The Baltic Sea is sitting off the coast of Finland, is a white desert of ice and snow in the winter part of the calendar. Local hero Juha Kankkunen, a four-World Rally Champion, the view across the length and sees a blank sheet on which he can make his mark. What exactly is the brand? It is 200 miles per hour ... on ice.
Kankkunen is no stranger to driving fast on less-than-ideal driving conditions. But his rally car never hit 200mph and he was not go to 70 inches worth of ice, four miles from the Finnish coast. This rapid Fin had been a shot at the 200-mph mark made in 2007 with a Bentley Continental GT. He was short, but its official rate of 199.83 hours did shatter miles the previous ice speed record of 184 km / h, which in 1995 was in a Bugatti EB110 Supersport set.
This time Kankkunen piloting the Bentley Continental Super Sport convertible, which offers 621 horsepower under the hood. The only changes made to the car included a roll cage, Pirelli winter tires help a rear parachute and some mild aero mods to the stability in the more slippery surface.
His Bentley gurgling at the start line like a British schoolboy who pushed just discovered Pop Rocks, Juha Kankkunen the accelerator to the velvety soft carpet in his super sport ice rocket. Thousand feet higher, and the world has a new record for driving fast on ice ... 205.48 hours miles. Onnittelut Juha yes Bentley!
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