Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this clip, Michele reports on the journey to break the blind solo land speed record on a motorbike by an ex-serviceman Billy "The Whiz" Baxter. His goal was to break 150mph, and he actually broke a little bit further than that, only to be beaten in 2013 by a man called Stuart Gunn from Edinburgh.
Billy's record was 164.87mph, set on the 2nd of August 2003.
For those who forgot, Billy was the "Blind Man" who went round the Top Gear Test Track in 2004 (on Series 5 Episode 6, the same episode having the 1500 quid Porsche challenge) faster than Richard Whiteley and Terry Wogan.
Great thanks to @assortedvideos4899 for providing this very important segment for Pulling Power - so important, that it was even teased by ITV before the programme was aired that day!
In this clip, Michele reports on the journey to break the blind solo land speed record on a motorbike by an ex-serviceman Billy "The Whiz" Baxter. His goal was to break 150mph, and he actually broke a little bit further than that, only to be beaten in 2013 by a man called Stuart Gunn from Edinburgh.
Billy's record was 164.87mph, set on the 2nd of August 2003.
For those who forgot, Billy was the "Blind Man" who went round the Top Gear Test Track in 2004 (on Series 5 Episode 6, the same episode having the 1500 quid Porsche challenge) faster than Richard Whiteley and Terry Wogan.
Great thanks to @assortedvideos4899 for providing this very important segment for Pulling Power - so important, that it was even teased by ITV before the programme was aired that day!
