Carolina Cyclone
Carolina Cyclone was the first coaster in the world with four inversions.  It has a 95-foot lift and a 65-foot drop.  The coaster didn't hold the title of the World's Only Roller Coaster with Four Loops for very long, as Orient Express at Worlds of Fun opened with four loops, two of which were interlocking, just two weeks after Carolina Cyclone debuted.  Here is a list of the first coasters that held the record for a specific number of loops:

• 1 loop - Centrifugal Railway (1846) at Paris, France
• 2 loops - Corkscrew (1975) at Knott's Berry Farm
• 3 loops - Corkscrew (1976) at Cedar Point
• 4 loops - Carolina Cyclone (1980) at Carowinds (seen here)
• 5 loops - Viper (1982) at Darien Lake
• 6 loops - Vortex (1987) at Kings Island
• 7 loops - Shockwave (1988) at Six Flags Great America
• 8 loops - Dragon Khan (1995) at PortAventure Park in Spain
• -- no coasters currently have nine inversions --
• 10 loops - Colossus (2002) at Thorpe Park in England
• -- no coasters currently have eleven inversions --
• -- no coasters currently have twelve inversions --
• -- no coasters currently have thirteen inversions --
• 14 loops - Smiler (2013) at Alton Towers

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