George Poteet and Ron Main’s streamliner, Speed Demon, won the award for fastest car at Speed Week for the fifth straight year! 

While Speed Demon doesn’t have as large an engine as its competitors (346 cu. in. small block), it does hold the record for the fastest piston-driven car in the 65 year history of the Southern California Timing Association’s Bonneville Nationals, also known as Speed Week.

Poteet drove the car to a top speed of 451.933 mph with a two-day average speed of 437.183 mph. 

“We’re running against engines twice our size,” said Speed Demon owner Main. “We’re the spoilers. We’re like the high school football team playing against the Rams. We run a 346-cubic-inch small block engine where everybody else is running 500- and 600-cubic-inch engines.”

This year’s achievement wasn’t a piece of cake though.

“We came with three engines, three transmissions and three rear ends and blew up all three engines,” said Main.

Congratulations to the Speed Demon team for making history on the salt! You can follow their adventures at www.speeddemon.us

See what it’s like to make a high speed run in Speed Demon: