The second time was the fascination of the SSC Tuatara supercar, which claimed the world’s fastest production record of 282.9 km / h.
The $ 1.9 million state-of-the-art coupe in Washington completed the performance on the old Space Shuttle runway in Florida on January 17th.
As required by many prominent authorities for record keeping, the 1,750 horsepower supercar made two runs in opposite directions to offset wind and other environmental factors at a speed of 279.7 mph and 286.1 mph. This is an average of 282.9 mph, which would beat the existing point of 277.87 mph set in 2017 by the Koenigsegg Agera RS.
SSC thought it had broken the record last October, when the Tuatara clocked an average of 316.11 km / h on a closed highway in Nevada, with pro racer Oliver Webb at the helm, but questions were raised about its accuracy. of the timing that SSC led. to make the second attempt with excess speed validation by Racelogic (VBox), Life Racing, Garmin and IMRA (International Mile Racing Association).
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The Tuatara was driven in Florida by the owner, car collector Larry Caplan, who earlier told Fox News that he had never driven near 250 km / h, but planned to one day. The shuttle landing strip provided a 2.3-mile stretch for the effort, which was much shorter than what was available in Nevada, and which required more aggressive acceleration to slow down the maximum velocity with space.
SSC owner Jerod Shelby said they were not done yet and planned to return in the spring with a view to 300km / h, which the Bugatti Chiron achieved on a Volkswagen test track in Germany, but only in one direction.