Very hairy driving

[beepbeep]

Here are some moments from 2004 hillclimbing event:

http://www.videoconcept.com/Clips/bergcup04.wmv

[Tyson Schmidt]

Holy Schneike's!!!!!! That looks like a blast!

[twobone]

I'd go to a mega horsepower hill climb in a NY minute.


Other than Pikes Peak....what else is there...

Too much liability I guess

[MovOvr1]

that was pretty cool. Where was it held?

[450knotOffice]

Yea!! Whoohoo!!

How fun would it have been to be there!?

Three observations concerning engine sounds:

1) Gotta love that Porsche sound - gave me a huge grin when I heard that sweet sound. Nothing like it.

2) Those BMW engines sound like the Formula 1 engines of the 70's and early 80's. They were by far the sweetest sounding of all the non-Porsches.

3) The Mercedes engines all sounded like de-tuned versions of the Merc engines that McClaren used when I went to the USGP in 2000. You always knew when Mika H. and David Coulthard were driving by because the Merc engine sounded quite a bit different then the others - kind of like a higher revving version of the engines on this video.

Sweet! I saved it.

[Roadrunner911]

I went to Pikes Peak a few years back. I was at about the 13,000 level, the ground would shake when the unlimited class four wheel drive cars of that era went byat about 80-90 mph. Awesome experience. I think they were pushing about 800 horsepower.
Yea, would be nice to see this kind of racing here.

[Steve87-911]

So why is it that when going thru uphill twisities my car feels so much more securely planted? Is it just because I'm on the gas harder than when going downhill? or, when going downhill, is gravity also playing a part? (i.e., gravity trying to pull the arse end ahead of the front end?) Guess it's time for me to go to a DE.

Cool video BTW. Love the P-car in there.

[Gumba11]

It was worth it if only for the couple clips of the blue P car in there, but damn, the whole video is sweet.

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[beepbeep]

Merc sports a V10 Judd engine, and beemer sports Judd V8 so you guys pointing out that certain cars sounded F1-like weren't off-line

More info about beemer:
http://www.georg-plasa.de/auto.htm


Baujahr: 1990
Hubraum: 3378 ccm 8 Zylinder
Gewicht: 895 kg
Leistung: 550 PS bei 10200 U/min.
Höchstgeschw.: 340 km/h (je nach Übersetzung)

[beepbeep]

More goodies:

http://www.videoconept.com/Clips/04championnat.wmv

http://www.videoconcept.com/Clips/cam5.wmv

http://www.videoconcept.com/Clips/crash6.wmv

WOW

The green Ford Escort....the bodywork is twisting


Great link!!!

The crash video is scary. Especially the Porsches are hard to watch

[Drago]

Have you guys not been paying attention?

Hill climber! Drivers needed!!