Posted on 11/05/2017 6:07:31 PM PST by MtnClimber
On Saturday, the mad Swedes at Koenigsegg did something truly remarkable: in an Agera RS, a factory driver achieved an average speed of 277.9 mph during two runs on Nevadas Route 160 between Las Vegas and Pahrump. This may make the Agera RS the worlds fastest street legal production car. Now you can see what those runs looked like from the drivers perspective.
The nice folks at Racelogic sent us the video recorded by the VBOX HD2 during the two runs, and if youve ever been curious what approaching 290 mph looks like from the cockpit, youre about to find out.
The video shows both runs: one with a top speed of about 272 mph, the other way up there at 284 mph. The two speeds were averaged together to get the official time. Throughout the day, the max speed seems to have been 284.3 mph.
Its almost terrifying. Even with the straight road and presumably an even grade, I cant even imagine how close you could come to disaster at that velocity. At the same time, Im extremely jealous of the pure, unfiltered speed driver Niklas Lilja must have felt. It must have been scary and liberating at the same time.
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When he slows back down to 160 mph it seems like he is just crawling along.
He’s still shifting gears at 220.
Man...you lose it at that speed and you’re in a world of hurt. For about 5 seconds.
The record may not last long. The Hennesy Venom F5 is due out and that is supposed to hit 300mph.
He was driving that Japanese car, the Fastass Sumbichi.
I bet there are not many tires which can handle that speed for long.
I know the Venom F5 is supposed to be faster. Maybe they had to do this before the F5 came out so they could hold the record for a short time.
His last shift was north of 225!
“When he slows back down to 160 mph it seems like he is just crawling along.”
That was when he moved back into the right line!
I did that road on a motorcycle. I looked down and saw I was going 90. I slowed way, way down.
These were commercial Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires. Michelin engineers were on site.
Lol. You ain’t lyin’.
Pretty spectacular driver’s view. I just wonder how they were able to keep other drivers off the road even though it looks like it’s in the middle of nowhere.
I wonder how they set the tire pressures.
Pretty spectacular drivers view. I just wonder how they were able to keep other drivers off the road even though it looks like its in the middle of nowhere.
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They probably blocked the road ahead. There was a helicopter ahead and to the right which probably kept an eye out, too.
I don’t think I would like to be a passenger in a car driven at 300mph by Wile E. Coyote.
Too accident prone.
Besides, ACME is not known as a quality car maker.
“I know the Venom F5 is supposed to be faster. Maybe they had to do this before the F5 came out so they could hold the record for a short time.”
It’s a race! They took the title away from the Hennessey Venom GT.
The Venom set it on a NASA strip 3.2 miles long. Hennessey says they need a longer run next time but are wary of the problems of a public road.
I hope Nevada is getting their money’s worth!
I’ve done sustained 140 MPH on German Autobahns in a Mercedes and was nervous as hell. This is TWICE that fast!
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