Land Rover and Terry Grant have smashed the Guinness World Record for the fastest mile in a car on two wheels at the weekend’s Goodwood’s Festival of Speed Terry’s 2:24.5 run was a highlight of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, set in a 575hp Range Rover Sport SVR that topped 60mph on the record-breaking run The Guinness World Record time – achieved in a last gasp attempt on …
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Land Rover and Terry Grant smashed a world record* at this week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, with a two-wheel speed run in the new Range Rover Sport SVR. Terry’s 2:24.5 run up the famous hillclimb broke Terry’s old record for a mile travelled in a car on two wheels, set in 2011, by more than 30 seconds.Terry Grant flipped the Range Rover Sport SVR up on to two wheels with the use of a ramp, before hitting speeds of up 60mph on Goodwood’s famous hillclimb as he set the new World Record time.Terry snatched the record in a dramatic last gasp attempt on Sunday afternoon, having attempted four runs earlier in the weekend, none of which Terry managed to complete.The Range Rover Sport SVR is a 575hp performance SUV, capable of 0-60mph in 4.3 seconds and a top speed of 174mph – with four wheels on the road, at least. View larger image Édition: France His curriculum vitae includes records for the highest number of donuts in 100 seconds, fastest time for doing one mile in reverse, tightest gap driven through on two wheels, fastest time for changing a wheel on a spinning car, and the narrowest J-turn in a car. 16 July 2018 You need to be conscious of everything, from the camber of the road to the strength of the wind.
View larger image EDİSYON: TÜRKİYE Download At the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Terry Grant took down the record for the fastest one mile covered with a car on two wheels with a time of 2 minutes and 55 seconds.
Using an SUV that weighs well above two tons makes the attempt even more difficult, but if there’s one man that can do it, it’s definitely Terry Grant. This year's event was undoubtedly one of …
And we’re barely scratching the surface here.Taking the supercharged SUV up the hill on just two wheels while navigating through pretty narrow left and right turns takes a lot of skill and we’re glad the Goodwood Festival of Speed serves as the venue for such attempts almost every year.
Версия: Россия It really shouldn’t be underestimated how difficult a two-wheeled speed run like this is; you are always fighting to keep the car balanced right on the edge, as it tries to tip either one way or the other.