Repetition has always been necessary to success — just ask Malcolm
Gladwell, or any Olympic athlete, or if you prefer Rob Dyrdek, the
skateboarder-turned-MTV host who set a world's record two years ago by
doing
a kick flip in a
Chevy Sonic.
For the finale of his "Fantasy Factory," Dyrdek and crew went for
another record, using a California theme park and a set of ramps for a
massive jump — backward.
It's not clear what kind of modifications have been made to the 2014
Sonic RS Turbo in question, but whatever they've done it sounds far
stouter than the stock minicar, and likely a little tougher in the
suspension as well. (In the spirit of the proceedings, the driver called
himself Bor Kedryd. Give it a second.)
Dyrdek
said via his Twitter feed that the car cleared 89 feet, 3 inches to
claim the new Guinness World Record for a reverse ramp jump. The
previous record holder is none other than the BBC's Top Gear, which in
2008 sent an ancient Austin Allegro soaring backwards through the
British countryside before smashing into a pile of junk cars just 61
feet and 2 inches away. Take a bow, Bor Kedryd and telorvehC.
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