On Saturday at 4 PM, CFMOTO factory rider Antanas Kanopkinas will begin his attempt to set the world record for the furthest distance continuously traveled on an ATV in 24 hours. The run will take place at CFMOTO Day Baltic 2025, held at Kadrina Manor in Estonia, on a stock CFMOTO CFORCE 850XC.

The current official record is 741.2 kilometers, set by 13-year-old Jackson Fuller on October 12–13, 2024. Fuller rode 927 laps around a half-mile track to raise support for Simcoe County’s food banks, incidentally doing so on a CFMOTO CFORCE. Unofficially, fellow Canadian rider Lisa Whiteman went 1,023 km around Varney Speedway in 24 hours on a quad on February 17–18, 2024. Whiteman also holds the unofficial world record for most mileage tacked on by a woman on a snowmobile this past February at 1,087 miles (1,749.35 km).

Kanopkinas, who’s used to doing hundreds of kilometers daily in rally raids, feels it’s more than doable for him.

“I thought to myself, [790 km is] a distance we cover in a single day during Dakar,” Kanopkinas commented. “So if we’re talking about a 24-hour effort, I believe we can break into the four-digit range.

“My first goal is to see if I can physically endure such a distance and stay focused the entire time. The second is to test the machine: the engine won’t be turned off for 24 hours, except for fuel stops. Of course, my minimum plan is to cross the 1000-kilometer mark; ideally, I want to hit 1,200 km.”

A six-kilometer mixed-surface loop will be set up for Kanopkinas to do his run. Almost all of it is off-road save for a “few hundred kilometers” on pavement as it will go through CFMOTO Day Baltic festival grounds, though otherwise he’d like to “complete as much of the record distance as possible on any surface other than asphalt.”

While the 4 PM start time is much later than when Fuller did so at 10 AM, there should be enough sunlight because it’s summer. This in turn means the early kilometers will be ‘easy’ compared to when it’s dark out and at sunrise the next day.

“The night will be the hardest part. During that time, I’ll hydrate heavily to stay alert,” he explained. “After around 14 hours of riding, the body will be at its limit, but that’s when people will start to gather—the festival crew, spectators. That support will be hugely motivating.”

If he pulls off his feat, Kanopkinas will head to the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal in September with a nifty record in hand. He’s currently tied with teammate Gaëtan Martinez for the World Rally-Raid Championship’s Quad points lead with one race to go. Kanopkinas won the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge in February.

Kanopkinas isn’t the only rally raider pursuing a world record this year either. In September, two-time Dakar Rally winner Sam Sunderland hopes to be the fastest person to circumnavigate the globe on a motorcycle.

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