{"id":84,"date":"2021-02-10T15:53:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T15:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dealerfireblog.com\/champion-porsche\/?p=84"},"modified":"2021-02-10T15:53:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T15:53:35","slug":"porsche-taycan-sets-new-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.champion-porsche.com\/blog\/porsche-taycan-sets-new-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche Taycan Sets New Record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New Guinness World Records\u2122 Title for Indoor Land Speed Record set by racer Leh Keen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Even when circumstances mean that being indoors is the safe and, at times, unexciting option, racer Leh Keen recently found a way to make being indoors considerably less boring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a Guinness World Records title for the fastest speed by a vehicle indoors \u2013 and, until recently, it stood at 86 mph. The rules \u2013 strictly enforced by Guinness World Records – are daunting. Leh had to start his record attempt and finish it at a standstill, all within the space of the building \u2013 there could be no run up, no safety net and no doors open and therefore no escape route. For good reasons, therefore, the record has stood for seven years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nevertheless, Leh proceeded enthusiastically with his planning. He required a car that was surefooted in challenging conditions, a vehicle that\u2019s among the hardest accelerating and, just as important, hardest decelerating cars on sale today and that he would trust his life with in order to safely break the record safely. The car that met this criteria was the all-electric Taycan Turbo S, possessing a maximum of 750 hp, with four wheel drive to maximize grip, powerful carbon ceramic brakes and the ability to accelerate to 60 mph from a standstill in just 2.6 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selecting the right building was just as challenging. Enter the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. At just over one million square feet, the convention center boasts having the largest contiguous exhibit hall in the United States, ideal for the distance it provided. However, like many other indoor facilities, the polished concrete surface replicated ice when being driven over at speed\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI didn\u2019t really appreciate the scale of the record attempt until my first exploratory run. The surface is so unpredictable, so slick, that you have to have complete trust in your car. It truly was like ice \u2013 and you\u2019re accelerating flat out, facing a really hard wall at the end. Suddenly, even in a massive space like the one we had, it seems very small,\u201d said Leh Keen after his record attempt. \u201cI could feel the Taycan\u2019s systems figuring it out, working so hard to keep me heading straight \u2013 it was such an impressive feat. To accelerate so hard on such an erratic surface was incredible. Not for a moment did I doubt I could do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leh\u2019s strategy was to build up slowly, with low speed exploratory runs. The stock street tires were preheated as a precaution. And, when it came to the record attempt, one run was all it took. \u201cI did take a moment on the starting line \u2013 knowing I was going to have to go as fast as I could, and stop again, all before reaching the wall I was facing. It got my attention. I used the car\u2019s launch control and the Taycan just hooked up \u2013 the sensation of speed indoors, even in such a big space, is enormous \u2013 that wall rushed up fast. I was gentle on the brakes in the end \u2013 the Taycan\u2019s brakes were more than up to the job. Of course, I didn\u2019t look down at my speed so it came as a surprise and a relief that I\u2019d beaten the record, and by such a margin. It was a rush! I\u2019m thankful for Porsche for trusting my abilities and for their preparations and encouragement \u2013 102 mph inside a building. What was I thinking?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guinness World Records title for the fastest speed achieved by a vehicle indoors was confirmed by independent adjudicators as 102.6 mph \u2013 set by Leh Keen at the New Orleans Convention Center in a Porsche Taycan Turbo S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video of the Indoor Land Speed Record<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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