| Bibliographic Entry | Result (w/surrounding text) |
Standardized Result |
|---|---|---|
| Oehme, Andreas. Callaway Corvette Sledgehammer. supersportwagen.net. | "Performance: Top-Speed: 409,98 km/h, 254.76 mph" | 113.88 m/s |
| Short Test of 1996 callaway Supernatural Corvette LM. Motorweek Online. | "And like every poster dream, the LM has a gorgeous body. The LM's aero work continues on the theme first conceived by stylist Paul Deutschman for the legendary Sledgehammer, the street-legal Callaway which ran 254 mph back in 1989." | 114 m/s |
| Riggs, D. Randy. Sledgehammer.Vette Magazine, 1989. callawaycars.com. | "898 horsepower; 6200 rpm in fifth Overdrive equals 254.76 mph!… The Sledgehammer disappeared into the distance and the walkie-talkie crackled with the answer to the question everyone had burned into their mind. How fast? 254.76 mph. Das is der Sledgehammer. And how!" | 113.88 m/s |
| Rosshuber, Klaus. Sledgehammer. Sport Auto, 1989. callawaycars.com. | "The "sneakers"on the car made drag specialist and Sledgehammer record driver John Lingenfelter a little safer at speed. The record was set in October 1989, 254.76 mph which figures to exactly 410 km/h. Now we can report that it would be possible to confirm these achieved numbers in the Vaterland itself." | 113.88 m/s |
For the record the world's fastest street legal car is not the McLaren F1, it's the 1988 Twin Turbo Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette. At 254 mph, it smokes the F1 by 14 mph (which is virtually running by) with all the amenities of home (A/C, etc. thank you) and runs the quarter mile in 10.6 seconds to the F1's 11.6.
Erik V. Davis -- 2001