TED BITS, Ted McIntyre - BEACH RACING AT CAP CANA

—AP PHOTO

One of my favourite stretches of sand in the Caribbean, Juanillo Beach at Cap Cana resort in the Dominican Republic, was used for a little drag racing on Tuesday. While 200,000 were on hand in the capital of Santo Domingo to watch the Red Bull Racing team run on asphalt on Sunday, the next day the Red Bull car reached over 180 kilometers per hour on sand on Juanillo Beach Cap Cana, a feat never seen before in the sport.

The driver was Jaime Alguersuari, the youngest F1 pilot. “I am very happy and excited,” said the 20-year-old Spaniard minutes after racing down 400 metres of the beach coast.

He didn’t mention whether he ran over any beach loungers along the way.

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