Adrian "Wildman" Cenni

Adrian "Wildman" Cenni
Country (sports)  United States
Residence Virgin Islands, United States
Born Durban, RSA
Height (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro 1999
Official website cenniracing.com
Team competitions
Last updated on: 21 January 2015.

Adrian "Wildman" Cenni is a professional off road truck racer, professional stunt man, and President/Founder of Atrium Staffing. Outside of the business world, Cenni is most famous for the first true flat take off to flat landed barrell roll in a vehicle.

Personal life

Childhood and early life

He was born in Durban, South Africa. At the age of 14 he moved with his parents and brother to Wisconsin, United States. He was competitive in tennis and named Wisconsin's high school player of the year. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and graduated with degrees in Economics and Psychology.

Business achievements

In 1995, Cenni co-founded Atrium Staffing which today employees over 20 thousand people per year with annual revenues of over 200 million dollars.[1]

Racing career

After university, Cenni moved to France in pursuit of a racing dream. Cenni attended a Formula 1 drivers series program with zero experience. He finished in the top ten overall and was the highest ranked American out of several hundred drivers. In 1999, he started racing professionally in the Championship Off-Road Racing Series(CORR). He achieved victory in his first season at Las Vegas, Nevada. He competes in the Pro-4 division, Pro Buggy, and also in Trophy Trucks. Cenni has accumulated 15 victories to date.[2]

Wall ride

Cenni was known as the Wildman for his unorthodox racing style. Most notable Wildman event was when he drove up and above the catch fencing in the 2008 Championship Off Road Racing Series in Primm, Nevada. He accidentally drove 25 ft up the catch fencing and 100 ft down and across the fencing. He accomplished this re-entering the track, while maintaining the lead of the race.[3]

360 degree barrel roll

Cenni was the first person to complete a true flat take off to flat landing 360 degree barrel roll in a vehicle using a simple takeoff ramp. The stunt took over four years of practice and preparation due to injuries while practicing the stunt. The stunt has been performed multiple times in front of thousands of people.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Atrium Staffing Services, Ltd.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  2. ↑ "Meet Adrian "The Wildman" Cenni, the newest member of Team Maxxis". race-deZert.com. 2011-10-25. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  3. ↑ "CORR 2008 Primm, NV Adrian Cenni Wall Ride". DragTimes.com. 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  4. ↑ "WOW! Race Car Driver Pulls Off First 360 Degree Truck Flip". Insider.foxnews.com. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  5. ↑ Jeffrey Ross (2014-09-24). "Trophy Truck Crashes During Attempted Barrel Roll Stunt - Video". autoevolution. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  6. ↑ "Go behind the scenes with a TORC truck racing team". Roadtrippers. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  7. ↑ "‘The Wildman’ completes first 360 barrel roll in a truck". Grindtv.com. 2013-11-15. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  8. ↑ "Adrian "Wildman" Cenni does first-ever 360 barrel roll in a Baja truck". Network A. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  9. ↑ "Adrian ‘Wildman’ Cenni Completes First Ground-to-Ground 360° Barrel Roll « The World Famous KROQ". Kroq.cbslocal.com. 2013-11-19. Retrieved 2015-02-18.

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