Over in the States the current NASCAR top speed record sits at 212.089 mph (342kph) and was set by Bill Elliot at Talladega Superspeedway in a 1987 Ford Thunderbird. Brent Hajek apparently figures it’s about time that 22-year-old record is topped. Tomorrow, May 13th, Hajek will once again put old-timer Bill Elliot behind the wheel of a Ford at the famed Talladega oval in Alabama, only this time, the vehicle in question will be a Mustang FR500C modified to run on E85.

This particular Mustang Cobra Jet has already claimed a 252 mph top speed at the Bonneville Salt Flats, so there should’nt be any problem setting a new record. Of course, there’s nothing that’s environmentally friendly about lapping an oval track at high rates of speed just for the fun of it. But a Mustang burning ethanol is definately the way to play it.

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