Top Gear's Paddy McGuinness Breaks World Record For Fastest Speed Reached on an Ice Cream Van

Urian B., Tech Times 01 November 2020, 11:11 pm

A particular Paddy McGuinness has recently smashed the current Guinness World Record that is being held for just how fast anyone can possibly drive an ice cream van. This particular record was achieved and featured on Sunday night's episode of Top Gear and it showed the 47 year old hopping into a particular electric van that was named Mr. Nippy.

Paddy McGuinness set a new record breaking the previous 73.921 mph

According to The Daily Mail, the goal was to be able to beat the previous given record of a whopping 73.921 mph and was formerly held by a particular inventor known as Edd China. Paddy then headed towards the known Elvington Airfield located in Yorkshire sometime in October with the known Guinness World Records Adjudicator Pravin Patel present on the scene.

Paddy got into a four-wheel drive van which was based on a previous Bedford CF ice cream van along with a 1980s Land Rover 110 chassis, the Tesla running gear, and was powered by the Mercedes/Tesla batteries being able to reach a top speed of a whopping 80.043mph.

The home-built, all-electric, ice cream van designed for the 21st century

Paddy had also come up with a plan to be able to save the known traditional ice cream van. His actual answer lies in the known shape of the said home-built, all-electric, as well as all-terrain ice cream van designed for the 21st century. The vehicle was designed to sweep the streets, cross the beaches, and also gets its on-board rubber ring for an aquatic ice cream delivery.

The very final episode of the known Top Gear's 29th series first saw the said Bolton-born host showcase the particular Mr. Nippy's really unique features to the fellow presenters known as Chris Harris and Freddie Flintoff around Blackpool just before a particular paintball shoot-out against the crack team of different hotdog vehicles on the popular Salisbury Plain.

Paddy's new record wants to bring back the joy of ice cream vans

Paddy then said that ever since joining Top Gear, he has had quite a few lifetime's worth of really amazing experiences but so far, achieving an actual Guinness World Record is a "total life goal". It was then stated that the distant jingle of a nostalgic ice cream van currently still makes both kids and adults all giddy with built up excitement and he hopes that his viewers will be able to enjoy what was done to the really unique Mr. Nippy.

The said Series 29 of the world's biggest ever motoring entertainment show responsible for being the entertainment that is thrilling millions of both BBC One as well as BBC iPlayer viewers every single week starting on its debut some time earlier this month.