A lunatic driver who uploaded a video of himself breaking a highly illegal record by driving 26.5 miles around Manhattan in just 24minutes and seven seconds before bragging how he couldn’t be traced, has been arrested.
Officers swooped on the New York City home of Christopher Adam Tan in East Harlem yesterday and impounded a 2006 BMW Z4 he allegedly used to tear through the streets at breakneck speed in August this year. … More
Fastest Lap Around Manhattan 2013
During the summer of 2013, a record was set for the fastest loop around Manhattan starting from 116th St. on the FDR heading downtown, up the Henry Hudson Highway, and back down to 116th St. in just 24 minutes. Previous records were set by CBC with 26 minutes in 2010 and before that Alex Roy with 27 minutes back in 2001.
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You don’t go to a 24 Hours of LeMons race for the speed. Because for race cars that cost no more than $500, speed isn’t a thing. You go to a LeMons race to witness the barking mad, clapped-out vehicles perilously navigate turns at 6 mph. You go to watch the officiators utilize the “Wheel of Misfortune” to decide a punishment for lousy driving, such as the “Mime Your Crime” penalty, where the driver must paint their face in white and mime their infraction before being allowed back on course.
And if you went to last weekend’s LeMons race at New Jersey Motorsports Park, you could tell your friends you saw the premier of the Upside Down Race Car … More
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