In the High-Stakes World of Top Speed Record runs, which often includes wind tunnels, simulators and multi-million dollar R&D budgets, Johnny Bohmer does things in the old-fashioned way with good old sitting time, street tires and lots of guts.
In December 2022, Bohmer and his heavily modified 2006 Ford GT, Known as the Badd GT, a verified 310.8 MPH (500.1 km / h) hits. Now he is preparing for something that is even more brave: a run of 330 MPH (531 km / h) in what is a full street-legal car. This would place him almost 25 km / h for the 304.77 MPH record of Bugatti in 2019, and far beyond an officially verified attempt by Koenigsegg or SSC.
The Badd GT is still running with a 5.4-liter aluminum Ford V8. It is the original block, with a Ricardo-transmission housing, now full of a straight dog box and supported by 2,700 wheel horses at the wheels. Bohmer says that the car has not even performed a full boost for the 310 MPH Run.
Only about 2,100 hp was used. All these achievements while the still working air conditioning, cup holders, insurance and Florida signs. Since no band on the market is officially assessed for speeds above 187 km / h, Bohmer used ready-made Michelins Stip-approved street tires of Tyre Rack. This is a car that Jonny has had new possession since and is still his daily.
Now these kinds of top speeds are extremely rare, partly because there are only a handful of places in the world where such attempts are even possible. Where land-speed records can take place in places such as Utah’s salt apartments, for production cars, a paved surface is ideal. Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+’S 304.77 MPH Run took place on the EHRA-Lessien test track of Volkswagen in Germany, a facility with a 5.4-Mile Immediately and specially prepared circumstances. This was also famous where the McLaren F1 logged in to 240.1 MPH Run, a record that stood for two decades, until the Bugatti Veyron arrived.
Koenigsegg used a piece of closed highway outside Las Vegas for its 277.9 MPH Agra RS -Run 2017, and the controversial Tuatara attempt from SSC also took place in Nevada (State Route 160), of which Bugatti admitted that it would have been faster for its own run. The Run of the Badd GT was performed on the other side on the three-mile long shuttle landing facility in Florida, a site that originally served as a runway for NASA’s Space Shuttles.
Official top speed records require two runs in opposite directions (usually within a limited time) to make environmental factors such as wind, slope and temperature on average. In this way, the Agera RS of Koenigsegg achieved its official record of 277.9 MPH in this way, while the 304.77 MPH Run of Bugatti was an attempt at one direction and was therefore not recognized as an official world record.
Bohmer’s 310.8 MPH Run was also a verified run with one direction, which means that it is not eligible as an official world record under FIA or Guinness guidelines. However, it remains remarkable because it is independently verified on a full street-legal car, and, unlike many, claimed top speeds that have fueled online controversy, Bohmer’s attempt was fully documented. Third VBOX GPS data confirmed the 310.8 MPH Run, executed in about two miles.
The next 330 MPH -Run will take place again in the Kennedy Space Center, somewhere in 2026. While critics can call it happiness or a biter, Bohmer has More than 130 runs above 280 km / h, and we can’t wait to see what he has in store for next year’s run. If you are curious to find out more about the Badd GT, see how Jonny Bohmer himself answers some frequently asked questions in the video below.
Source: Johnny Bohmer Racing
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