E-85 Powered Mustang FR500C Attempts To Break Speed Record

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Brent Hajek already has a passion for living, but that passion burns brightest when he’s talking about racing, racing history and his love of all things Ford. Fortunately for fans of Ford, Hajek’s passion has prompted the Ames, Oklahoma native and owner of Hajek Motorsports to pursue his own place in racing history.

Hajek Motorsports has been around since the 1970s, and over the years Brent Hajek has amassed an impressive collection of historical race cars, predominantly Ford, that once carried some of the biggest names in racing.

Those vehicles include a NHRA Gas Ronda '66 Ford Mustang, Bob Glidden’s '88 Ford Thunderbird, Parnelli Jones’ '63 NASCAR Mercury Marauder, David Pearson’s '69 Ford Torino Talladega, and Bill Elliott’s ’87 Ford Thunderbird, which is the all-time NASCAR speed record holder. Read Full Article ...

Article courtesy of TheMustangNews.com

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During a shakedown run at Talladega super speedway, Bill Elliot crashed the Hajek Motorsports E-85 Mustang into the wall at 174 mph. Elliot is ok, but the car is going under the knife to repair damage to the front suspension and bodywork. All told, the car took surprisingly little damage for such a high speed collision, which a cut front tire is faulted for causing. Elliot was chasing his old NASCAR speed record for racing, before restrictor plates were used to limit speed to under 200 mph.

The Mustang News scooped the story about the crash.


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It has been twenty-two years since Elliot set the land speed record at Talladega Raceway in, of all things, a Ford Thunderbird. Obviously it was the Thunderfowl only in name, but it also was the car that allowed Elliot to set the long-standing record of 212.8 mph. After that race, restrictor plates became mandatory because Bobby Allison got airborne and went into the crowd, injuring several fans. Since then, NASCAR has become a neutered sport of sorts, as there is now a glass ceiling on how fast teams are allowed to go. But Hajek and Elliot seem have found a way around that record by using an E-85 Mustang.

This is the same Mustang that set the unofficial land speed record of 252 mph for an ethanol-powered production car. It is only appropriate that Bill Elliot breaks his own record a third time (having set a land speed record at the ’87 Daytona 500 of 210 mph a week before Tallaedga).