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Monday, October 26, 2020

New Land Speed Record


WORLD'S FASTEST ONBOARD: SSC Tuatara hits crazy 331mph top speed! | Top Gear
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Seems like it was only last week that the Bugatti Veyron broke the 200 mph mark for a street legal road car, and now an American outfit has broken the 300 mph mark. No way, Jose.

I've driven cars at 100 mph for brief stretches. On a public highway in the remote of areas of the American west, it's not too difficult. Too me, it's scary fast. 200 mph is something for prepared surface, like a race track or an airstrip, but 300 mph on a public road? That must be some really pristine asphalt. I imagine hitting any kind of imperfection on the road surface at that speed could easily be catastrophic. I wonder if they sent a street sweeper down the road first.

Nevada State Route 160 looking North
7 mile stretch of dead straight road
runs from lower right corner across to the middle of the left edge

Here is the road they used. It is Nevada State Route 160. It heads northwest from Las Vegas to Pahrump.

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2 comments:

  1. ChrisOctober 26, 2020 at 12:06:00 PM PDT

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_State_Classic_Challenge

    YMMV

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  2. xoxoxoBruceOctober 26, 2020 at 4:51:00 PM PDT

    The Silver State is on 94 miles of Rte 318 south toward Vegas.
    The Tuatara ran on rte 160 north from Vegas where there's a 7 mile stretch that's straight, and very un-Aamerican (smooth), but scary narrow. It doesn't take much to kill you at 300 mph. Half that was enough to satisfy me.

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