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Aurune posted:Warning: The Nordschleife does not forgive mistakes. But the 86 is supposed to be so easy to drive! I don't see what happened. It looked like he got scared and locked up, sending him sliding off? If he hadn't locked, it seems like there was enough road to account for his early apex. That said, that's one of those corners where everyone crashes, going by Ring crash highlights.
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Crustashio posted:That's the 2nd time in recent memory some asshat understeers an e46 M3 off a public road by driving too hard. I think it's even the same road.
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kimbo305 posted:But the 86 is supposed to be so easy to drive! I don't see what happened. It looked like he got scared and locked up, sending him sliding off? If he hadn't locked, it seems like there was enough road to account for his early apex. That said, that's one of those corners where everyone crashes, going by Ring crash highlights. You can crash literally anything if you push it too hard, beyond the car's limits or the driver's.
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some texas redneck posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqdoKgj8R-c The way the spring pops out is adorable. "I'm free!"
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I love to post old dirt track racing no one outside of New York cares about, so here, have the 1985 Schaefer 200 from Syracuse. My earliest memories are of watching cars of that vintage run here at the local track, since my dad had only recently stopped building them with a friend once the big money came in.
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Here's how you drive an old 911 when you have balls of steel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvDD8V9Liq8 Stay 'til 2:30-2:50 for  overload.
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Dave Inc. posted:Here's how you drive an old 911 when you have balls of steel. Pretty cool but not even close to as crazy as that old video of the RUF on the 'ring. I'm sure it's been posted in this thread somewhere before but it is timeless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTGvHskGKI4 That car is actively trying to kill the driver.
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lazer_chicken posted:Pretty cool but not even close to as crazy as that old video of the RUF on the 'ring. I'm sure it's been posted in this thread somewhere before but it is timeless: don't lift don't lift don't lift don't lift
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Dave Inc. posted:Here's how you drive an old 911 when you have balls of steel. Looks like the same guy... Watch the rotation on entry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep0-BzsaNSc
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VikingSkull posted:I love to post old dirt track racing no one outside of New York cares about, so here, have the 1985 Schaefer 200 from Syracuse. Shut up and post more of these. Everyone ignores my poorly-shot dirt track footage in the NASCAR thread but I love this poo poo.
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Haha, they ignore my videos, too. I'll find some more later, I'm waiting for ARCA to come on so I can cheer for a dashing young man named Spencer. 
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lazer_chicken posted:Pretty cool but not even close to as crazy as that old video of the RUF on the 'ring. I'm sure it's been posted in this thread somewhere before but it is timeless: That car is a tame pussy compared to what Walter Rohl usually was driving at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyVHj3sHVHQ
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some texas redneck posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqdoKgj8R-c It's just trying to make itself more hellaflush.
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It's certainly flush with the curb.
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I think that was more of an interference fit with the curb.
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Ok mac, some more random dirt track stuff for you. This whole video is great, the last chance qualifier for Super Dirt Week, 1990. I'm just singling out a pretty wild crash, though, from one of the preliminary heats that they feature during an interview. This is about as freak as freak accidents can get Everyone in the thread should get a kick out of the part I highlighted, but if you're a dirt track oval fan sit down and watch the whole thing. If modifieds aren't your thing, then here's the 1990 World of Outlaws Ground Round Nationals from Syracuse. Cat Terrist you'll probably like this one too, I seem to recall you like watching winged sprint cars as much as I do. Bet they don't run them on a mile unbanked dirt track like that down under, though! Seriously, running a winged 410 sprint at Syracuse really walks that razors edge between bravery and insanity. Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 00:43 on Jun 16, 2013 |
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I love Vipers so much https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mC-4UwSUzg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLgKteSjePc Another video of a tornado damaged car from Oklahoma. Not driving, but still a bit  I wonder if it would hold together long enough for a few 1/4 mile passes? edit: Insurance hauled it off before anybody could find out. 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxDdF4AkD58 When a dragster spins out on the track, it doesn't usually end like this. 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg_GAVA8VHQ GT-R on a ski slope.
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some texas redneck posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxDdF4AkD58 Youtube comment posted:did we really need to sit through seven and a half minutes of dicking around to see 15 seconds of the actual incident?
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In the latest Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld drives David Letterman's 1995 Volvo 960 wagon  Which was engine-swapped by Paul Newman and has a 380HP supercharged Ford V8 and a 5-speed  http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/david-letterman-i-like-kettlecorn I want one. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Jun 20, 2013 |
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VikingSkull posted:Bet they don't run them on a mile unbanked dirt track like that down under, though! The only banked one I know about is premier speedway in Warnambool, but that's a very very minor banking. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dirt_track_ovals_in_Australia
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Jeff Zwart testing his GT3 cup car at pikes peak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWnvVbtW32A Seems he's made a pair of additions for this year.
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jamal posted:Jeff Zwart testing his GT3 cup car at pikes peak: Man, it feels like the stakes are way higher fully paved watching that video, seems a lot easier to push it too hard on pavement then on dirt.
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Yeah this year is going to be good. Hopefully they are more stringent with tech inspection and don't let some of the half-assed cars and drivers on the course. If things go well, I'm calling a sub 9:00 run from Loeb with Millen right behind him. Wouldn't be surprised if that gt3 ends up 3rd or 4th.
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Chris Harris in a Formula Ford Ecoboost on Nurburgring. It looks insanely fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmZMwk14r4c
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This weekend is the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and as such is one of my favorite weekends of racing a year. It's extra awesome this year, because NASCAR is making right turns, too. Nationwide is at Road America tomorrow, and on Sunday the Sprint Cup cars are at Sears Point/Infineon. Here's a piece on Ron Fellows readying for the Cup race to hold us over. If any of you hate NASCAR for the stereotypical reasons people hate NASCAR, you owe it to yourself to try and catch one of the two races this weekend. I'm an oval fan mainly, regardless of what is on the oval, and I understand that people unfamiliar to oval racing can hate on it. I get why people think it's boring, it's a form of motorsport where enjoyment in spectating is derived from knowing the nuances involved and going from there, something the casual race fan probably won't have at their disposal when watching a bunch of cars turn left. However, if you like racing at all, few road course events are as entertaining as NASCAR is. Here's the end of Watkins Glen last year for an example.
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VikingSkull posted:
And it's not because he's good, it's because the rest of the field is soo bad turning right  I just remembered my falcon ute has a Stone Brothers racing sticker on it that the PO put on way back when Ambrose was still racing here for them and winning races.
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ONE TONNE RODEEEOOOO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTQ7VcgT2ug
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VikingSkull posted:
Oh I understand NASCAR oval racing and I'm no oval hater BUT NASCAR on ovals is still utter poo poo and the proof to me is when NASCAR hits a real race track. It becomes not just watchable but compelling to watch - its the fact that the cars are so fundamentally unsuited to a road course that makes it so drat good as racing. Plus being overpowered, underbraked, undertyred and suspension challenged, the drivers have to wrestle and conjole the cars - it's brilliant stuff and reminds me of the 90's BTCC, it's really that good.
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I love nascar oval races, but the road courses are so good that they really would do well to have a whole lot more of them scheduled. 750hp, 4 speed asymmetrical cars on a road course is hilariously cool. e: V just blew my mind Hypnolobster fucked around with this message at 16:42 on Jun 22, 2013 |
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Hypnolobster posted:I love nascar oval races, but the road courses are so good that they really would do well to have a whole lot more of them scheduled. 750hp, 4 speed asymmetrical cars on a road course is hilariously cool. They use completely different chassis for road courses so they aren't asymmetrical.
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Hypnolobster posted:I love nascar oval races, but the road courses are so good that they really would do well to have a whole lot more of them scheduled. 750hp, 4 speed asymmetrical cars on a road course is hilariously cool. I seem to recall Jimmy Johnson telling Richard Hammond that they're closer to 900 hp now, and that was a little over a year ago.
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It's amazing what a built up 283 chevy can do: This guy's nova runs fast as hell http://youtu.be/Pp3hS4__Zx4
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Fo3 posted:Ambrose only does well when there's right hand turns in NASCAR. Just as a follow up, Ambrose was 7th, the guy who won comes from a background of short track modified racing. Take from that what you will.
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Go home Ferrari, you're drunk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAKngBsjkWU
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Throatwarbler posted:Go home Ferrari, you're drunk Holy poo poo I did NOT expect the second car to come in, incredible.
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Throatwarbler posted:Go home Ferrari, you're drunk Looking into it, no, it was a Toyota that took out the DeltaWing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJAiZVuC3YI&t=25s and the Ferrari later took out the Toyota: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8jJB6viADM
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What is the SAS Sportscar/other racing thread title? Misc. Auto Racing 2013: Beware: Ferrari Ahead Been that way for a long time, too. Ferrari are loving clownshoes in racing.
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