This wasn’t on my bingo card for 2026. Bentley just dropped a short gymkana-style drift video featuring its Supersports car and Travis Pastrana. The video takes place across Bentley’s campus in Crewe, England. It’s called Supersports: FULL SEND.
The Car: ‘Mildred’ the Bentley Supersports
Only 500 Bentley Supersports are going to be produced, and they’re all already spoken for. The car has the latest performance and aero trickery from the company, as well as rear-wheel drive (RWD) and 657 horsepower.
The starting price for one of these is around half a million dollars. Production of this limited-edition car begins near the end of the year, with first deliveries in early 2027.
The car in this drift film has a few modifications, but not many. A hydraulic handbrake was added to help control drift angles — and was integrated into the car in a way that the car’s computers allow full power once the handbrake is released.
Inscribed on the handbrake is the word “Mildred,” which is the name this car was given. It’s in honor of Mildred Mary Petre, “a ‘Bentley Girl’ who pushed the boundaries of what was possible with a fearless spirit.”
The only other mod Bentley noted was a software change to “allow ‘power braking’, where the brake and throttle can be applied simultaneously, to allow adjustment of cornering stance mid-drift and to allow the car to perform static and rolling burnouts.” I’d say that whatever computer wizardry the company did, the goal was achieved.
The Driver: Travis Pastrana
Travis Pastrana is likely best known for his stunts and for founding Nitro Circus, but has also been the driver in the past three Hoonigan Gymkhana films. The latest, Aussie Shred, just recently dropped.
“I knew the Supersports would have a lot of power, but I was happily surprised by how nimble and fun it was to drive. I’ve never driven a production-based car to film a video of this magnitude before, without a clutch or modified steering angle, I had my concerns — but the Supersports exceeded all of my expectations. It was exactly what I had hoped for — the perfect combination of luxury and performance,” said Pastrana.
‘Supersports: FULL SEND’
Supersports: FULL SEND was actually shot over 3 days last September. Now that the film is out there, the company says the car will make appearances throughout 2026 and then be retained as part of the Bentley Heritage Collection.
A lot of cars from the collection make appearances in the film. These include five pre-war Bentleys, including the 1929 Team Blower #2 — the most iconic and valuable Bentley in history. The final production Brooklands from 2010 is also featured from the collection. And, all three previous generations of Supersports: wo from the Heritage Collection, and a 1925 3L Supersports (one of the original 18) borrowed from Vintage Bentley.
The film also had appearances of both generations of Continental GT3 race car, the 2003 Le Mans winning Speed 8 (chassis 004/5), the W16-powered Hunaudières concept car from 1999, the Pikes Peak Bentayga, Pikes Peak Continental GT, 2025 EXP 15 design vision concept, and even a silk-covered upcoming “luxury urban SUV.”
The company’s chairman and CEO, Frank-Steffen Walliser, is the film’s final cameo. He’s driving the tire mark cleanup machine across the Bentley Campus.
Runtime: 3 min., 19 sec.
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