Monday, January 4, 2010
Longest Jump in a Rally Car-Travis Pastrana
sets world record
LONG BEACH, Calif., USA--On New Year's Eve, action sports
icon Travis
Pastrana
, 26, made history, launching his Subaru Impreza
STI rally car off the Pine Avenue Pier in Long Beach at 91
miles per hour, soaring 269 feet over Rainbow Harbor and successfully
landing on a floating barge-setting the new world record for
the Longest
Jump in a Rally Car
.
Photo: Travis Pastrana jumps his Subaru
269 feet in Long Beach, Calif., breaking the world record
for the
Longest
Jump in a Rally Car
Photo Christian Pondella/Red
Bull ( enlarge
photo
)
"The flight was awesome," the 26-year-old daredevil
said. "I couldn't have asked for anything better."
"I was really nervous all day long, but
when I got in the car I felt really calm," said Travis
Pastrana
The Longest
Jump in a Rally Car
was the latest in Red Bull's New
Years, No Limits series. The jump put Pastrana almost 100
feet over the former record, which stood at 171 feet.
Travis
Pastrana
is a pioneer in his sport - he completed
the first ever double back flip on a motorcycle, has jumped
out of an airplane without a parachute, and now officially
holds the world record for the longest jump in a rally car.
After successfully completing the record jump, Travis
Pastrana
celebrated by performing a back flip off
the landing ramp into Rainbow Harbor.
For additional event information, as well
as information on Travis
Pastrana
, visit www.redbullnewyearnolimits.com
.
The previous Guinness world record for the Longest
Jump in a Rally Car
was 171 feet set by Pastrana's
Subaru teammate, Ken Block, in a rally car in November 2006.
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Highest
waterfall dive - world record set by Di Huanran
Longest
saltwater dive-world record set by Robert Silva
Youngest
wing-walker-world record set by Tiger Brewer
Biggest
skydiving formation-US skydivers sets world record
Running
the longest distance while on fire-Keith Malcolm sets world
record
Oldest
wing walker-world record set by Tom Lackey
Highest
waterfall kayak plunge-world record set by Tyler Bradt
Highest
jump on a motorcycle-world record set by Ronnie Renner
Monday,
January 4, 2010
Longest
saltwater dive-Robert Silva
Biggest
skydiving formation-US skydivers
Running
the longest distance while on fire
Highest
jump on a motorcycle-Ronnie Renner
Fastest
jet-pack flight-Eric Scott
Back
flip in a wheelchair - Aaron Fotheringham
Driving
a car through the smallest gap
Fastest
Freestanding Brick Breaking-Bernd Hoehle
Highest
and longest bike-ride - Nick Wallenda