World's longest drift

I know that haters are gonna hate, but congrats, Johan: 51+ miles of non-stop drifting. That's about 20 laps around Road Atlanta.

http://youtu.be/2ftbcg1soLc

Wow and on a course that turns both ways too...that must have been tough.

He appeared to be doing rings around a short oval. I am sure Ken Block will be along shortly to do 1500 circles around a pylon to SMASH the record.

Looked like a figure-8 to me...which makes more sense in one way, it distributes tire wear and heat more evenly.

What's that? a week of winter driving in Colorado? Meh.

I e-mailed Johan for some details on the course.

I wonder when they'll have to develop special tires with extra thick layers of rubber just for these stunts.

If modifying the surface is fair game, never. This was done on wet pavement, on ice the limitation would be the car's range.

In reply to scardeal:

Oh man, that's totally the next logical step for this; Giant R/C car tires with just solid rubber donuts glued to a totally cylindrical wheel...

Did the navi system say "make a left, make a left, make a left, make a left, make a left..."

pinchvalve wrote: Did the navi system say "make a left, make a left, make a left, make a left, make a left..."

Or just "DORIFTUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!....."