The Lamborghini Huracan is a hugely impressive car. Its 5.2-liter naturally aspirated V10 sends as much as 640 metric horsepower (in top Performante spec) to all four wheels, netting a 0-62 time of under three seconds and a top speed quoted at 218 mph. But what if Lamborghini didn’t have to worry about infringing on the Aventador? What if it, say, bolted a couple of turbochargers on there?
Well it won’t. But that’s where firms like Underground Racing come in. The tuner has a proven track record in boosting Huracans (and Gallardos before it). And one of its modified Lambos just set a new record.
While the focus this weekend for most has been up on the mountain, down below at the Colorado Springs Airport, monstrously powerful supercars were dueling in the Pikes Peak Airstrip Attack. And Underground’s twin-turbo Huracan reigned supreme.
After repeated runs reaching higher and higher terminal velocities, UGR’s twin-turbo Huracan reached a top speed of 259.67 miles per hour in just half a mile. That’s 418 km/h for those on the metric system, and was enough to claim a new half-mile top speed record.
Or reclaim, we should say, because UGR previously held the record at 257 mph. That was set a little less than a year ago by another Underground-boosted Huracan, owned by a guy named Mohammad (who goes by the handle Drag965) and driven by Gidi Hamdi at the Indy Air Strip in September of last year. The car was based on a 2016 Huracan LP610-4, twin-turbocharged to the tune of 2,500 horsepower (measured at the wheel).
The new speed record is pretty impressive, especially when you consider that (as the poster of this video noted) that the Bugatti Chiron would take three times that distance to reach the same speed. The bottom line is that if you’re looking for all-out straightline speed, Underground Racing is the way to go.