The Fastest Car of 2007 Was Recently Destroyed by Monster Trucks and Offered to Mecha Godzilla.

The Fastest Car of 2007 Was Recently Destroyed by Monster Trucks and Offered to Mecha Godzilla.

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      Twenty years ago, Bugatti achieved a milestone by setting the world production car top speed record with the then-new Veyron, reaching 253.81 mph. Just two years later, SSC, a company based in Washington that was still under a decade old, claimed the title for itself by recording a speed of 256.14 mph with its Ultimate Aero supercar. Fast forward to today, and the car that held that record is now just a heap of scrap metal and carbon fiber. Last week, it was destroyed by a monster truck, followed by a fire-breathing robotic dinosaur on tank treads that ripped it apart and burned the remnants. What transpired?

      This event took place during the “Thunder at the Mountain” monster truck show at the Tri-City Raceway in Richland, Washington, over the weekend. Social media images depict the former record holder being prepared for demolition and the aftermath. Freddy “Tavarish” Hernandez was among the first to report the news on Saturday, stating in his Facebook post that “Apparently, the owner was so dissatisfied with SSC that he donated the historic vehicle to the racetrack, with the condition that it be completely destroyed without exception.”

      We cannot confirm this, but The Drive managed to contact SSC North America’s founder and CEO Jerod Shelby, who informed us that SSC “hasn’t owned that specific car in over 10 years,” and that the company “definitely wasn’t involved in this monster truck event.” Shelby called it “a shame.” Footage of the mechanical T-Rex devouring the supercar can be viewed below.

      These photos of the wrecked SSC were submitted by a reader. @ederlsx

      “That car was a part of automotive history and had an incredible story leading up to the 2007 Guinness World Record, along with the remarkable gentleman, Chuck Bigelow (who has since passed away), who drove the car during that record-setting run,” Shelby shared with The Drive. Bigelow tragically died in a plane crash just one year after his SSC top speed attempt; he was 72.

      According to Shelby, the Ultimate Aero that was destroyed last weekend wasn’t operational. “That car had been an inoperable museum piece for the past several years, and I find it hard to believe anyone would want to obliterate a vehicle of that significance. However, even with this unfortunate news, the incredible memories that car created for us during the early days of the SSC journey can never be taken away!”

      Captured around the time of its record achievement, the SSC Ultimate Aero was equipped with a 6.3-liter twin-turbo Chevy V8 engine that produced 1,183 horsepower and 961 lb-ft of torque.

      There is surely more to this story than we currently know, so if the final owner of the record-holding Ultimate Aero would like to share their reasons for donating it to a monster truck rally, please reach out to us at [email protected]. In the meantime, we can't help but feel a bit sad that this piece of automotive history has met its end in such an undignified manner, though at least it brought joy and laughter to children during its final moments.

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The Fastest Car of 2007 Was Recently Destroyed by Monster Trucks and Offered to Mecha Godzilla.

The SSC Ultimate Aero took the title of the fastest production car from the Bugatti Veyron. But how did it come to be disassembled by a fire-breathing mechanical dinosaur?