Pro-skater and reality television star Rob Dyrdek, who recently set a world record for the longest jump off a ramp in a car… going backwards.
Officially nailing the record for “Farthest Reverse Ramp Jump by a Car,” Dyrdek hit a mark of 89 feet, 3ΒΌ inches, while performing a so-called “kick-flip” off a ramp in a Chevrolet Sonic. The skater professes to be “a Chevy guy,” saying in a press release that using the Sonic as his preferred ramping tool, “just made sense.”
Now the Chevrolet you see in the video below hedid undergo some pretty serious preparation. Chevrolet added a roll cage, along with racing seats and harnesses, and a five-gallon fuel cell was installed in place of the stock gas tank. Modifications also involved redistributing the weight to achieve a 40/60 front/rear split, removing the exhaust and stock battery, and, of course, uprating the shocks and struts to a beefier system from Jem FX.
The record-breaking jump will punctuate the season finale of Dyrdek’s show, Fantasy Factory, airing on March 13 at 10:30PM on MTV.
