Driving the G-Force: Records Broken

The Tests

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 sets the boost control for 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.

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The Records

On December 23rd, 2009, at the Palm Beach International Raceway, the Maxximus set three new World records. The car was driven by Marlon Kirby. The records broken were:

  • 0 - 60 mph: 2.0 seconds, breaking his old WWR of 2.134 seconds.
  • 1/4 mile:  9.7 seconds and 157 mph.
  • 0-150 mph: 9.3 seconds

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: 2.134 seconds, breaking his old WWR of 2.3 seconds. The record that stood for years was 2.6 seconds. No more!
  • 0 - 100 mph: 4.541 seconds, eclipsing the again long standing previous record of 5.3 seconds!
  • 0 - 100 mph - 0: 8.861 seconds, again shutting down with finality the previous long standing record of 9.4 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 for the official World Records Academy listing of the G-Force.

Last updated October 8, 2008. You can see video of this test run here.