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Daredevil Breaks Record After Being Dragged Behind A Motorcycle At 159 Miles Per Hour

Author Dave & Chuck the Freak and Cort Freeman
Daredevil Breaks Record After Being Dragged Behind A Motorcycle At 159 Miles Per Hour (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

A British daredevil broke a Guinness World Record after being dragged behind a motorcycle going 159 miles per hour. That’s no easy feat.

Some Guinness World Records are harder to beat than others and I feel like this is one that won’t easily be broken not attempted. Few people would be able, or willing, to take this on. This British daredevil was dragged behind his motorcycle going 159 miles per hour! It can’t be easy and it definitely can’t be comfortable.

Daredevil Breaks Guinness World Record For Being Dragged Behind A Motorcycle

Going 159 miles per hour in a car would be challenging and incredibly scary. But at least you’re inside the car, protected, and sitting on a seat. This is much different than that. He’s being dragged behind a motorcycle! He’s not sitting on it, there’s no seatbelt, it wouldn’t be hard for it to go terribly wrong. Thankfully, it didn’t and now he has earned a spot in the Guinness World Records. That British daredevil is none other than Jonny Davies.

According to UPI, Davies took on the challenge at The Ultimate Supercar Show and had his feet planted on the ground while being dragged behind his souped up Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX at Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire, England. By going 159.52 miles per hour during the amazing stunt he earned a spot in the Guinness World Records for the fastest speed dragged behind a motorcycle, per UPI. The previous record of 156.3 was set by British stunt rider Gary Rothwell back in 1999. It stood for a long time but now there’s a new champion. What a drag. Boom boom cha. You can check out a video of the rare accomplishment below. Can you imagine how scary that would be?

It’s scary just to watch! I can’t imagine how he must feel doing it. I can’t wrap my head around how he’s able to move around and get to the back of the bike without falling off. I certainly lack that sort of balance.

Davies told The Yorkshire Post, “I knew it ws the fastest I had ever gone because the wind was so strong. My foot actually came off the floor because the wind went under it–it was a feeling I had never felt before, even in practice,” per UPI. For a stunt driver to say that, you know it has to be special conditions!

Cort Freeman was born and raised in Metro Detroit. He was named Clarkston High School 2009 Class Clown 13 years after graduating. Totally normal thing to happen. That’s thanks to his time spent as an Intern at Comedy Central and Social Media Correspondent for The Colbert Report. Cort has done comedy across the country, both standing up and sitting down. When he’s not trying to make you laugh on-air and online, he’s probably at home enjoying his favorite shows like Seinfeld, South Park, and The Office. He’s also totally uncomfortable writing about himself in the third person. Cort enjoys writing about comedy, food, sports, and entertainment. So, basically anything and everything.

5 Extreme Red Bull Sports That Should Be In The Olympics

The Summer Olympics will take place in Paris, France this Summer! Unfortunately, there’s not much to look forward to this year. There aren’t many well-known athletes competing in the games this year. Ratings aren’t expected to be great this time around. However, there is a way to bring a huge amount of viewers to the TV to watch the games. It will just require some changes to the games. Here are 5 extreme Red Bull sports that should be in the Olympics!

These extreme sports will likely not be in the games any time soon. However, if they want good ratings they should definitely add these sports to the lineup.

5 Extreme Red Bull Sports That Should Be In The Olympics

The Paris games kick off Friday, July 26th and it will conclude on August 11th. At the 2024 Paris Games, there will be swimming, archery, rhythm gymnastics, tennis, diving, wrestling, and more. Sound exciting? Yeah, didn’t think so. However, if they added some extreme sports, things would probably be more interesting! Honestly, right now the thing I’m looking forward to seeing the most are cool shots of Paris. It’s a beautiful city. The competition? Not very exciting this time around.

Red Bull Sports have been making waves for a while now. They’ve done some very extreme stuff that has gone viral. Some of the things they’ve done have never been attempted before, and probably never will be again. That’s the kind of activity I want to see at the games! I can watch people swim in any public pool at any time during the summer months. These extreme sports are much harder to find.

Seriously, they should consider doing this. It’s not like they’d struggle to find athletes to compete in the games. There are people doing daring stunts and participating in extreme sports in every country in the world, I imagine. Additionally, people love watching this kind of stuff! It’s time to update the games a little. We need to bring them into the 21st century. How do we do that? Extreme sports. Here are 5 Red Bull sports I’d like to see integrated into the Olympics.

  • Wingsuit Racing

    Come on! Who wouldn’t want to watch this? They’re going at insanely fast speeds at ridiculous heights! Not to mention someone could get seriously hurt at any minute. You wouldn’t be able to look away. Well, I know I wouldn’t be able to. This needs to be added at the games.

  • Space Free Fall

    Remember this? It went viral when it happened back in 2012, turning Felix Baumgartner into a household name. Now, we’ve seen it’s possible. Let’s bring it to the games! You could see who does the most tricks, has the best landing, I’m not sure if you could do speed because of gravity, but there’s a lot you can do! Sure, it might take a while, but so does the swimming! Countries have fought over the Space Race for years, now we could bring that battle back, in a slightly different way!

  • Cliff Diving

    Diving is already a part of the Olympic Games, why not add a little extra flavor? Those gyms and pools they dive into are so boring. Can’t we have them jump from a cliff? Or throw some sharks in the water, or something? They need to think about we the viewer. Then they can address the athlete’s needs and safety.

  • Extreme Kayaking

    This would be really cool to see! Of all the options, this might be the closest to reality. I could see it actually happening! At least, to an extent. The sounds, the view, the rush! It’s all so amazing. I’d much rather watch this than two guys wrestling. Not even the cool wrestling, either!

  • Funky Bike Race

    Is it me, or do the Olympic Games take themselves a little too seriously? Let’s add some lighthearted fun with this Funky Bike Race. Each team could built their own, or use something native to their home country. It was be fascinating, entertaining, and educational! Think about all the culture and things you could learn about unfamiliar countries around the world! This could end up becoming the most entertaining game in all of the Olympics. They just need to take a leap and add it to the lineup!

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