Originally Posted by John Hennessey

I am certainly not a spokesperson for Guinness. But the point I was making was that the speed tests need to be done on a controlled road or test track, runway, etc. More specifically, Guinness told me that we could not attempt such a speed run on the Autobahn or other road that would put the public at risk. Temporarily closed if it was a county or state road / highway. The Guinness rep did also tell me that they wanted to allow the rules to be fair and broad enough such that others can attempt to break existing records. My overall experience in dealing with Guinness was very good. They really went out of their way to explain their process and I learned a lot from them. Are they perfect? No. And they do need to get some more specific help when it comes to the technicalities of setting speed records. Hopefully they can keep it simple and make use of modern technology like VBox GPS instead of timing lights.