I wonder why they dont just go run on the salt, where there is official timing equipment set up and no one can dispute their obviously fake video on top gear or wherever.
In sailing, there is a whole speed record council set up. You have to hire an official observer to come out and watch the attempt. The gps has to be according to specification etc. The guys who did that ddwfttw propeller sail cart Blackbird and the vestas sailrocket guys both have good vids on their record attempts. On Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 8:00 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On October 10, on a closed seven-mile stretch of road, Webb piloted a > $1.9 million Shelby Supercars (SSC) Tuatara to a world record for > fastest production vehicle. Over two one-way runs, the Tuatara averaged > 316.11 mph. The quickest run, at 331.15 mph, broke the previous one-way > record of 284.6 mph, set by Koenigsegg on the same stretch of road in > 2017, by 46.6 mph. Another notable speed record by a production car > happened in September 2019, when a Bugatti Chiron reached 304.773 mph on > the Ehra-Lessien test track in Germany. > > As for the "world record" designation: The speed run was measured and > tested in accordance with Guinness specifications, but has not yet > officially been certified by Guinness as a world record. > > "Carmakers like this road because it's long and straight, and there > tends not to be much wind," Webb said. "But they don't pay attention to > the width. It's quite narrow, with low tolerances on either side of the > car, so drivers hate it." > > Jerod Shelby (no relation to Carroll) launched SSC in 1998, setting up > shop in his hometown of Richland, Washington. "Nobody knew who we were," > he said. "I decided that this top-speed record would be a good way to > get mentioned in the same sentence with Bugatti, Koenigsegg, and > Ferrari." > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N22JfNHiC1k > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKmAEgAwc5k > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
