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Bentley Sets Speed Record of 205 mph...On Ice
« on: February 15, 2011, 11:16:36 PM »
Bentley Sets Speed Record of 205 mph...On Ice
Published February 15, 2011
| FoxNews.com

A sports car has set a world speed record by traveling 205.48 miles per hour…on ice.

The Bentley Continental Supersports was piloted by 51-year old Juha Kankkunen across the frozen surface of the Baltic Sea off the coast of Finland, which is home to four-time World Rally Champion. In doing so, he broke his own record of 199.83 miles per hour set at the same location in 2007 in a Bentley Continental GT.



The record-setting Supersports was powered by a 6.0-liter, 12-cylinder engine similar to the 621-horsepower version found in the $280,000 showroom version of the car and running on E85 ethanol-based fuel. The only major modifications made to the all-wheel-drive two-door for the run were the addition of a roll-cage, custom front and rear spoilers for increased aerodynamic stability and a parachute mounted at the rear to help bring the vehicle to a halt on the low-traction surface.

Kankkunen needed to drive the car over 3 miles just to break the 200 mph barrier, maintain the record speed through a timing zone and then stop within the confines of a 7.5 mile course that was plowed out of the snow-covered ice. Officials from the Guiness Book of Records were on hand to verify the feat, which had to be completed in both directions to count as a record.

Interestingly, given the location and temperatures as low as -30 degrees Celsius, the car used was a convertible, although the top was kept up during the run. A coupe version of the Continental Supersports is also available.

Bentley announced that it will celebrate the achievement by introducing a special edition of the Continental at the upcoming Geneva Auto Show on March 1st. The Volkswagen-owned company said that this “extreme” Bentley will be limited to 100 copies and be the most powerful model it has ever made.

The current Guiness top speed record for a production car is also held by the Volkswagen Group after a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport hit 268 miles per hour on a test track in Germany last year. Customer versions of that car sell for over $2 million.

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/02/15/bentley-sets-speed-record-mphon-ice/
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Re: Bentley Sets Speed Record of 205 mph...On Ice
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2011, 09:49:38 AM »
Dodging Ice Houses at 200+?!

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Re: Bentley Sets Speed Record of 205 mph...On Ice
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2011, 08:46:52 AM »
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Re: Bentley Sets Speed Record of 205 mph...On Ice
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2011, 11:33:11 AM »
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Re: Bentley Sets Speed Record of 205 mph...On Ice
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2011, 04:51:27 PM »
Wonder if they had any tire slip. :?

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Re: Bentley Sets Speed Record of 205 mph...On Ice
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2011, 05:33:44 PM »
Not with the wide tires.

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Re: Bentley Sets Speed Record of 205 mph...On Ice
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2011, 05:35:20 PM »
Ouch!!!! Did he just say that!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-D

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Re: Bentley Sets Speed Record of 205 mph...On Ice
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2011, 05:49:09 PM »
Not with the wide tires.

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Re: Bentley Sets Speed Record of 205 mph...On Ice
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2011, 07:11:24 PM »
Were they spiked or studded wide tires?
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Re: Bentley Sets Speed Record of 205 mph...On Ice
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2011, 01:30:42 AM »
Is it Landspeed if you are on ice?!@

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Re: Bentley Sets Speed Record of 205 mph...On Ice
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2011, 09:42:52 AM »
Of course it is a landspeed record ........ because the Americans did it this way back with the Ford 999 outright speed contender on Lake St. Clair in 1904.

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Re: Bentley Sets Speed Record of 205 mph...On Ice
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2011, 12:17:45 PM »
Is it Landspeed if you are on ice?!@

Yes,,, the run was on the land (not the air or space) regardless of Surface ... Salt, Snow, Ice, Dirt, Asphalt or Concrete,,, land is land  and fast is fast !!!

I also love the Coupe version of that Bentley... my next wish list  LOL !!!

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Re: Bentley Sets Speed Record of 205 mph...On Ice
« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2011, 01:14:16 PM »
Great strategy to tap Juha Kankkunen to drive. There's plenty of frozen lakes that host Winter racing in the US so there might be a new career path for retired WRC drivers!
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