A quantity of months go by because the SSC Tuatara controversy broke, and ever since Jerod Shelby announced a second attempt, we haven't heard much of anything out of SSC. We still haven't heard everything from SSC directly, but they have been busy.
According to some YouTuber by the name of Robert Mitchell, SSC had a second go at the record attempt earlier this month. Unfortunately for SSC, nothing originates from it due to mechanical difficulties with the Tuatara.
Mitchell was invited to SSC's record run while he was among the initial YouTubers who analyzed the original run and questioned SSC's results. Shmee150 and Misha Charoudin were also invited, but couldn't allow it to be due to travel restrictions. This second attempt took place in Florida, and Oliver Webb was not driving. Instead, the dog owner (Dr. Larry Caplin) of this Tuatara decided he was going to drive it himself. No explanation was handed for Webb's absence.
SSC ran into problems with the vehicle the day before it planned to visit flat-out for that record attempt. Mitchell offers a full explanation in the 30-minute video above, but long story short: The Tuatara ran into heat problems that eventually led to two spark plugs failing. Running multiple runs to well over 200 mph without sufficient cooling eventually saw the Tuatara get way too hot, leading to the Tuatara eating a pair of plugs. Caplin allegedly got the Tuatara up to 251 mph in the final run, but he aborted the pull as he felt the vehicle wasn't accelerating like it must have. Of course, it had not been accelerating like it should have because of the heat soak problems that had already caused its damage.
SSC quit after discovering there have been problems, and never made another attempt. Mitchell says SSC is likely to try again sooner or later after Christmas (he plans to attend again), so we'll be looking for attempt number 3.
