fastest bonneville car
New World Speed Record for a Piston-Engined Car â 439 mph. George Poteet from Memphis, TN steered his Speed Demon streamliner to a new FIA world record for the fastest ever wheel-driven, piston-engined car in history. He averaged 439.562 mph over the measured mile at Bonneville. In order to qualify for record run the car had to cover the mile once in each direction.