{"id":31972,"date":"2020-11-03T17:15:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T17:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=31972"},"modified":"2020-11-03T17:15:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T17:15:38","slug":"top-gear-host-breaks-guinness-record-in-speedy-ice-cream-van","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/top-gear-host-breaks-guinness-record-in-speedy-ice-cream-van","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Top Gear&#8217; host breaks Guinness record in speedy ice cream van"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A British TV host broke a Guinness World Record when he took an electric ice cream van to a top speed of 80.04 mph.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad_slot\">\n<p>Paddy McGuinness, one of the hosts of the BBC&#8217;s\u00a0<i>Top Gear<\/i>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/news\/2020\/11\/top-gear-presenter-paddy-mcguinness-smashes-electric-ice-cream-van-speed-record-636296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0broke the record for the<\/a>\u00a0world&#8217;s fastest electric ice cream van at the Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire, England.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He&#39;s only gone and done it. At the helm of Mr Nippy &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaddyMcGuinness?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PaddyMcGuinness<\/a> hit 80.043mph at Elvington Airfield; achieving a new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GWR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GWR<\/a> Guinness World Records title for &quot;Fastest Electric Ice Cream Van&quot;. Now, who fancies a 99?<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full film now \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fq6UTtb5bK\">https:\/\/t.co\/fq6UTtb5bK<\/a> See less <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TouNBR3VI8\">pic.twitter.com\/TouNBR3VI8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Top Gear (@BBC_TopGear) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBC_TopGear\/status\/1323014451717672961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>McGuinness&#8217; ice cream truck, dubbed &#8220;Mr. Nippy,&#8221; was constructed using a 1979 Bedford CF ice cream van, the chassis from a 1980 Land Rover 110, a Tesla running gear drive and batteries made by Tesla and Mercedes.<\/p>\n<p>The van had to have features commonly associated with ice cream vans, including a serving hatch, a cooling system and the ability to dispense soft-serve ice cream.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBC_TopGear\/status\/1323014451717672961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1323014451717672961%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.guinnessworldrecords.com%2Fnews%2F2020%2F11%2Ftop-gear-presenter-paddy-mcguinness-smashes-electric-ice-cream-van-speed-record-636296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">top speed<\/a>\u00a0of 80.04 mph beat the previous record of 73.921 mph, which was set in March by Edd China.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-block lato\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A British TV host broke a Guinness World Record when he took an electric ice cream van to a top speed of 80.04 mph. 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