Watch Chinese driver nail world's largest loop-the-loop

Anyone who has ever set up a Hot Wheels track knows that there is no more awesome an automotive stunt than the loop-the-loop. While some would argue that a good old fashioned Duke Boys jump takes the prize, we feel that the case for driving upside down is just irrefutable. That there are apparently people actively setting new world records for driving around loop-the-loops only makes us more convinced.

A new Guinness World Record for circling the largest loop-the-loop was set just a few months ago by Li Yatao, who drove a Youngman Lotus L5 around a loop with a diameter of 42 feet, 2.69 inches. The car appears to have had both front and rear bumpers removed to improve ground clearance during the run, and of course, a full roll cage was fitted. Yatao is a driver on a Youngman factory team – yes, that Youngman, the would-be suitor for Saab.

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http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/20/w...loop-the-loop/

 

At first I thought the car was a Buick Verano.

 

cool but could've done without the woman commentating. her voice is kinda grating.

 

Damn, was just about to click to watch but it's too early in them morning to be annoyed. lol, will re-diary this.

 

pretty cool stunt... no windshield either for the stunt?

 

Still doesn't match the barrel-roll stunt made famous in 1974's Bond classic, "The Man with the Golden Gun" . . .


That stunt required several months of prep, constructing the ramps, developing the "shoe" that would guide the car, an AMC Hornet X, into the spiral. The stunt was performed by W. Jay Milligan Sr, a professional driver and stuntman who, along with Raymond R. McHenry, head of engineering mechanics in the transportation research department at Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, now Calspan. The stunt sequence was first worked out on Cornell's computers using performance characteristics developed from real-world crash data in order to get the ramp curvature and entry speed right . . . because any error could easily have been fatal.

The stunt was premiered in a "Thrill Show" at the Houston Astrodome prior to the "Golden Gun" shoot...