16-year-old American set a world record

Chloe Chambers is driving a Porsche 718 Spyder to set a new slalom world record.

Chloe Chambers, 16, has set a new world slalom world record in a Porsche 718 Spyder.

The young American, who lives in New Jersey, started her career on four wheels at the age of seven in karting and has since perfected her driving technique while pursuing her other hobby, taekwondo, a martial art for which she has a black belt. ...

And Chloe Chambers does not lack concentration or dexterity to set a new world record in car slalom on a track dotted with 50 cones at a distance of 15,05 meters, on which a teenager drives a standard Porsche 718 Boxster Spyder.

Chambers has 420 hp. and 420 Nm generated by the naturally aspirated 4,0-liter six-cylinder block of the German coupe-convertible (capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 km / h in 4,4 seconds) cover the distance of the track in 47 seconds 45 hundredths or more half a second better than the previous record ( 48,11 seconds on a 762-meter track).

“It sounds easy, but it’s actually not quite the same – going as fast as possible between 50 cones without hitting any and trying to improve the record made me a little nervous,” Chloe Chambers explained after the placement. new record. “On the last pass, everything fell into place: the car worked perfectly, I found the necessary traction. Thanks to my family and Porsche for supporting me and believing in me.”

Chloe Chambers' record and a Porsche 718 Spyder were set in August in New Jersey.