Set a world speed record on ice

The author of the record became a Finnish driver Juha Kankkunen (Juha Kankkunen), driving a convertible Bentley Continental Supersports.

Finnish racer is a four-time world champion in rally racing. Himself record was set in the area of ​​the Baltic Sea, covered with 70-sanimetrovym ice. Given the strength of the wind, Juha very ventured to turn over, but nothing happened. Overboard was about minus thirty degrees Celsius. Interestingly, the previous record also belonged Kankkunenu and was established in the year 2007. Then Finn was driving a Bentley Continental GT, and was able to accelerate to 321, 6 km / h. At this time the convertible Bentley Continental Supersports to the 630-th "horses" under the hood was able to accelerate to 330 km / h! Engineers do not modified in a power plant, and focused on safety: roll cage inside the car and drag chute on the rear bumper. Record fixed representative of Guinness World Records. At the end of photoset watch videos.




















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