Setting the 2020 GT500 1/4 Mile Record on the Drag Strip… Three Times
Fresh off the lot with a temporary tag, this orange GT500 smashes E.T.s left and right under the warm sun in Palm Beach Florida.
Right now, the most powerful Mustang around is heading out on the highway near you: the Shelby GT500. Under the hood of this super snake is a 5.2-liter cross-plane V8. Paired with a massive supercharger on top, 760 horses smoke the pavement through the seven-speed dual-clutch. It’ll also smoke your wallet, to the tune of $73,000 before options.
For a few owners, though, 760 isn’t enough. YouTube channel That Racing Channel visited Palm Beach, Florida, bearing witness to an orange GT500 smashing E.T.s left and right.
Tuned by Ken Bjonnes of Palm Beach Dyno, this GT500 with an Indiana temporary tag received a new pulley, track-focused exhaust, and fresh injectors. A full tank of E85 and a set of Toyo 888s complete the beastly package.
On the first past down Palm Beach International Raceway, the GT500 leaps off the line to its first record, 145 mph in 10.12 seconds. The mile-per-hour figure is the fastest any GT500 has traveled down the quarter-mile. But that was just a warm-up for the rest of the day ahead.
On its next pass, the GT500 dove under 10 seconds, scoring a time of 9.998 at 144 mph. Not bad, though not a record-setting run, either. It was pretty funny watching the rear 20-inch wheels smoke-out the white Corvette behind the pony, though.
The third pass, however, would take it all to new heights. Here, the pony recorded the same speed at the end of the run. The difference? It did so in 9.749 seconds, a new world record at Palm Beach. But it wasn’t done smashing everything up. Not by a long shot.
A few hours later, the GT500 warmed up under the cover of a chilly Florida night. The orange bomber would not be deterred on this run. In just 9.708 seconds at 144 mph, the E.T. record was smashed again.
The orange monster was one of three big snakes slithering all over the quarter-mile under the warm Florida sun. We don’t know how well the silver and blue ponies did, but at least they could bear witness to greatness.
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