Someone on the track prep team would've got a slap on the wrist for that. They must've messed something up for both cars to blow the tyres off like that. Nice driving for no one to hit anything though, must've been their most exciting 6 second passes ever
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What I loved about that dragster footage is at the end, there's a shot from a helicopter (or drone)
I've never seen that angle before, and it gives a great sense of the speed/acceleration
I tried to find more such footage of a proper run, but haven't turned anything up yet
I've never seen that angle before, and it gives a great sense of the speed/acceleration
I tried to find more such footage of a proper run, but haven't turned anything up yet
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Yeah, it really shows how the guy in the right lane hit 217 by the end when the other guy was only doing 170ish.
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- DeskJockey
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The tyre deformation when they floor the accelerator is just mindbogglingly crazy. Yes I know they're fat soft tyres but still.
Reminded me of a video I saw where they did a slo-mo of the tyre from the side. On launch the inner part turned something like a quarter turn before the outer caught up and started rotating. The forces involved are silly!
Reminded me of a video I saw where they did a slo-mo of the tyre from the side. On launch the inner part turned something like a quarter turn before the outer caught up and started rotating. The forces involved are silly!
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Driving a Galaxy far far away
Driving a Galaxy far far away
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This ties in with the weather and boot stripe threads nicely;
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That seems like a lot of work when you could just disconnect the doorbell.
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Is that a brick, or a smaller version of @Rich B ’s roofbox?
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The physics of those wrinkle wall tyres is crazy.DeskJockey wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 3:50 pm The tyre deformation when they floor the accelerator is just mindbogglingly crazy. Yes I know they're fat soft tyres but still.
Reminded me of a video I saw where they did a slo-mo of the tyre from the side. On launch the inner part turned something like a quarter turn before the outer caught up and started rotating. The forces involved are silly!
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^ He's an excellent character, I like the one where he reports from a prison
Also, the news update snippets on screen
Also, the news update snippets on screen