The Speed Demon streamliner makes a 426 mph pass at Bonneville this week. This video shows the cockpit view from just over driver George Poteet's right shoulder.
That is one smooth pass... what a machine. Put it this way: if you stuck your head out at 400, it would rip your skin off. Those markers are 1/4 mile apart!
I once took a bone stock 2002 Mustang to 120 mph on the back stretch of our local track. Thought I was totally killing it! Meanwhile, this guy is just shifting into second gear at that speed.
He keeps going even when the car pulls away. Its a push started car, so he doesmt really have to stop. Also, it was only a 4 mile distance, in a straight line.
@woody7155...Just saying, I had my Dad's stock 78 Chevy pickup over 100 mph, multiple times in the early 90's. And it didn't take miles of flat open salt flats to do so...
+Chad w there's a huge difference between watching the speedo on a video and on the track. When I'm on the track(or anyone else with a car fast enough that you don't have time to glance at speed) there's 3 things I'm focusing on. The strip in front of me, my shift light and oil pressure light. So no, we don't just watch the speedo unless it's an in car view. If you had a fast car you wouldn't even comment on the subject. The slip I get at the end of the run tells me exactly what my speed was. Which is usually between 125-132mph. Enough said
Hudson Gothard If he hadn't been worried then I'd wonder what he was doing anywhere near that sort of a project. I'll bet that he's damned good at what he does.
(During the good ole muscle on the streets days in upstate NY...) As a boy of 17 I set my personal life time top end at 153 in a gorgeous green 1968 American Motors AMX. That was almost 40 years ago and you guys still make me as jealous a school girl with no date to the prom! Thanks for the the cam in the cabin guys! It helps imagine it a little, but Damn, that's gotta be just about as much fun as life has got to offer. Lucky bastards! Enjoy...between the ditches!
Brave man ..lots of loose items in that cockpit! Also I was surprised the amount of vibration in your steering wheel. Thanks for the ride and stay safe.
Very intense indeed, reaching the speed of a commercial airliner on the ground is an accomplishment all on its own!! Not to mention it was done on 2 wheels!! Kudos to the driver, or in this instance Pilot for his courage and skill in achieving such an incredible goal.
@@bluezombie3884 It's not. There are pictures out there of the chassis without the shell and the Speed Demon has four wheels. The two in front are lined up one in front of the other, though, making it closer to a three wheel setup.
If reliability & gearing wasn't a factor, those cars would keep going well past 500 by the second mile. I'm kinda shocked no one has tried, but also 10,000 horsepower is hard to make reliable to fit in a relatively tiny engine.
I went 190mph on a motorcycle. It was exhilerating but I realized I would never do that again. It was just too damn fast. I don't know if it is just me, but every 10mph over 110mph feels like my speed doubles. 130 is when I stop having fun.
Superb video. Would be cool to watch w/o knowing what speed was attained and have it called out during the video somehow. I felt like I was in it. Interesting that there is sound but no voices are heard. The chatter would also be interesting. Thank you Speed Demon crew! Congrats on an amazing engineering feat!
That was incredible. Serious balls to even climb into that thing. A v8 that revs to 9k rpm? That is mad. The engine spec is serious - over 2000hp.................................OMG
Beside the hard pan, and sheer area, another plus for the salt flats is scenery. More the lack of. Can you imagine going that fast and having all sorts of different things flying past you? I think just about anyone would lose their lunch. it is amazing the speeds these guys are achieving.
290 in third gear, man oh man. wait, im thinking that didnt look that fast. then when he slows down he looks like hes barley moving, but some how doing over a 100. weird
What is it, about this incredible culture, achieving so much and so rapidly that the world can learn from? No scholar in Europe dare to beatify such innovation. Yes we brits have excelled in the afterburning jet category but the real vibe is in the universality of the piston approach. We can all do it in theory yet the Americans do it so well. Looking forwards to the new film about the first moon landing as well.
After watching a guy go over 400 mph, watching him do like 80 mph seems like he's riding a big wheel or something. I'm like, 'you might as well stick your legs out at this point'. Dat relativity thing.
What a rush even here from the computer. It looked like he was turning the wheel quite a bit the whole time maybe compensating for wind or something? It looked really intense and plenty dangerous even on the sale flats. Kudos the driver and builders.
fuckin a, I love these fuckin adrenaline videos. other people love climbing tall skyscrapers for that rush. I guess I'm a speed junky (and not the drug lol).
For those on a tighter budget, driving a Fiat Panda at 70mph with a weeks shopping in the boot feels just as fast! Thank you for your service sir. 🎯🚀
You'd be a lot less likely to s*** yourself driving that
haha
What's a boot?
@@perrylocke6037 trunk
Nah, Marina 1.3, 4 up and a bootful of luggage, camping gear and a week's food (at 70). Sketchy.
That was badass. When he was slowing down, 180 felt slow.
Th3uNn3rV3d If that beast had a 6/7speed transmission I think that dude would have Died right there!!!!
Holy smoke
That was insane, from the sound in the cockpit, you'd swear that thing was rolling on wooden wagon wheels, nerves of steel.
umm yeah I shift into 4th at about 300 mph lol
I drink a 5th of Makers every night.
at that point any koenigsegg is out of gears
That is one smooth pass... what a machine. Put it this way: if you stuck your head out at 400, it would rip your skin off. Those markers are 1/4 mile apart!
Pine1234 pine I was going to ask about that. Thank you. They sure were going by fast!!!!
Pine1234 pine try me if im lie sue me ill pay but ill pjsj any uto p
Imagine ejecting out of a fighter jet at speed
@@curtphillipps7830 There are videos about that on RUclips, just search for "ejecting at supersonic speed"
uhh.. 3600 seconds in an hour - 400 mph= 9 seconds per mile/4 for a quarter mile = 2.25 seconds per quarter mile.
I once took a bone stock 2002 Mustang to 120 mph on the back stretch of our local track. Thought I was totally killing it! Meanwhile, this guy is just shifting into second gear at that speed.
Was it the top speed? As a 1.6 N/A Ford Puma does 220kmt/h 130mph ish...
No, wasn't it's top speed. I just ran out of track.
+T Hud ok, what engine was the car? And how fast does it go?
William Jenssen It had the 4.6 V-8
T Hud nice, but does it only have 220-300 ish HP? I think its funny how american cars have extremely poor HP/Litre.....
Cop: Sir you know how fast you're going
me: idk
Cop: over 200
me: but i'm only in 3rd gear...
UNDERRATED COMMENT SPOTTED
Exactly
You'd probably will have to catch the cops on the saltflats because they'd be racing too.
Lmao
Man that pickup must have been hauling ass over 100mph to catch that beast that fast.
He keeps going even when the car pulls away. Its a push started car, so he doesmt really have to stop. Also, it was only a 4 mile distance, in a straight line.
easy to do out there, i was there a long time ago and drove a pickup 100 mph while i was looking out the back window!
@@pcbondart 100mph aint fast?
@aeroflopper now it's not. 40 years ago it was probably real hard to get a typical f150 to that speed
@woody7155...Just saying, I had my Dad's stock 78 Chevy pickup over 100 mph, multiple times in the early 90's.
And it didn't take miles of flat open salt flats to do so...
whos eyes were only on the speedometer!!!
Lol
Yesser
+brandon hutton so youa re the ones that cant drive fast cause you look at the speedo rather than driving... good to know. lol
+Chad w there's a huge difference between watching the speedo on a video and on the track. When I'm on the track(or anyone else with a car fast enough that you don't have time to glance at speed) there's 3 things I'm focusing on. The strip in front of me, my shift light and oil pressure light. So no, we don't just watch the speedo unless it's an in car view. If you had a fast car you wouldn't even comment on the subject. The slip I get at the end of the run tells me exactly what my speed was. Which is usually between 125-132mph. Enough said
+brandon hutton Is that a question?
i can finally get to school on time
Yeah with this thing,it will only be 10 SECONDS
Why are you worried about getting there on time. You most certainly are not enrolled in any school
@@AK70FORYOU how did you know that
@@ZombieExoHunter Your name !
slowing down to 100 MPH must feel like you are walking
for a minute i thought the speedo was reading kmh. That's some pretty fucking serious speed.
Jonah... I thought the same thing
That's 685 killomiters an hour shit
KPH*
A Bugatti Veyron has just been found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in an apparent suicide after watching this.
I used to have an old Ford Fiesta that sounded like that.....
I doubt it
of course, you just have to drop it from an altitude of about 100000 feet ;-)
if you're lucky
dash from motec ?
Strap one to a rocket space shuttle style! Just make sure the car is equipped with more then a drogue chute, you'll wan't a soft landing.
Holy crap!!!! It's pure awesomeness!!! My congrats to the team of Speed Demon!!!
Man the way the bearded guy looked, you could tell he knew the danger and has probably seen a few drivers lose their life doing this.
Hudson Gothard If he hadn't been worried then I'd wonder what he was doing anywhere near that sort of a project. I'll bet that he's damned good at what he does.
426mph = 685,58kmh
(O_O) OH MY FUCKING GOD!!
+Noah Hahn some european countries they switch the '.' with ',' for digit grouping... so he means 685.58 Km/h...
***** you´re the dumbass here
+Gunner you put a comma in there....my friend...
+InTheZoneAXC
European standards always use a comma where US uses the decimal point. All industry drawings over there now need to use that terminology
+Rhys Nolan You're right =)
What an awesome ride!!Waiting for the red light to shift and watching the markers go bye at warp drive. Truly impressive!! Thank you !!!
110mph ... let's put 2nd gear xD
(During the good ole muscle on the streets days in upstate NY...) As a boy of 17 I set my personal life time top end at 153 in a gorgeous green 1968 American Motors AMX. That was almost 40 years ago and you guys still make me as jealous a school girl with no date to the prom!
Thanks for the the cam in the cabin guys! It helps imagine it a little, but Damn, that's gotta be just about as much fun as life has got to offer. Lucky bastards!
Enjoy...between the ditches!
Nothin like drag racing on the parkway! Lol!
SURE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A FANTASTIC PASS TOP FORM FROM A KIWI IN BURT MONROES COUNTRY OF NEW ZEALAND..
Makes it look so easy.
It's not easy. Major props.
Must be fucking bloody boiling hot in that plus with all that gear on.
It probably had air vents !
esmi000 I have been there and the air is hot lol, but still, air vents pushing in cold air, you would still be cooking inside that thing lol
I doubt that very much sorry.
esmi000 Why do you doubt that?
air vents would cause drag
Very impressive, I love speed of all type machines, this is awesome
Brave man ..lots of loose items in that cockpit! Also I was surprised the amount of vibration in your steering wheel. Thanks for the ride and stay safe.
awesome video!. from the looks of what they had to run on, and a slight pulling to the right. that thing was riding as smooth as glass. great job!
Keep in mind they were doing 350 in the late thirties. That's 80+ years ago. Every mph is a significant gain.
Very intense indeed, reaching the speed of a commercial airliner on the ground is an accomplishment all on its own!! Not to mention it was done on 2 wheels!! Kudos to the driver, or in this instance Pilot for his courage and skill in achieving such an incredible goal.
Two wheels? This isn't a motorcycle/bike.
+TheMoezilla yes it is
@@bluezombie3884 It's not. There are pictures out there of the chassis without the shell and the Speed Demon has four wheels. The two in front are lined up one in front of the other, though, making it closer to a three wheel setup.
Love the "Go get em brother" tap on the hand as he shuts the canopy.
Kinda like how if a Top Fuel dragster was tuned for less acceleration and more towards not exploding the enigine after a 1/4 mile ?
If reliability & gearing wasn't a factor, those cars would keep going well past 500 by the second mile. I'm kinda shocked no one has tried, but also 10,000 horsepower is hard to make reliable to fit in a relatively tiny engine.
Sweet - smooth ride and great footage- Thx for the “ride-along”....
Thanks for the ride...
Thanks for showing us what going this fast looks like. Excellent.
That was terrifying, thanks for the ride!
George was 70 when he went 426 MPH. Passed away last month. RIP.
Thank you for sharing your experience..and good luck to you in future
I went 190mph on a motorcycle. It was exhilerating but I realized I would never do that again. It was just too damn fast. I don't know if it is just me, but every 10mph over 110mph feels like my speed doubles. 130 is when I stop having fun.
Agreed. Above 110 for me. Any pavement ripple becomes a potentially car-rolling catapult
@@777jones Amen. Let's not do this anymore. I promise you I won't. Promise me the same. Let's live long lives.
RIP . . . . George Poteet
Superb video. Would be cool to watch w/o knowing what speed was attained and have it called out during the video somehow. I felt like I was in it. Interesting that there is sound but no voices are heard. The chatter would also be interesting. Thank you Speed Demon crew! Congrats on an amazing engineering feat!
Thanks for the ride!
The way those knobs on the red tanks are turning as the car goes along is a bit disturbing..
Fire bottles, don't go off till pushed in and pierced.
200 mph must feel slow for him, coming back down from 400+ haha
That was incredible. Serious balls to even climb into that thing. A v8 that revs to 9k rpm? That is mad. The engine spec is serious - over 2000hp.................................OMG
WHY WAS I SO RELIEVED WHEN HE GOT BACK DOWN TO A CALM 250 MPH?
You've got to be slightly bonkers to even think of doing that.
that steering weel doesn't seem very affordable
LMAO.....
immanuel legend weight reduction fart bag
Yoke
I was wondering too ...
I thought the damn thing was coming apart. I have never seen such a loose steering wheel.
all the better not to transmit car vibration to his hands, Justsaying
This camera car is.....FANTASTIC
Amazing how much you have to steer! Must be terrifying taking one hand off the wheel at 420 :)
All of a sudden 200 mph felt normal on the come down. Absolutely unreal speed.
The description says "426 MILES PER HOUR" and that's what it felt like.
Bravooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !...
🙂
From Brussels, with Love...
Thats so awesome 👌.....
Beside the hard pan, and sheer area, another plus for the salt flats is scenery. More the lack of. Can you imagine going that fast and having all sorts of different things flying past you? I think just about anyone would lose their lunch. it is amazing the speeds these guys are achieving.
extremely dangerous. you floored it for a straight minute my g.
coolest video ever.
The silence at the end of the run
Shifting into high gear at 380 mph. Pretty cool.
JEEZUZ, STUFF IS SHAKING AND MOVING AROUND LIKE THE STEERING SHAFT......DAMN !
Amazing how fast it got to 400 mph!
That was sooooo cool looking at the speedo go up and up and up!!!
THANX!!!
thanks. bloody awesome! i didn't see any indication of a chute deployed. did i miss something?
Jesus he makes it look easy
Wow that dude is haulin! Anyone know the spacing on the markers?
1/4 mile apart
***** Thanks man!
290 in third gear, man oh man. wait, im thinking that didnt look that fast. then when he slows down he looks like hes barley moving, but some how doing over a 100. weird
What kind of engines are in these?
Would like to hear the conversations between pilot and crew !
...the 462 mph record was set with a turbo charged small block Chevy, right around 6.2 liter or 376 ci...this car has run multiple engines, though...
absolutely awesome
Those markers come quick 😊
This is pure insanity.
Can you imagine going 213 mph and passed by someone like you were sitting still and THEY were going 213 mph….lol
At the end, the was going past those mile markers in a little less than 3 seconds. good lawd!.
woah i should use this to deliver pizza's!
I'll pass the address to much and get fired lol
Probably only getting 5 gallons to the mile!
I'd like to have had a camera focusing on the driver, to see how he prepared to start off, during the run, all the way up to him climbing out
...he went through the mountain!
What is it, about this incredible culture, achieving so much and so rapidly that the world can learn from? No scholar in Europe dare to beatify such innovation. Yes we brits have excelled in the afterburning jet category but the real vibe is in the universality of the piston approach. We can all do it in theory yet the Americans do it so well. Looking forwards to the new film about the first moon landing as well.
Completely SICK!!!
Imagine how far he would have gotten had he actually driven for the full hour.
426 miles if he held it steady.
Good Lord that was fast. What are the fastest times the speedy folks are turning at Bonneville in the last few years?
Would have been really cool to see a drone shot hovering above the course as he approached and flew past.
It sounded like my tractor starting up 😂
Hes like, honey i thought you untied the poodle from the back of the cars towhook!
The trip to Grandma's house just got quicker with this thing. Holly crap that's fast. No mention of engine trans used but it's up to it right now
LS350turbocharged 2600 hp. Seven speed transmission.
Slowing down to 258 just wild
After watching a guy go over 400 mph, watching him do like 80 mph seems like he's riding a big wheel or something. I'm like, 'you might as well stick your legs out at this point'. Dat relativity thing.
What a rush even here from the computer. It looked like he was turning the wheel quite a bit the whole time maybe compensating for wind or something? It looked really intense and plenty dangerous even on the sale flats. Kudos the driver and builders.
It was still accelerating at 426, looks like its got another 50 with enough track
totaly like the Crew wildrun
that shit must have been scarrryyyyy!!!!!!! DAAAMMMNN
Now it takes like an hour to go get him, he went so damn far.
fuckin a, I love these fuckin adrenaline videos. other people love climbing tall skyscrapers for that rush. I guess I'm a speed junky (and not the drug lol).
What was that red leaver that snapped on the left, and why do they put ties wraps on them? Parachutes?
This is my nephew for real I have seen the speed demon and got in it man is so nice xD
George is my HERO!
He sure made that look easy!
"Yeah I shift out of first gear at 115MPH"
Wow, 2’nd gear got him to 215! That’s like my RX7 😝
I want try again, and again.
I'm suprised the car could carry the weight of the balls on this guy. Blast, that was fast.