Red Victor: Britain's Fastest Road Legal Car

Ridiculous Rides

Andy Frost's Red Victor 3 held the World street legal quarter-mile speed record for more than two years.  The car carries a 3000 plus horsepower V8 engine that, from a standing start could assist it hitting speeds of 226mph over a quarter-of-a mile.

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00:0001. Red Victor 3

00:07Hurtling forward at a speed of 226mph, this is the view from inside Britain's fastest

00:13road legal car.

00:1502. Red Victor 3

00:19Red Victor 3 carries a 3,000 horsepower V8 engine that can propel it from 0 to 60 in

00:25under a second, yet you can still see owner Andy Frost taking it out for a spin around

00:30the streets of Wolverhampton.

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00:34Andy has delicated his life to the project, spending thousands converting a humble Vauxhall

00:39Victor into the speed demon you see today.

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01:07But Andy's efforts were once again paid back when at the Santa Pod Raceway in Bedfordshire,

01:13the 53-year-old broke his own speed record by covering a quarter of a mile in just 6.4

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01:20Andy's world record has just been broken by an American team, but he has vowed to go even

01:37faster.

01:39And with investors already backing him financially, next year Red Victor will surely be back to

01:44claim its crown.

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