I HIT 10 MPH, then I hit something solid!

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Hit a table leg at 10 mph. Hit so hard it popped the body off, also broke the steering (haven't pulled it apart yet to see how bad it is). Also broke the front of my Fast and Furious Eclipse on an earlier run in with the table leg (not full speed, before I found traction)

Ok, so here is the car:
Zip Zap Chassis
New Motorworks PCB
Motorworks steering setup (no suspension)
Hardwired Motorworks motor and pinion
3 Tomy nicads (cycled and matched like 1/10th R/C packs)
Motorworks rear tires
Hard ribbed front tires (from Microsizer tire set)
Red Zip Zap gears

I had a hard time getting this thing to hook up, no traction. So much torque it would just spin the tires and go sideways. I tried every tire I had, but no improvement. I found the traction secret, run the rear tires on sandpaper before each run. WHOA, that works, took off nice and straight!

Now the times:
(I timed runs over 20ft with a running start of about 5 ft.)
1.44 sec. 9.4 mph
1.31 sec. 10.4 mph
1.21 sec. 11.2 mph!
1.35 sec. 10.1 mph
1.29 sec. 10.5 mph
1.25 sec. 10.9 mph (then, CRASH, into table leg)

I hope the thing isn't broke too bad, I want to get some more runs with this! I will have to see if I can fix it this weekend.

SO, is this the speed record? Fastest posted speeds I have seen are around 8 mph. Please feel free to post if you have faster. No BS either, because then we would have to race!