Red Victor Returns: The world’s fastest street legal car | Fifth Gear

Red Victor is the world’s fastest street legal car - albeit a Vauxhall Victor built in a Wolverhampton lock up. We first met it a few years ago when it could do 0-60 in 1 second. Now the owner has made it even faster - and has invited us along to see if it can break a drag strip world record. Jonny becomes the world’s fastest passenger as he rides shotgun. Taken from Series 22 of Fifth Gear, first broadcast in 2013.
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[@Tedkelvin]

alcohol is now cheaper than petrol...

[@swillomnibuscymru]

Remember watching this when you first interviewed him. Can’t believe he still has it 🎉

[@DevGohil]

0:03 - Them petrol prices

[@mattreid114]

That's the first thing I noticed as well..

[@thezanzibarbarian5729]

When I was learning to drive, it was only *50p.* *_Per gallon!!_* 8-))...

[@redvictor]

2007 Dev.

[@kevinskipp2762]

68.9 is cheapest I remember personally paying back in 2001 ish

[@michaelarchangel1163]

@@thezanzibarbarian5729 The first gallon I ever bought was 6/7d, that's 6 shillings and sevenpence, pre decimalisation, which then became 33p per gallon, shortly afterwards.

[@peterbrownless]

Lighning quick reaction catching that beast, the guys skill behind the wheel shone more to me than the car. And the car shone bright!

[@PETERNESS]

bang on ,spoken by someone who knows the game

[@Copesthetic-Aesthetic]

Street legal? What's with the hauler? Over here, we do a thing called drag week. The feller that held that record here, towed the trailer with his race car, from track to track.

[@user-dx4br5gd1r]

They don't understand...they just don't get it.

[@michaell.445]

I'm from where you have one guy with a pro mod made from a Buick Roadmaster... Builds his own engines. He swaps his tires out changes his fuel source and goes into "track mode" runs low fives changes it back and drives it home. Does that not count?

[@jonny_sparks]

This video is from 2013 but Red Victor 3 ran 5.87@263mph in 2019. At the time, this was the quickest street legal car + quickest door slammer in Europe. And here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoGcYoWMi7F6ftE

[@alexthompson5172]

record's now 5.77 andy's pb is 5.87 bruhhh

[@allothernamesbutthis]

this episode was from 9 years ago. 9 years of tech advancement for 0.1 seconds.

[@alexthompson5172]

@@allothernamesbutthis i mean the curreny street legal record is 5.77, andy set a 5.87 when the record was 5.85 at the time

[@baoquoc3710]

Wish we could have an episode on this absolute masterpiece on your channel, the late brake show jonny!

[@James-semaJ]

Jonny Smith, what a legend!

[@CraigBudden]

We have many 7 second cars in Australia and they still look like showroom cars when they were sold

[@davidstuart4915]

great build...nice catch! :) True Brit :)

[@mworld]

He does not need version 4, just a decent run.

[@jamestone265]

Long way to beat the Oldsmobile at 5.70’s

[@mattb8734]

That was awesome loved it ❤️ great car

[@13coyote13]

5.70'S for the fastest street legal car since last year.

[@themrjones]

I was going to say, they have awd 4 banger turbos going 6's and 7's

[@JU5TAV6]

Tom Bailey sick second and the sorcerers go back and forth for the fastest street legal cars in the world. This is nowhere close. Still a beautiful car though

[@allothernamesbutthis]

@@JU5TAV6 this episode was recorded years ago. johnny's aged about 20 years - late brake show.

[@turbotorana4336]

@@JU5TAV6 none of them cars are "street legal" simply they are drag cars with number plates that sometimes drive on the street.

[@JU5TAV6]

@@turbotorana4336 Facts

[@chriss2928]

dam good save Andy !

[@timothywalsh1001]

I've worked on my friends car... It's a street legal Pro Mod.. It's been running 6.4s for YEARS !!!

[@jason_ytbe2055]

thats insane! i would very much like to see it!

[@mildmanneredthinkingman9323]

Anyone have a site that shows the current record as of 2022?

[@GambleSauce]

Does this car make all 3000 hp if you drove it on the street? And does it run on Ethanol, race gas, or Top Fuel/Nitro methane. (Does a full speed pass require rebuilding engine parts after?)

[@jmyd83]

Possibly the UK's fastest streetcar 👍

[@Robert-cu9bm]

It's the world

[@mk2nathan]

@@Robert-cu9bm Not any more though lol. I think the fastest street car in the world is a high 5 second car. 5.77 i think may be wrong

[@Robert-cu9bm]

@@mk2nathan Fair enough, I was just going by what they said on the yt vid.

[@AirsoftbyOliver]

@@Robert-cu9bm this cars been into the 5s now. Look up red victor 5 seconds on here

[@thecolourrose9022]

Same andy frost who has that subaru? The storm trooper its called i think

[@ianmitchell9102]

Love it

[@jman4652]

Brown pants moment. 🤣

[@kierondraper1799]

I think Red Victor could certainly be up there with Tom Bailey but like everything it comes down to money so I think we need to help in some way and I’d certainly help 😊

[@user-dx4br5gd1r]

Tom is well into the 5's and actually pulls a trailer 1000 miles too. He is making nearly 5000 horsepower on Steve Morris' Dyno. Steve runs 6's in a full body street legal station wagon too...just sayin. You can't compare Tom to anyone else because Tom is the man The Dodge Demon C170 runs 8's from the factory. The red car here is pretty to look at but he'd be destroyed if he raced in America. Y'all build cute cars over there. We build the unthinkable in America.

[@Yimello]

@@user-dx4br5gd1r Dragsters aren't really our thing. The UK is the home of F1 technological development, which make all dragsters look like toys.

[@user-dx4br5gd1r]

@@Yimello seems to be an odd claim since Italy, France, Germany and Japan has pretty much made those overpriced go-karts better than the UK. As a rule of measure it's safe to say that our full bodied NASCAR teams are all proven to be faster and actually look like a real car...of course we have Top fuel that go from Zero to nearly 340 mph in 3.6 seconds and are producing a mere 12,000 horsepower and look like a faster version of your F1 cars. Other than tea, fish, fries and disgusting teeth...what do y'all do better than anyone else?

[@Yimello]

@@user-dx4br5gd1r You had decent bait the first time, almost made me think you were serious. You've got to keep it subtle if you want it to work.

[@user-zt7ij6vw9w]

Why aren’t you competing with Street Outlaws ? !

[@rogerminton4226]

When it does more that 310 MPH like John Bohmer's Ford GT then you can call it the world's fastest street car.

[@user-dx4br5gd1r]

That's just stupid. You're comparing a slow red car from the UK to a car that took teams of mechanics, engineers and tons of funding (as well as many other issues) just to do what an SCC, Bugatti or Hennessy can nearly do without the support groups continuously pouring over it. Tom Bailey, Steve Morris, Cleatus McFarland....there are many cars and drivers in America that would make this red car seem slow.

[@notpoliticallycorrect1303]

​@@user-dx4br5gd1r Your comment is laughable,it will be treated with the contempt it merits.

[@Francoberry]

Petrol 85p per litre 😭😭😭

[@davidstuart4915]

.....One.85.....

[@jaime8174]

Hmmm before the car got squirrelly I was like no thanks. Driver has a full rollover cage but not passenger...

[@user-dx4br5gd1r]

I caught that too...no thanks.

[@theafro]

Sorry Jonny, World's fastest street legal car? NO. Not even Europe's fastest. still bloody cool, and one of the greats of Street eliminator.

[@powermadracing5116]

And mark Mickey just reset it at 5.35 at 273.

[@billymanilli]

true... but Micke's "Camaro" is a straight up Pro Modified... Can't be driven on the street with out a LOT of work edit:...which I think was the main part this guy's "goal"

[@powermadracing5116]

@@billymanilli And since then, Stephen Jackson has just reset the eighth mile record 3.48 on radials...just Incredible,

[@fncjeff]

Is this a reupload?

[@sylvaind.6786]

No

[@redvictor]

Yes it is, from 2013.

[@michaell.445]

Does a pro-mod drag and drive street legal car count? If it does then I guess you haven't heard of guys like Steve Morris...

[@user-dx4br5gd1r]

Tom Bailey...Merca...nuff said.

[@tony66au]

If you aren't breaking stuff then you just aren't trying, the 2 step on launch has made a massive difference in Drag Racing and my hat's off to the bloke behind the wheel for doing this with commentary and movement from the drinkers seat.

[@ThaDutchDK1989]

Owner car: I would like to Make an MOT appointment . Garage owner : wich car ? Owner car : a vauxhall Victor. Owner garage : appointment is set on a Thursday. Owner car: ok see you then . Owner garage : guys some old slow vauxhall is coming Thursday. Mechanics: laughing . Then Thursday : victor 3 …

[@netweed09]

Good, now put it on the Nürburgring.

[@Twangabilly]

Currently for sale on Facebook for £160,000

[@paulhaywood8439]

Remember this car when you could hire it for a wedding

[@redvictor]

Paul are you the guy i took to his wedding in Solihull?

[@paulhaywood8439]

@@redvictor no i remember seeing it on ITV today

[@redvictor]

@@paulhaywood8439 got ya..

[@sukhdevr3489]

@@redvictor Are you the owner of the red Victor?

[@redvictor]

@@sukhdevr3489 yep.

[@fooman2108]

It is already left hand drive, sound like it needs to go to 'drag week' and see if being 'street legal' (remember the first test in tech is INSURANCE on it), it could do five races in 7 days and what 2200 miles on public roads.......

[@bunter6]

It's a lot more street legal than any US drag car, in the UK it's far more strict than the USA to be road legal.

[@sylvaind.6786]

Why Americans even commenting??? They have no clue about life outside USA

[@fooman2108]

@@sylvaind.6786 As usual, wrong..... USN vet lived in Spain for three years as a child. visited 22 countries and over 30 ports, so not exactly untraveled. I say again if this is a 'street legal' car then let them play on drag week. The first part of tech inspection is INSURANCE, the second? LICENSE plates! so that probably lets out that monster right there. Check out some of the footage of the guys trying to win those jackets......

[@ionutlupascu5608]

You Could Say you Did the worlds fastest drag while drifting..

[@richardjones38]

Needs another update and to get back over the the US again and show Tom Bailey, etc that the Brits can still beat the Yanks at drag & drive!

[@isaachunt5799]

there's a few 5000 bhp road cars in america. mid 5 seconds is the world record right now

[@user-dx4br5gd1r]

I'm guessing that Americans will grow old waiting for y'all to do something better than us? Y'all do lose quite well...at least you have that.

[@paullomas4620]

Brown pants moment!

[@hermatred572]

Wait Europe has drag strips?

[@nikonordman7624]

Of course we do

[@sylvaind.6786]

Stupid question

[@SJ_new]

HM Contessa as we know it

[@lorrystagg6578]

So this car has betten Tom Bailey?

[@robertlloyd7493]

👍

[@ollivainikainen9388]

That "street legal" won't be street legal in most of the countries.

[@stevennorthwood231]

It wasn't street legal when doing the runs either.. had slick drag tyres on it. The are most probably swapped when the thing goes out on the road once a year to get an M.O.T. Not sure how well it would fare on noise either, but there are no strict rules on that and probably ok driving on road in a light throttle or low boost set up.

[@matthewtrott7236]

Street my fucking ass try getting it round a corner road drag car

[@swinglow33]

Brave man, wearing white.

[@stanfordkoch1271]

Tom Bailey in the usa is faster as a legal street car

[@billymanilli]

WHO uses cork valve cover gaskets on a motor like that?! ...probably the same kinda guy who try to "clear out his injectors with compressed air" by blowing into the WRONG end!

[@davyhoogy]

About as reliable as any mclaren supercar then

[@jamiegray8055]

First

[@isaachunt5799]

5.8 second quater mile is the worlds fastest road legal car. you'll never out do the yanks

[@RoobehTunes]

You can out do the yanks, they'll just be all shitty and insecure until they win again.

[@Jagaman]

Funny that this car did 5.89 @ 263mph in 2019 so guess they kinda did outdo the yanks

[@jonny_sparks]

@@Jagaman In 2021 Tom Bailey ran 5.77 @ 259 mph in Sick Seconds 2.0

[@user-dx4br5gd1r]

​@@Jagamandid he pull a trailer behind while driving 1000 miles too? Get used to second place and hope another American doesn't show up...

[@hermatred572]

Jeff Lutz ran a 5.85 so idk about that 7 second car being the fastest

[@nikonordman7624]

It was in 2013

[@alastairskillen3312]

FFS 😎👍

[@ricksallotment5923]

Another pair of boxer's in the bin 🚮

[@Icepacalapse]

Quickest........not fastest.

[@redvictor]

mmmm, 5th gear you deleting my comments?

[@sukhdevr3489]

No I can see this comment.

[@billymanilli]

nope

[@colt_walker]

Quickest* not fastest

[@andrewlynch1754]

Considering "Street Legal" depends on where you live, I'd say this guy is full of shit

[@suabroboro]

World's fastest street legal ?🤪🤪🤪😆😆😆. Come to America bro. This car might be the fastest in Europe but will be at the bottom over here. You guys haven't seen real promod build😆. Fastest street legal car😆😆😆😆😆

[@isaachunt5799]

it's not the worlds fastest road car. there's many 5000 bhp road legal cars in america.

[@mariozamprogno1654]

Bring it to the US I will really see who is the fastest street legal car stop the bullshit there a faster car is in North America than this thing and if you don’t believe it bring it over let’s see what happens

[@isaachunt5799]

yep. 5000 bhp cars that run 5 seconds. this video is utter bullshit on many levels.

[@user-dx4br5gd1r]

Dodge Demon C170...8.91 and it's all bone stock from the factory. Did I mention that it has air conditioning and a warranty too? Merca. Trump 2024

[@billymanilli]

high 8's and low 6's (where this car ended up running) are two entirely different worlds... not even close