Tribune News Service
Bengaluru, November 15

“Tornadoes”, the motor cycle display team of Army Service Corps, led by Lieutenant Colonel KK Nair today created a Guinness world record by covering a distance of 1 km in 56.23 seconds in human pyramid formation comprising 32 men.
The previous record for similar feat was held by the Corps of Signal who had covered the distance in 60 seconds. On the previous occasion, 30 personnel atop three motorcycles had taken part in the display.
The “Tornadoes” established another world record when a human pyramid consisting 12 members on two motorcycles covered a distance of 1 km in 49 seconds bettering the previous record of 54 seconds held by the Corps of Signals.
The Tornadoes also set up new records in hand-free riding of the motorcycle while sitting on front mudguard (mudguard ride) nonstop on zig-zag 19 km of road, riding motorcycle nonstop standing on zig-zag 19 km of road, riding motorcycle nonstop while lying on the seat and riding motorcycle kneeling down on the seat.
The performances took place at the NICE Road here in the presence of Lieutenant General SPS Katewa Commandant, ASC Centre and College, BK Dixit, Addl Chief Conservator of Forest and Chief Evaluation Officer, Karnataka Evaluation Authority, Brigadier Rajeev Minocha, Commandant, ASC Centre (South) and a large number of civil and military dignitaries.
The display team was raised in 1982 after having given a stupendous display of daredevilry during the 1982 Asian Games.
The records by Tornadoes include forming a moving human pyramid consisting of 181 men on 11 pyramids.