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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by horizenjob » Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:50 am

That was some very high class driving in that bike race. Look at the number 4 guy at the exit at 1:14 or so.

Earlier this year I saw another example of this. It seemed the effort of the top few riders was heroic. The racing was close and the folks just a few places back were working really hard.
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Post by brucesallen » Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:16 pm

Chrispy wrote:Ken Block's latest adventures are up. Can't imagine how much money it must cost to shutdown the Oakland Bay Bridge and many busy streets.

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Post by paultg » Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:32 pm

I don;t think I'd classify what happened to Ken as his "car breaking"; more like a few guys being aggressive on the start and he ended up in a tire wall at like 80 mph,and tried to drive through it, which I think made things worse, then they tried to get it all fixed for the final and don't think it went too well for him.

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Post by Mick » Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:25 pm

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Post by breakaway500 » Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:28 pm

^At least he has his helmet on.. :lol: :lol:
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Post by breakaway500 » Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:06 am

Hook them early...
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Post by breakaway500 » Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:36 am

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Post by Mick » Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:52 pm

Pretty nasty off at Pikes Peak this week.
Both driver and co-driver were reported to be ok.
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1078 ... rash-video

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Post by John F » Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:08 pm

"Pretty nasty" is definitely an understatement, Mick. That looked like Homer Simpson falling down the mountainside
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Post by dradernh » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:28 am

I happened to stop the PP video just at the 9-10 second mark & saw that the navigator's head was outside the cage. Next time, I'd guess those guys will give more consideration to passenger area body panel attachment.
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Post by Chrispy » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:45 am

The cage did survive though, otherwise they would be very dead.

Here's another bad crash from the climb, stuck throttle was to blame for this one.
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Post by breakaway500 » Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:31 am

Holy sh!# is right! Wow..those guys (and gals) risk it all. Well beyond my comfort zone.. :shock: Damn good thing no one was spectating in that area..
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Post by Mick » Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:31 pm

Mick wrote:Pretty nasty off at Pikes Peak this week.
Both driver and co-driver were reported to be ok.
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1078 ... rash-video
Some pics of the aftermath. The cage did it's job.
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/08/15/diss ... fe-at-pik/
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Post by dradernh » Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:31 pm

...and seat attachment. I wonder what happened to the driver with (presumably) the belts still doing their job but the chair floating free of the floor. That's gotta hurt!
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Post by Mick » Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:59 pm

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