In December 2010, six intrepid driving professionals will depart from Marble Arch, London in two expedition-equipped Land Rover vehicles in their attempt to beat the record for driving to Cape Town. Having stood since 1963, this historic motoring race against the clock will take them 10,000 miles and across 20 countries in order to beat the incredible time of just 13 ½ days arriving at the finish, Cape Town’s City Hall, the location of Nelson Mandela’s historic speech upon being released from prison.

This expedition is ‘the’ ultimate ‘Endurance Driving Challenge!’ Border-crossings; navigation; hazardous roads; extreme caution and team dynamics while driving day and night, working, eating and sleeping together in the confined space of a vehicle, are just a few of the elements that fuel this race against time.

Byoshower are proud to support the team and have sponsored them by providing enough Byoshower to keep them clean and smelling gorgeous for the whole race.

Sir Stirling Moss and Sir Ranulph Fiennes are patrons of the 2010 London to Cape Town record attempt being undertaken by Mac Mackenney and his team at Max Adventure, which is aiming to raise £100,000 for the charity Help for Heroes. The team will attempt to beat an endurance driving record that has stood for 46 years, held by former British Rally Champion, Eric Jackson (also a former Trials Champion for which Sir Stirling Moss presented Eric with his trophy).

In 2010, 47 years since Eric Jackson set off on his record breaking run in a Lotus Cortina the team will set off on their intrepid adventure.

The team undertook a successful practice run in October 2009 following the route that Stirling took in 1952 when he drove through 15 countries in less than 4 days in a Humber Super Snipe from Oslo to Portugal, completing the journey in the same time.

Mac Mackenney will be leading this team of extreme driving experts, his credentials well suited to the challenge that lies ahead. Ex-military British Army Rapid Deployment unit and RAF Pilot, Mac left the forces to pursue an adventurous career. Selected by Sir Ranulph Fiennes for a team to circumnavigate the globe by amphibious Land Rover, and on Ran’s last Polar expedition, as his right-hand man.Mac Mackenney is the Expedition Leader behind the London to Capetown 2010 record attempt.  The expedition supported by Sir Stirling Moss and Sir Ranulph Fiennes is set to start .  Expedition progress is going well.  They now have 43 sponsors supporting them on their record attempt from London to Cape Town, ranging from external roll cages, fuel & oil, shipping home, food and tyres, to name but a few.

Following interest from both Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel, the 10,000 mile dash through 20 countries and across 3 continents in support of Help for Heroes will be filmed by Limpet Productions, who include former BBC Top Gear camera crew.

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