Shelby Supercars’ Ultimate Aero beats out the Bugatti Veyron (French/German) and Koenigsegg CCR (Swedish) to set new Guinness World Record for ‘Fastest Production Car.’
For the first time since 1967, the Guinness World Record for “Fastest Production Car” belongs to an American automobile. Guinness has officially confirmed that Shelby Supercars’ Ultimate Aero hit 256.19 miles per hour on a remote highway in Washington last month.
A local 71-year-old car enthusiast named Chuck Bigelow drove the Ultimate Aero to the new world record. “We wanted to show that you don’t need to be a dedicated professional race-car driver to drive the car at this speed,” said Jerod Shelby, owner of Shelby Supercars and no relation to legendary muscle-car tuner Carol Shelby. “The very first time [Bigelow] got in the car, I said to him, ‘Why don’t you keep it under 200 miles per hour so you can get used to the car?’ Then he went 228 [mph] his first time down the road. He said, ‘It felt so good, I figured I might as well keep going.’” Read more…
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