It's said that when Craig Breedlove made public his plans for the 'Spirit of america' he was told that the idea was meaningless because it wouldn't fit into an existing class. The SCTA rules of the time required four wheels and drive by two wheels. His idea was actually a tricycle with the drive furnished by a jet engine. He said, "I don't care. If I go faster than anyone else, that's what I'll be known for. They'll have to create a class for me."
Both the Koenigsegg cars and the Bugatti cars are hand built---one at a time, and to the demands of the ultimate purchaser. The ones that set so-called records are the only ones just like them in the world. Exactly the same thing will be said of my Ford GT. I expect it to be a seven figure project.
When I get my car drivable, I'm going to go out and put a couple of thousand road miles on it. Then it'll be brought back into the shop and 'freshened' to include different suspension settings and whatever improvements and alterations we decide to do to the engine. We'll put fresh tires on it and change the fuel in the tanks from race E-85 to methanol and then load it into the trailer to go to Blytheville. We'll have to run it several times to meet licensing requirements since my current license is outdated and not unlimited. We'll go as fast as we can, and then go home and meet with my design team to decide how to go faster. And by that time I'll be racing entirely against myself.
Ultimately I'll bring it home, change the tires again and go over to McDonald's. It'll be the fastest street-driven car in the world. And the only one like it in existence. Just like the Koenigsegg and Bugatti. But I'll have done it in one mile from a standing start instead of a flying mile. And it'll have been done in the USA.
KS
