Before the car is ready for its record-breaking runs it undergoes a series of test runs. Marlon drives the car around the parking lot to warm it up and make sure the brakes, clutch and gears are all in working order. He tests the switches that boost the engine. Another test run is done on the track, to make sure the racing clutch works and that the wheels grab on the track.
Above: The G-Force traveled in state to
"THE ROCK" in North Carolina for the second round of test runs. Below: Marlon Kirby ready to take the Maxximus G-Force around the dragway.
On the morning of October 7th, 2008, at the Rockingham, NC raceway, the Maxximus set three new World Records and is now unquestionably the fastest street car on the globe. Marlon Kirby drove:
0 - 60 mph: 2.13 seconds, breaking his old WWR of 2.3 seconds. The record that stood for years was 2.67 seconds. No more!
0 - 100 mph: 4.94 seconds, eclipsing the again long standing previous record of 5.9 seconds!
0 - 100 mph - 0: 8.96 seconds, again shutting down with finality the previous long standing record of 9.91 seconds!
The Maxximus' previous success was on September 9th, 2008 at The Rock (the Rockingham Dragway in North Carolina), when Marlon first broke the 0 - 60 mph World Record with 2.3 seconds.
Click here to see a PDF of the accelerometer readout for his record-breaking runs.
