On February 14, 2014, the Hennessey Venom GT has taken the crown held by Bugatti for so many years as they set a new world speed record for 2-seat sports cars reaching a top speed of 270.49 mph (435.31 km/h). Performed at the Kennedy Space Center on the 3.2-mile Space Shuttle landing runway, Brian Smith, Director of Miller Motorsport Park, drove the Venom GT to its record speed. Bugatti, the gauntlet has been thrown down, what will they now do to get their beloved title back from America.
Hennessey Venom GT Crowned King With 270.49 MPH World Speed Record
February 25th, 2014 
9 Comments
Tekauri Hurst
25th February 2014 at 11:44 amHayden Reid
Hayden Reid
25th February 2014 at 11:45 amBogdan Jovanovic
Amarpreet Kalkat
25th February 2014 at 2:54 pmBaljit Singh
SuperMonkey Rick
25th February 2014 at 7:54 pmanyone knows the name of the song in the vid?
Ash Kewal
25th February 2014 at 10:17 pmEat on that Bugatti
Ash Kewal
25th February 2014 at 10:17 pmAmerican muscle all the way
M Patrick Baker
27th February 2014 at 12:02 pmJust remember, to be a record it need to be the average of TWO runs. So this record, while awesome, is not official. GREAT place to shoot for the title tho…
Auto Clique NZ
27th February 2014 at 3:21 pmYour right about that, we am still not sure about the production car part of it, hard to say the venom is build from scratch like some of the other cars at the top of the list, its more of a modded wet dream
M Patrick Baker
27th February 2014 at 7:53 pmDrop a V8 in an Exige and let fly…