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2024 McMurtry Spéirling PURE fan car smashes CLOSED WHEEL TRACK RECORD at Hockenheim
Running at 75% power and 75% downforce, a lap time of 1.24.43 was achieved at the Dörr Group Trackday at Hockenheimring, Germany, on 8th June 2024.
This is the fastest closed-wheel car ever around Hockenheim (3.9s faster than the fastest DTM Qualifying in 2020) and 14.1 seconds quicker than the production car record set by the track-focused hypercar, the Mercedes-AMG One.
This combined testing and demonstration event was also McMurtry’s European dynamic debut at one of Europe’s biggest single dealer track days.
The McMurtry Spéirling PURE hyper-track car starts at £895k + taxes & delivery.
Right now, McMurtry are pushing the systems to about 75% of maximum as each mode is verified at new circuits and in different climates. Further record attempts will be made throughout the world in 2024 and 2025, as the test programme moves towards the 100% power and 100% downforce settings.
2022 McMurtry Spéirling sets OUTRIGHT HILLCLIMB RECORD at Goodwood Festival of Speed
British electric car manufacturer McMurtry Automotive makes motorsport history by setting a new all-time hillclimb record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and winning the event on its competition debut. Max Chilton completed the 1.16 mile course in a blistering 39.08 on Sunday beating fierce competition in front of over 150,000 spectators.
New record of 39.08 set in Sunday Shootout by Max Chilton, Former F1 Driver, undisputedly sets both official and unofficial hill records
Both the official shootout record of 41.6s from Nick Heidfeld in McLaren MP4/13 F1 and the unofficial outright record from Roman Dumas in the VW ID.R of 39.9 were comprehensively beaten
The Spéirling is the first fancar to compete in officially sanctioned motorsport since the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix, and by also winning the event, maintained the 100% win rate for fan cars spanning 4 decades.
The McMurtry Spéirling fan car has achieved an independently measured 0-60mph in 1.40s and 1/4mile (400m) in 7.97s during filming for one of YouTube’s largest automotive channels, carwow. This makes it the fastest accelerating car they have ever tested, surpassing some of the World’s greatest cars: the Bugatti Chiron, an F1 car and the Rimac Nevera.
By exploiting the instant grip from McMurtry’s downforce-on-demand fan system, the sub 1,000kg, 1,000bhp, rear-wheel-drive McMurtry Spéirling with 2,000kg of instant downforce delivers realms of acceleration previously reserved for drag racing specific cars, but in a car designed for enjoyment and astonishing lap times on trackdays on full race circuits. It has a track range of 25 minutes when running at GT4 race-car pace, and a road range of over 300 miles.
Other metrics captured on the timing equipment were:
This level of performance was a new experience for Mat. Visibility shocked by what he had just achieved, Mat commented to camera: “I accelerate and launch a lot of cars. I drag race a lot of cars. This is on another, another level. It’s two levels up. All cars are now officially slow to me. I’ve never felt anything like that in my life.”
FASTEST LAP EVER by over 4 seconds at ‘home circuit’: Castle Combe
We thought it was time to answer the question asked by a lot of Castle Combe locals: ‘how fast is it around Combe?’, ‘Surely it’s got the record already’ & ‘Lap times please???’
Max commented “Everyone wants bragging rights at their local circuit, and even running at 80% power and with a 155mph speed limit, we’ve already gone 4 seconds faster than the outright track record. This demonstrates the potential in the car for our customers to achieve the same at their local or favourite circuits”.
McMurtry Fan Car sets RECORDS at LAGUNA SECA Reverse Corkscrew Hillclimb on USA debut
Max Chilton said “The Corkscrew is one of the most famous corner’s in the world. You have to hope you’ve picked the right line as you launch over the top going the wrong way. Luckily I had fan downforce to help keep me stuck to the ground. It’s been quite a special experience to compete in and set a record in the Laguna Seca Hillclimb”
Philip Kadoorie accidentally beats EV record at Laguna Seca
At Laguna Seca, McMurtry ran two fan cars together in public for the first time
The demo session was right in the middle of the Monterey Motorsports Reunion race meeting.
The aim was to showcase McMurtry’s prototype fan car’s to highlight longer running and by using drivers who are non-professional to show accessibility of performance.
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