Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Watch a Stunt Driver Set a 115-mph World Record for Driving on Two Wheels [VIDEO]

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October 25, 2016 at 1:06 pm by | Photography by YouTube, Guinness World Records

Side-wheelie

You may have seen stunt drivers drive on two wheels before, but you definitely haven’t seen it done at this speed. That’s because the run you can watch below just set the Guinness World Record for “fastest side wheelie” in a car, at 115.742 mph.

The record was set by Finnish stunt driver Vesa Kivimäki behind the wheel of a diesel-powered BMW 3-series. Nokian Tires sponsored the run, using it as an opportunity to show off its fancy new Aramid sidewalls, which clearly can take some abuse.

We can’t find any evidence online of a previous record, but that doesn’t make Kivimäki’s run any less impressive. There is, however, a record for the longest such stunt in a car, which covered an astounding distance of 230.57 miles.



Congrats, Vesa Kivimäki, on driving into the record book—sideways, and at a ridiculous speed. Check it out below:

This story originally appeared on Road & Track.


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