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Thats why tv news sucks: any other medium saves buckets of time. I recall Rush Limbaugh [for the bulk of his program years] avoided video suggestions as a general rule - a transcript covers 99% of most matters.
@@thebes893 The "hazmat" clean up was probably a bit of oil. At a track day I was at earlier this year a dude crashed his motorcycle and got oil on the track and a $500 bill for the cleanup. This sounds a lot like that.
Or the typical cost to call out a fire truck and/or ambulance … in my suburban town, that expense is huge … check out the ambulance bill when healthcare doesn’t pay for it …
because hennescrew is a crook. Just look up that guys record and how he completely hosed Viper owners with his last company. Most people who are going to spend that kind of money on a hypercar are not going to buy his car.
@@dcsteve7869wow i had no idea. he’s located in my city as well. i had seen the first model of the hennessey venom gt when i was super young and i loved it. that’s just disappointing, man. people suck!
@@dcsteve7869THANK YOU!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one who, whenever I see this jerk's name pop up remembers what he did to Viper owners way back when, and post up his horrible business practice past!! Such a freaking crook. I have ZERO respect for John Hennessey and never will!! Such a loser!!!
Not the end. Hennessy then takes the data they learned and applies it to Version 2 thru 10 until they get it close to right. Then let the customer become the final quality inspector.
@@jonasbaine3538 That's why you never buy the first year model of a new platform. Sometimes longer. It took GM from 97 to 2000 to get most of the bugs out of the C5. 00 to 04 were pretty bug free
Actually it is probably _decreasing_ taxpayer expense because the runway would have to be cared for anyway to keep it in operating condition, so some money coming in offsets it (a little).
What’s with the taxpayers? You know is all the major companies that are killing us. . Republican Party is going to give them more tax credits. You remember the last one. 9 trillion in debt of four trump in office. Don’t you think it’s weird we have no money and every corporate companies making record breaking money every year since Trump
@@AliSwanson1728 It's a flipping (used both as a euphemism and literally) Hennessey - a kit car with delusions of adequacy. I don't think the other super/hyper car manufacturers are too worried about it...
It's concrete, and yes, that shuttle landing strip is a "national treasure" and very useful for many purposes, not necessarily including a test track for cars.
@@user-vp1sc7tt4m But imagine if there is any human left after the "reset", this mythical wonder of the world would be describe as a "long flat mineral surface" ! Then they may speculate like "us" about Nazca plateau lines maybe, worship it most likely, tourists will come visit in thousands, paying a lot.
"only on 6" You have no footage, no interview, no story. You do have the sweet shot of the news reader pressing the accelerator on his car. You should be proud.
You're wrong. It's $30. for the broom. Then 2 engineers at $320. per hour each to study the problem. Then $20. an hour to the poor guy that has to use the broom. But he's happy because he finally got a new broom to use.
@@fauxque5057 I saw a summer jobs program for teens, first all three were walking right down the center of roadway in high-viz, one kid darted to shoulder to pickup trash, the other two motioned and yelled at him to throw it down, didn't want for him to make them look bad by actually doing the job.
Reading comprehension is hard. Or listening, in this case. Hazardous materials cleanup and disposal, physical damage to the runway repaired. But since you've never done anything that involves work, your lack of understanding is, well, understandable.
@@davidg3944obviously it was a joke Einstein but thanks for clearing that up Mr Helper, please feel free to check spelling and grammar for extra credit 😉
@@jamestone265 what does your comment have to do with anything? They're all purpose-built for what their purpose is. In case you have no clue, which I suspect is the case, pro-mod engines are no joke. They're VERY expensive and easily as expensive as a 280 mph Bonneville car's engine. In fact, I'm sure more expensive.
That one little reference to downward force, makes me wonder if it basically began to get airborne. And of course, at that speed, you can DEFINITELY get airborne! We've seen the footage of race cars do this. The equivalent of 250 mph wind gets under the car, the front end lifts, and the whole car flips over backwards. It has to be pretty terrifying for the driver at that moment. I'm not saying that's what happened, but it makes you wonder.
@@BlackBuck777 Those were some scary flips (although only one was caught on camera, the other had to be also), glad Mercedes made their rollcages robust.
lol Yup, it was all about him. Every day guys are driving 160 plus on the interstate highways around metro areas on the commute home with no fancy 'procedures'.
It's not the only place, it doesn't need the runway to reach those speeds, but in order to certify a world record it has to be on level ground and must meet other standards, it's just safer to use this strip rather than close off the right piece of roadway and try it there.
Why do people own things like Funkos and keep them in boxes? or fine china that gets kept in a cabinet on display? Or some famous piece of artwork? Or historical artifact? There is joy of ownership for some people. Knowing you have "the best" is a nice feeling. /My airplane spends most of its time in the hangar and the only place I can use it is a runway, but I don't have a problem with that.
@@StandardRacing doesnt sou d like this car is road worthy yet either. Also the Bugatti vayron and the Bugatti before that. And all the fast german cars and lambos. Ist german brands behind them. And from what we read those car work better the this on car that flew off an airstrip. Not a street a AIRSTRIP
There's a reason we use the salt flats. I love Kennedy space center, I have been to the cape off and on my whole life. I'm only 45 minutes away. I can tell you that that landing strip and runway has definitely seen some better days and is way too rough to be hitting speeds like that. The minute you hit a small patch of asphalt that breaks loose or a small pothole your stability is out the window. If you look at a land speed car they don't even have a suspension. Another reason we use the flats is because if something happens there's no bill and you're more likely to survive, as long as you're not going above 400 miles an hour that is. God rest the souls that have lost their lives on the flat!
@@davidg3944 it's so dry that it doesn't actually move. That's why we still set our land speed records on the salt flats today. Every land speed record has been set out there. Unfortunately it's also cost a few people running out there too. Does salt is corrosive but you're only out there for a short period of time so as long as you rinse it off the vehicle after you're done it's not a problem. You get just as much salt when you go to the beach from Ocean spray and it's the same salt. It's not sodium chloride.
@@juju-xx5xn The reason is probably that the car needs to be able to drive at high speed on public roads (just Germany I guess) and race tracks, not just salt flats. They are not trying to break a speed record per se, they are trying to sell a hypercar!
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Very special tires made by companies like Goodyear for the flats. And the really fast cars have been using aluminum disks as wheels for a while due to rubber tires not being able to take the loads.
Tires melt around 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit. However, tires will begin to break down around 392 degrees Fahrenheit and will explode around 752 degrees Fahrenheit. This means that you cannot truly melt tires at any speed.
Put on your thinking caps for just one minute: There's just been a filmed accident and the order is ... Everyone DELETE your photos. This is the world we live in. Everything is a cover up.
We are trying to get a running mile course here in Calverton, LI, NY. At the old Grumman Navy Base. Currently running 1/8 mi with ''Race Track Not Street'' . So glad to have a drag strip on Long Island again.
I wish there were GIF reactions on RU-vid, because the one of Seinfeld sitting back, eating popcorn, and muttering "That's a shame." would be perfect for this.
And the point of racing is what? Entertainment. What are these drivers really accomplishing for the country by winning race after race? Nothing, when you think about it. I used to watch racing and other sports, but when you look at the big picture, it is all just to distract from the poor, the homeless, the drug addicts, all the ugly parts of our society that we have not been able to fix. By watching sports, we delude ourselves that we really do have a great country full of winners and so, we are also winners.
@@jesussavescars807have you owned one? Have you seen it in person? I'd agree their previous hypercar was an extended Lotus chassis, but this F5 has an amazing fit and finish. I had the opportunity to look over the car and see it drive in Miami at a Curated car event.
What a silly story , it’s not interesting seeing who pays the cost of it crashed , anyone can build something like that deserves a runway , progress of man kind
Back in the 80's before a deployment a friend invited me to stop over in Saint Louis. On the way out of the city at about 3 am there was a vehicle on it's roof with the engine laying on the ground on fire with people sitting on the embankment. I asked my buddy if he was going to turn around and he casually said na just some kids joy riding the cops will be there soon and sure enough a police car and ambulance went by
Look up the GM engineer who crashed a corvette on the GM test track. He survived but has serious injuries that he will live with for the rest of his life.
It really isn't an old story. Having a car flip at 250mph when you've already delivered a few to customers and taken deposits on many others is not old news, especially when they're claiming a 300mph top speed. Pay attention
This is why we have street racers. Why pay $1000s to drive your car fast when you can just do it on the street that you already pay for every year in taxes.
As of July 2024, the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut is considered the fastest car in the world with a top speed of 330mph. However, the land speed record is over 750mph.
@@lamarw7757 That is not known. No identity was provided. My initial claim was based on the content provided in the video. If that info is available elsewhere then that is fine, but again my claim is based on the info regarding the car available in the video.
"Only place on earth long enough to go 250 mphUSA. 15,000 feet long??? Top fuel dragsters go well over 300 mph in less than 1,000 feet everyday at various locations in the usa.
Too bad no photos of the damage. I’m guessing only thing left was him in his harness, inside the carbon monocoque chassis. That thing for sure took flight.
He did that spot just so he could brag about his new Corvette and testing it there. Co-host was like "I have to ask him something about it and be nice". Local news anchors are making the cheese down there.
You can't even get a guy to install a standard residential mailbox for less than $700 I'm really surprised that a Hazmat crew would even show up for under $1,000 and then cleaning and disposing of the "hazardous" fluids, supplies, etc. Not to mention the "repairs" to the runway. This sounds way too cheap to cheap for me and I live in Kansas, lol..... I'd say they got off very lucky on this one.
That's just brilliant. Oh, boy. All these incredible race cars everywhere, but nowhere to race them. What a problem, right? Not at all. Because they race them right in the middle of the rest of us. On public roadways. Except here. Here, they went to the rocket launch area. Brilliant.
You showed a C7 Corvette convertible, but the story showed in print it was a Hennessey F5 Venom. No pictures of the car, before or after. Really lazy journalism.
Had a neighbor who was an engineer at KSC, we garned some access to the landing strip on employee day... twin turbo ZX300..if you dont know, that strip is grooved the entire length...and its LONG. Not a very smooth ride, but you sure can fly!
Considering the speed, the damage to the runway, the fact that it flipped and that they are hiding the foto's that car probably took off flipped in mid air and slid on its roof on the runway. They did say the car lost downforce. If it happened at the front this isn't unlikely.