Ford-Powered USCC Prototype Breaks Daytona Lap Speed Record with 223MPH (359KM/H)

It took 26 years for someone to break Bill Elliott’s Daytona lap speed record of 210.364 mph (338.548 km/h), set in a Ford Thunderbird during qualifying for the 1987 Daytona 500. The new Daytona lap speed record has been broken by Michael Shank Racing’s Colin Braun in a Riley Technologies Daytona prototype race car powered by the new 3.5-liter V6 Ford EcoBoost race engine. Read more »