But an unfortunate transmission failure during Speed Week meant Driver and his team missed out on the record they were trying to set in the Altered Coupe class.
With Driver’s car failing, another team broke his record, and Driver wanted it back.
But first, Driver had to get the car working again, which involved welding the main transmission shaft back together.
Waking up at the crack of dawn, Driver completed his second run and set a new world record – 286 miles per hour.
While Driver is driving at breakneck speeds, it takes a village to get the car there.
As for the team, there are brothers Les and Lorne Holm out of Tacoma, Richard Gido and Matt Blasco, “the engine whisperer” out of Alberta, and Vancouver Islanders Richard Norton, Richard Eldridge, Scott Macdonald and Carl Scott, owner of Sooke Brewing Company.
“But I told Miss Daisy, I don’t look good in blue,” he laughed.