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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Hennessey Venom GT Crowned King With 270.49 MPH World Speed Record
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Eat on that Bugatti
American muscle all the way
Just 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…
Your 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
Drop a V8 in an Exige and let fly…