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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote in message
news:4b688b33$1@news.povray.org...
> On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:38:55 -0800, DungBeatle wrote:
>
> > It was the fastest production car in the world, now this
is the fastest:
> >
> > http://www.shelbysupercars.com/car-specs.php
>
> Wow - though I wonder about that "1/4 Mile" world record -
I would think
> that any car capable of sustaining 144 MPH would do 1/4
mile in the same
> amount of time - and wouldn't that be 6.25 seconds, not
9.90 seconds?--Jim
1/4 mile from a standing start isn't going to be low times
for a car designed to go 250 MPH, it's going to be
high-geared... For example, a McClaren F1 ($800k) does the
1/4 in about 11 seconds...
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