The Bugatti Veyron SuperSport captured the world’s attention in 2010, when the record of fastest production car in the world was established, but that the crown can now be transmitted . Hennessey Performance announced Monday that its Venom GT hit 270.49 mph ( 435.31 km / h ) at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, settting a new world speed record for a 2-seat sports car . Driven by former test engineer Michelin tires , racing driver , and Director of Miller Motorsport Brian Smith, the time for the Venom GT was independently verified , but has not yet been officially recognized by the Guinness Book of Records .
The Hennessey Venom GT hit 270.49 mph ( 435.31 km / h ) at the Kennedy Space CenterThe team Hennessey Venom GT with Hennessey Venom GT certificateThe check verification Hennessey Venom GT Speed certificateThe cranks1 , 244 hp (914 kW) View All
The blistering run took place on 14 February at 3.2 – miles from the space shuttle runway at Kennedy Space Center with special permission from NASA. Taking place on a straight stretch and not on an oval track or various tests like the Nurburgring , this was a demonstration of the smooth acceleration and a simple shot dead , while leaving enough room at the end of braking the race to avoid ending in an expensive accident.
The blistering run took place on 14 February at 3.2 – miles from the space shuttle runway at Kennedy Space Center with special permission from NASA. Taking place on a straight stretch and not on an oval track or various tests like the Nurburgring , this was a demonstration of the smooth acceleration and a simple shot dead , while leaving enough room at the end of braking the race to avoid ending in an expensive accident.
“I was still shooting ,” Smith says . “If we run into an oval 8 mile we could go faster than that. At the top was a small digression , but , hey , we’re going 270 mph ! The Venom GT does not require any large corrections , and Michelin held tension very well ” .
Check the speed of Venom GT was GPS systems manufacturer Racelogic data acquisition . ” The Venom GT has a top speed of 270.49 mph as measured by our VBOX 3i GPS ,” said Joe Lachovsky Racelogic engineer .
The speed record is full of controversy and challenges for 2013 after claiming settings around the limiter Veyron hypercar . But after the Guinness record review allows walk .
The previous record of 267.8 mph ( 431.072 km / h ) was created by Pierre Henri Raphanel in the 1183 horsepower ( 870 kW) Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport in July 2010 .
However, despite the outcome of this month , Hennessy can not officially claim the record for most production cars because it requires making two runs in opposite directions on the same day . John Hennessey said in an interview with Top Gear this was not possible, because NASA would not allow it .
Based on the Lotus Elise / Exige , with which it shares a number of components , the 2743 pounds ( 1,244 kg) , mid-engined , rear wheel drive Venom GT is not what most people would call elegant , with its carbon fiber and composite / hybrid monocoque aluminum frame – space, air vents massive brakes, but large narrow-body , two-seat , followed by a backside that looks like someone kicked him in the ass. That said, the Venom GT is built for the track, not garden parties , and all wings of burning and road grids gobbling together in a terribly attractive Koenigsegg kind of way.
Within the Venom GT is a 90 degree V8 engine seven liter precision ball double ball bearing turbochargers, an iron block with aluminum heads, electronic sequential fuel injection multiport pump a terrifying 1,244 hp (914 kW) and 1155 lbs-ft (1565 Nm) of torque feeding on a Ricardo six-speed manual gearbox.
On the track, this translates into 0 to 60 in 2.7 seconds, so you know what it feels like to leave behind his eyes. The Venom GT already has the Guinness world record for 0 to 300 mph in 13.63 seconds and the Guinness World Hypercar to 0-200 mph in 14.51 seconds. Beyond speed of 270.49 mph verified, Hennessy says the Venom GT can do 278 mph (447 km / h) at full speed.
“” I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid, “says company founder and president John Hennessey.” Neil Armstrong was my childhood hero. Although the astronaut thing did not work for me, I feel very honored to have had the opportunity to set our speed record on the sacred grounds of the U.S. space program. Construction and validation of our Venom GT as the fastest in the world, has been a long journey and a lot of hard work. but as President Kennedy once said so eloquently, “they chose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” As a result, we have built a better car and a team better Hennessey Performance (HPE) “.
If you are interested in purchasing a Venom GT, be prepared for some tears because the record version sells for U.S. $ 1 million.
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