Sunday, August 15, 2021

Thank his lucky stars for the tree

 


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  1. The people that watch those races on the outside of turns are absolute fools.

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    1. Tends to be a bit of a shock when you see a sports car spin to the inside of a corner. Saw this often on the street. Not fun when riding a sport bike and seeing this coming at you!

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  2. Looks like a movie stunt scene. Notice his radio and the tape.

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    1. Official race course corner worker at his station. I'm guessing you haven't spent time at a road course type race track.

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  3. He moved pretty quick for someone with about 3 pounds of wet shit in his skivvies.

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  4. P&L has a good point. I think if that was a real car with real car weight the inertia from it would have done much more damage upon hitting the tree.

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    1. 1. Race cars are very, very light, they make them that way on purpose and everything.

      2. Big fucking tree trunks don't fucking move much when they're struck by something as insubstantial as a fairly slow moving rally car especially down at the base. Cars and trucks hit trees all the time and the base of the trunks never move, EVER.

      3. If you might pay attention, you'll see that the upper portion of tree shakes quite a bit upon impact.

      4. What on earth does his radio or the tape have to do with anything?

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    2. Might have chipped the bark a bit, that's about the worst that I've ever seen. BT;DT (drove a rescue tow truck for a few years also)

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  5. After watching numerous motorcycle races first hand.....I NEVER watched from the outside of the curve.

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  6. WHO TF would stand on the outside of a corner..

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  7. That would be more than enough to make me into a confirmed tree-hugger!
    It saved his ass, not to mention his life!

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