http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/art...223167,00.html

Hyper Viper's attack on Veyron

Not one company has dared say its car could outrun the Bugatti Veyron. John Hennessey is damn sure his will...

If a Bugatti Veyron rolled up to a traffic light alongside a gang of idling exotics, even the most boisterous Ferrari driver wouldn’t rev his engine in challenge. The thunder of 1001bhp would send a sonic boom through his carbon fibre shell, crack it in half and leave a wet puddle on the fancy leather seat.

Now try that next to John Hennessey, a smirking Texan slinking low in a Hennessey Venom 1000 Twin Turbo, his monster rendition of the crude, all-American Dodge Viper. He presses the throttle, the heat of 1000bhp and 1100 lb ft of torque crackling out of the side exhausts.

The Bugatti pilot doesn’t even nod his head - then the light turns green. The Veyron is immediately in the clear thanks to its all-wheel-drive, but in the next few seconds, the Viper presses along the Bugatti’s side mirror and then - the unthinkable - it makes a pass.

That’s what Hennessey thinks will happen when he gets the chance to race a Veyron head-to-head strapped with full test gear. So far, only the Veyron’s top speed has been officially documented outside the factory. Everything else is on Bugatti’s word....................