On Track Entertainment

[Mad Aussie]

At the big race recently they provided some entertainment between races ...

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Entertainment (http://www.flickr.com/photos/astrovisual/8241713805/) by AstroVisual (http://www.flickr.com/people/astrovisual/), on Flickr

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Entertainment (http://www.flickr.com/photos/astrovisual/8242780936/) by AstroVisual (http://www.flickr.com/people/astrovisual/), on Flickr

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[Lungelarry]

All I can think about is Mad Max..............cool pics

[Mad Aussie]

All I can think about is Mad Max..............cool pics
Cheers :)

[Realist]

Not brave enough for the motorcycle tricks, but I'll take the car for a spin!

[Mad Aussie]

Not brave enough for the motorcycle tricks, but I'll take the car for a spin!
Yeh? Can handle 3000hp and a 1/4 mile in under 6 secs can you? ;)

[Realist]

Yeh? Can handle 3000hp and a 1/4 mile in under 6 secs can you? ;)

You're just making it sound more fun saying it that way.

[Mad Aussie]

You're just making it sound more fun saying it that way.
Ha ha ... yeh ... if you survive the G's off the line, and then don't literally pop an eyeball out of a socket with the wheel shake or when you pop the chute to slow down from over 300+ khp, assuming of course that the blower doesn't throw the belt when it explodes and the takes the engine with it showering you in molten metal ... it'd be way cool!! :)

[QuietOne]

Hmmm. Assuming a driver's suit that handles those kinds of problems, and inboard fire system and roll cage, it still looks better protected than coming off a bike. Though I suppose the stunts weren't being done at tremendously fast speeds.

[Mad Aussie]

Hmmm. Assuming a driver's suit that handles those kinds of problems, and inboard fire system and roll cage, it still looks better protected than coming off a bike. Though I suppose the stunts weren't being done at tremendously fast speeds.
Yeh there's obviously state of the art safety equipment in use ... but people still pass out from the G's, get hurt, or even die in drag racing. I think the main fact though is most of us wouldn't know how to even make the car move, let alone drag it.

[Mad Aussie]

Hmmm. Assuming a driver's suit that handles those kinds of problems, and inboard fire system and roll cage, it still looks better protected than coming off a bike. Though I suppose the stunts weren't being done at tremendously fast speeds.
Yeh there's obviously state of the art safety equipment in use ... but people still pass out from the G's, get hurt, or even die in drag racing. I think the main fact though is most of us wouldn't know how to even make the car move, let alone drag it.

[Iguanasan]

Cool shots, MA. The first one actually reminds me of Mission Impossible #2 or #3 where they did the front wheelie with guns a blazin'! :)

[Marko]

Cool set MA - Really diggin shots 3 and 4

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks guys :)

[QuietOne]

Yeh there's obviously state of the art safety equipment in use ... but people still pass out from the G's, get hurt, or even die in drag racing. I think the main fact though is most of us wouldn't know how to even make the car move, let alone drag it.

Oh, yes. Sears Point actually has a drag strip (or did - that may have changed). It runs from turn 1 to turn 7. It's also great for getting the crash truck to the far end of the track in a hurry. For a while the highway patrol was renting time once a month and inviting the teens/20 somethings out to race to build some communications and keep them from doing it on the roads (nitro's illegal, but doesn't stop its use, the roads in the area are trickier than they look). The rules for the cops were, if you normally carried it, you had to carry it for the race. So they'd be running down the drag strip with the lights and sirens going, shotgun in the rack and the police dog in the back seat. I don't know if they still do that.

[Mad Aussie]

They used to do that here on the Gold Coast at Surfers Paradise too. It seemed to help the relationship between cops and hoons tremendously ... so it stopped ... like most things government related and beneficial to the community that doesn't make them money.

[QuietOne]

If it was anything like around Sears Point, it probably helped keep down the body count, which is part of why they were sponsoring the event. You're getting into coastal mountain roads. Too many people who thought they could handle them at speed ended up in a body bag once the car got winched back up onto the road.

[Mad Aussie]

Similar I guess but more city trouble. Cars wrapped around lamp posts etc