Bill Elliott will be visiting Talladega Superspeedway tomorrow, May 13th, in an attempt to break his old speed record of 212 mph.  Elliott has teamed up with Brent Hajek, owner of Hajek Motorsports.

"Hajek Motorsports will embark on its next challenge, with technical support from Ford Racing, when they attempt to break the 22-year-old NASCAR speed record held by Bill Elliott.  Elliott himself will pilot Hajek's E-85 Mustang FR500C, which has been reconfigured to NASCAR specs, at Talladega in an attempt to break his 212.089 mph qualifying lap from 1987 at the same track.  FIA officials will be on site to verify the attempt and to validate the record."

Last August, Mr. Hajek took the E-85 converted Mustang FR500C to the Bonneville Salt Flats in search of the land speed record for an Ethanol powered car.  The Mustang was able to hit a top speed of 251.741 mph once, but was not able to repeat  the feat.   A mechanical failure kept the team from making the validation run, but the 252 mph run earned their car the unofficial designation by some as the 'fastest production Mustang on earth.'

The Hajek Motorsports E-85 Mustang is currently at Bill Elliott's race shop in Dawsonville, Georgia, going through final preparations.  This week the team will scrub tires and do initial testing, in anticipation of breaking the record on Wednesday afternoon at Talladega.

Quoted portions of this post are from the full article here at (fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net).  You can watch a video of the Mustang at the Bonneville Salt Flats below.  Good luck, Awesome Bill. 

 UPDATE: You can watch this attempt live tomorrow by visiting:

http://forums.bradbarnett.net/elliott/

UPDATE 2: Bill Elliott crashed during the second shakedown run yesterday afternoon after a cut tire or tire failure.  He was okay, but the car was not.  You can watch the first shakedown run by clicking the link right above this - streaming provided by The Mustang Source.