Hennessey Performance and its owner John Hennessey have recently developed a strong interest in the Ford Focus ST. John like this car so much he is daily driving one. Of course, it’s not a stock ST. They are using this car as a testbed for the HPE300 package. The first stage of tuning adds only 30 more horsepower, but even that is enough to smoke the front wheels completely in a matter of seconds.

The car has recently been to the TX2K13 Burnout Contest where it did this:

It is cool to see Hennessey is taking a break from developing mega horsepower cars and is working on something more mainstream. Ford Focus ST is an excellent car for such treatment because it is one of the best handling and most fun hot hatches in the world right now.