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World Records

(as confirmed by “The Guinness Book of World Records”, Guinness Publishing, London, England)

1997 World Circumnavigation by Car
“Frontera World Challenge”

Special Project School on Time
  • 18,344 miles from Greenwich, England to Greenwich, England
  • 21 days, 2 hours and 14 minutes
  • Through 16 countries, across 4 continents
  • 1997 Vauxhall Frontera SUV

1987 Fastest Drive from the bottom to the top of the Americas
“Pan American Challenge”

Sierra in mud
  • 14,642 miles from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
  • 23 days, 22 hours and 43 minutes
  • Through 21 armed checkpoints in Colombia alone
  • 1988 GMC Sierra Pickup Truck

1984 Fastest Drive from the bottom of Africa to the top of Europe
“Africa-Arctic Challenge”

Africa - Arctic Sunrise
  • 12,531 miles from Cape Agulhas, South Africa to Nordcap, Norway
  • 28 days, 13 hours and 10 minutes
  • Through an ambush in Kenya
  • 1984 GMC Suburban Diesel Truck

1980 World Circumnavigation by Car
“Odyssey 77”

Volvo in Karachi
  • 26,738 miles from Toronto, Canada to Toronto, Canada
  • 74 days, 1 hour and 11 minutes
  • 1980 Volvo 245 DL Wagon
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