Sustaining a drift isn’t an easy feat, unless you’re South African motoring journalist Jesse Adams, who managed to get a Toyota 86 sideways for a distance of 165.04 km. With this amazing feat, he has potentially set a new Guinness World Record for the world’s longest drift in a motor vehicle.
We say potentially because the achievement has yet to be officially verified by Guinness, although Adams is confident that he will slide into the record books after drifting non-stop for five hours and 46 minutes. In total, he completed 1,000 laps of the circular skidpan at the Gerotek Test Facilities in Pretoria, South Africa, although 48 laps were disallowed, bringing the tally of officially completed laps to 952.
Aside from a custom long-distance fuel tank, the otherwise standard 86 managed to beat the previous record set German drifter Harald Muller in another 86 in 2014, by 20.914 km. Toyota used two VBOX GPS data loggers to record information during the attempt, with each lap averaging just 29 km/h and 21.8 seconds to complete.
According to Guinness World Record rules, a drift is performed when there is a speed differential between the driven wheels of the vehicle and its ground speed. Therefore, the driven wheels are not allowed to stop spinning at any time during the run, but a change of direction is permitted, as long as the driven wheels stay in motion.
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He must be done it with empty stomach.
No matter what, Toyota can still be the best in some areas.
Driven wheels not allowed to stop spinning? I guess hydraulic e brake are not allowed
Pfft! Vioses here can drift at 200kmh. Whether masuk longkang is another story.
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gravatar, just ignore the uneducated
Hahaaha since when you are educated one?
It’s km… not kmh..
Is this even relevant?
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using silverstone m3 tyre? hahaha
‘drifting’ in circles and on watery pavement going less than 30kmph.
that aint drifting.
Looks like Toyota is getting good mileage on this advertisement/video.
so what does it proved the 86 to be? that it is a car that can’t be driven straight at all? an easy to loose control car?
is it really that important to drift a car for 165.04km length?
whats the point? come on, i’m pretty sure there are smart answers from some of you smart alecs.
I would have fallen asleep attempting that… Happens very often that I open my eyes and I am staring at a wall, with blasting exhaust note & my finger still pressing the throttle on the game pad.. ;-)