Closesorry i'm not savy enough to post the video, but it's out there and worth seeing. seems an underground racing tt galardo went airborne upon deploying his chute after clocking 235mph. this happend on the 23rd. , driver ok....perhaps one of us could post the vid.
the text of where i saw this indicated it was very unsettled weather with gusty winds that coinsided with the chute deployment. the driver rather than just another rich idiot was an underground racing guy, idiot who perhaps should have known better. a further mind blower a similarish ugr galardo tt is on their website videos at 252 mph for the standing mile.
Why would they need a parachute for braking ??? I drive up to 220 mph on public roads and never needed a parachute. 
I also can't remember that 9ff used a chute when testing a car at a speed beyond 250 mph. There is also the Bugatti Veyron which doesn't have a parachute, at least not last time I checked.
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http://www.autoweek.com/article/20101026/CARNEWS/101029927
Underground Racing, the Charlotte, N.C., tuning shop that broke the 250-mph mark with a twin-turbo Lamborghini Gallardo in Texas last spring, saw that car crash on Oct. 23 after making another run at the Texas Mile high-speed challenge.
Video of the run, posted on YouTube, shows the orange Gallardo passing the 1-mile marker on the closed runway, deploying a parachute and veering to the right and off the runway. The car becomes airborne and flips twice before landing.
Internet reports say the driver survived with no major injuries, and that there was a strong crosswind at the time of the crash.
The twice-yearly Texas Mile is held on the runway built for the Goliad Industrial Air Park, about 90 miles southeast of San Antonio. During the three-day event, participants drive to post a top speed for a one-mile section of the runway.
Underground Racing makes a business out of upgrading Lamborghinis with twin turbochargers to boost engine output to more than 1,000 hp.
Car owner Richard Holt pushed his Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera upfitted by Underground Racing to 250.1 mph at the Texas Mile event in late March. Holt's car is the same color as the one that crashed last weekend.
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