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List of fastest production cars by acceleration. 1 language. ... By 1 ⁄ 4 mile times (11.0 s or less) [iii. Car [iv] Year [v] Propulsion Time Limited number
A Suzuki GSX-R1000 at a drag strip – a 2006 model once recorded a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.35 seconds. This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and 1 ⁄ 4-mile times of under 12 seconds.
Two Top Fuel dragsters side by side during an NHRA event in 2012. Top Fuel is a type of drag racing whose dragsters are the quickest accelerating racing cars in the world and the fastest sanctioned category of drag racing, with the fastest competitors reaching speeds of 341.68 miles per hour (549.9 km/h) and finishing the 1,000 foot (304.8 m) runs in 3.61 seconds.
The world record in the mile run is the fastest time set by a runner in the middle-distance track and field event. World Athletics is the official body which oversees the records. Hicham El Guerrouj is the current men's record holder with his time of 3:43.13, [1] while Faith Kipyegon has the women's record of 4:07.64. [2]
Upon introduction, the XS Eleven immediately earned a reputation as a heavy, very powerful, and reliable bike. It was the first production bike in 1978 posting a sub-12 second 1/4 mile time (11.78 sec. @ 114.21 mph with a top speed of 135 mph - Cycle World 2/78), only to be surpassed in the 1/4 mile performance later in 1978 by Honda's CBX.
0-233 km/h (145 mph) in 4.98 seconds; 400 m (approx. 1 ⁄ 4 mile) in 7.97 seconds; When considering the 1 ⁄ 4 mile time, the car had a 249 km/h (155 mph) top speed for roughly the last 3 seconds of the run. [11] The car also ran on bespoke drag slicks and was not a production car model. [12]
The track is billed as the "World's Fastest Quarter Mile Oval." The current track record was set by Jeff Bloom in a 410 extreme winged sprint car on August 21, 2010 at a time of 9.908 seconds. [1] This is the first lap record under 10 seconds on a quarter mile oval track of any type, breaking Anderson Speedway's 10.28 second lap record. [1]
Quarter-mile or 1 ⁄ 4 mile may refer to: A dragstrip competition or vehicle test in motorsport, where cars or motorcycles compete for the shortest time from a standing start to the end of a straight 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) track; The 440-yard dash, a sprint footrace in track and field competition on a 440 yards (1,320 ft; 400 m; 0.25 mi) oval