Stark VARG SM Sköll silently breaks a record that stood since 2012
An electric supermoto has lapped the abandoned 1923 banked oval at Terramar faster than an Audi R8 LMS ever did: 41.888 seconds.
Built in just 300 days in 1923, the concrete oval at Autòdrom de Sitges-Terramar hosted racing for barely a year before being left to nature for a century. On 10 September 2026, the timing systems were switched on again, and the machine that set the fastest mark did so in complete silence.
On Thursday 10 September, Stark Future rider Jonas Skovby lapped the two-kilometer oval in 41.888 seconds on a Stark VARG SM Sköll. That beats the 42.600 set by Carlos Sainz in an Audi R8 LMS in 2012, a margin of 0.712 seconds. The bike is a road-legal production motorcycle with no gearbox, no clutch and no exhaust.
The attempt was a joint project between Stark Future, Alpinestars and DC Shoes. It was staged under permit, following a process with the circuit’s owners and local authorities that took the better part of a year. Terramar is among the oldest purpose-built banked ovals still standing, and one of the least used. It has been effectively abandoned since the 1920s and is now earmarked for redevelopment.
The record that stood
Terramar opened on 28 October 1923 as Spain’s first permanent racing circuit. The banking is steep enough to be awkward to walk up. Albert Divo won the inaugural Spanish Grand Prix there in a Sunbeam at an average of 96.91 mph, ahead of Louis Zborowski’s Miller. The builders almost immediately ran out of money, contractors went unpaid, and the circuit never hosted another international race.
In 2012, Red Bull returned. Two-time World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz lapped the oval in an Audi R8 LMS in 42.600 seconds. That time stood for fourteen years, and it was the one Stark came to beat.
The lap
Over a two-kilometer lap, 41.888 seconds works out to an average of a little over 172 km/h. That was achieved on concrete that has not been resurfaced in a century and has endured a hundred years of weather.
The bike was the Stark VARG SM Sköll, the 500-unit limited edition announced on 16 September. In full ALPHA specification it produces 80 hp and 914 Nm at the rear wheel, with single-speed drive and a weight of 123.4 kg (272 lb). It ran straight out of the box.
The single-speed drivetrain is an unusual advantage on a circuit like this. With no shifting there is no interruption: the bike simply builds and holds its speed. What it gives up is top speed, but on a two-kilometer oval the stopwatch seems willing to accept that trade.
The rider
Jonas Skovby rode the record lap. The Swedish Supermoto champion and freestyle rider moved from competitive track racing into a career as a world-renowned urban street riding content creator.
“Slamming through a century-old track at 200 km/h means you are constantly on the edge, either about to be launched off a concrete wall or losing the front tire by a hair,” Skovby said. “With zero time to react or fix a mistake at those speeds, all I could do was completely trust the bike. It was an absolutely insane adrenaline rush and easily the wildest thing I have ever done.”