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Hennessey Performance is a superstar in the automotive performance world known for its insane automotive creations. On May 27, 2015, professional driver, Brian Smith, piloted this insane Hennessey HPE750 Mustang to a record-breaking top speed of 207.9 miles per hour at the Continental Tire Proving Grounds in Uvalde, Texas, making it the first S550 Mustang to break a top speed of 200 mph.

Speaking of superstars, another famous car guy, Jay Leno, was on the scene to take in all of the action to film an upcoming episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, which you can expect to see on CNBC later on this year. While at the Continental Tire proving grounds, this incredible run was made on this 8.5-mile high-speed oval, the same track where the man behind the plan, John Hennessey, piloted the HPE700 Mustang to 195 mph a few months back in February. Both tests were legitimized by Racelogic’s VBox 3i GPS data logging system. You can see the action here on the YouTube video.

“If at first you don’t succeed, just add more horsepower and rpm and try again,” said company founder and president, John Hennessey. “It’s pretty cool to be able to offer an American muscle car that delivers supercar performance for under $70,000.”

“I have a lot of seat time in the 2015 Mustang GT, since the Ford Performance Racing School has a fleet of them that we use for high-performance driver training,” said Brian Smith, GM of Utah’s Miller Motorsports Park and instructor at Ford Performance Racing School. “The Mustang GT is a fast, good-handling car right from the factory, but the Hennessey Mustang takes it to a completely new level. The Hennessey high-performance upgrades transform a very good Mustang GT into a legitimate supercar.”