Big rig jumps race car in record-setting EMC stunt
Truck jump sets Guinness World record
Hopkinton-based EMC Corp. is raising eyebrows and setting records in a new viral marketing video that sends a tractor-trailer soaring over a Formula 1 race car.
In the video, a tractor-trailer branded with the EMC logo drives up and off a ramp at 70 mph, sending the truck flying through the air for 83 feet, 7 inches.
But the real heart-stopping moment of the stunt is not when the rig goes airborne -- it's when an EMC-sponsored Formula 1 race car darts across the asphalt and passes under the flying truck.
Not surprisingly, the two drivers -- Mike Ryan and Martin Ivanov -- are Hollywood stunt veterans who have worked on action movies including the "Fast and Furious," James Bond and Jason Bourne movie franchises.
The jump was witnessed and certified by Guinness World Records as the longest tractor-trailer jump ever.
The video has been posted on YouTube and has more than 10.5 million views.