---
title: "Watch This 3,000-HP Nissan GT-R Demolish the Quarter-Mile Record"
description: "At 6.88 seconds, the ETS build is faster from 0-222 mph than most cars are from 0-60."
date: "2017-09-26"
modified: "2017-09-26"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/14646/watch-this-3000-hp-nissan-gt-r-demolish-the-quarter-mile-record"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Nissan News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "ams"
  - "Coupe"
  - "drag racing"
  - "ETS"
  - "GT-R"
  - "Nissan"
  - "Nissan GT-R"
  - "Quarter Mile"
  - "Supercar"
  - "World Record"
---

# Watch This 3,000-HP Nissan GT-R Demolish the Quarter-Mile Record

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When you build a 3,000-horsepower Nissan GT-R drag car, you're out to take some names. The folks at Extreme Turbo Systems last trotted out [their demonic project](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/10022/watch-this-6-second-nissan-gt-r-max-out-a-dyno-with-2700-horsepower>) at a July showdown in Colorado, walking away [with a record 255 mph standing half-mile run.](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/11672/watch-the-worlds-fastest-nissan-gt-r-destroy-half-mile-record-at-255-mph>) This weekend, they showed up at a drag strip in Oregon and captured another prize—a 6.88 second quarter-mile blast at an astonishing 222 mph, both of which are world records.

Just for some perspective, that means the ETS GT-R is faster from 0 to 222 mph than most crossovers and economy cars are from 0-60. That kind of neck-breaking power is the result of years of development plus an arms race with rival tuning shop AMS Performance, whose own 2,500+ horsepower Nissan GT-R build [previously claimed the AWD quarter-mile record](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/8470/watch-the-ams-alpha-g-nissan-gt-r-set-the-worlds-first-awd-6-second-quarter-mile-at-tx2k17>) back in March. Clearly, ETS couldn't let that stand.

The video from [*That Racing Channel*](<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgF0OC_3MlW2KEyhhAgIQjA>) on YouTube shows the team make three runs, beginning with a "lower power pass" to check the traction levels (which still produced a 7.29 second/187 mph result). They crank the boost up higher than ever before for the second pass, leading to a record 6.91 second/195 mph run—and a true code brown moment when the tires break loose in fourth gear and the GT-R kicks sideways. Driver Lucas English, who is the real unheralded star of all this, manages to reel it back in with inches to spare with a little help from the drag chute.

https://youtube.com/embed/nakDk-KpWWE

Since it's a cool, damp morning, the ETS crew opts not to dial back the power and instead wait for the clouds to break and the sun to warm up the track surface. When it does, they're finally able to put it all together and lay down an indisputable 6.88 second/222 mph world record quarter-mile run. At the current rate of progress, the AMS-ETR war should produce a 5-second Nissan GT-R sometime next year. We'll be waiting.

## 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.

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