205 In A 55?

   Bill Weir left unbelievers in his wake after we reported he had cracked 200 mph in his modified C5 convertible, and with the top down. Recently, we saw "200-mph Bill," a 6’6" former Houston Oilers professional football player, at a car show in Amarillo, Texas, where he told us about a speeding ticket he'd received for "205 in a 55." We wanted to see the ticket. Bill obliged, pulling out the green speeding ticket. Sure enough, the officer had written 205 mph for the violation. We wondered why Bill was still with us and not either in jail or suffering a worse fate, maybe on a chain gang somewhere. Fortunately, the officer knew Bill and explained, "You know, you could go to jail for this." The saving grace was that Bill was a mile and a half outside his county line. So, they didn’t take him to jail. He did pay a hefty $375 fine. We're still gathering information on how much horsepower it takes to pull a C5 to 200 mph, but we have learned that the C5 is quite a bit more aerodynamic than the C4 and takes less horsepower to reach the magic double C-note. — Jerry Heasley