Mad Mike Whiddett has some of the coolest cars out there — especially his drift stable. Earlier this year, Whiddett started on his boldest project yet: Dressing up a McLaren 650S GT3 in P1 GTR bodywork, slapping a triple-rotor engine in back and getting it sideways at Goodwood.
The MadMac, as it’s called, came together in just over three months of work leading up to this year’s Goodwood festival. Mad Mike and his team spent 100 days combining the 650S GT3 chassis and P1 GTR body with a custom widebody kit and Whiddett’s preferred rotary engine.
The car, as promised, did make its way up the hill at Goodwood. It may not have gotten quite as sideways as Ryan Tuerck’s Toyota Stout, but that upward-facing exhaust sounded truly spectacular as it ripped up Lord March’s famed driveway.
The engine attached to that exhaust is definitely an interesting one. Whiddett loves a rotary, using them in everything from his Formula Drift cars to his Pikes Peak racer, and this one claims 944 horses — more than enough to get the McLaren slideways.
With the MadMac done, it’s anyone’s guess as to what Whiddett will build next. A pickup, like the Stout? A Ferrari, like Federico Sceriffo’s Fiorella? No one knows what chassis Mad Mike will pick next, but it’s safe to assume one thing: It’ll be rotary-powered.