{{Infobox recurring event | name = The Texas Mile<!--Uses page name if omitted--> | logo = | logo_caption = | image = | caption = | genre = Auto Show | dates = March and October | venue = Chase Field Industrial Complex | location = Beeville, TX | country = United States | first = 2003 | next = October 27-29, 2023 | participants = 250+ | organized = | website = {{URL|http://www.texasmile.net/}} }} '''The Texas Mile''' is a land speed auto racing event near Beeville, Texas, at the Chase Field Industrial Complex. Participants, amateur and professional alike, from across the globe test their fastest standing 1-mile speeds in a wide range of vehicles. The bi-annual 3 day motorsports event takes place the last weekend of March and of October.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.mysanantonio.com/motorsports/2015/03/texas-mile-returns-to-beeville-on-march-27-29/|title=Texas Mile returns to Beeville on March 27-29 - Motorsports|last=Haag|first=Mike|date=2015-03-22|publisher=San Antonio Express-News - Blog|accessdate=2015-04-10}}</ref>
==History== The first Texas Mile event was in October 2003 at the Goliad County Industrial Airpark, near Goliad, Texas, with 35 participants and relatively no spectators. The event was co-founded by Jay Matus and his wife, Shannon Matus under J&S Matus Motorsports, Inc. The event remained in Goliad until the United States Navy purchased the airfield in early 2011, with that year's Texas Mile relocating to the Chase Field Industrial Complex in Beeville, Texas. In 2017, the Texas Mile relocated to the Victoria Regional Airport in Victoria, Texas. The Texas Mile returned to Chase Field Industrial Complex in October 2020,<ref>{{cite press release |title=Rev-Up Your Engines! Top Speed Racing Returns to Beeville, TX Oct. 2020 |agency=Texas Mile and Bee Development Authority |date=30 September 2020 |location=Beeville, Texas |url=https://texasmile.net/2020/10/03/rev-up-your-engines-top-speed-racing-returns-to-beeville-tx-oct-2020/ |access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref> after the March 2020 event at Victoria Regional Airport was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Covid-19 – Impact to March 27-29, 2020 |first1=Jay |last1=Matus |first2=Shannon |last2=Matus |work=J&S Matus Motorsports, Inc |date=17 March 2020 |location=Beeville, Texas |url=https://texasmile.net/2020/03/17/covid-19-impact-to-march-27-29-2020/ |access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref>
Over 250 sports cars, motorcycles, trucks and concept race cars participate in the standing 1-Mile event on an airport runway strip with 1/2 Mile to shutdown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/1/8320189/zombie-222-electric-car-1968-mustang-texas-mile|title=Dark Horse: the story of a record-shattering, all-electric '68 Mustang |last=Zelenko |first=Michael |date=2015-04-01 |publisher=The Verge |access-date=2015-04-10}}</ref> {{citation needed span|date=January 2021|Participants come from the United States, Finland, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Canada.}}
The current Texas Mile record is held by M2K Motorsports' 2006 Ford GT, driven by Patrick O'Gorman, clocking in at {{convert|300.4|mph|abbr=on}}. The record-setting speed was achieved during the March 2019 Texas Mile event, at Victoria Regional Airport.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thedrive.com/news/27135/ford-gt-with-2500-hp-hits-300-4-mph-at-the-texas-mile-sets-new-standing-mile-record |title=Ford GT With 2,500 HP Hits 300.4 MPH at the Texas Mile, Sets New Standing Mile Record |last=Perez |first=Jerry |date=2019-03-25 |publisher=The Drive |access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.texasmile.net/ Official site]
Category:Auto races in the United States Category:Auto shows in the United States Category:Victoria, Texas Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2003 Category:2003 establishments in Texas Category:Bee County, Texas