Monday, December 15, 2014

  Longest twin vehicle drifting: Nissan Middle East breaks Guinness World Records' record (VIDEO)

DUBAI, UAE -- Nissan Middle East has set a new World Record title for the longest twin vehicle drifting; two Nissan Z cars drifted around a track at the same time without stopping for 28.52 kilometers; the record was set in the second attempt during the launch of the "Nissan 370Z DriftExperience" which will offer anyone the opportunity to learn and perfect the art of drifting, according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/ .

  Photo: Two Nissan Z cars drifted around a track at the same time without stopping for 28.52 kilometres. It took two attempts to break the Guinness World Records' record, which was part of the launch of the "Nissan 370Z Drift Experience", which will offer anyone the opportunity to learn and perfect the art of drifting. ( enlarge photo )

The Guinness World Records' record for the longest vehicle drift is 144.126 km (89.55 miles) and was achieved by Harald Müller (Germany) in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Turkey) in Samsun, Turkey, on 15 July 2014.

  Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the most cars performing donuts simultaneously; it is 107, achieved by the Latvian Drift Association (Latvia) at the Bikernieki Sports Complex, near Riga, Latvia, on 7 September 2012. A total of 115 cars took part in the attempt however only 107 participated in accordance with the guidelines.

   Nissan Middle East has set a new World Record title for the longest twin vehicle drifting.
   Two Nissan Z cars drifted around a track at the same time without stopping for 28.52 kilometers.

   The two drivers of the Nissan 370Zs took two attempts to set the brand new record after Guinness World Records officials set a minimum distance of 25 kilometers to create the new record.   The record consisted of the both drivers making their cars drift around a specially made track in close proximity to each other in a 'twin drift' routine that took 44 minutes to complete.

   The new world record was set in the second attempt during the launch of the "Nissan 370Z DriftExperience" which will offer anyone the opportunity to learn and perfect the art of drifting.

 Speaking at the event Samir Cherfan, Managing Director, Nissan Middle East, said: "With today's accomplishment of setting a new World Record title, we have proven again the strength of our vehicles by adding another World Record to our list. The Nissan Z is a very popular car in the drifting scene and this new record is yet another proof on the ability of this car to make drifting look so easy."

  In August 2013, Nissan Middle East broke another Guinness World Records title when the Nissan Patrol demonstrated its strength by successfully towing the world's heaviest aircraft .
   The nearly 3-ton 4WD "Hero of All Terrains in Life"pulled a 170.9-ton cargo plane for more than 164 feet (50 meters) at Sharjah International Airport in the UAE.