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3,000 HP Nissan GT-R Brings 1/4-Mile World Record Back to US: Amazing 7.14s Pass

Did you know the USA and the Kingdom of Bahrain are currently engage in a fierce battle? Fortunately, this is the kind of brawl that requires popcorn, not armor, as we're talking about the Nissan GT-R quarter-mile world record.
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3,000 HP Nissan GT-R Brings 1/4-Mile World Record Back to US3,000 HP Nissan GT-R Brings 1/4-Mile World Record Back to US3,000 HP Nissan GT-R Brings 1/4-Mile World Record Back to US
It all started last year, when AMS Performance led the battle for the R35 GT-R 1,320-feet sprint record within the US. However, back in January, Bahrain-based Ekanoo Racing stole the record, with the team then beating its own record the following month.

However, earlier this week, Ekanoo Racing delivered a new Godzilla world record - in fact, the crew also set a Porsche 991 1/4-mile record with a 911 Turbo S, but we've already mentioned that in the Nissan story.

And at the end of that article, we wondered what the American aftermarket developers engaged in this battle think of the Bahrain-captured record.

Well, the piece of footage at the bottom of the page allows us to get an answer to that question - the clip shows AMS Performance bringing the record back to the US.

And the machine used wasn't the tuner's developer car. Instead, we're talking about a customer vehicle. However, this isn't your "average" client car - the new record was set using the Alpha G, which, according to the estimations dropped by AMS Performance in the past, packs around 3,000 ponies.

Its owner, Gidi, used to race a 2,000 hp AMS-build GT-R that slipped on its spilled oil and crashed at over 100 mph. Which means we're dealing with a bit of a Phoenix story here.

The Alpha G GT-R managed to deliver a 7.14s run at 212 mph and you can check it all out in the video below. The clip also allows us to see how extreme trying to handle such a setup in low-speed, parking-like scenarios can be.

And since Ekanoo Racing had already dropped the usual "our new setup still has untapped potential", we'll be here with that popcorn.

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