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Madness in the Sellrain Valley: How a Tinkerer Broke Through the 100 Km/h Wall on the Bobby Car

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At a breathtaking pace, a record hunter races down a Tyrolean pass road on a children's toy and sets standards.

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The Hesse Marcel Paul has set a new speed record with a converted Bobbycar: 149 km/h – without a motor, only through a slope drive. "All in. I haven't seen anything anymore," says Paul.

·Berlin, Germany
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The German Marcel Paul (34) drove around 150 km/h with a converted Bobbycar in the Tyrolean Sellrain Valley and set a new world speed record. He received prior official approval for his attempt. On Tuesday afternoon there were no cars on the Sellrainstraße in the Tiroler Bezirk Innsbruck-Land. Instead, one could marvel at a raging, converted Bobbycar. The German Marcel Paul tried to set a new speed record.The previous 130.72 km/h from 2022 came …

·Vienna, Austria
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At a breathtaking pace, a record hunter races down a Tyrolean pass road on a children's toy and sets standards.

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Marcel Paul reached around 150 km/h on a road in the Sellrain Valley with a converted Bobbycar.

·Vienna, Austria
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Marcel Paul raced down a 2.4-kilometre-long road on his converted vehicle with a gradient of up to 16 percent. The responsible district head team previously granted permission for the record attempt.

·Vienna, Austria
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The Bobby car is a popular game car. A 34-year-old Hesse has rebuilt it and thus set a record descent in Austria. He has also set another best time.Marcel Paul from Hesse set a speed record with a converted Bobby car. According to the record-breaking Institute for Germany (RID), the 34-year-old reached 149.875 km per hour on a mountain road in Austria. Paul was thus significantly faster than at his record of 2022 when he reached 130.72 km/h. The…

·Hamburg, Germany
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wz.de broke the news on Wednesday, July 29, 2026.
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