39.08! McMurtry fan car breaks Goodwood Hill RECORD! | Festival of Speed 2022

Why HN readers recommended it

HN points to it as a striking demonstration of fan-downforce EVs, with a run that looks glued to the track and almost sped up.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Goodwood Road & Racing

Topic

electric fan car racing

Format

demo

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2022–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• AFAIK the fastest "production" EV is the McMurtry "Spéirling" that does a quarter mile in under 8 seconds. Watching it set the record for goodwood is mind blowing, because it looks like the video is being played in fast forward, but it isn't. [VIDEO] Although …

• I think the hill climb record at Goodwood this summer was even more impressive. That thing looks like it is glued to the track. Check out a few other cars doing the climb and you will see a noticeable difference. [VIDEO]

• Fans (no pun intended) of sucker cars are likely to be interested in the Goodwood record setting run by the McMurtry Speirling car. [VIDEO]