11 Oct 180MPH Honda Crash

180MPH Honda Crash: Brian’s Fastest Engine Removal

By Aaron Gaghagen

Video shot by Shaun Mockoski, John Wylie, Mark Brazeau, Sheldon Tackett, Brian Gillespie

Edited by Aaron Gaghagen

Brian Gillespie likes to go fast. That’s why his daily grind is figuring out how to get Honda heads the engine swaps they want under the hood of their own projects. One of the ways he chooses to pursue speed is land speed trials. It’s basically taking your project out into the desert and going as fast as you can on a wide, flat course.

Typically a land speed run goes smoothly, but on this day Brian’s run was anything but smooth. The day before he won the season championship and joined the 200MPH Club. Some issues with the car inhibited it from running its ultimate top speed, so the Hasport Honda Insight with a Hondata tuned K series swap hit the course for what would turn out to be its final run ever. Hear from Brian and witnesses as they tell the real story behind the 180mph wreck that attracted attention from television and radio from around the US and bloggers from around the world.

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