Classic video: world car donuts record

This must surely go down as one of the most bizarre Guinness World Records – now in its 60th year.

Rewind to 2007 when Brit Terry Grant performed 10 consecutive donuts (spins) in a car – whilst standing on the roof!

The incredible footage sees Terry, a multiple record holder and car stunt driver, begin by performing numerous donut spins of the car sitting in the driver’s seat before climbing through the window and moving onto the roof where he stood for 10 consecutive spins.

Terry achieved the record under the watchful eye of a Guinness World Records Adjudicator in his trademark 1937 Ford Sedan at the Santa Pod Raceway in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, UK, on 3 October 2007 and also appeared on Chinese TV show CCTV.

Sadly, Terry’s record was broken in 2012, and broken by some length, when Brazilian Alberto Aires Wierzbicki achieved 52 spins in Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil, on 12 August 2012.

It’s not all bad news though, Terry still holds two records for the Fastest time to do 10 donuts (spins) in car (14.81 seconds) and Most simultaneous car donuts by the same driver, which is four – both of which date back to January 8, 2006.

In addition he holds the Guinness World Records title for the Narrowest J-turn (18 cm (7 in) between the car length 360 cm (11 ft 9 in) and the space between two barriers 378 cm (12 ft 4 in)), Fastest time to change a wheel on a spinning car (3 min 10 sec), Most people in a car during a side wheelie (six), Fastest time to drive a car one mile on two wheels (2 mins 55 sec) and Fastest mile driven in reverse (1 min 37.02).

The footage of Terry is part of YouTube’s ‘Guinness World Records Classics’