It’s August, and that means we are back on the salt with the Spectre SpeedLiner. Last October, we took the Cadillac powered, hpR Filter equipped race car out to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah for its first shakedown runs, where it set a new world record for A/BGS (unlimited engine size, blown gas streamliner) at 330mph and became the fastest Cadillac on earth. Now we’re back, and even though the hotter weather means thinner air and possibly less power, we have a pumped up new motor from Courtney and the crew at Cad Company in New Mexico, and Steve Schmaltz and his team at Performance Fabrication in San Carlos spent the past nine months working on the chassis.
Our first goal: Get Amir some seat time in the car so he can get his Unlimited license (he’s currently allowed to go 250mph). Then break the A/BGS (up to 499 cubic inches, blown gasoline streamliner) record, which is currently set at 286mph. If Amir can run around 300mph, he qualifies for the new license, and the car qualifies for a record and goes into impound. Then tomorrow morning we make another run and really let the car wind out and see what happens. Wish us luck!