Record Breaker Drifts Car Nearly 1.5 Miles
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A professional stunt driver has broken the Guinness world record for drifting…a car, not aimlessly traveling from town to town.
Mauro Calo performed the feat at Mercedes-Benz World, an event and driving center in Weybridge, England, where he drove a showroom stock C63 sedan for 1.43 miles around a circular track, powersliding it for nearly 8 laps of the circuit.
The attempt ended when a rear tire blew out.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Calo broke the record set by 2010 Formula Drift champion Vaughan Gittin, Jr. in 2009 by over 1,290 feet.
The event took place just three weeks after two-time Formula Drift champ Tanner Foust set a new Guinness record by jumping a truck 332 feet from ramp to ramp as part of the celebration at the 100th anniversary running of the Indianapolis 500 this past Memorial Day weekend.