MCMURTY SET NEW TRACK RECORD BY OVER FOUR SECONDS AT ‘HOME CIRCUIT’ CASTLE COMBE
THE McMurtry team thought it was about time to answer the question asked by a lot of Castle Combe locals in person and online such as “how fast is it around Combe?”, “Surely it’s got the record already” and “Lap times please???”
On April 29 , The McMurtry Spéirling PURE (Validation Prototype 1) fan car achieved the outright fastest ever lap around the 1.85mile Castle Combe Circuit as a part of routine testing.
The time of 54.559s was set by McMurtry development driver Max Chilton who also holds the record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and was four seconds quicker than the previous benchmark, set by an open wheel single seater F3 car.
And nearly 10 seconds quicker than the GT3 lap record, a large percentage on such a short lap.
Castle Combe is McMurtry’s local circuit and is the same venue Chilton passed his racing licence test back in the early 2000s, which gives this lap extra significance to all involved.
He said: “Everyone wants bragging rights at their local circuit, and even running at 80% power and with a 155mph speed limit, we’ve knocked four seconds off the outright track record. This demonstrates the potential in the car for our customers to achieve the same at their local or favourite circuits’.
The McMurtry Spéirling PURE is a hyper-track car available for order worldwide. It uses a unique downforce-on-demand system to provide exceptional downforce and grip right from 0mph.
This system works alongside the 1,000bhp electric powertrain, offering selectable performance drive modes from GT3 to F1-level pace.
Thomas Yates, managing director of McMurtry Automotive, said: “This is a fun milestone to achieve. It’s not everyday you get to see a car and driver go so much faster than what’s gone before.
“Having tested at Castle Combe for years, it was about time we showed what the car can do around our local circuit”.
McMurtry are now heading to the USA to compete at Laguna Seca in the reverse corkscrew hillclimb with the original Goodwood record holding Spéirling and driver Chilton on August 10 and 11.
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