{"id":703,"date":"1990-12-01T13:17:47","date_gmt":"1990-12-01T18:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/?p=703"},"modified":"2024-06-30T17:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T22:25:59","slug":"flash-gmc-sets-new-speed-record-204-145-mph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/1990\/12\/01\/flash-gmc-sets-new-speed-record-204-145-mph\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash! GMC Sets New Speed Record-204.145 mph"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sport Truck<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Sport-Truck-12-90-22a-feature-1024x506.jpg\" alt=\"GMC Land Speed Record Team\" class=\"wp-image-2274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Sport-Truck-12-90-22a-feature-1024x506.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Sport-Truck-12-90-22a-feature-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Sport-Truck-12-90-22a-feature-768x379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Sport-Truck-12-90-22a-feature.jpg 1316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just before we went to press, a modified GMC Sonoma Club Cab pickup set a new land-speed record of 204.145 mph in the flying mile at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. A similar GMC truck, with a distinctive &#8220;salt splash&#8221; paint scheme, set a 194.770-mph record a year ago (&#8220;194-mph GMC,&#8221; April &#8217;90).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truck, called the Syclone LSR by GMC Truck Motorsports, was powered by a naturally aspirated, gasoline-fed, 90degree V-6 engine that was enlarged from 4.3 to 5.0 liters. The engine&#8217;s power output is estimated at nearly 550 horsepower at 7200 rpm and 412 lb-ft of torque at 6000 rpm-just a tad over the 4.3&#8217;s 160 hp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the hands of veteran Bonneville driver Don Stringfellow, who drove last year&#8217;s record-breaking GMC, the Syclone LSR turned over 7800 rpm while making the fast passes. &#8220;There&#8217;s a dent in the floor now,&#8221; a happy String fellow told Gale Banks, who managed the record attempt with other members of his Gale Banks Engineering team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In setting the record, the truck made a pass down the salt flats at over 210 mph, but a slower run in the other direction brought the average down to just over 204 mph. (A two-way average is necessary for a record under the sanctioning body&#8217;s rules.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll have more information on the truck and the speed record in our January issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sport-Truck-12-90.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Sport Truck 12-90.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-75cca2a6-f5f7-4399-90fb-c7065c19ea65\" href=\"https:\/\/sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sport-Truck-12-90.pdf\">Sport Truck 12-90<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sport-Truck-12-90.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-75cca2a6-f5f7-4399-90fb-c7065c19ea65\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sport Truck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-land-speed-record","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3059,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions\/3059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}