Showing posts with label SportsCars/Motorcycles - Etc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SportsCars/Motorcycles - Etc. Show all posts

Friday, December 25, 2009

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Guy Tapes Bugatti Veyron ($1.6 mil) Crashing Into Salt Water Lagoon

There is a language warning, beware, the guy filming is lamenting a $1.6 million dollar car going in the drink.



Saturday, September 26, 2009

Saturday, August 15, 2009

I Posted This Just for the Sound... Should Give Any Man GooseBumps

For those that do not know... flashing your headlights like is being done here... is a sign to race. The guys "wanting to race" are in a VW Transported van.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Henry Surtees Fatal Formula 2 Crash -- Tree Huggers Partly to Blame



I wanted to post something a reader who follows racing had to say, it is illuminating and has prompted me to add a tag or two below. Enjoy (and thanks Wood)



A couple of factors contributed to this fatality. Notice how close the tree is reducing the runoff area in the initial incident. If this tree was removed the wheel most likely wouldn't have bounced back on to the racing surface. Secondly, the current F2 is a brand new series, only the 4th race for this chassis. There are tethers that are designed to prevent wheels from flying off. Still, wheels flew off of both cars in relatively low speed shunts. Williams F1 designed this chassis. ...


Dang, I forgot to add that Brands has been trying to improve the safety of the circuit, but tree huggers have protested the removal of trees, [therefore] Brands has been bogged down trying to make improvements. Hey, at least that tree is safe.


Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Henry Surtees Fatal Formula 2 Crash



My thoughts and condolences go out to Henry's friend's and family. The son of motorsport legend John Surtees has died after being hit on the head by a wheel during a Formula 2 (F2) race at Brands Hatch in Kent. Henry Surtees, 18, was airlifted to the Royal London Hospital after he was struck by a wheel which flew off Jack Clarke's car. Sunday's race was red flagged while Surtees was removed from the scene. His father won the Formula 1 World Championship in 1964 having previously won seven motorcycle world titles. The accident happened between the circuit's Westfield Bend and Sheene Curve. Clarke's car hit a tyre wall and a wheel came off, hitting Henry Surtees on the head, knocking him unconscious.

Thursday, November 22, 2007

WOW... Awesome

219-mph

I have done 165 on a motorcycle... but 219 in a"machine" is awesome. Turn up the volume for the sounds.






Sunday, June 10, 2007

GP Crash

Formula 1 Crash

Thank goodness Robert Kubica is alive