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Guernsey's own high speed racer will star in the first episode of his own new TV series 'Speed Freaks' tonight on ITV4.
The multiple world speed record holder Zef Eisenberg is heading up the six-part TV series exploring "extreme, wacky vehicles, adrenaline-filled action and fantastic feats of engineering".
It will follow the speed racer and entrepreneur as he scours the nation to meet fellow ‘Speed Freaks’ and glean essential engineering know-how from their 'franken machines'.
The knowledge gained on his journey plays a crucial part in helping Zef and the MADMAX Race Team to build a 1200hp specially road-legal Porsche 911 Turbo. The series culminates at Pendine Sands, the holy grail of Land Speed racing where he attempts his life-long ambition to become the first person to break and hold the British land speed records on both bike and car at over 200mph, a feat that has never been achieved before.
The Guernsey resident and entrepreneur currently holds more than 40 land speed records, including the world's fastest turbine bike (234mph), the UK's fastest (no-fairing) 'naked' bike (225.6mph), world’s fastest motorbike racer on sand ever at 201.5mph to Britain’s fastest-ever motorcycle crash at over 230mph.
The show will start at 21:00 on ITV 4.
Pictured top: Zef Eisenberg racing at the Pendine Sands.
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