During this week-end the automotive world turned its attention to the Goodwood Festival of Speed and now is time to see which cars were the best in the show. One of them - the fastest car overall at Goodwood was a 800 HP Toyota Celica - who needed only 48.07 seconds to blast up the 1.6 mile driveway of Goodwood House. This result placed it in front of many famous racing cars, including recent Formula 1 cars.
The car was built and driven by the former British Rally Champion, Jonny Milner. The car is based on the sixth generation Celica and weights only 2314 lbs. In order to obtain a better weight distribution, the driver?s position has moved back 12 inches, and the car?s center of gravity has been lowered by raising the wheel arches and upper suspension mounts. Under the hood there is an engine borrowed from a World Rally Championship winning Corolla fitted with a Rotrex supercharger that ensured an output of 800 HP. The car was also equipped with a nitrous oxide injection system and super soft rallycross specification Michelin slick tires.
800 HP Toyota Celica fastest car at Goodwood originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 4 July 2011 14:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/800-hp-toyota-celica-fastest-car-at-goodwood-ar112134.html
Maurício Gugelmin Dan Gurney Hubert Hahne Mike Hailwood Mika Häkkinen
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