For people who want to take their car to a course where you can see how fast it will go you can attend the fall Mojave Magnum event in Mojave , California. It doesn't matter whether you run a stock VW or a turbocharged Hyabusa motorcycle or anything in between you will see some interesting times (256 mph for the Hyabusa).

I attended the April event this year and it was a ball. They run on a 1,200 foot runway and they put time traps at the 1/2 mile, 1 mile, and mile and a half marks. At the end of your run you get a time slip with all 3 times listed. You do standing starts for this event.

The reason I am letting people know is that it fills up very rapidly and I believe it is limited to 120 cars. If you want to check it out go to: http://www.mojavemile.com/ and look at the rulebook for safety requirements. They run a very safe event and if you stay under 180 mph you can get by with fairly basic safety gear. Once you get to the A2 (205 mph class) you need more gear.

I am not affiliated with the organizers, but I think that many Viper owners would like to see how fast their cars can go. I ran 193.5 with my totally stock 2014 GTS, so I am sure if people have some nice mods their cars they may break 200 mph in the mile and a half.