First 500 mph Run
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- On October 2, 2018, Team Vesco's Turbinator II with Dave Spangler driving became the first wheel drive car to exceed the 500 mph barrier. Owner, designer and builder, Rick Vesco and his late brother Don began to pursue this goal 17 years ago. Tragically Don died of cancer in 2002 and never saw his dream fulfilled. In 2013 Rick began to upgrade the car with a new turbine engine, new drive train, new traction control, new brakes and new body. It was sweet success when on the first (and only) day of the World Finals event on the famous Bonneville Salt Flats, Dave Spangler powered the car through to a spectacular 503 mph run!
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dont know why i am not impressed by turbine powered speed records. not taking anything away from these guys. great job setting the record and fulfilling your dream.
After 300, he dragged his massive titanium nuts across the sand for another 200+....awesome!
Salt not sand so it stings more
I want to see those titanium nuts
I was there to witness and see it live. I'll remember this for the rest of my life. What a privilege to have been able to be there.
Heard there was a 300zx there. How fast did it go?
After seeing the pov, staying in your lane at 500mph seems way more intense.
Totally what I thought...wow. you cant touch the wheel ...holy shit
500 mph is easy, ask any racer wannabe. RIP Don Vesco! Bless Team Vesco, the Vesco Family, Dave, Glenn, and the rest of the crew!
Seems their is a lift of drifting involved. Narrow tires on a sketchy salt surface!
@@danmyers9372 There*
The mechanics are super immaculate timing for farther than before believed. The precision of each person involved from start to finish is putting up with what goes where before we witness the whole idea from here at this moment. I'm fascinated more and more with every part of this superb exhibition of concept, design, construct, action in full acceleration in deliberate space sought after by experts. WOW!!
Wow
Those mile markers looked more like fenceposts
Amazing
Well done
M Whitelaw rr
1/4 mile markers
Because they weren't. The distance was on 1 of the gauges.
700 ft per second, crazy.
Most impressive part is pulling half a G from 0-400mph. That's just incredible.
I had to go rewatch to see it! That is incredible. 250mph still pushed back in the seat all the way up. Incredible
Honey I got the milk.. I'll be home in about 15 Seconds
Meanwhile my dad be like: I'll be home in about 15 years 😢
What was that boom I heard at 2:46?
@@ProfessorRex1995 not sure because you don't break the sound barrier until around 770 miles per hour at sea level.
@@cryptodwayne5174 well whatever it was, it was awesome
@@cryptodwayne5174 Not so much a barrier as a gradient, that's why the boom is lower pitch. Even going slow as 10kph will generate a pressure gradient.
I was there camping in the hills beside it riding dirt bikes most of the day I rode a lengthy trail to get as far as I could with my enduro it was dry and hot as hell lol brought water a chair a six pack of Nevada beer (not UT piss 🤮).... a spare mixed gas tank all of it bungied to my rear fender finally after settling into my private viewing area I sat down got a pair of binoculars out and it was an amazing show from there on definitely goin to the next one
7.3 second 1-mile. Damn.
"Hey Buddy, how can I get this car out of 2nd gear?"
Just for giggles they should have a soundtrack going "beep beep, beep,beep"
@@mpetersen6
Oh, I see YOU'RE OLD.
Like me, ha ha.
Congrats guys, after all those years you finally did it. 500 mph. Car looks awesome.
Probably the best course steward/roving patrol there ever will be (Larry H) pulling up along side before that car stopped. Dave Spangler was the “cowboy that rode the bull” but Larry was right there beside him... they’re both heroes in my book. Also props to the Fire and Rescue crews, other stewards starters timers and volunteers, all heroes
Just aim for that mountain. Congratulations Team Vesco from Team Triumph
That is outrageous you guys are so inspiring
@Bradley S. the inspiration of " *_gotta go fast_* "
The four window camera screens make this race experience fun and understandable for the viewing audience. I loved the rotary MPH speed gauge. Nice Work. Nice accomplishment.
What's even more impressive is that truck that kept up the whole time.
What an accomplishment, congratulations falls so short. Thanks for all the years of true racing spirit!
God bless your future attempts, pray we can keep the slat a race surface! I hope to spectate in 2019.
That paint job by ryan and his team from count's kustom, looks astonishing. Cheers team vesco
Congratulations on that amazing run. !!! 500 big ones. !!!!!
that was very impressive.... been in the racing industry my entire life....familiar with some aviation points... you guys have a wealth of knowledge behind you. again very impressive- congrats!!!!
3:21 There has got to be a serious pucker factor when he hits that rough stuff.
What a wonderful performance on the part of everyone involved. Thank you for having all the camera angles - that is our way to vicariously enjoy the trip with the driver. Keeping the blue sky up and on the centerline is never as easy as it looks, is it? Well done. Best wishes for future endeavors.
Amazing POV Sir!
What an achievement BRAVO 🏆
I am going to absolutely cane my ride-on mower this afternoon! 🇬🇧
The thing I like best about this run: NO PUSH AT THE START! The thing takes off like a real car should. Then it maintains .5 g's of acceleration all the way to 400 mph. Just awesome. Oh, to feel that much power for once in my life...
Congratulations to you guys! I used to work for Rick and Chuck at Vesco's in Brigham City!
I don't think I've seen T2 run since the turbine was replaced. I hope to see it streaking down the salt in 2023
810km/h
@hạo gaming No 810.034334208
Km/h
1 mph (1.609344 kilometers per hour) x 503.332mph = 810.034334208
Km/h
@@DuBstep115 smartass its rounded
Now THAT was cool. I think my nerve would have pulled the plug at 380 when everything started to shake, and yet, you kept going. That's mettle for ya. Congrats on 500!
That really sucks that you guys didn't get to back up your run for a record. I showed up the next morning and was bummed to see all the water. The salt was perfect this year, like white asphalt.
Congratulations.
so impressive the dedication to technical excellence, very inspiring
So approximately.
He goes 225 metres per second
and 13.51 kilometers per minute
And 504 kilometers per hour
Note: On a straight road without obstacles.
Bonus: My record for 560 kilometers (Bangalore to Hyderabad) on a 150 cc bike with luggage plus traffic and rain was +-7 hours
I left at 6:30am reached at 1:30pm.
Thanks for your time🤗
So after Wayne Gretzky left Hockey he races cars at Bonneville?
wow Thanks for taking me along for the ride !!!! how Awesome !!!! I'm happy for you ,!!! Great video Too !!!!
Can't wait to see you guys again next year, its to bad it rained we were coming for the follow up the next day..
Wow! I'm speechless...amazing.
Good on Yaz! I miss Don. I worked on the red stream liner,and went to the salt with him that year.
Wow. When you slow down to a crawl and realise you're still doing 110mph 😳
Awesome video
You know it will be a good video when you hear queen and see 500mph in the title
Why did he exit the course into the rough?
I'm thinking once the parachute is deployed you're more along for the ride. He did we he could trying to counter it but it pulled him right in, he probably shit himself lol.
Ran out of smooth salt only 7 to 10 miles of good course.
helps to slow him down.
He knew there was aTim Hortons on that direction.
jestertoo - It's called the crunchies.
Congrats.
Almost ten miles in 3 mins is crazy
You can get from San Francisco to LA in like 40 minutes😂
so just like a flight?
Well 2018 was a good year for team vesco. Whatever money didn't go into car went into steak dinners for the crew
Excellent work!
It was still pulling .25 G at mile 5.... he had to lift off the throttle... run done 503 mph.
That's fast precision
Anyone watching should quit complaining about no turnout roads. Didn't seem to bother Dave. The car went over the crunchies just fine the way I see it. I was surprised not to see another chute at a lower speed but he obviously knows what he 's doing and turned off at a very slow angle to the return road.
Damn that's a fantastic sound !
The G FORCE on his body
WOW what a rough surface to slow down on !!
Was I watching the l/h exhaust duct slowly folding over as the speed rose?
Fantastic! Hats off to ya!👍
Wow I’m impressed well done thanks
When it cuts left in the shut down, that looked scary AF. Why did it pull left into the rough stuff? Nobody seemed concerned…
Can you say claustrophobia :) Wow that cockpit is tight. Awesome run gents. Huge congratulations!
1:42 me when I leave my phone unlocked at my girls house
Good job
200mph is like a joke to these guys
It’s like going 60 for them
That thing looks like a real handfull to control
I was surprised he pulls the chute so soon after shutdown. I figured you would scrub a little more speed of before deploying. But again I'm in a recliner watching him doing what he does
that's a long time to hold your breath while waiting to die
I don't know why but this is epic
...maybe coz you don't know the meaning of the word epic
saludos
This is almost as fast as the piston engined aircraft record!
Wasn't exactly creeping past 500 either.
Seems the limitation at this stage is traction and run up.
Congratulations!! For me, it only counts if the wheels are driven =)
A plane that can't takeoff is only so impressive.
@Poly Bun That's why I was offering my congrats, because this one counts =)
And agree with your comment below. Ed Sheadle "car" is a wingless modified
F-104! Sadly, Ed passed away a few months ago.
orangelion03 458 miles per hour is not bad for an international record, but if they're done two runs on that day they could have got an f i a record of 500 miles an hour four-wheel drive on car.
@@RB747domme It doesn't qualify for any FIA category since it's part wheel driven & part thrust combo, Turbine vehicle is an SCTA Bonneville Nationals class only. FIA wheel driven records have to be an internal combustion engine.
NZ Salt Flats Racer Bluebird CN-7 held the FIA wheel drive record, and it is not internal combustion.
Speed Demon is on your ass with a PISTON powered car !
How stable is the vehicle at initial parachute deployment?! I always wondered how hard the negative G's impact the vehicle coming off of 450+mph!...
Around 2 G at at the hit and a solid 1.5 till stopped usually opening one or more additional on the slow down. Very stable when mounted correctly. Most of the fast cars are mounted correctly, see more problems with slower less on the ball teams
500 mph that's awesome but the best bit is hearing that engine whining up
Insane
Just saw the program where they painted it.
This is God's perfect plan for Space speed. He can break any speed record of any vehicle created mechanically for speed. I can be the flame of the fuel in the engine and the sound waves of speed travel while we might not slow down as you do!
Science made him go that fast .
Not your religious bullshit
Correction 505 mph. At what point do the tires come in ?
46% humidity out there that’s high
The white zone is for loading and unloading
I'm guessing he was covering a mile in a smidgen over three seconds.
Awesome!
would be very nice to have some Tech details ~ a Gas Turbine engine ?
What equipment or program created the 4 picture/mph/G meter all on one screen for us to marvel at?
Thats moving!!!!!
very cool
When I look at these cars, it seems to me there's no attempt at laminar flow. Is there a reason that's not practical for them? Are there bugs flying around to make splats on the car, disturbing the flow? Is it just that, past a certain level of aerodynamic cleanliness, power isn't really the problem? Is it just that it's hard enough to make and run such a car already?
Yup, that's definitely a Hot Rot.
Wow, I thought the driver would use up the 11 miles and then some, he was so late with the parachute, that takes guts. I love the runs at Bonneville, Black Rock Desert runs draw up so much dust you lose sight of the cars and once they pass the camera you can only see a giant cloud of smoke. I hope the Utah officials understand that if they don’t take drastic actions they’ll lose the raceway forever. The state gets peanuts from the mineral companies who draw away millions of gallons of salt water so it can’t dry and thicken the salt layer. In the 60’s the salt was over a foot thick now it’s just a few inches with bare spots.
Crew looks well fed.
You mad little feller ?
went so fast his second chute tore off the tether
Did you see his nuts sling out at the end and help stop the car.
Do all you people out there that have watch this realize how fast 500 miles an hour is on the ground it is piss your pants fast and having to control something going that fast oh my God I don't think you guys realize what kind of a feat this really is
He claims his heart rate doesn't go up. Bullshit! What an incredible feat.
Best get away driver ever😂
Outstanding effort guys🤗Hey how come I heard a "boom" at 2.45?
My Civic is faster. In reverse.
my vw golf does that in a few seconds
Lets put both of you in your cars and push 'em off a cliff to see who's faster
My bus can do 1000mph in neutral
jim james
@@macclark4112 r/whoosh
Almost to 300 by mile 1. 😮
Does anyone know what type and size of engine was in this vehicle? It says a turbine engine, but that doesn't mean anything to me. Is that just a cylinder type engine, or is it something else all together ?
Now on to beat the poms record
This is that 1 toyota in gran turismo 4
I thought this was going to be someone running at 500mph
Bloody click bait. Na just a car.
Misleading title. Not the first to 500mph.
Maybe the first piston car, or wheel-driven... but not first overall
First wheel driven car to break 500 mph. Correct. I don’t think the title was meant to claim first 500 mph run ever
oh, like my Golf 3...
😂😂😂
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realy: "WOW!"