Curious about the time when a tennis superstar ventured into the fast lane with one of America's most ambitious supercars?

In the end, Wiegert succeeded. Sort of. He claimed his Vector W8 could run flat out at 242 mph - the fastest of any production car at the time. And still ridiculously fast today. But on closer ...

Projected speed of the extreme Vector Avtech WX8 HPV at maximum boost is in excess of 270 mph, with 0 to 60 mph times projected in the 3.0 to 3.3 second range.