The Best & Worst of TX2K16
Amazingly, each winning car in the Roll Race Nationals was a
GT-R, and each wore an AMS Performance Alpha turbocharger
kit. Mike Misztal won the Sport class with an Alpha 10 system,
Greg Lifrieri took the prize in Super Sport with an Alpha 12
system, and Ben Hayes in his T1 Race Development-built
machine blasted to the win in the Unlimited class with an Alpha
16 system.
The second pair of days at TX2K16 featured the drag racing
portion of the event. With multiple classes made for any and
every car, competition is grueling. This year, Tony Palo of T1
Race Development stole the show by setting the ET and speed
records for the GT-R in the United States, with a 7.38-second
blast at 204.26 mph lighting up the scoreboard.
Although the event consists of four days of sanctioned racing,
it can be said the real action for TX2K happens during impromptu night meets at various unsanctioned locations around
the city. Once the track racing is done and the sun goes down,
the real fun begins on the streets of Houston. This is when
drivers call one another out and either dig or roll race to see
who earns bragging rights on the street. The city is overcome
with some of the fastest street cars in the country, with some
reaching speeds upward of 200 mph.
Not surprisingly, with each passing year there are always a few
cars and happenings that stand out—good and bad—as especially memorable and TX2K16 certainly didn’t fail to deliver!
Check ‘em out!
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NISSAN
This car is a work of art, absolute perfection with every inch finished in the best
parts available. This was a much-anticipated appearance for Gideon “Gidi”
Chamdi, as the first time testing the new
setup it was very impressive. AMS is one
of the many performance shops chasing
the fastest GT-R world records. On the
first full pass off the trailer, the beams
were tripped with a stout 7.85-second
elapsed time at 183.62 mph. After
turning up the boost, they made their
best pass of the weekend, improving
nearly a tenth of a second to 7.77 and
184.67 mph.
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