Professor Denton has a pretty boring faculty home page. Most people start falling asleep somewhere between spectroscopy and spectrometry. But when the last class ends, and the lights go out, Professor Denton becomes:

From the press release:

Denton is also known for breaking land speed records at the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats Speedway, where he's just driven himself into sports car racing history. Denton was officially clocked at speeds greater than 300 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats on Aug. 20.

 

"We were already the world's fastest sports car, but when we qualified at least on one pass at more than 300 mph, people went crazy. That's never happened before," Denton said.

 

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"I saw the 5-mile marker go by and thought, 'That shouldn't have gone by yet. I don't want to stop if that wasn’t really the 5-mile marker.' But I decided it really was the 5, and popped my parachute. My accelerometer showed over 2 G's deceleration."

 

That's funny, Shia LaBeouf was saying the same thing the other day. Only instead of "5-mile marker" it was "police vehicle." And instead of "parachute," it was "bag of activated charcoal."