Overland Speed Travel Records

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(At the Speedcar Grand Prix in Dubai)

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These speed records, overland by car, are really impressive:

(based on my internet research)

US coast to coast from New York to Los Angeles

4.500 km in 1 day, 7 hours

Wired Magazine

Panamericana from Deadhorse to Ushuaia

23.000 km in 11 days, 17 hours, incl. Airlift Colombia-Panama

TDI-Panamericana

Transeurasia from Cabo San Roca (Portugal) to Magadan

15.400 km in 8 days, 13 hours

Transeurasia

Transeurasia on the 48. meridian from West France to East Russa

12.800 km in 5 days, 13 hours

http://it-it.facebook.com/notes/orc/the-longest-drive/322757157750497

Russtralia from Melbourne to St. Petersburg – southernmost to northernmost million-city

23.000 km in 17 days, 18 hours

Russtralia

Transafrica from Capetown to London

16.000 km in 10 days, 13 hours

AfricaRecordRun

Overland to the South Pole

2.100 km in 4 days

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-11000/fastest-overland-journey-to-the-south-pole-(average-speed)/

Highway 1 around Australia

14.500 km in 4 days, 10 hours

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(At the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne)

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