This is an epic slide at 102.5 miles.
The Toyota GT86 has had a reputation for being able to spin its rear sideways on hardwood floors. It’s one thing to drift around a circle, but it’s another to do so in a naughty manner. South African journalist Jesse Adams set a Guinness World Record for longest drift. Adams was able to drive the GT86 continuously for 102.5 miles (165.04 km) despite not having received record certification. This beats the previous record set by Harald Muller (German driver), who managed an 89-mile drift (144 kilometers) in a GT86 back on 2014.
Adams spent five hours and 46 mins to complete his drift-tastic record attempt, which involved circling a wet pad more than 1000 times. Toyota states that “the premise of the record is not that the driven wheels can stop spinning at any point during the run.” However, the car can still change its direction as long as the wheels are in motion.
Two VBOX GPS dataloggers were used by Toyota to record information on the record attempt. Each lap averaged 18 miles per hour (29 km/h) and 48 laps were disallowed. That left 952 officially logged skidpad laps. Adams broke the previous record after 800 laps but kept drifting to beat it. Guinness World Records has received the data for official certification. Except for an additional fuel tank in the spare-tire well, the GT86 used to attempt the record was the same as stock.