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That is so stupid. I wonder how bad he was hurt.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Time for some bleach in the gene pool.
Kids - don't try this at home. That man was a trained professional with years of experience.
The key word being WAS :cyclopsa:
Yeah... if you trying to come up with a way to lock the accelerator down so that you can step outside your car with the wheels spinning... your need to STOP RIGHT THERE!Quote:
Originally Posted by onething
BAAAAHAHAHAHAHA, What a moron!
He deserved it... especially for locking in the gas pedal somehow... Cruise control maybe?
Luckily nobody else was hurt. Did you see how close the spectators were to the course?
RJ
What an @ss.
"Thank you! Thank you! I'll be here all week. And now for my next stunt ---- YEAAAAAHHHHHHHHH OH MY GOD!!!!"
:albino:
S.
What an idiot! I'm glad the gene pool is self-cleaning.
What a nitwit...
He needs to get " http://www.dallasimports.net/forums/...ult/stupid.gif " t-shirts made for his friends...
This is why the racing community is... reluctant... to embrace Drifting as a legitimate form of motorsports. This guy is a moron, no doubt. But where were the Event Organizers? Why would this kind of behavior not be halted immediately? I saw no red flags furiously waving, nobody running around trying to stop this idiot, and after the incident I saw limited sense of urgency by anyone resembling a Safety Steward (maybe they just need cool lemon-lime shirts like the SCCA ).
Stuff like this does more to hurt the image of this "Sport" than anything else, and unless they get there collective heads out of their backsides, we -- meaning ALL amateur motorsports -- are going to be in trouble. Sooner or later some "Do-Gooder" or Govment Offishal is going to save us all from ourselves and ban -- or severely restrict/limit/regulate-to-death -- our legitimate motorsports activities.
Holy cow that had to leave a mark! :shock:
Well, from the announcer's voice, it sounded like it was in Italy. That may 'splain a few things. Over here they wouldn't let the spectators that close to the course - too much liability and too many lawsuits.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kestrel
AMEN Kestrel!!!
I agree!!!
If he was Italian he should have had some experience dodging vehicles. Them Eye-talians are some kway-zee drivers. Pedestrians are like cones on an autocross course to them. Try to avoid them but if you hit a few... oh well...Quote:
Originally Posted by channelmaniac
Does anyone actually know if this guy was injured? :wheelcha:
That looked pretty ugly.
S.
Seeing as how over a ton of hot metal was parked on top of him, I'd guess yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by srivendel
Ya Think! ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by sammm
Rephrase: Does anyone know if this guy was seriously injured? Sometimes people walk away from this stuff with surprisingly few injuries.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
For example:
People waiting for D'Angelo to finally finish his follow-up to his 2000 soul masterpiece "Voodoo" [that means you, POS] were almost out of luck when the singer crashed his Hummer last week and went flying through the windshield. Somehow, he emerged largely unscathed, and is now promising to get back in the studio and finish recording.
S.
Seeing as he was just lying there and an Ambulance eventually showed up, I'd guess he didn't just walk away. :eye:Quote:
Originally Posted by srivendel
Hopefully he hasn't and won't breed.
what was he thinking? what if the car would have gotten enough speed, and the tires caught. the car would have rocketed away at full throttle completely in a random direction.
Isn't that why he jumped underneath? Some (Most?) of those bystanders need to get pulled from the pool, too, btw...Quote:
Originally Posted by RX7-2nr
Hummm... I'm not trying to start a "Bash the Drifters" thread -- there's a ton of skill in drifting that I don't have -- but I think you're giving our current event organizers a little too much credit. Did you read the "letter to the editor" in a recent issue of Grassroots Motorsports (could have been Sport Car... I not sure)? It was specifically critical of a Texas Drift event at Mineral Wells held earlier this year. The writer was amazed at apparent lapses of safety, including having cars on course not spaced far enough, and (iirc) lack of adequate crowd control.Quote:
Originally Posted by channelmaniac
Don't misunderstand me... I have nothing against drifting, if it's done in a responsible manner at a controlled event. AND I'm sure that Texas Drift is simply going through the usual "growing pains" that any new sport and any new organization goes through. I'm confident that the professionalism of their events will improve. All I'm saying is that improvement in professionalism at all Drifting Events can't some too soon.
And it's come too late for the bonehead in that video.
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Originally Posted by tailchaser
:clap: :thumleft: :mrgreen: :clap:
also, ive been to mineral wells, and thought it looked pretty safe,....
I think drifting is just a part of racing, I don't really get the stand alone as its own sport part. Most of the D1GP stuff I've seen is a cheap trick compared to other forms of racing. It uses just a couple corners, not a whole track, and usually the run is about as long as a pennington run. The last one form chicago was a right 180 and about a 90 degree left turn, and that was it. Not really that much space to do anything.
I think you're giving the driver in the video way too much credit. For example, if he had actually been thinking in the first place, he probably wouldn't have gotten out of a moving car that was running at full throttle.Quote:
Originally Posted by RX7-2nr
What an idiot. If he didn't survive, someone needs to nominate him for a Darwin Award. He'd get my vote. :razz:
As for drifting, it's a little too much like synchronized swimming for me to get that interested in it.
well, that too..... :cyclopsa: i dont know why i put the cyclops in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Natural selection.
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
If you compare auto racing to winter sports here is a summary.
Drag Racing - Downhill Skiing
AutoX - Downhill Slalom
NASCAR - Speed Skating
Road Racing - Bobsled/Luge
Drifting - Figure Skating
Nice comparo!!Quote:
Originally Posted by black roadster
What can I say? I like my winter sports. :santa:Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell