03-05-2007, 11:33 AM
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Juha Kankkunen in aContinental GT smashed ice speed record
http://www.worldcarfans.com/news.cfm...e-speed-record
Juha Kankkunen has a Bentley winter driving school and I guess that was one deciding factor for this driver/car combination.
http://www.bentleymotors.com/Corpora...id=1&infid=337
When the record was broken before, I managed to see the Bugatti, friend of mine was interpreter for the driver. Amazing car.
Both records were made 50km from here. Before that I remember one record attempt done with Renault 21turbo.
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03-05-2007, 12:10 PM
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Impressive speeds by the continental, but why would that be their choice of car to break a speed record?
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03-05-2007, 12:47 PM
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4wd, safe, powerful and stable.
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03-05-2007, 12:52 PM
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The car was not standard, try that with a normal GT and I would have real respect 
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damn speedkillar, if you didnt have a title already it would now say 'robofucker' or similar  |
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03-05-2007, 12:58 PM
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They should have used an Audi R8, nice publicity and cooler car 
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03-05-2007, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by inso
4wd, safe, powerful and stable.
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Yeah very true, i mean the things weighs a lot. figured they would use a lighter car thats all.
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03-05-2007, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by dani_d_mas
Well - 321kmh is very fast on snow... but I'd like to see this attempt in a sweedish rally stage. Those WRC rallydrivers are the true snow-top-speed heroes! |
Indeed, I can only see those guys doing this, noone else!
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03-05-2007, 04:46 PM
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Silver cars in the snow, can't go wrong Awesome speeds!
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03-06-2007, 04:37 PM
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Re: Juha Kankkunen in aContinental GT smashed ice speed reco
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Originally Posted by inso
http://www.worldcarfans.com/news.cfm/country/ecf/newsID/2070305.001/bntly/bentley-continental-gt-smashes-world-ice-speed-record
Juha Kankkunen has a Bentley winter driving school and I guess that was one deciding factor for this driver/car combination.
http://www.bentleymotors.com/Corpora...id=1&infid=337
When the record was broken before, I managed to see the Bugatti, friend of mine was interpreter for the driver. Amazing car.
Both records were made 50km from here. Before that I remember one record attempt done with Renault 21turbo. |
thank you , see here the video with the Renault R21 Turbo - Ice Speed Record
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03-07-2007, 04:52 AM
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nice picture Dani 
interesting drive
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