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Hennessey Performance turns 25 years old in 2016 and to celebrate the company"s silver anniversary, John and the crew took the Venom GT Spyder to the Naval Air Base in Lemoore, California to see if they could set a new record for the highest top speed without a fixed roof.When Hennessey, his LS7-powered hypercar and his team got to the 2.9-mile runway at the Lemoore Naval Base, the Bugatti Veyron Grand Vitesse held the record for the world"s fastest convertible/topless car with a speed of 254 miles per hour. That record wasn"t officially verified by the Guinness Book of World Records, as their top speed record runs require vehicles to make two passes on the same track in opposite direction and then take the average of the two. This way, they can factor in any slope of the track, wind, etc. The Veyron did not meet those requirements when setting the record at 254 miles per hour, but with no real challenger, Bugatti was able to claim the title for the world"s fastest topless car.Well, John Hennessey has a challenger in the form of the Venom GT Spyder, with a 1,451 horsepower twin turbocharged LS7 from the Corvette Z06 making this one of the most powerful rear wheel drive cars in the world. With the top off, Hennessey was able to get the Venom GT Spyder up to 265.6 miles per hour beating the Bugatti number by more than 11 miles per hour.Also, after completing the run, John Hennessey believes that with a longer track, the Venom GT Spyder is capable of hitting the official top speed of 270 miles per hour.Best of all, as is so often the case, Hennessey had a camera crew on hand for this record run and as a result, as have a great video walking us through the process of setting the record for the world"s fastest topless car.Join the LS1 crowd in the forum.>>Tags: hennessey, Hennessey Venom GT, LS7
Date written: April 13, 2016
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Hennessey Performance turns 25 years old in 2016 and to celebrate the company"s silver anniversary, John and the crew took the Venom GT Spyder to the Naval Air Base in Lemoore, California to see if they could set a new record for the highest top speed without a fixed roof.When Hennessey, his LS7-powered hypercar and his team got to the 2.9-mile runway at the Lemoore Naval Base, the Bugatti Veyron Grand Vitesse held the record for the world"s fastest convertible/topless car with a speed of 254 miles per hour. That record wasn"t officially verified by the Guinness Book of World Records, as their top speed record runs require vehicles to make two passes on the same track in opposite direction and then take the average of the two. This way, they can factor in any slope of the track, wind, etc. The Veyron did not meet those requirements when setting the record at 254 miles per hour, but with no real challenger, Bugatti was able to claim the title for the world"s fastest topless car.Well, John Hennessey has a challenger in the form of the Venom GT Spyder, with a 1,451 horsepower twin turbocharged LS7 from the Corvette Z06 making this one of the most powerful rear wheel drive cars in the world. With the top off, Hennessey was able to get the Venom GT Spyder up to 265.6 miles per hour beating the Bugatti number by more than 11 miles per hour.Also, after completing the run, John Hennessey believes that with a longer track, the Venom GT Spyder is capable of hitting the official top speed of 270 miles per hour.Best of all, as is so often the case, Hennessey had a camera crew on hand for this record run and as a result, as have a great video walking us through the process of setting the record for the world"s fastest topless car.Join the LS1 crowd in the forum.>>Tags: hennessey, Hennessey Venom GT, LS7
Date written: April 13, 2016
More of this article on the LS1 Tech website
ID: 2952
