![]() ![]() Ford will be staggering the release of its SEMA flotilla, though, so expect to hear a lot about the new additions to the fleet in the weeks to come. Enjoy.įocus STs for SEMA include Lotus and Gulf liveries, rally-fied police car Tue, įord, as we mentioned on Saturday, is pulling out all the stops for November's SEMA show, bringing 57 vehicles to the Las Vegas event. ![]() We expect Hennessey will probably come out with a video of the record-setting run shortly, but in the meantime, you can see a couple of videos of the car's runs in Texas below (one of which actually captures the record run). Since then, the crew has poked and prodded it to coerce as much grunt as possible out of the car. Hennessey started by tweaking the factory supercharger set up before abandoning the blower in favor of two turbos. This particular Ford GT has already gone through a number of permutations. Something tells us neither Heidraker nor Hennessey are done squeezing more thrust from this machine. That feat set a new record for the event. The big mill sucks down race gas, and this year the creation pulled off a 267.6-mph run over the weekend. As you may recollect, last year saw Mark Heidraker's machine sprint to a record 257.7 mph thanks to propulsion from its twin-turbo 5.7-liter V8. The record-setting Hennessey-powered camouflage Ford GT we showed you at this time last year headed back to the Texas Mile and managed to bring home yet another record. Hennessey Ford GT sets 267.6-MPH record at Texas Mile Mon,
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