Wednesday, March 21, 2012

  Longest car jump in the snow: Mads Ostberg sets world record (Video)

TRYSIL, Norway--Norwegian WRC racing driver Mads Østberg took his WRC Ford Fiesta and jumped 50 meters (164 feet) through the air - setting the new world record for the Longest car jump in the snow, according to World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/.

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The Guinness world record for the most people rolling tyres simultaneously is 299 and was achieved by the Merredin and Districts Agricultural Society (Australia) in Merredin, Western Australia, Australia .

Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the most cars washed in eight hours at multiple venues: 4,918 - achieved by CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts during the Soaps It Up! National Car Wash Fundraiser event coordinated by Victory Management Group (USA) .

  Setting a new bar for himself, and the world, Østberg completed a world record snow jump at the "DC All in Trysil" event, a winter extreme sports festival held last weekend at Trysil, Norway, sponsored by DC Shoes.

  "That was the craziest thing I've done," said the 24-year-old after completing the challenge.

 Østberg took three attempts, leaping off a snowy ramp in his WRC Ford Fiesta, the first of which saw him barely clear the landing ramp. His second jump was cleaner but not quite record-worthy. Finally on the third try he cleared 50 meters (164 feet).