On February 14th, 2014, automotive history was made…again. John Hennessey — a man obsessed with speed — took his Hennessey Venom GT supercar to the
Of course, this puts to shame the Bugatti
Veyron’s 267.8 mph Guinness-verified top speed set back in 2010, and outlasts
Hennessey’s previous speed record of 265.7 mph. But how did this stunning
supercar manage to trounce its previous record? It was in the oil — more
specifically, the Pennzoil (and the extended runway).
Working together with Pennzoil and their
high-performance synthetic oils, Hennessey and his team were able to watch this
hopped-up supercar top its previous speed record by nearly 5 mph. This to go
along with the ride’s 2,743-lb curb weight, 2.7 second 0-60 mph time, and
7.0-liter twin-turbo V8, of course.
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