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

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Watching it set the record for goodwood is mind blowing”

    Mind-blowing record run that looks sped up

    fanatic2pope, 2025-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Drag racers are ditching superchargers for scuba-style tanks and compressed air”

  2. “That thing looks like it is glued to the track.”

    Hill climb record looks glued to track

    macmac, 2022-12 · Recommendation · in “How the McMurtry Electric Fan Car Clocked a 7.9-Second Quarter-Mile”

  3. “Fans (no pun intended) of sucker cars are likely to be interested in the Goodwood record setting run”

    Of interest to fans of sucker cars

    sokoloff, 2023-09 · Recommendation · in “New world record with an electric racing car: From 0 to 100 in 0.956 seconds”

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Topics: mcmurtry, goodwood, hillclimb record, ev, downforce

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