I would agree 100% on the new radar system is very close. They actually use two radars, one picks you up at half track and one at the finish line. They take the highest reading from either gun. Also they have a 3rd back up gun if one goes down. I took the MY WAY 224 mph run thats on YOU TUBE from the cliff where all the media and radar folks are staged. From the racers I know we talked after each of there runs and radar speed to there GPS speed was only tenths off.

Pretty awesome weekend and couldn't have gone much better!!

but poker runs are not sport.

Is that the fastest speed an offshore boat has been verified as ever traveling? Shootout, race course, kilo, anything?

Properly calibrated K-band radar shot head on is pretty much dead nuts against any onboard GPS speeds in my book. Last fall we made a dozen top speed passes, boat to boat testing K-band and LIDAR. Two onboard GPS units tracked within 0.2 of each other, and always within 0.5 of the radar gun when doing head on fly by passes. Some off angle passes varied up to 10mph.

Laser proved to be junk on the water, even using reflective tape, just wouldn't get valid locks.

So I'd agree that two gun setup and taking the highest value is the fairest measurement method possible for such events today.

-K

Correct the top fuel drag boats are running faster but only for maybe a second or two. They are unable to complete a two way average over whatever sustained distance is required by the UIM for a world record speed. Its scary flippin fast but in the clip it looks like its on rails.

It's eerie how tame that run looks on video.

that's exactly what I was thinking...