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Zeekr car earns Guinness record for tightest drift gap

A Chinese electric carmaker navigated a sideways drift through a tighter gap than any driver previously recorded by Guinness World Records.

On air: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on Late Night BBN
Published 10:11 PM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

Photo: Zeekr — Photo: Windmemories · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

First reported by UPI: “Zeekr car earns Guinness World Record for tightest gap pass while drifting”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 10:11 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.
BBN covered this story before: Zeekr drifts into the record books; Weird Al Week begins again (October 12).

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UPIZeekr car earns Guinness World Record for tightest gap pass while drifting

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorZeekr, a Chinese electric carmaker, just set a Guinness World Record by drifting sideways through the tightest gap possible.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI do that at the Costco lot every Saturday and nobody gives me a certificate. I just get honked at.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBecause you were reversing.

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The story so far

Oct 12Zeekr drifts into the record books; Weird Al Week begins again · Milwaukee Record
Oct 12Zeekr car earns Guinness record for tightest drift gap (this story)

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