[October 31 update: Jerod Shelby: We’ve to re-run the record]
There have been some funny developments regarding the SSC Tuatara’s World Record controversy. On 26th October, just after the controversy broke, SSC released a statement that simply said that Dewetron “has validated SSC North America’s claim that its Tuatara hypercar had averaged a top-speed run of 316.11 mph (508.73 km/h)”. The press release didn’t really answer any questions raised by Tim (Shmee150) and others.
The funny thing is that Dewetron released its own statement on 28th October that says that it did not validate any data from the record attempt, and the company goes on to say that none of its employees were even present at the event! If you read Dewetron’s press release (right), the company clearly wants to distance itself from all of this.
SSC released another statement yesterday (28th Oct) that tries to offer some explanation. The company says that it really achieved those numbers, but there have been some goof-ups in the final video that was presented to the public. Apparently, Driven Studios (the company responsible for documenting the event) has another/extended footage that will be released when it becomes available. More details on SSC’s latest press release here.
Meanwhile, Oliver Webb, the British racing driver who piloted the car on that day, has said on his Instagram that the max speed he saw on the speedometer was 301 mph (484 km/h). Maybe that explains why it was blurred in the video to avoid any confusion due to the speedo’s limit?
[October 31 update: Jerod Shelby: We’ve to re-run the record]
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