Drag boat breaks world record

A NITRO drag boat has quite literally left its rivals in its wake after shattering the world record in its division at the recent Thunder on the River event in the US.

The boat, ‘Problem Child’, had no problem in qualifying for the event’s Top Fuel Hydro category after reaching an amazing speed of 422km/h at Lake Havasu on the Colorado River.

In the footage, ‘Problem Child’, closest to the camera in the white livery, seems to get a poor jump away, but quickly makes up the ground on the 305 metre run to the finish line.

Leaving a mountain of spray as it flies past stunned fans watching from the shoreline, the boat lives up to its title of ‘world’s fastest top fuel hydro’ as it finishes first in its heat with an incredible time of 3.500 seconds.

However, being a new world record holder did little to intimidate the competition with the boat’s official Facebook page announcing the team were quickly knocked off their pedestal by rival team, Nitrochondriac.