Mickey Thompson Breaks 400 MPH Speed Barrirer

[Eddie1122100]

I thought the 400 MPH was the car that pushed the container.....

[vnycum]

My Granpa was a police officer in El Monte at the time and was freinds with Mickey. He and another officer would close the street for Mickey so he could test his cars and engines.

[AldebaranProspekt]

The best feature in this video: listening the Pontiac V8 engines while the car passes away. What a beautiful voice, i would go with this car through a tunnel in the downtown. That would be fun.

[jetpoweredgriffin]

The Salt is strange,

it's somewhat similar to ice racing.

You can have all the power in the world but if you can't get it to the ground,you're just

"spinning your wheels"....

then you're likely to spin your car.

My first trip out,somebody spun five times,straightened out and kept going-

that was at only 165mph.

It increases with speed.

Mickey didn't crash,though,he broke a U-joint and didn't have a spare so he couldn't make the required return pass within one hour.

[mrpitv]

@jetpoweredgriffin Thanks for clearing up what happened.

[jetpoweredgriffin]

@mrpitv

You're welcome,

thanks for posting!

"I don't suffer from insomnia, I enjoy every minute of it!" {^,^} Peace to you, -g

[deep10453]

yea thats kool but if i take 4 bugotti engines and put it in a car like that it would go twice as fast

[MrRapistman]

@deep10453 its not that simple. and you have to realize he built and designed that car himself, from scratch. chassis, engines, body, in 1960.

650km/h in 1960 is pretty impressive.

[MalliganTheUFO]

Presented as a public service by good year..... Its funny because Mickey Thompson went on to be a tyre manufacturer himself 3 years after this video

[1Bandit455]

1:19 - Awesome !!!! .

[scooterdudeist]

the reason he was driving 400 FUCKING MILES AN HOUR he pissed churck norrisis grandad off really bad!

[stumpydino]

i love how the push car shoves it with the trailer still on the back lol

[alexander1485]

@stumpydino yea hahah, thats real class.

[OzzInter]

CHALLENGER is still a great looking streamliner!

[rudedog062]

Mickey Thompson was my hero as a kid! He raced, built, and drove, anything with a motor.

[caneytaneywaney5]

LOL I love how back then they say things like "194mph is the fastest" or "394" but now it's like... 194? Psh, let me show 789. I know, I know, wheel driven but it's still interesting to see.

[canals22]

...man, they had balls back then...

[1Bandit455]

Listen to the sound of that Pontiac at speed -Awesome - Pontiac power !!!!.

[SuperBLACKGP]

@1Bandit455 Amen Brother!

[1Bandit455]

@SuperBLACKGP -- Yes -- like a Fighter plane on wheels !!!! .

[boobmasteris]

omg, it almost 2 times faster than todays supercars

[appleguy916]

FUCK the EPA

[rigostar14]

the good old days =]

[pleximarz]

This particular car was driven through the wheels, that is a hell of an accomplishment. The new record holders are jet powered cars, not driven through the wheels

[paladineXD]

Wooot pontiac powered RIP pontiac :(

[barnfresh60]

r.i.p mickey

[ghostdude59]

1967 miura

[lordofthestrings237]

ha lambos go hat fast

[starchief59]

No they don't. And they weren't around in 1960

[lordofthestrings237]

i know they wernt around back then but they can go pretty dam fast

[nevison007]

Dose this record still stand ....??

[starchief59]

No this record does not still stand. The record now is close to 800 mph if I'm not mistaken

[racingformusic]

I believe the record is 763 mph now

[mrpitv]

That's for a turbine (jet engine) powered vehicle that's not "wheel driven." Basically a plane driven on the ground. The record for a "wheel driven" piston engine was set Agust 21, 1991 at the Bonneville Salt Flats, by Elwin "Al" Teague with his Spirit of '76 (Torque Speed-o-Mative Streamliner) powered by a

supercharged hemi. His time was 425.050. Fastest production car still being made is the Bugatti Veyron which has been clocked at over 250 mph. Not bad out of the dealership.

[racingformusic]

Okay, I stand corrected then,  either way, I can't imagine going that fast.

[aaron9696024]

look up the burkland streamliner 450....

[nodnarb3141]

Actually the fastest production car is the SSC Ultimate Aero TT

[Digitoolsheep]

@racingformusic Thanks! More info please!  More technical details to be exact...

[OzzInter]

@Digitoolsheep 4 X Pontiac V8 engines

 4 WD

Google "Mickey Thompson's CHALLENGER" which was the car's name, for more details.

[mrpitv]

It was 1960 when Mickey Thompson became known as, "the fastest man on earth," after breaking the 400mph barrier when he hit 406.60 mph besting John Cobb's one-way Land speed record of 402mph.

[VTEC4LYFEGunny]

when was this?

[starchief59]

Yes, 1960 with 4 Pontiac motors based off the 389

[GRC2185]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!

[monkeyhero12]

holy ****!!!