New Guinness Record for Tightest “J-Turn”

[MeraBoy]

Renowned stunt driver Terry Grant set a new Guinness World Record for the tightest “J-Turn” at the Live Action Arena of the UK Autosport International Show. A J-turn is defined by Guinness as turning a car through 180 degrees from reversing in a straight line to driving forwards in a straight line. Grant managed to reverse the 100 HP Renault Twingo GT and spin it through barriers that were just 378 cm (149-inches) apart – only 18 cm (7-inches) more than the length of the car. The crucial measurement for Grant was the diagonal size of the Twingo; at 370 cm, the gap between the barriers and the car was a mere 4 cm (1,6-inches)!

The previous World Record for a J-turn was set on 9 April 1999 in Munich Germany when Russ Swift spun a car though a gap 172 cm (67,8-inches) longer than the length of the car.

Terry said “For this record, the car needs great agility, visibility and pinpoint accuracy. The Twingo has it in spades! Best of all, despite up to six shows each day and numerous practice runs, it was bomb-proof! You couldn't drive many cars home after that sort of punishment!”

Source:
[url=http://carscoop.blogspot.com/]CarScoop[/URL]

 

[Edward Chew]

Wow. Renault Twingo... the concept 1 looks better wor...

 

[sakuraguy]

Awesome technique!

 

[GT_AUTO]

at a first glance,i thought it was "myvi"...hahaha

 

[wenshen]

by the way.. i was at that event.. lol..
umm.. the gap between the barriers set for the J turn was 4.68m.. pretty thight.. he did it in one attempt.. later on he drifted a gallardo.. lol.. which is part of the show..

 

[MeraBoy]

at a first glance,i thought it was "myvi"...hahaha

...r u sure not Tata Nano...hehehe!

 

[GT_AUTO]

hahaha...tata nano ar???once slide.....sure turn over 1 that car.hehehe