Hi everyone,
I have just seen an episode of "N24 Wissen" which is some sort of documentary covering all sorts of topics on german TV. Today they have tried to set a speed record in doors, trying "to beat the 130 kph record from England". They have not explicitly mentioned Top Gear, but 130 kph is about 81 mph which is the record set by the Stig in the F1 Toyota in episode 08x06.
They had a girl in a 140 horsepower Toyota, managing 111 kph, some bloke on a bike which was good for 122 kph and a racingdriver in his race-spec car which did 109 kph. They have used a 420 meter long track, unlike Top Gear (they had a 385 meter track).
That should mean that Top Gear stills holds the speed record for cars driving in doors.
It was kind of pathetic though, like on several occasions when some german TV show tried to copy certain things TopGear already did before which all ended up in an epic fail. If you take the biker out, since a bike is not really a car, it is even more fail-ish. They even put racing slicks on the race car, heated to about 90?C to give it more grip.
Anyway, I thought I let you know about it.
For all the german readers: The show re-airs next Monday at 9:10 a.m. on N24.
For everybody else: If you are interested I could try to catch a copy.
I have just seen an episode of "N24 Wissen" which is some sort of documentary covering all sorts of topics on german TV. Today they have tried to set a speed record in doors, trying "to beat the 130 kph record from England". They have not explicitly mentioned Top Gear, but 130 kph is about 81 mph which is the record set by the Stig in the F1 Toyota in episode 08x06.
They had a girl in a 140 horsepower Toyota, managing 111 kph, some bloke on a bike which was good for 122 kph and a racingdriver in his race-spec car which did 109 kph. They have used a 420 meter long track, unlike Top Gear (they had a 385 meter track).
That should mean that Top Gear stills holds the speed record for cars driving in doors.
It was kind of pathetic though, like on several occasions when some german TV show tried to copy certain things TopGear already did before which all ended up in an epic fail. If you take the biker out, since a bike is not really a car, it is even more fail-ish. They even put racing slicks on the race car, heated to about 90?C to give it more grip.
Anyway, I thought I let you know about it.
For all the german readers: The show re-airs next Monday at 9:10 a.m. on N24.
For everybody else: If you are interested I could try to catch a copy.