's run was completely accurate. If he recorded a near-exact time on two other independent recording devices, I would be inclined to assume that all things are indeed equal, and hence the times are accurate. Please obtain these records to completely eradicate any margin of error and then you will have not 1, not 2, but 3 verifications." In closing I would like to add that I am sincerely sorry that this dispute has taken place regarding the accuracy of the timing system and the validity of this specific run. It is my hopes that this would have been resolved prior to the posting of this letter. I thank each and every participant, sponsor, and co-worker for your support and efforts. I pride myself on hosting value packed and exciting events, but this particular excitement I could have done without. Upon return of my support vehicle to NY which has the timing system, we will be renting an airfield in our local area to test the system and will present those results in the coming weeks. Yours truly, Seth Rose, Pres. Exotics Rally

FYI - I just printed your time slip 11:20 am 4/25/10 1/4 mile time 10.969 @ 160.403 mph 1 Mile time 23.547 @ 246.763 mph So if your Motec GPS shows 247 we were on the money.

He has the contact information for the persons that run the airport and was cleared for this in advance. They were paid and I didn't feel that it was necessary to not allow them into the venue with the understanding that they would keep him in the RV and not be flashing his weapons around. At no time did he come near the starting line or the tent and thats where I spent most of my time. None of my staff told me about him being around other participants or spectators, had I known this he would have been asked to leave and or I would have contacted the local authorities to have him escorted off the property. It was more of a dog and pony show for him and at the end of the day - he is the type of guy that wants to be infamous instead of famous. There is always one in a crowd. He added a bit of shock value I guess.

This is what the timing system reflected, I have referred your question to the techs. Here is the answer I received: MPH is a metric of horsepower. ET is a metric of traction and driving. As for how it can happen... any way you can imagine. Driver rolls on from 70 mph, they're at the 1/4 trap doing 117 in 8.4 seconds. Driver rolls on from 50 mph, they're at the 1/4 trap doing whatever speed in whatever time. It has absolutely no bearing on standing quarter mile speeds. Likewise, if you roll on at 2,000 rpm in 4th gear, you're not going to accelerate as quickly, in a relative sense, as you will dumping the clutch in first at 7,000. The gearing is different, the realized power is different, the wind resistance is different, etc, etc. There are dozens of metrics that affect the speed and time. I have zero control over any of them. I can not tell you WHY a car took x seconds to get from point A to point B at a particular speed. All I can do is tell you what those variables were when recorded.

it was measured the same as the mile, just a running start.

this was the flying mile with a running start before the 1st set of traps

like I said, I think it was more of a publicity stunt than a legitimate threat I mean really, what would be the motive to threaten him? Competition breeds success, it makes you go back and come up with better combinations to achieve a better result. Obviously that was the case with Ray Hofman's car and they succeeded.

Bentley SuperSports was a spectator and did not run the mile. SLR came late and ran the 'flying mile' ONLY 1. 1/4 @ 9.904 @ 113.637mph & 1 Mile @ 29.050 @ 148.403 (Female Driven) 2. 1/4 @ 8.456 @ 117.810mph & 1 Mile @ 28.727 @ 149.976 (Female Driven)

Allegedly his life was threatened if he was to show up at the event. The armed bodyguard had a federal gun permit and was granted permission by the county and airport management. I asked them to keep him in the trailer and out of plain sight - obviously that was ignored and yes it was completely ridiculous and in my opinion some sort of publicity stunt and completely unecessary. I will only give that team 'props' on one account, the team with the Nissan GTR - Majestic, left all of their garbage behind, including several empty drums of race fuel and other items on the taxi-way. Performance Power was kind enough to clean up and take that garbage with them. So I will say 'thank you' for doing the right thing with the garbage. They stated it was ridiculous and they would UPS the garbage to the 'Majestic' shop today - I would probably do the same - that would be priceless.

1 Run only 1/4 Mile Trapped @ 11.338s @ 122.301 mph 1 Mile Trapped @ 28.933s @ 155.470 mph (I believe he backed off considerably since the front was just repainted and he advised that using 3m on a matte black finish is useless since it will make it glossy)

My tech have been analyzing all of the results and pictures that were taken as well, please note that after yelling at the crowd several times to move back some were numb and as a result affected the outcome of the timing by blocking the antenna system. Please see below, I guess roping off the area would have been the answer... Please yell at anyone you recognize !