159mph BACKIE.DAREDEVIL Dirk Auer set a world record as he went from 0 to 60mph in 1.1 seconds - on his skates. The inline skater reached a top speed of 159mph as he clung to the back of a 1500 horsepower dragster drag·ster n. 1. An automobile specially built or modified for drag racing. 2. A person who races such an automobile. on an airport runway. But the German has gone faster before. He hit 191mph with the help of a Porsche. Now the 36-year-old wants to get to grips with a Formula 1 car. CAPTION(S): CRAZY: Dirk is engulfed in tyre Tyre (tīr), ancient city of Phoenicia, S of Sidon. It is the present-day Sur in Lebanon, a small town on a peninsula jutting into the Mediterranean from the mainland of Syria S of Beirut. smoke, right, by dragster, below |
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