How to drive 330km/h in broad daylight, without getting arrested

Sophie Team Observers — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:35:00 +0100

Cannonball, Gumball, Redline, Carbon Black - they sound like the names of videos games, but in fact, these are races; organised in secrecy, barely legal, and highly dangerous for the public. First set up in Asia, the high speed chases are now tearing through the streets of Central Europe.

Only owners of big, fast and expensive cars are invited to take part: most of them are young entrepreneurs and celebrities. The general public and the police are left in the dark until a day or two in advance, and only find out as a necessity - the race takes place on a motorway, and in broad daylight. The official speed limit is 130km/h on the D1 motorway, but most of the luxury cars get away with driving at over 200km/h, despite there being normal traffic on the road. The rewards are suitably bling bling: winner of last month's Diamond Race, Prague businessman Petr Kříž was awarded a diamond worth €40,000 for steering his orange Porsche along the public motorway from Prague to Budapest.

Extreme drivers risk extreme deaths

Julien — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:30:55 +0100

There’s nothing new about "extreme driving" in Saudi Arabia. Only now, the whole world can admire Saudi drivers’ exploits on YouTube. Young people in the kingdom are literally bored to death.

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How to drive 330km/h in broad daylight, without getting arrested

Extreme drivers risk extreme deaths