A $3M hypercar going 250 mph crashed on the runway of Kennedy Space Center in Florida

[@News6WKMG]

MORE INFO: www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2024/08/12/a-3m-hypercar-going-250-mph-crashed-on-the-runway-of-kennedy-space-center-in-florida-here-are-all-the-details/

[@b_f8852]

20 seconds of news in 5 minutes.

[@kushking949]

right... so no video of this even tho people have phones?

[@bde269]

Facts!!!

[@jamesp13152]

click bate to the max.

[@lamarw7757]

@@jamesp13152 *Clickbait.

[@flinch622]

Thats why tv news sucks: any other medium saves buckets of time. I recall Rush Limbaugh [for the bulk of his program years] avoided video suggestions as a general rule - a transcript covers 99% of most matters.

[@ESUNintel]

Real news is how the government can actually fix a runway for about $700 meanwhile a contractor wants almost $15k for my little driveway.

[@thebes893]

I was thinking the same thing, especially a hazmat clean up which would be considerably more expensive from a contractor.

[@grgygantz6760]

That’s build back better.

[@Isaac_132]

@@thebes893 The "hazmat" clean up was probably a bit of oil. At a track day I was at earlier this year a dude crashed his motorcycle and got oil on the track and a $500 bill for the cleanup. This sounds a lot like that.

[@peternesteruk5386]

Because that runway build for space equipment to land. No possible way to damage it with car crash

[@panameradan6860]

Or the typical cost to call out a fire truck and/or ambulance … in my suburban town, that expense is huge … check out the ambulance bill when healthcare doesn’t pay for it …

[@rirkc]

No footage, no photos. Journalistic crimes. C'mon, you gotta do better.

[@jamesblunt1915]

Yes we want to see the blood, guts, and brains of course 😅

[@AccentShmaccent]

How…😂

[@will7its]

Communism.....

[@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin]

@@jamesblunt1915There was none - driver walked away… were you not listening? Still want pics. Sheesh.

[@Peter-pv8xx]

I guess you missed the part about that the pictures were covered up, go watch it again.

[@orion2250]

Dont waste your time Fluff piece long on bla bla. Hennesy F5 crashed Media black out The end.

[@fauxque5057]

Not the end. Hennessy then takes the data they learned and applies it to Version 2 thru 10 until they get it close to right. Then let the customer become the final quality inspector.

[@jonasbaine3538]

@@fauxque5057 customer is beta tester 😂

[@ImNotPotus]

Rumble should have a community pin feature. This comment needs to be at the top. Time is money.

[@fauxque5057]

@@jonasbaine3538 That's why you never buy the first year model of a new platform. Sometimes longer. It took GM from 97 to 2000 to get most of the bugs out of the C5. 00 to 04 were pretty bug free

[@thebigempty_5792]

2 seconds of content HAHA

[@brainsironically]

Five minutes to show you nothing and tell you what the headline said. Useless.

[@BENZ007]

ditto, I came here to see a highdiving act !!

[@VelocityVibeRacing]

They had to make sure you knew nasa doesn’t make money off tax payer funded projects

[@maoxian]

Yeah, where's the crash!

[@danlowe8684]

Ordering employees to 'delete all photos' is the real story here.

[@skipstalforce]

No, they suggested. You know like hey nice job, be a shame if anything happen to it.

[@dcsteve7869]

because hennescrew is a crook. Just look up that guys record and how he completely hosed Viper owners with his last company. Most people who are going to spend that kind of money on a hypercar are not going to buy his car.

[@LossBH]

@@dcsteve7869wow i had no idea. he’s located in my city as well. i had seen the first model of the hennessey venom gt when i was super young and i loved it. that’s just disappointing, man. people suck!

[@06VistaBlueGT1]

​​@@dcsteve7869THANK YOU!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one who, whenever I see this jerk's name pop up remembers what he did to Viper owners way back when, and post up his horrible business practice past!! Such a freaking crook. I have ZERO respect for John Hennessey and never will!! Such a loser!!!

[@will7its]

Its a brave new world......lol

[@rkgsd]

1:33 You're doing a story about a crash, yet you drive a news van that's missing the rubber pad on the brake pedal?

[@bigc8300]

Good eyes.

[@JoeOvercoat]

Holy recklessness Batman! Imagine what other faults are ignored by the operators.

[@tonyrhoton6613]

Faded headlights 2 160 mph. Woopie ive done that on 2 wheels

[@Tireguy90]

That would fail inspection in my state.

[@bunsonhoneydew9099]

you noticed that too?

[@MrZedmoor]

It was designed for landing a space shuttle I'm sure a light weight car wouldn't damage the surface even if it fell from the sky.

[@rogerwilco5918]

Correct, but they probably don't want oil on it

[@flipnotrab]

Sounds like a wager to me…

[@LisaAnn777]

Well normally when space shuttles land they don't crash into the runway.

[@androidphone1901]

​@@LisaAnn777 can confirm

[@robaxl3088]

Driver is ok and there is No Video Of The Actual Crash. Clickbait

[@davidg3944]

Considering the info clampdown after the crash, there's still a reasonable amount of content/context presented. I'm glad I watched.

[@AliSwanson1728]

This is a crash of a prototype car. They are not going to give out that sort of information. They do not want rival companies to know about it.

[@davidg3944]

@@AliSwanson1728 It's a flipping (used both as a euphemism and literally) Hennessey - a kit car with delusions of adequacy. I don't think the other super/hyper car manufacturers are too worried about it...

[@notyouraverageyoutuber3172]

@@AliSwanson1728 The car is already being delivered though?

[@speed6725]

As long as the taxpayers don’t have to pay for it, have at it.

[@natehill8069]

Actually it is probably _decreasing_ taxpayer expense because the runway would have to be cared for anyway to keep it in operating condition, so some money coming in offsets it (a little).

[@will7its]

Why not. Your paying for everything else.....

[@jconner3891]

What’s with the taxpayers? You know is all the major companies that are killing us. . Republican Party is going to give them more tax credits. You remember the last one. 9 trillion in debt of four trump in office. Don’t you think it’s weird we have no money and every corporate companies making record breaking money every year since Trump

[@VelocityVibeRacing]

The taxes you pay help nasa destroy Gaza

[@TheSaturnV]

Thanks for showing the gas pedal being floored in the minivan. Top shelf camera work.

[@Johnnynbk]

All the news nobody needs.

[@AliSwanson1728]

I'm surprised they even caught wind of it. Prototype testing is kept secret so the car rivals don't find out & send a spy.

[@MichiganPeatMoss]

Story starts at 1:59. I love how networks dumb things down and draw things out so much for every potential mindless viewer.

[@CosmicSeeker69]

it works in the US

[@johnnyo5993]

30 bucks for a broom at home depot...680 bucks to pay a guy to start sweeping for two hours....nice gig

[@marcbeebee6969]

😮 a broom is 30 bucks. F this inflation

[@fauxque5057]

You're wrong. It's $30. for the broom. Then 2 engineers at $320. per hour each to study the problem. Then $20. an hour to the poor guy that has to use the broom. But he's happy because he finally got a new broom to use.

[@Supertech-86]

@@fauxque5057 I saw a summer jobs program for teens, first all three were walking right down the center of roadway in high-viz, one kid darted to shoulder to pickup trash, the other two motioned and yelled at him to throw it down, didn't want for him to make them look bad by actually doing the job.

[@davidg3944]

Reading comprehension is hard. Or listening, in this case. Hazardous materials cleanup and disposal, physical damage to the runway repaired. But since you've never done anything that involves work, your lack of understanding is, well, understandable.

[@johnnyo5993]

@@davidg3944obviously it was a joke Einstein but thanks for clearing that up Mr Helper, please feel free to check spelling and grammar for extra credit 😉

[@stuwest3653]

"only on 6" You have no footage, no interview, no story. You do have the sweet shot of the news reader pressing the accelerator on his car. You should be proud.

[@infidel6728]

Seventeen thousand feet of asphalt is a "national treasure?"

[@NotExpatJoe]

But... it's concrete...

[@629Justme]

Yeah. I wonder who thought that also...

[@WaybackRewind]

How many runways had spaceships landing on them?

[@user-vp1sc7tt4m]

It's concrete, and yes, that shuttle landing strip is a "national treasure" and very useful for many purposes, not necessarily including a test track for cars.

[@infiniteproduction1906]

@@user-vp1sc7tt4m But imagine if there is any human left after the "reset", this mythical wonder of the world would be describe as a "long flat mineral surface" ! Then they may speculate like "us" about Nazca plateau lines maybe, worship it most likely, tourists will come visit in thousands, paying a lot.

[@PapaDikpill]

"It's not even a supercar, it's a $3,000,000 hypercar" This reporter really knows what he's talking about.

[@mk1gti]

A Hennesey anything is nowhere near worthy of 3 million dollars. Garbage content.

[@klishee9]

@@mk1gti it is base model is 2 million upgrades go up to 4 million

[@MervandtheMagicTones]

Yeah, this is just some shitbox "Hypercar",see? It's all hype, for people who can't afford a SUPERcar"🤣 Pinhead reporters

[@tomfoolery342]

Dude used 5 min to tell 20 seconds of news just to say HE went 160mph in a Corvette!!

[@doughaven-rf8id]

lol Yup, it was all about him. Every day guys are driving 160 plus on the interstate highways around metro areas on the commute home with no fancy 'procedures'.

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

Top speed in cars has become a worthless pursuit. When a runway is the only place it can get up to speed, why spend the money at all?

[@jimmanis6717]

It's not the only place, it doesn't need the runway to reach those speeds, but in order to certify a world record it has to be on level ground and must meet other standards, it's just safer to use this strip rather than close off the right piece of roadway and try it there.

[@grayrabbit2211]

Why do people own things like Funkos and keep them in boxes? or fine china that gets kept in a cabinet on display? Or some famous piece of artwork? Or historical artifact? There is joy of ownership for some people. Knowing you have "the best" is a nice feeling. /My airplane spends most of its time in the hangar and the only place I can use it is a runway, but I don't have a problem with that.

[@aracoixo3288]

Be the best 🪖🚔

[@usaturnuranus]

Why spend the money at all? Those sweet sweet bragging rights.

[@thearousedeunuch]

It's a human thing to keep wanting to improve. That's what got us a lot of what we take for granted: trains, planes, tech, etc.

[@SteveSiegelin]

There's a reason we use the salt flats. I love Kennedy space center, I have been to the cape off and on my whole life. I'm only 45 minutes away. I can tell you that that landing strip and runway has definitely seen some better days and is way too rough to be hitting speeds like that. The minute you hit a small patch of asphalt that breaks loose or a small pothole your stability is out the window. If you look at a land speed car they don't even have a suspension. Another reason we use the flats is because if something happens there's no bill and you're more likely to survive, as long as you're not going above 400 miles an hour that is. God rest the souls that have lost their lives on the flat!

[@davidg3944]

I thought the Flat has problems with thin salt cover. Has that been fixed (by Momma Nature)?

[@ImGettingOld911]

I was wondering why they just didn't use the Flats. Like you say, there is a reason you use the Flats.

[@SteveSiegelin]

@@davidg3944 it's so dry that it doesn't actually move. That's why we still set our land speed records on the salt flats today. Every land speed record has been set out there. Unfortunately it's also cost a few people running out there too. Does salt is corrosive but you're only out there for a short period of time so as long as you rinse it off the vehicle after you're done it's not a problem. You get just as much salt when you go to the beach from Ocean spray and it's the same salt. It's not sodium chloride.

[@YouHaventSeenMeRight]

@@ImGettingOld911 The reason is probably that the car needs to be able to drive at high speed on public roads (just Germany I guess) and race tracks, not just salt flats. They are not trying to break a speed record per se, they are trying to sell a hypercar!

[@drummerdoingstuff5020]

You don’t get full performance potential out of car

[@dylantedlock]

This is me on this video!!!!! We actually had a Honda Civic. The gas pedal got stuck. We ended up hitting 246

[@josbar2835]

246 feet per hour? I could see that! 😃

[@FelonyVideos]

8, who do we appreciate!

[@Hoops176]

@@FelonyVideoslol

[@Jimmy_Moon]

Is Top Gear filming again?

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

Jimmy_Moon No just Richard Hammond.

[@davidg3944]

It looks like it really is done. But who knows, it was quite the moneymaker for the BBC. It won't shock me if they try to bring it back at some point.

[@Jimmy_Moon]

@@davidg3944 have you heard of, “Ship of Theseus”?

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

@@davidg3944 If it's not Richard, Jeremy and James . I'm not gonna waste my time on it.

[@drgruber57]

That one little reference to downward force, makes me wonder if it basically began to get airborne. And of course, at that speed, you can DEFINITELY get airborne! We've seen the footage of race cars do this. The equivalent of 250 mph wind gets under the car, the front end lifts, and the whole car flips over backwards. It has to be pretty terrifying for the driver at that moment. I'm not saying that's what happened, but it makes you wonder.

[@intheshell35ify]

Bernoulli's principle is a biatch. Get a little yaw and you become an airplane.

[@BlackBuck777]

Watch some Le Mans 1999 footage to see how it goes even at only 200mph. Mark Webber / Peter Dumbreck. They walked away too.

[@davidg3944]

@@BlackBuck777 Those were some scary flips (although only one was caught on camera, the other had to be also), glad Mercedes made their rollcages robust.

[@jamro217]

@@BlackBuck777 Beat me to it.

[@craigslist474]

@drgruber57 That's exactly what was going around in my head.

[@stephenmulholland4868]

Nothing to see here

[@inerfyr]

The Tuatara did 295 mph on that same runway, no aero issues, yet Hennessey likes to throw shade at SSC often. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@marcbeebee6969]

German manufacturers did theses speeds during and before ww2 on smaller roads . Nothing new here

[@StandardRacing]

​@@marcbeebee6969They weren't doing them with road legal cars that had to follow emissions and countless other regulations.

[@marcbeebee6969]

@@StandardRacing doesnt sou d like this car is road worthy yet either. Also the Bugatti vayron and the Bugatti before that. And all the fast german cars and lambos. Ist german brands behind them. And from what we read those car work better the this on car that flew off an airstrip. Not a street a AIRSTRIP

[@romemancer7905]

The GAS MONKEY GT 40...Did 310 mph !!! same runway.

[@geogmz8277]

Tuatara wasn't doing 295... That was debunked! 😂 And they admitted they never did!

[@johnjay7822]

Put on your thinking caps for just one minute: There's just been a filmed accident and the order is ... Everyone DELETE your photos. This is the world we live in. Everything is a cover up.

[@Aderin.]

Or maybe people dont really want to see images of car crashes on the internet

[@mrbigw100]

I went 263 mph in a 1/4 mile in my pro mod last Saturday 😂

[@LuciferMorningstar-wk8qu]

I doubt it

[@JViello]

@@LuciferMorningstar-wk8qu Because you're ignorant to what a pro mod even is. LOL

[@jeffpollard7304]

I went 272mph in my KIA SUV the other day!

[@jamestone265]

No doubt 1/4 mile is not 1 or 1-1/2 miles..try 5 miles at Bonneville..your engine wouldn’t make it the 1 mile let alone the 5mile

[@stratolestele7611]

​@@jamestone265 what does your comment have to do with anything? They're all purpose-built for what their purpose is. In case you have no clue, which I suspect is the case, pro-mod engines are no joke. They're VERY expensive and easily as expensive as a 280 mph Bonneville car's engine. In fact, I'm sure more expensive.

[@pburant]

$712.70? It cost the federal gov't that much just to print and mail the bill.

[@davem6685]

Our media hard at work telling us nothing. Nice job stooges.

[@samallardyce2522]

richard hammond was the driver ?

[@davidg3944]

No Hamsters were injured in the testing of the Venom.

[@Rngh00101]

😂😂

[@tazanteflight8670]

If you dont have pictures, you dont have a news story. this is a waste of time.

[@michaelfreund]

love that you had no video of the crash! thanks! super helpful didnt feel like i wasted my time at all!

[@mrwilson7617]

We are trying to get a running mile course here in Calverton, LI, NY. At the old Grumman Navy Base. Currently running 1/8 mi with ''Race Track Not Street'' . So glad to have a drag strip on Long Island again.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

BFD and completely irrelevant. Drag strips are for losers that haven't figured out cars are supposed to be able to turn right, left and stop themselves.

[@mrwilson7617]

@@chuckschillingvideos Are you OK ? Maybe you should go get a Snickers bar.

[@FirstLastOne]

1:30 nice state that car is in. That brake pedal must be pretty slippery to stomp on when it's bare metal like that and gets wet. What happened to the rubber/plastic cover that adds grip to that pedal?

[@roaddog1973]

1:30 where's the pad on your brake pedal??

[@WessyD123]

Its hard to make regular tires that can handle that speed for very long. They literally start melting off the rim.

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

Koenigsegg does it on the street to 285 no problem, these guys just suck and wanted some relevance

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

WessyD123 Tell that to the guys who race at Bonneville And go 400 plus.

[@davidg3944]

@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Very special tires made by companies like Goodyear for the flats. And the really fast cars have been using aluminum disks as wheels for a while due to rubber tires not being able to take the loads.

[@NotExpatJoe]

Tires melt around 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit. However, tires will begin to break down around 392 degrees Fahrenheit and will explode around 752 degrees Fahrenheit. This means that you cannot truly melt tires at any speed.

[@Aderin.]

​@@replynotificationsdisabledMistakes can be made sometimes which is all good. Some cars are better than others but it doesnt make them bad

[@antoonvanmaris58]

Absolutely Pathetic, No car, No rider, No crash, so I'll say it again, "Absolutely Pathetic" !!

[@nathanlucas2257]

I wish there were GIF reactions on KZbin, because the one of Seinfeld sitting back, eating popcorn, and muttering "That's a shame." would be perfect for this.

[@rcpmac]

Came to see a video of a car and saw a video of a letter

[@hermanguzman1460]

That's not the only place you can run that fast, some cars have hit close to 300mph and over at the Texas Mile.

[@thedrabfour]

1:29 where da rubber on the brake pedal, insurance wants to know?

[@SmokinLizzos]

Pretty common on the ford transits. Missing on my work truck as well.

[@mikecarbone828]

Why didn’t they test the vehicle at the Bonneville salt flats, instead of the runway?That is where most of the world land speed records are set and broken, not on a runway, that has a finite distance.

[@johnjones5354]

Indy Cars routinely hit 240 MPH entering turns 1 and 3 at IMS.

[@billfunk3168]

Scott Mcglaughlin went 242 on back stretch on his pole run at Indianapolis this year.

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Ok?

[@josbar2835]

And the point of racing is what? Entertainment. What are these drivers really accomplishing for the country by winning race after race? Nothing, when you think about it. I used to watch racing and other sports, but when you look at the big picture, it is all just to distract from the poor, the homeless, the drug addicts, all the ugly parts of our society that we have not been able to fix. By watching sports, we delude ourselves that we really do have a great country full of winners and so, we are also winners.

[@johnjones5354]

@@josbar2835 Seek help. Immediately. Modern psychiatry can do wonders, even in severe cases.

[@danoc51]

Good article and a nice production considering that no photos or video of the crash was made available.

[@familyfirst.foundation]

This is not news. They’re paying legally to test their cars. Wow how awful… (rhetorical) Get a life and find something newsworthy.

[@hokehinson5987]

Just a good example of the incorporation of our government. They tell you it's public land just like they tell you our county, state & federal parks are public lands. The strip is leased thru contract to a vendor who sells run time on the strip...the public gets no return from this sale nor can the public use the space without the $500.00 @hr fee. Our country as is every country taken over by usury banking is nothing more than business INC. If these people could tax the air we breath believe it they would!

[@janofb]

Might want to try the Bonneville salt flats. Cars are going over 250 there every year.

[@Icepacalapse]

Cars going 400 there.

[@stratolestele7611]

Not the same thing

[@janofb]

@@stratolestele7611 Or even the Texas Mile. The record there is 300 mph.

[@nealoverson]

We could save money by quit letting people come in this country illegally

[@trevorgwelch7412]

An alien black triangle space ship can land here - without permission . 😂

[@sidehop]

That was dumb. No actual footage?

[@barbaraperez1308]

Was it Cleetus McFarland

[@Nick210]

In a hyper car fucko?

[@jesussavescars807]

No it was the venom f5 Hennessy that’s pos crashed because it’s not aero capable of going over 200 let alone 300 it’s a home made pos

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

@@jesussavescars807have you owned one? Have you seen it in person? I'd agree their previous hypercar was an extended Lotus chassis, but this F5 has an amazing fit and finish. I had the opportunity to look over the car and see it drive in Miami at a Curated car event.

[@hugokatz]

Richard Hammond was NOT unvolved either.

[@MmmHuggles]

Man, this station has such a great skill at fluffing a story that can be told in under 30 seconds into a five minute clip. Impressive. We need a news station that does the opposite and gets straight to the point and bluntly say the news and the details so people can get on with their life. Old shuttle runway rented. Fast car tested. Fast car failed and crashed. Driver was fine. Company wants everyone to not know any details about it. Somehow they can repair the runway cheaper than a private contractor can a driveway. The end.

[@KalBuir]

It was more than three minutes in before they even mentioned what kind of car it was.

[@wolfman515]

There's really no logical reason for there to be anything that fast on public roadways.

[@MS-715-7Y]

Do they rent these for picnics?

[@ex.spaceshuttle.worker]

Lol

[@jgmopar]

They need to see my rusty 1965 Plymouth valiant on that runway. I bet i could take longer to get the other side

[@SouthCoastLimited]

Our Aussie Chrysler Valiant AP5 was based on those (slightly different) & built here in South Oz with the great 225.

[@jgmopar]

@@SouthCoastLimited Those are awesome cars. I see them at car shows from time to time. rare but they pop up out here every now and then.

[@josbar2835]

And you would make it safely 10 times out of 10! If you cannot get from point A to point B safely, it doesn't matter how fast you can go.

[@jgmopar]

@@josbar2835 Very True

[@For_What_It-s_Worth]

Texas rancher, “Why, ah can drive all day and never leave my ranch!” Poor Kentucky cousin, “Yea, I hear ya. Had a truck like that once, myself.”

[@hugokatz]

Let me be the first to say this crash did NOT involve Richard Hammond. Did this lease include a pet deposit?

[@lewisthierman3313]

Boeing?

[@davidg3944]

Hennessey has some questionable stuff in their past, but I'm glad to hear the driver was OK after this testing crash.

[@rickharnish6757]

Should have went to the Bonneville Salt Flats!

[@327JohnnySS]

I was looking for this comment.👍

[@marcbeebee6969]

Should have gotten a german car

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

Or the autobahn.

[@marcbeebee6969]

@@DomingoDeSantaClara nach alll that runway was not big enough for that death trap. Dont bring it here

[@327JohnnySS]

@@marcbeebee6969 After Dwight D Eisenhower saw that efficiency of the autoban he had highways built from coast to coast in America.

[@bretfisher7286]

That's just brilliant. Oh, boy. All these incredible race cars everywhere, but nowhere to race them. What a problem, right? Not at all. Because they race them right in the middle of the rest of us. On public roadways. Except here. Here, they went to the rocket launch area. Brilliant.

[@SlingbladeJim]

read your scripts........get the gestures right

[@TonerLow]

I was hoping that the description would help me cut to the story, you should have just put nothing there instead lol.

[@mac3792]

Lame...

[@jayroberts7274]

Had a neighbor who was an engineer at KSC, we garned some access to the landing strip on employee day... twin turbo ZX300..if you dont know, that strip is grooved the entire length...and its LONG. Not a very smooth ride, but you sure can fly!

[@harrymakongwa1147]

What's the point of having such faster car while no roads to use them ?

[@jaxonboys3366]

He did that spot just so he could brag about his new Corvette and testing it there. Co-host was like "I have to ask him something about it and be nice". Local news anchors are making the cheese down there.

[@MUCKFOOT399]

can do that on the highway for free

[@junito1008]

Word in the streets, The driver was drinking Hennessy before the test.

[@pizzaparty-r1c]

This is why we have street racers. Why pay $1000s to drive your car fast when you can just do it on the street that you already pay for every year in taxes.

[@AccentShmaccent]

Pay for the privacy… away from doofuses with cellphones drooling

[@lamarw7757]

A family of 4 just died because of street racers.

[@alaefarmestatesllc]

Was Richard Hammond driving?

[@tymorgan1924]

A car should never go that fast

[@moebadderman227]

What is the reason for the secrecy and redaction? What is "proprietary" about that facility?

[@ronwatkins5775]

As of July 2024, the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut is considered the fastest car in the world with a top speed of 330mph. However, the land speed record is over 750mph.

[@wipatriot510]

Neither of which are production cars...

[@ronwatkins5775]

@@wipatriot510 Neither is a $3M hypercar

[@lamarw7757]

@@ronwatkins5775 Sorry, but it is a production car.

[@ronwatkins5775]

@@lamarw7757 That is not known. No identity was provided. My initial claim was based on the content provided in the video. If that info is available elsewhere then that is fine, but again my claim is based on the info regarding the car available in the video.

[@wipatriot510]

@@ronwatkins5775 Sure they are...

[@toddburgess6792]

Mr. Hennessey, a Funny Car has gone 338mph in 1000ft., in 3.8 seconds, for less than 3 million. Choo got some catching up to do!

[@Todd-o8n]

💯

[@stratolestele7611]

You've got a lot of homework to do!

[@metaljuana7538]

I'm confused, someone fill me in as to how you can suddenly "lose downforce" in a straight line at 250mph?

[@mikepodrasky9405]

At least NASA is doing something Sure isn’t doing much in space

[@gwhizz44]

Who wrecked?

[@loudandclearmedia]

"Lost downforce" probably means they are flattening out active aero to pick up MPH. The obvious problem with that is exactly what happened.

[@cm-sz2gp]

why aren't stories Like this iLLegaL because they are framing the viewer?

[@ThisTimeTheWorld]

Q couple more million would have bought a whole jet with wings.

[@Roybwatchin]

You can't even get a guy to install a standard residential mailbox for less than $700 I'm really surprised that a Hazmat crew would even show up for under $1,000 and then cleaning and disposing of the "hazardous" fluids, supplies, etc. Not to mention the "repairs" to the runway. This sounds way too cheap to cheap for me and I live in Kansas, lol..... I'd say they got off very lucky on this one.

[@electricman69]

The fastest car in the world couldn't get up to top speed in three miles that's why the worlds record is set at Utath salt flats the record is 763.035 mph set by Andy Green in oct.15 1997

[@DrewEmc2]

Is Richard Hammond alright?

[@emmanuelgoldstein1918]

Did he get clearance to land first?

[@AAABTonto]

Apparently y'all have NEVER heard of Top Fuel Drag Racing or the Indy 500 ....

[@Aderin.]

Are they street legal, i dont rhink so

[@cicakaki6587]

I feel like this coverage doesn’t justify the headline. A whole lot about renting a runway tho. Where’s the crash?

[@roadrunner40]

There are differences between cars, tracks, etc. But they talk about going 250 mph as if they never heard of drag racing. I'm happy I read the comments while watching. Didn't have to watch the whole thing.

[@IntegraDIY]

Too bad no photos of the damage. I’m guessing only thing left was him in his harness, inside the carbon monocoque chassis. That thing for sure took flight.

[@your_royal_highness]

Runway back open after a couple of hours? Huh? Do they have cars lining up to use it?

[@derekdowns6275]

How do you say "active aerodynamic control surfaces" without saying "active aerodynamic control surfaces"?

[@malcolmdean6899]

This is an old story. The SSC Tuatara hit 285-290. Bugatti broke the 300 mph barrier.

[@flipnotrab]

Both of which are NOT production cars 😂

[@Duh_Huh_24]

It really isn't an old story. Having a car flip at 250mph when you've already delivered a few to customers and taken deposits on many others is not old news, especially when they're claiming a 300mph top speed. Pay attention

[@stratolestele7611]

Malcolm - we're talking about street legal production cars.

[@aevans1683]

The Venom F5 probably flipped, similar to the Mercedes CLR LMP at Le Mans in 1999. The reporter said "...and this isn't even a supercar." Of course it's not a supercar, it's a Hypercar, guy. A Hypercar has more power, better aerodynamics and costs more money than a supercar. He needs to learn the difference if plans to do another feature on a whole bunch of redacted nothing burger.

[@Icepacalapse]

We took the splitter off of our car over 12 years ago and it just went 310 mph. The secret is in choosing a car that has great aero built into the basic design.

[@davevanhoose6573]

This is why everyone is so disgusted with the media

[@SpatialDragon]

You showed a C7 Corvette convertible, but the story showed in print it was a Hennessey F5 Venom. No pictures of the car, before or after. Really lazy journalism.

[@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin]

That $3M of engineering saved the driver’s life. How much engineering do we get? You do the math. That’s why your car cost $30k. Actually,that’s not at all true. I just wanted to say it, since we’re not requiring evidence. 😊 We all benefit from all of the R&D that goes into making such an incredible machine.

[@kchiem]

That's only about 2x what a plumber will charge to replace a toilet's fill valve and flapper.

[@SuperAgentman007]

3:27 why do you need to go 300 miles an hour top speed limit on roads are between 55 and 70 miles an hour

[@mikehess8116]

Do you mean the Bonneville salt flats is not flat or long or straight?

[@MrOffshore]

John Hennessy is an American icon…pushing the limits and building insanely powerful and fast automobiles.