VIDEO: Terry Grant's world record "J-Turn" in a Twingo
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Yesterday we told you about stunt driver Terry Grant setting a Guiness World Record by performing a J-Turn through a narrow gap of just 378 centimeters. A J-Turn is basically reversing a car in a straight line, throwing it into a 180-degree turn and driving away on the same same line. We bemoaned to ourselves that there was no video available at the time, but ask of the internet and ye shall receive. Watch Terry Grant's world record J-Turn after the jump, and note that the diagonal length of the Twingo used by Terry Grant in the stunt is 370 centimeters, so at some point during his record there was just 4 centimeters between car and barrier on either side.
[Source: YouTube via Carscoop]
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Yar 1:41PM (1/17/2008)
Awesome, no do it in a Corvair.
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Bob 2:36PM (1/17/2008)
LOL!
LBuzzer 1:43PM (1/17/2008)
That's just bonkers...!
Well done!!
I wonder what kind of pressure he runs in his tires... of course, there's the slick concrete to consider, but still - less than 2 inches of clearance on either corner at that speed? That's threading the needle!
Blindfolded!
With boxing gloves on!
While running from a pack of dobermans!
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rndmnme 3:29PM (1/17/2008)
with glass in your socks
and it's raining fire
with the stench of a 1000 sewers
Seoultrain 1:53PM (1/17/2008)
yay for a single camera angle where you can't even gauge the closeness of the barriers. How about an overhead shot? Seems like that should be a given for a stunt like this.
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Seoultrain 1:55PM (1/17/2008)
ok, i just saw the big screen in the background. Much better angle there. Someone needs to find that feed.
rwag 1:55PM (1/17/2008)
The correct name for it is a Rockford. Still not has impressive has when Jimmy does it with the good old firebird.
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MemphisNET 2:05PM (1/17/2008)
Very cool!
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cowboy bob 3:26PM (1/17/2008)
Let's see him do it with something worth a little more loose change, like a Rolls Drop Head coupe. That's where the balls are!
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bd427 3:54PM (1/17/2008)
We always called this, "gangster getaway".
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Daniel Cote 4:31PM (1/17/2008)
Someone's math is wrong. The official Twingo specs are 360cm x 165.5cm. That would make the diagonal 396cm. OK, the diagonal is shorter because the car is curved on the corners but could it be that much less.
The turn is amazing nonetheless.
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Guenther 4:52PM (1/17/2008)
Look at the average front bumper. most are curved to the point of being a radius around the center. If the rear has a little curve, it fits.
That thing is 5 1/2 feet wide??? I was unaware that a man could actually drive a Twingo.
Will 5:10PM (1/17/2008)
I need to learn how to do that. Someone lend me their car.
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Steven 11:29PM (1/17/2008)
Yeah, we always called it a Rockford, and it's not to hard in a properly rented car to pull off.
adsfdsa fdsfadsf 1:47AM (1/18/2008)
what does this pic of a deformed-looking girl have to do with anything?
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