Land Speed Record
On August 19, 2008 a 1971 Z600 coupe named Evil Tweety set a new speed record for stock body production cars with 750 cc engines at 103.978 MPH (with a stock 600 engine bored to 700 cc). The record was set by Eric Burns at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The next day Chris Clay took "Evil Tweety" to a new record for altered gas cars with 750 cc engines at 106.531 MPH These records were beaten three years later, the production car record by a Saab 96.
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