UK (9/16/2010) - Comber
Quad rider Justin Reid is the proud holder
of two Guinness World Records (subject to
final verification) after taking part in Trax,
the UK’s Ultimate Performance Car Event,
held at the legendary Silverstone Racing Circuit
on Sunday the 5th of September.
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Justin
Reid gets his Yamaha Banshee 400 sideways
during his 47MPH run into the record
books!
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Riding the same Yamaha Banshee on which he recorded the outright lap records at
both Kirkistown and Bishopscourt, on his way
to winning the 2009 P&O Winter Supermoto
Series Quad Championship, the multi British
and Ulster Champion was an instrumental part
of the six rider team hand-picked by Tony Nash
from the Quad Racing Association UK as part
of a promotion for the all-new Nail’d
ATV racing game which is being launched next
month.
In front of 18 000 spectators, Reid secured
his first entry in the Guinness book of World
Records by taking the Fastest 0 – 60mph
ATV Time with a time of 3.12 seconds, this
was also the 2nd fastest time recorded outright
by any vehicle at the event and only bettered
by a full blown dragster. Justin then made
it a double with the Guinness World Record
for Fastest ATV Side Wheelie with an incredible
speed of 68 mph, blitzing the existing record
of 47 mph set by none other than the World
famous Motocross, Freestyle Motocross and
Extreme Sports Athlete, Travis Pastrana of
Nitro-Circus fame.
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Justin
Reid prepares at the starting line as
he launched his Banshee yet again into
the record books with a blistering run
down the paved drag strip! |
Commenting after the event, a delighted Reid said, “First, I’d like
to thank Tony Nash of the Quad Racing Association
UK for making all this happen today. It was
awesome to showcase some of our skills and the
quad’s abilities in front of such a large
audience. When I heard that the record stood
at 47mph for the side wheelie I thought that
I could go faster but I never really got around
to practicing it, as there is nowhere suitable
close to home! We did some demo’s here
this morning and I used that time to get comfortable
up on two wheels but 47 turns out to be pretty
fast! I felt that I could do it though so I
did a couple of runs to set my speed and it
turned out that I had already gone faster on
the second run! I knew I could go a bit faster
yet so I tried again and set the 68mph speed.
When it came to the 0-60 time I think that
we opened a few of the cars guy’s eyes!
I’m happy with 3.12secs – my little
CT Racing 400cc engine certainly packs some
punch despite its size!”
For further information including video footage,
photographs and reports from this and other
events that Justin has taken part in, please
visit the Justwin Racing website at www.justwinracing.com
Information on Nail’d ATV racing game
can be found at www.naildgame.com
