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.

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John Galvin (JSG)
John Galvin (JSG)
http://www.drivelife.co.nz
It started at a young age with bedroom posters, the Countach of course. This slowly grew into a super car die-cast model collection, fifty five 1:18 models at the last count. At which point it had almost taken full control, the incurable Mad Car Disease ran deep though my veins all the way to the bone. And things for my loved ones just got worse as the cars where now being bought at 1:1 scale, after a BMW, HSV, and couple of Audi's, the disease reached my brain, pushing me over the edge and down the rabbits hole into the world of the bedroom poster.

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