Adrian "Wildman" Cenni

Adrian "Wildman" Cenni

Adrian "Wildman" Cenni at Xpilots in Guadalajara 2014
Born Durban, RSA
Residence Virgin Islands, United States
Nationality  United States
Height (6 ft 3 in)
Website cenniracing.com

Adrian "Wildman" Cenni is a professional off road truck racer, professional stunt man, and President/Founder of Atrium Staffing. Cenni is the first person to successfully land a true 360 degree barrel 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

After graduating from University of Wisconsin-Madison, Cenni moved to France in pursuit of getting into car racing. Cenni attended a Formula One drivers series program, where he finished sixth overall out of several hundred drivers and was the highest ranked American. In 1999, he started racing professionally in the Championship Off-Road Racing Series (CORR). He achieved victory in the Pro 4 category in his first season at Las Vegas, Nevada. Cenni has accumulated 15 victories to date, including winning the title of Crandon World Champion in 2011.[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]

Snowboarding in the Clouds

Cenni released his second viral stunt via YouTube on September 23, 2016. The video went viral and was top 5 videos on the YouTube trending page. Cenni was strapped to a helicopter only by a long line and ascended 6000 feet into the air. Cenni was accelerated to speeds over 80 mph while trying capture the best possible camera shots of common snowboarding, grabs, and jumps. The concept of Snowboarding in the Clouds is something everyone has dreamt about when sitting on an airplane or even just laying down on the ground looking up at the clouds. Carving up clouds 6,000 feet in the sky traveling at 80 mph was merely a dream and we took it and turned it into a reality. The video currently has 1.2 Million Views. [10]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Barrel Roll Himself [11]

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.
  10. ↑ "Boarding in the Clouds!". snowboarding.transworld.net. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  11. ↑ http://www.mavtv.com/shows/barrel-roll.html

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