300mph Barrier Broken Again?

slugbelch

Since we're currently in the golden era of supercars, we're gettin' close now!

Has the Hennessey Venom F5 broken the holy grail of all speed records?
Ben Hodges 2 days ago 110.9K Views

Video preview of it's reveal at SEMA Nov. 1st:
https://youtu.be/qbD_9zymEP0



Article:
https://drivetribe.com/p/has-the-hennessey-venom-f5-broken-du5FUvkkTcuM0cvR59rCcg?iid=e8MAF1YqQ1WqOsvGo09U0A&utm_campaign=main+&utm_medium=fb&utm_source=organic

slugbelch

Unveiled today at SEMA:
Currently working with a manufacturer to produce a safe 300mph tire.
The 270mph, 1,400hp Venom GT (4 years ago) had a drag of .44. This new American made F5 has 1,600hp and a drag of .33

VIDEO:
https://www.facebook.com/Pennzoil/videos/1293990320705830/?hc_ref=ARQwNoj1-dvYNmgo6UEmVqJ0YRzRBEIpus-yysJjQK4uoCvUy-xBdxW21hXs43XtrZo


https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba9al9uBZNY/


https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba-D_DyhyUx/

shaketown dave

wow.awesome slug.i wish I could afford one

slugbelch

It's not the F5, but the barrier broken today down under:

THE FIRST 300mph WOMAN IN THE USA
TODAY, THE FIRST 300mph WOMAN IN AUSTRALIA!

slugbelch

Koenigsegg Have Done It! 278MPH!
Nitish Deshpande 18 hours ago

A stretch of 11 mile in Pahrump, NV in USA was shut down for Koenigsegg to achieve this world record. This record is almost 10mph more than the previous record held by the Bugatti Veyron SuperSport.

Word is being spread around that he managed to top out at 285 mph during one of the runs. But there has to be another run in the opposite direction to make it count and that's why the final average is down to 277.9 mph

https://drivetribe.com/p/koenigsegg-have-done-it-278mph-MgDRSRZnT96g_8BA3NANCQ?iid=K72Qj9w-RSS6Wf5o2J3jZA

slugbelch

VIDEO OF BOTH AGERA RS RUNS:
(Remember, this is a customer's car, not the previous record's company's specially tuned Bugatti)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj4gar5dKAU

Article:

https://drivetribe.com/p/heres-what-284mph-in-a-koenigsegg-Ij9X0GgQQNWEAHOY8_zbKw?iid=YOp7yyZQTPKNK21_EFeaVw&utm_campaign=main+&utm_medium=fb&utm_source=organic

oddyhahn

Boy I had my 2017 Santa Fe on the back roads today over 100 mph. LOL

slugbelch

Bugatti Chiron Passes 300-MPH Barrier with 304-MPH Run, Sets World Record

By Mike Duff Sep 2, 2019

• Bugatti president Stephan Winkelmann says this is it; Bugatti is going to stop going for speed records now and will "concentrate on other areas."

Ever since the Bugatti Chiron was launched, with a 261-mph speed limiter, we've been desperate to know what it could manage if let off the leash. Now Bugatti has done that at the vast Ehra-Lessien test track in Germany; the car smashed both the production-car record and the 300-mph barrier.

Article:

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a28870777/bugatti-chiron-304-mph-world-record-speed/

slugbelch

Wiki excludes it from its record books. Doesn't consider it "production enough", lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_car_speed_record

slugbelch

Supercar Blondie exclusive on the first 300mph car. They're actually thinking of preserving the bugs, LOL

Yvonne*

Wow!