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Burger Flipper #2
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Lucky boy!!!
Check out this footage from Morocco, watch closely around 1:14 in.
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Testing Entry Speed / Advanced Member (25+ Posts)
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Join Date: May 2009
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
Very lucky boy!!! That is amazing.
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Testing Mid-Corner Speed / Advanced Member (500+ Posts)
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
The view form the rear facing camera is amazing. Then to see the car coming over into the forward field of vision! Yikes!
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administrationistperson
Carbon Fiber Keyboard (3,000+ Posts)
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
WOW, and he gained 4 positions yes, rearview is great
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G-force junkie
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
Really scary. Car ahead of him pretty lucky too. That circuit looks gladiatorial.
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Testing Mid-Corner Speed / Advanced Member (500+ Posts)
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
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Originally Posted by cdh
WOW, and he gained 4 positions yes, rearview is great
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The old saying that staying on the track is the first step to winning certainly applies here...
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G-force junkie
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
Or a new saying: Never underestimate how early the guy ahead of you will brake. Especially when you ain't got fenders.
Possible Mr Airborne Guy lost his brakes. Sucky way to find out. Come to think of it, anytime you lose your brakes it pretty much sucks really bad.
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Winning Races / Advanced Member (250+ Posts)
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
Holy crap!! I hate that when that happens...
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Grand Master
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
Those iRacing simulations are getting very realistic.
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administrationistperson
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
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Originally Posted by dalyduo
Those iRacing simulations are getting very realistic.
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I was thinking flight sim
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Mid-Corner Speed Master / Advanced Member (1,000+ Posts)
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
Nobody has eyes THAT high.
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Grand Master
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
Well... One pair of eyes was THAT high... But at that point his steering inputs were somewhat inaffective.
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Originally Posted by oldredracer
Nobody has eyes THAT high.
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Irrational National
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
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Originally Posted by jp56
Holy crap!! I hate that when that happens...
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Yeah, me too.
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Winning Races / Advanced Member (250+ Posts)
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
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Originally Posted by jp56
Holy crap!! I hate that when that happens...
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I was gonna say, haven't you had a pretty similiar view of something close to that john?? LOL
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05-14-2010
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Winning Races / Advanced Member (250+ Posts)
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
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Originally Posted by jp56
Holy crap!! I hate that when that happens...
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Definitely time for an underwear change after seeing that soar over your head - and to think I used to get freaked out by the helicopter taking off at Mont Tremblant - sheesh!!
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Almost a master
Entry Speed Demon / Advanced Member (100+ Posts)
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
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Originally Posted by rcote
I was gonna say, haven't you had a pretty similiar view of something close to that john?? LOL
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Yeah, except John was getting passed while airborne, this guy was passing in the air!
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Grand Master
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
Good point John... Very tricky suspension set-up to get the landings right though. Very few get it right. Only Duke Sanford and the Dukes of Hazard.
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Winning Races / Advanced Member (250+ Posts)
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
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Originally Posted by Juicyfan
Yeah, except John was getting passed while airborne, this guy was passing in the air!
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Much of my "air time" I was pointed the wrong direction and cars went underneath me, but I did pass the guy that I used for a launch pad..
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Testing Mid-Corner Speed / Advanced Member (500+ Posts)
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
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Originally Posted by jp56
Much of my "air time" I was pointed the wrong direction and cars went underneath me, but I did pass the guy that I used for a launch pad..
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Boy, I can see it now. "Son, how did you manage to pass him on the last lap?" "Well, I couldn't get around him for the previous seven laps, so I just got a good run on his rear wheels coming off the final turn and kind of catapulted across him as we neared the finish line."
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Winning Races / Advanced Member (250+ Posts)
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Re: Lucky boy!!!
so crazy!! feels like it was like all perfectly planned out... like if it was in the movies lol... but glad he landed upright
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