Federal-Mogul Motorparts is supporting Challenge4, a specialist in worldwide automotive projects with Volkswagen (VW) vehicles, in its world record attempt to drive from Nordkapp, Norway (the northernmost point in Europe) to Cape Agulhas, South Africa (the southernmost point in Africa) in less than 28 days.
Rainer Zietlow, owner of Challenge4, aims to complete the 19,000km ‘Cape to Cape’ challenge in just 13 days, which will mean maintaining an average speed of 60km per hour. He will also attempt to break the thirty-year-old challenge record for fastest trip across the continent, from Ras Ben Sakka,
Tunisia to Cape Agulhas, South Africa.
Zietlow, a German driver, will begin the challenge on September 21 in a Volkswwagen Touareg, a vehicle which is equipped with Champion®and Ferodo products as Original Equipment, including brake pads and wiper blades.
“For the third consecutive time, Federal-Mogul Motorparts is supporting one of my world record attempts,” said Zietlow. “Reliability is essential for these challenges and brands like Champion and Ferodo help to provide this. It is a real pleasure to work with a company that
is so professional and supportive of our projects.”
The Challenge4 team has competed in similar long distance challenges and is the current world record holder for the ‘Panamericana,’ a race from Argentina to Alaska, and the ‘Russtralia’ from Melbourne to St. Petersburg. Federal-Mogul supported Zietlow and his team throughout both of these world records.
