Plenty of skilled drivers are happy to live life on the edge. A select few even take that literally. At this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, stunt driver Terry Grant took to the famous track in a 2014 Nissan Juke Nismo RS, and drove the entire 1.16-mile course with two wheels in the air. Like a wheel-lifting Volkswagen GTI->ke223 taken to extremes, the bone-stock Juke Nismo RS navigated the course with its passenger-side wheels in the air, and completed it in two minutes and ten seconds.

The stunt set a Guinness World Record->ke1948 for the fastest two-wheeled mile. The video->ke278 has to be seen to be believed. Usually two-wheeled stunts are performed in a straight line, which limits the distance, but Grant takes the Juke Nismo RS around a rather twisty and technical course without drama. Please note: this is not the best way to conserve rubber during a race!

The stunt's intent was partly to draw attention to the unveiling of the 2016 Nissan Juke-R 2.0 concept, which was teased before Goodwood.->ke3879 As expected, the sequel to the insane Juke-R is thematically the same, with the 600-horsepower V6 from the 2015 Nissan GT-R Nismo stuffed into the Juke's->ke3600 diminutive body. The Juke's updated styling has been be-spoilered and be-finned similar to the Juke-R, with new panels that are equal parts functional and flashy. The Juke-R 2.0 concept took to the hillclimb track at Goodwood with Le Mans LM P1 driver Jann Mardenborough at the wheel.

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Why it matters

It's not clear if the Juke-R 2.0 concept is headed for production, or if Nissan->ke62 just built the one-off to draw attention to the Juke's fifth year of production. Considering the original's success in worming its way into limited production and its popularity, there's a good chance Nissan will crank out a few, for those who can afford it. And the Juke Nismo RS will be with us for some time in much greater numbers.

But it will hopefully have all four wheels on the ground.

2014 Nissan Juke Nismo RS

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