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Boutique car manufacturer SSC North America recently attempted a record speed race with its Tuatara supercar after it lit up with questions about the legitimacy of the first race, which SSC said averaged 316 mph.
In short, the circular moment failed to set a record. In general, there were overheating disorders, the engine was not working well and the car owner ran in the position of a professional driver. A third attempt is planned for later.
YouTuber Robert Mitchell was, through his own admission, the only independent user related to SSC North America to provide at the time the record attempt, which took place on December 12 and 13. On December 23, he posted a 30-minute video that was broadcast through the occasions that cover those two days, which you can watch in full below.
SSC finished the race on NASA’s Florida runway, Motor Authority reported.
Mitchell’s video turns out to be the only glimpse of the record of the moment; SPC’s YouTube page and media site haven’t been updated since October.
Earlier that month, SSC announced that its $1. 6 million Tuatara supermobile had “the fastest car in the world” when it reached a more sensitive average speed of 316 mph in two consecutive races. The fastest running speed was 331 mph, SSC said.
However, shortly after the news was announced, the legitimacy of the registration was questioned when some web detectives detected what they gave the impression of being discrepancies between the reported speed of the car and the speed at which it was driving. say that an editing “confusion” was the source of all the confusion and that the team “did not check the accuracy of the video prior to its release. “
Data for the claimed world record were not sent to Guinness, and the Automobile Authority noted in late October that GPS knowledge for the race had not yet been verified through an indefinite third party. At the moment, SSC CEO Jerod Shelthrough promised to use the GPS device of several companies.
While the Tuatara’s first record attempted promoter Oliver Webb behind the wheel, Mitchell reported that the car’s owner, Larry Caplin, was looking to drive it himself.
However, the tests passed smoothly. Mitchell said the Tuatara hood continued to open because many external systems had been connected to it.
In Caplin’s penultimate race, the Tuatara had warmed up so much that engine software automatically began to decrease strength as a protective measure. For more than an hour, the SSC team had to use a cooler to cool the engine.
In the last race, Tuatara reached 251. 2 mph before the middle of the race before Caplin realized he was not gaining speed as before, so he slowed down. This lack of force was due to the fact that two of the car’s cylinders were not firing properly, probably due to overheating.
A 251. 2 mph race is not what SSC first claimed the Tuatara could do, which was a more sensitive speed average of 316 mph between races and a more sensitive overall speed of 331 mph, however Mitchell noticed that the car was still achieving the speed of 251. 2 mph. without its engine running properly.
At speed, Mitchell said, “High speed is possible [two hundred miles per hour]. Are you going to reach 300? I don’t know, I don’t know. “
A third record attempt is expected in January. Insider contacted SSC North America to comment on the matter, but got a reaction at the time of publication.