The Netherlands is gearing up for the annual Frisian Nuon Solar Challenge, a 220
km race by solar boats that links eleven cities via canals and lakes.
Not exact matches
By arriving nearly three minutes late for the Prologue, the 7.8 -
km lap around the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg that began this year's Tour, he dug himself a hole that he spent the rest of the
race trying to climb out of.
However, HOKA ONE ONE are
by no means limited to ultra running circles and today can be found at
races from 5
km to 100 miles across the U.S and at numerous local running shops.
That is wrong, the fifa does not mark the maximum speed reached in a
race, they mark average speeds, in addition the statistic of 34.7
km / h of gareth bale was dictated
by the own site of fifa.com in 2013, therefore it is impossible Having managed to reach 34.7
km / h in the Copa del Rey since it only happened in 2014.
Speaking after the
race he accused Perez of «risking our life for nothing... he risked my life in there at 300
km / h down
by Eau Rouge, that's the first thing.
Due to the increasing popularity of
races over 10
km (6.2 miles), or endurance
races, researchers sought to determine how many life - threatening events during endurance
races were caused
by heat stroke compared to cardiac events.
I would expect in say a 5
km race to quickly have the HR up around 170 after the first
km and around 190
by the end of the 5th, rather than 138 throughout.
Stefan Bellof did indeed drive a Porsche 956 to the fastest ever lap of 6:11:13 for a motorised vehicle in 1983... but it was for qualifying for the 1000
km Sports Car
race, so technically it was never a production car... Admittedly some of the cars near the top of this list blur the definition of production car... if you was to go
by the list above, then it should be the Porsche 918 that takes the mantle for fastest production car as the others at the top are thinly veiled track - only specials for someone with deep pockets.
Driven
by Le Mans class - winner and Panasonic Jaguar
Racing reserve and test driver Ho - Pin Tung, the performance SUV conquered China's fearsome Tianmen Road in 9 minutes 51 seconds, at an average speed of 68.8
km / h (42.8 mph).
The
racing driver formerly employed
by Top Gear to play The Stig and the 510 PS 5.0 - liter V8 supercharged Range Rover Sport accepted the challenge of going down the 14.9 -
km (9.2 - mile) course, despite the obvious danger.
Unveiled in 2014 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and inspired
by the company's GT3
racing car, the limited edition model (just 300 examples) served up 572bhp via its twin - turbo - charged V8 engine and a 0 - 100
km / h time in under four seconds.
The development programme included a dedicated endurance test at the infamous Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany, where Ford TeamRS engineers were joined
by three Ford - employed
racing drivers working in shifts to complete 10,000
km of non-stop driving, equivalent to competing in ten consecutive Nürburgring 24 - hour
races without a break.
In 2013, during a training day of a Russian drag
racing event, Unlim 500, a 1700 hp MK.1 GT - R tuned
by Switzer (called Goliath R1K - X) made a new record of top speed and standing mile trap speed, reaching the finish line at 402.23
km / h (249.9 mp / h), breaking the previous record of 386
km / h made
by an AMS / Turbo Drive 1550 hp Alpha 12 + GT - R, which still holds the standing mile world record of 22.086 s at 385.43
km / h.
The machine behind the achievement was the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse clocking a speed of 408.84
km / hr driven
by a Chinese
racing driver Anthony Liu.
The engine cover on the Centenario is fixed with quick release fasteners, just like
race cars, so it isn't easy to reveal the V12 engine underneath this carbon fiber and glass unit, the vents and design form an integral part of the aerodynamic design of the Centenario
by the way, the V12 lurking under this cover now pumps out 770hp at 8,600 rpm, making this the most powerful engine ever built in Sant «Agata... acceleration figures of 2.8 s to reach 100
km / h from a standstill and 0 to 300
km / h in only 23.5 seconds are a testament of the work put into creating this masterpiece.
Its
racing - inspired dual - disc clutch channels that power to a set of massive, 20 - inch
by 12 - inch rear wheels, helping push the ZR1 to more than 200 mph (320
km / h).
They do this
by allowing it to start the
race 5
km ahead of Jaguar.
The
race will comprise of a unique 1.8
km swim in two different bodies of water, a 1.3
km sea swim immediately followed
by a 0.5
km swim in one of Laguna Phuket's freshwater lagoons.