By-Tor Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 I believe this is from the "Supercars era" in rally. Those cars & guys were just insane... you gotta be insane to drive like this on the mountain roads. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBPgCJBUjtg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Yep i concure, quite mad ( that is to put it politely) Fcuking tapped in other words! did you see his rear weels almost hanging off the cliff as he slid round one of the corners:0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted August 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Yeah that was sick. I recall those N/B-series supercars used to have over 1000 HP. They banned them quickly after the death of Henri Toivonen. Toivonen crashed his car in Corsica and it was total destruction. I mean the car was all over the forest in millions of little pieces. Today's rally cars are nothing compared to those 80's monsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmurphy926 Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Yep...It's insane. That race is in my backyard. I live in Castle Rock CO. Pikes Peak is about 45 miles from my house. They used to refer to Pikes Peak as "Unser mountain" because the Unser clan (of Indy Car fame)used to dominate, but not so much anymore. Believe it or not, they've been doing this race for something like 90 years and I think only 3 people have died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 I have driven up Mt Washington, and its incredible how there can be no guard rail .. no curb .. NOTHING .. and a half mile drop straight down right at the edge of the road. It's butt-clenching time when you look over. People who race on that are simply insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwatch Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 I used to help out at the Tall Pines Rally in Canada when I was a kid and I was always amazed by the Audi Quattro's and there ridiculous amounts of power! I also remember one American driver - Carl something who had an insane Ford Cosworth. 700+ hp and a hideous purple paint job. Problem was, it was too powerful for the snowy conditions and he had a really hard time controlling the car. I got a chance to ride in car '00'. It was a donated Audi Quattro. Brand new. No rally retrofits. Man we did some serious damage to that car. Audi never gave us a car again after that. I guess they weren't too happy when we ripped the oil pan out from under the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwatch Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 The original drift kings! Here's what not to do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ6wwQgRK0o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted August 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Now that was an... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subbiesrock Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 On the first video, about 1.30 he hoes around a corner and feels he's about to lose it, so he overcorrects and boots it full of gas, you can tell he poos his pants for about 0.01 seconds ;o) Amazing, incredible driving. No superlatives are useful to describe it ;o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmStaFF Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 great videos thanks for sharing mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelizer Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Insane!!! But man that is some 4,15 mins of impressive driving!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krpster Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Crazy for sure. I love at about 3:30 where he has to put one hand up to block the sun so he can see and is still careening up the mountain at insane speed. Nuts! No room for error in that race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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