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MacKenzie

ANDY WALLACE has been to the edge of the envelope more than any driver in the world.

On August 2, 2019, Wallace set the production car speed record, 490.4837km/h – yes, he remembers it to the fourth decimal place – in the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ on the 8.7km straight of the giant high-speed circuit at Volkswagen’s Ehra-Lessien proving ground.

During the extensive

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