Hennessey will make a top-speed file try later this yr with its F5 supercar, the corporate introduced Tuesday in a press launch. A agency date hasn’t been set, although, as the corporate remains to be in search of a suitably lengthy stretch of public highway or runway to unleash the 1,817-hp F5.

The file try, which targets a prime velocity of greater than 300 mph, will coincide with the tenth anniversary of the Hennessey Venom GT reaching 270.49 mph on a NASA runway. Hennessey claimed a file for world’s quickest manufacturing time, as the highest velocity beat the earlier file of 268.86 mph set by the Bugatti Veyron Tremendous Sport, however the legitimacy of that declare was questioned due to the tiny variety of Venom GTs really constructed.

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Hennessey will as soon as once more goal Bugatti, which received the race to 300 mph in 2019. A Bugatti Chiron Tremendous Sport 300+ reached 304.7 mph, however that file is contested as a result of Bugatti solely recorded a velocity in a single path. A two-way common is the usual for file makes an attempt, and by that measure the SSC Tuatara is the quickest, having achieved a 282.9-mph common in 2021, beating the earlier file of 277.9 mph set by the Koenigsegg Agera RS in 2017.

Talking of Koenigsegg, the Swedish supercar builder will make its personal file try this yr as effectively, with the Jesko Absolut. In a latest interview, firm founder Christian von Koenigsegg mentioned theoretical fashions based mostly on gearing and energy curve have indicated a prime velocity above 310 mph for the Jesko Absolut, the low-drag model of Koenigsegg’s newest supercar.

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“I really like that Koenigsegg is gearing up for giant velocity,” Hennessey founder John Hennessey mentioned in an announcement, “I hope that Bugatti joins the celebration too.” Hennessey mentioned his firm’s simulations have indicated a theoretical prime velocity of 328 mph for the Venom F5, however mentioned that is not the purpose proper now. The corporate will first deal with surpassing 300 mph in each instructions, and probably reaching 310 mph in a single path, he mentioned.

The time is correct for a file try as a result of Hennessey has delivered 22 of the deliberate 24 Venom F5 coupes to clients (different variants are deliberate), and has put an expanded engineering group in place, Hennessey mentioned. Driving duties can be dealt with by 24 Hours of Le Mans and Pikes Peak veteran David Donohue, son of racing legend Mark Donohue.