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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by jeffw » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:30 pm

Love the fire extinguisher!
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Post by Mick » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:23 pm

This guy was really lucky. No hans or arm restraints. Look at his arms flailing as the car rolls.
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Post by breakaway500 » Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:22 pm

:shock: If something doesn't feel right...wouldn't you slow down and bring it in for a look see? Lucky for sure...!
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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by austaz » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:19 pm

So it seems the safest place to be in a crash is strapped to the hood in a go pro camera mount.

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Post by John F » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:35 pm

Ouch! Very lucky. Street seats with no head support, harness secured halfway up the roll bar, no HANS, no arm restraints......
I'd like to know what failed. It was too abrupt to be a talent issue
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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by breakaway500 » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:45 pm

"I'd like to know what failed."

Might never know..after that bad a wreck,it becomes tough to tell what failed and caused the accident,and what broke during the accident.

Some Cobras are built from salvaged parts..maybe a spindle broke?Tie rod? Hub? I wonder how much track time he had on the car after construction... :?

If something doesn't feel right...certainly don't keep pushing your left foot to the floor...!!

It was interesting to try and identify flying debris...that trunk lid flapping loose bothered me...the front license plate goes by at 1:00... :lol:
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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by Stynger » Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:02 pm

Not sure if this has been posted before. Still worth a second look.

Ferrari pulled several of their race cars from various ages out of storage, flew them around the world, and filmed them running through the streets of Rome , Rio , New York , Hong Kong, Honolulu, and Monaco. No computer graphics -these are the original cars on the original streets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=1_ ... &vq=medium
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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by Mick » Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:47 pm

That's a great video

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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by John F » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:36 pm

breakaway500 wrote:
If something doesn't feel right...certainly don't keep pushing your left foot to the floor...!!
Huh? Something different in that Focus?
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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by breakaway500 » Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:25 pm

Oops..my other left foot.... :oops: :wink:
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Post by Mick » Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:41 pm

High speed slot cars. Jump to the 2:00 mark for the action
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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by TroyV » Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:39 pm

Sick!! The Fins are so much fun!
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Post by Chrispy » Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:46 pm

That's insane. I wonder what the actual and scaled speed is?
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Post by Dave_G » Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:00 pm

That was cool. I used to do that as a kid. My mom drove me and my friends to the slot car center, and we'd spend as much time there as we could afford. I didn't know those places still existed. Maybe only in Finland. :) One of my prized childhood Christmas presents was a new slot car that I fiddled with and fawned over as much as those guys in the video.

I like the 2-second lap times. :)
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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by zchris » Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:59 pm

For those that like slot cars, the mother of all slot car facilities is in Ashland MA. Modelville hobby opened a new place this year that has 3 huge tracks. They bought and refurbished 2 tracks and moved one that they had from there old location. I used to take my son a few years back to there old location. It was a hoot as the modern cars are blindingly fast.
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