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Paul Thacker Breaks World Snowmobile Distance Record
Thacker man&#;s up, braves blizzard conditions and uncorks a footer!
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., (Feb. 26, ) &#; Monster Energy/Slednecks&#; Paul Thacker flew a snowmobile farther than anybody in history on Saturday, setting a new ramp-to-ramp distance record of feet that eclipsed his old record of feet.
And though seven feet doesn&#;t seem like that big of a margin, Thacker accomplished the feat in a blizzard with travel warnings.
&#;Actually, he broke three records,&#; said event promoter John Keegan of Slednecks. &#;Longest jump in a blizzard and longest jump in front of a crowd.&#;
Nearly 5, Minnesotans braved the &#;Stay home&#; warnings from the local media to witness Thacker&#;s historic jump of a pound Bikeman Performance-powered Polaris IQ snowmobile at Canterbury Park &#; a horse racing facility just outside Minneapolis.
&#;It was pretty insane,&#; said Thacker. &#;I can&#;t believe we even pulled off the show, much less break a record.&#;
With wind gusts in the high 30 mile per hour range and visibility at a minimum, the Slednecks crew got to the facility at 7 a.m. in the morning on Saturday and were able to put in a few practice jumps, work on getting their math straight for the evening jump under the lights. In
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Friday, November 19,
Largest Custard Cream Biscuit - Paul Thacker and Simon Morgan set world record
NOTTINGHAM, UK--Two cousins, Paul Thacker, 30, and Simon Morgan, 32, spent and-a-half hours to make a 59cm long and 39cm wide cream biscuit - setting the new world record for the Largest Custard Cream Biscuit.
Photo: Paul Thacker and Simon Morgan set new record for world's biggest custard cream biscuit.
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It took Mr Morgan and Mr Thacker, who is executive chef at the Park Plaza Hotel in Maid Marian Way, 11 and a half hours to make the giant custard cream in the restaurant's kitchens, even without a first attempt before baking began.
Simon believes his attention to detail and Paul's know-how as a chef were key ingredients.
Simon said: "It was a bit of a logistical nightmare. The difficulty was turning the biscuit over, from it coming out of the oven we had to slide it and turn the bases around really didn't have time for a trial run."
Paul, who is executive chef at the Park Plaza Hotel, in Maid Marian Way, Nottingham, said it took hours to prepare."We