- Travis Pastrana x Bentley Supersports
- Watch the ‘Supersports: FULL SEND’ vid via YouTube
- Limited edition Bentley Supersports is already sold out
- Power of 666 PS + rear-wheel drive = donuts and slides!
Bentley has roped-in legendary US petrolhead Travis Pastrana to promote its new rear-wheel drive Supersports.
And the resulting video - Supersports: FULL SEND - is as raucous as you might expect!
The Bentley Supersports - a devilish evolution of the Bentley Continental GT - was announced late last year as the ‘most driver-focused Bentley ever’.
A 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine channels 666 PS and 800 Nm to the rear wheels while a two-seat layout and aggressive aero (including massive rear wing) give the Supersports maximum hoonability.
The Bentley Supersports was limited to just 500 examples, each costing around £350,000 and with all cars having sold out.
But that didn’t stop Bentley from handing one to Pastrana, the 42-year-old founder of extreme action sports collective Nitro Circus.
What is the Bentley Supersports: FULL SEND video?
It was shot in the grounds of Bentley’s factory on Pyms Lane in Crewe and described as Bentley's own ‘Pymkhana’ - with Pastrana having taken over the reins of the famous ‘Gymkhana’ precision car stunts series following the death of Ken Block in 2023.
Pastrana said: “I knew the Supersports would have a lot of power but I was happily surprised by how nimble and fun it was to drive. I’ve never driven a production-based car to film a video of this magnitude before, without a clutch or modified steering angle, I had my concerns - but the Supersports exceeded all of my expectations. It was exactly what I had hoped for - the perfect combination of luxury and performance.”
The key modification between the regular car and Pastrana’s weapon of choice was the addition of a hydraulic handbrake mounted next to the steering wheel.
A spokesperson explains: “Bentley’s chassis and transmission teams integrated the handbrake with the car’s control systems to allow instant reinstatement of power as the handbrake was released, meaning Pastrana could manipulate the car sideways before a tight corner and then maintain a long drift through it.”
Other changes included software modifications to allow ‘power braking’, where the brake and throttle can be applied simultaneously, to allow adjustment of cornering stance mid-drift and to allow the car to perform static and rolling burnouts.
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