When One Car Has More Horsepower Than Churchill Downs

When One Car Has More Horsepower Than Churchill Downs

WheelsMuscle cars have fought for decades to be the brawniest. Now electric cars are pushing the envelope, past even 1,000 horsepower.The Lucid Air will be available next year. It covered a quarter-mile in 9.9 seconds and hit 144.4 m.p.h. in a recent test.Credit...Lucid MotorsBy Lawrence UlrichIn 1967, the Ford GT40 was one of the fastest cars on the planet.This was the street-legal version of the American underdog that won at Le Mans, memorably canonized in “Ford v Ferrari.” Packed with a 306-horsepower V-8, it could scorch to 60 miles an hour in just over five seconds.How quaint: Today's Honda Accord Sport, a family-sedan schlepper, can run neck and neck with the vintage Ford to 60 m.p.h. Plenty of luxury sedans, S.U.V.s and sports cars bring 400 to 600 horsepower. Muscle