The phrase "a record ahead" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a situation where something is anticipated to surpass or exceed a previous record or standard.
Example: "With the team's recent performance, they are on track to set a record ahead of last year's achievements."
Alternatives: "a new record forthcoming" or "an upcoming record".
During his first period in Formula One, from 1991 to 2006 when he raced for Benetton and then Ferrari, Schumacher won seven world titles, a record, ahead of Juan Manuel Fangio's five titles in the '50s and Alain Prost's four titles in the '80s and '90s.
Musician Doug Wimbish noted that Erotica was a record ahead of his time.
We let it go that way naturally and we don't have a feel for a record ahead of time.
Helped by BP, the FTSE 100 finished up 48.91 points at 6774.73, a new five month high, while on Wall Street the S&P 500 hit a new record ahead of the two day US Federal Reserve meeting which ends on Wednesday.
4.89 million Macs, a new record — ahead of last quarter.
"To finish the competition with a world record ahead of the Paralympics next year is promising and I have been pleased with how well our debutantes stepped up to the plate with many of them medalling," he said.
Led by 6'8" phenom Brittney Griner, the Baylor Bears had steamrolled to a 34-0 record ahead of Selection Monday.
Davis graduated from high school with a.447 batting average in 320 at bats, with 48 doubles (a school record, ahead of Konerko's 44), 12 home runs, and 106 runs batted in (RBIs) (third in school history).
Hope and Richards - who already had a deplorable criminal record ahead of the stabbing - both protested their innocence during their four-and-a-half month trial at Swansea Crown Court.
His combined score of 452.9 was a new Games record ahead of India's Sanjeev Rajput (446.9) and eight-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Gagan Narang (436.8).
She is a scholar who is fairly new to the political arena and apparently didn't realize that according to the rules of the game you have to say clearly that a conversation with a journalist is "off the record" ahead of time.
