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39.08! McMurtry fan car breaks Goodwood Hill RECORD! | Festival of Speed 2022

Goodwood Road & Racing · 5M views · 2022-06-26 · 0:54

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A short clip of the McMurtry Speirling fan car setting a new Goodwood Hill record of 39.08 seconds at the 2022 Festival of Speed, driven by Max Chilton. It beat the previous timed shootout record set in 1999 and the outright record held by the VW ID.R.

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HN points to it as a striking demonstration of fan-downforce EVs, with a run that looks glued to the track and almost sped up.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2022–2025

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Cars, EVs & motorcycles
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fanatic2pope · 2025-04 · Strong recommendation

AFAIK the fastest "production" EV is the McMurtry "Spéirling" that does a quarter mile in under 8 seconds. Watching it set the record for goodwood is mind blowing, because it looks like the video is being played in fast forward, but it isn't. [VIDEO] Although you can in theory buy one, it uses down force fans so I don't know if it would even be street legal in most places. Personally, I find car like this to be way more interesting than drag racers.

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sokoloff · 2023-09 · Recommendation

Fans (no pun intended) of sucker cars are likely to be interested in the Goodwood record setting run by the McMurtry Speirling car. [VIDEO]

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macmac · 2022-12 · Recommendation

I think the hill climb record at Goodwood this summer was even more impressive. That thing looks like it is glued to the track. Check out a few other cars doing the climb and you will see a noticeable difference. [VIDEO]

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