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10 longest sedans (ceased production) (21st century onwards) Parent company of marque Model name Body style Class Length of longest version Years in Production Image Daimler AG: Maybach 62 / 62 S: 4-door sedan Ultra-luxury car 242.95 in (6.171 m) [11] 2002-2012 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars: Rolls-Royce Phantom VII EWB: 4-door sedan Ultra-luxury car
The world record recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest drive in a competition is 515 yards (471 m) by 64-year-old Mike Austin in 1974 at the US Senior National Open Qualifier with a 43.5" steel shafted persimmon wood driver. [5] The record distance achieved in the European Long Drive Championship is 473 yards (433 m) by Allen ...
Tonya. Michael Hoke Austin (February 17, 1910 – November 23, 2005) was an American golf professional and kinesiology expert, specializing in long drives. [1][2] He was credited by Guinness World Records with hitting the longest drive in tournament play (471 m/515 yd) in 1974 at Winterwood Golf Course (now called Desert Rose Golf Course) in ...
Richard Petty holds the record for the most NASCAR Cup Series wins in history with 200. David Pearson is second with 105 victories, and Jeff Gordon is third with 93 wins. [5] Petty also holds the record for the longest time between his first win and his last. He won his first race in 1960 and his last in 1984, a span of 24 years. [6]
17 May 1922. (1922-05-17) (aged 40) Marylebone, London, UK. Occupation (s) racing driver, journalist. Dorothy Elizabeth Levitt (born Elizabeth Levi; 5 January 1882 – 17 May 1922) was a British racing driver and journalist. She was the first British woman racing driver, holder of the world's first water speed record, the women's world land ...
The World Long Drive Championship is an annual long drive competition in the sport of golf. It was first held in 1974, and since 2000 has comprised Open, Masters (over-45s) and Women's events. From 1995 to 2015, the events were owned and produced by Long Drivers of America.
Having sold more than 600 million copies worldwide,[ 13 ] Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling is the best-selling book series in history. The first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, has sold in excess of 120 million copies, [ 14 ] making it one of the best-selling books of all time.
History of PDF. The Portable Document Format (PDF) was created by Adobe Systems, introduced at the Windows and OS/2 Conference in January 1993 and remained a proprietary format until it was released as an open standard in 2008. Since then, it has been under the control of an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committee of ...