A few months ago, American tuners SSC stimulated outrage for allegedly falsifying the speed of its Tuatara hypercar during its attempt at breaking the production cars and truck land speed record.
Now, the business is back as well as it’s still focussed on passing the 300mph barrier. The firm’s engineers are currently working on piecing together a a lot more precise timing system, utilizing devices from Garmin, Racelogic as well as the worldwide Mile Racing Association.
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The Tuatara has set a two-way typical speed of 282.9mph during its preliminary runs – and, at that speed, it has already damaged the official “fastest production car” record of 277.9mph, which was set by the Koenigsegg Agera RS in 2017. But, the Bugatti Chiron SuperSport just recently had a bite at the cherry, too, setting a speed of 304.77mph.
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However, the latter record is surrounded in its own cloud of dispute as, to be officially recognised as a world record, the car’s top speed needs to be an typical of two runs on the exact same piece of tarmac. The Chiron’s speed was only recorded in one direction, though, so the record stays up for grabs.
This most current high speed run was done by Dr. Larry Caplin – a Tuatara owner, who utilized his personal cars and truck for the attempt. After the run, he said: “I got a taste of full power in the top of seventh on the last run. I am ecstatic to come back as well as break 300mph.”
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Jerod Shelby, CEO of SSC North America, said: “We took a different technique this time around in accelerating the cars and truck to the higher speeds. Larry Caplin, who has the car, utilized a ‘drag race’ style of acceleration during the record runs, pulling full throttle as well as improve for 40–50 seconds.