Kinda puts british hillclimbs to shame!!

Mikie711 · Post by **Mikie711** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:27 am

17 Km hillclimb, awesome

http://www.evo.co.uk/videos/planetevovi ... climb.html

Wacky Racer · Post by **Wacky Racer** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:39 am

yes impressive, but the track is more than 12ft wide.

M Blur · Post by **M Blur** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:51 am

12ft wide.. perfect..

hiscot · Post by **hiscot** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:54 pm

M Blur wrote:12ft wide.. perfect..

you will like this one then Lawrence Hoy at doune

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... q=caterham

M Blur · Post by **M Blur** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:08 pm

V.nice.. quite a few narrow sections I'd need to tip toe around but would make good practice no matter how slow I was..

mattg · Post by **mattg** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:12 pm

i like this one, somwhere in france, awesome sound.

http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.asp ... 76FA62&p=0

Matelotman · Post by **Matelotman** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:34 pm

mattg wrote:i like this one, somwhere in france, awesome sound.

http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.asp ... 76FA62&p=0

Jeez - I thought I had my finger on the FF button, I wonder if the driver's eyes stung when he finally blinked?

fd · Post by fd » Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:33 pm

I put that video together for Lawrence some years ago . . . I doubt you'd have the same reaction from the driver after 17Km . . . with the likes of Doune you probably don't even breathe . . . <50 seconds, 1 mile, standing start . . . and every second counts, there is no contingency, there is no runoff, there is no opportunity for error, if you spin the car or even hang the tail out likely you will seriously damage it . . . it's just not the same deal . . .

At the top of Doune last season I could barely work out how to shut down the car or take my helmet off, most people I spoke to were in a similar state . . . but that's why people do it . . .

Same thing as driving up 17Km of nice wide public road ? . . . hmmmm

$0.02

Fd