--- title: "Twin-Turbo Lamborghini Huracan Sets Half-Mile World Record of 250 MPH" description: "So fast, it almost outruns its own sound." date: "2017-05-22" modified: "2017-05-22" authors: - name: "Kyle Cheromcha" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/10501/twin-turbo-lamborghini-huracan-sets-half-mile-world-record-of-250-mph" categories: - "Lamborghini News" - "News" - "News by Brand" tags: - "drag racing" - "Huracán" - "Lamborghini" - "Supercar" - "Underground Racing" - "World Record" --- # Twin-Turbo Lamborghini Huracan Sets Half-Mile World Record of 250 MPH ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* The horsepower wars of the past decade have spoiled us all. With tuning shops coaxing quadruple-digit power figures from stock-looking cars and production engines knocking on their door, it takes something truly eye-popping to break through the clutter and really knock us dead. But a world-record, 250 mile-per-hour half-mile run in a twin-turbo Lamborghini Huracan at an airstrip in North Carolina? Yeah, that'll do the trick. Tuned to heck by the team at [Underground Racing,]() this Huracan's 5.2-liter V-10 is likely packing something close to 3,000 horsepower at the crank. UGR is known for their ability to more than quintuple the Huracan's factory power numbers with their twin-turbo kits and accompanying engine upgrades, resulting in what they claim to be the fastest street-legal Lamborghinis in the world. It looks like the same car [they showed off at TX2K17 last month,]() where it made short work of the quarter-mile competition. That's impressive enough, but what makes this yellow Huracan (and frankly, most of their builds) really cool is the stock appearance. Any old shop can throw together a stupid-fast drag car with a big hood bulge and even bigger slicks, but it takes real skill and precision engineering to build a car capable of safely hitting 200-plus mph speeds without any ornamentation like this. It doesn't even need a parachute. The record run was performed by speed freak Gidi Chamdi, who previously set the half-mile record at 240 mph in an Underground Racing-tuned Lamborghini Gallardo last summer. He was then passed by [a Huracan (247 mph)]() in September and later [a Nissan GT-R (248 mph)]() just two months ago, so he was eager to take back the crown at [WannaGoFast's shootout]() at Stanly County Airport in New London, North Carolina this weekend. And take it back he did, reaching an insane 250.27 mph. https://youtube.com/embed/lX52pnGnhTs Putting that in perspective—at that speed, the Huracan is covering more than the length of a football field *every second.* Of course, when we say "record," we're talking about street-legal road cars—a top fuel dragster could certainly put this Lambo away, though running one for a half mile versus the standard quarter mile would probably destroy the engine in the process. Underground Racing also brought out an Audi R8 V10 Plus for a few runs, which managed "only" 244.80 mph. But again, we're all spoiled at this point. It's hard to see how they'll be able to keep topping themselves in perpetuity, but we're eagerly awaiting the next installment. https://youtube.com/embed/RQDuaIuxglU ## Author Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world. ### Author social links [Bluesky]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()