Drivers get 77 mpg on Guinness World Record attempt

Wayne Gerdes, left, and Bob Winger fuel up their Volkswagen Passat TDI at Frankie’s West Side in Dickinson on Tuesday.

Drivers stopping at or passing by Frankie’s West Side late Tuesday morning got a glimpse of two men trying to set a Guinness World Record.

Wayne Gerdes and Bob Winger spent a couple of hours in Dickinson putting diesel fuel in the white 2013 Volkswagen Passat TDI sedan they have been driving since June 7.

Gerdes and Winger are “co-pilots” on a mission to break a world record for what Guinness calls best fuel economy on a drive through all 48 of the continental United States in a non-hybrid vehicle.

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