rolled to win (McRae at X-Games)
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rolled to win
anyone else see this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci_p6ulyTRg
sorry if its a repost but i am in awe at his driving skills.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci_p6ulyTRg
sorry if its a repost but i am in awe at his driving skills.
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I always thought rally racing was exciting, but that ending was ****ing insane, ive never seen anything like it. Kind of like a last second field goal or a walk off home run, in racing form. I bet the crowd was loving it.. cant believe he was like a half second off from winning it.
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McRae was much smoother than Pastrana... He apexed tightly and tracked all the way out of the turns like he's driven a thousand laps on the course. The line and the way he slid the car through the hairpin (the circle) was incredible...
For comparison, Pastrana's run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjqAekNzfcw
For comparison, Pastrana's run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjqAekNzfcw
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The more I look back on it the more I think Colin was just toying with everyone all week, his first stage out at Hungry Valley was driven VERY conservativly so he could spend the rest of the day reeling Travis in without having to take any risks at all.
He knew he could have walked away with the win on the SS so he hung it out a bit at the end for the sake of "Xtreme factor" knowing he'd either take second and get the most airplay or even still possibly win with that spectacular roll thrown in.
No way he could come up to Travis' double backflip, but a roll on the SS and only dropping a couple seconds was a pretty amazing feat in itself.
Sure made for a good show in any case.
He knew he could have walked away with the win on the SS so he hung it out a bit at the end for the sake of "Xtreme factor" knowing he'd either take second and get the most airplay or even still possibly win with that spectacular roll thrown in.
No way he could come up to Travis' double backflip, but a roll on the SS and only dropping a couple seconds was a pretty amazing feat in itself.
Sure made for a good show in any case.
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Thought the coverage of the rally event was great. Love the camera angles and the camera track down the straights.
Nicely done and an amazing showing by all the drivers. Especially the roll
Nicely done and an amazing showing by all the drivers. Especially the roll
Originally Posted by ldivinag
wonder if mcrae will be back with SWRT next year...
did anyone catch the first stage at HV that rhys millen drove an impreza as well????????
did anyone catch the first stage at HV that rhys millen drove an impreza as well????????
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Originally Posted by ldivinag
wonder if mcrae will be back with SWRT next year...
Colin should have his hands full with his new car company;
http://www.colinmcrae.com/r4_car.asp
and the few special events like this that he's invited to do.
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Originally Posted by psoper
I'd highly doubt it, this event really had nothing at all to do with SWRT, and I haven't been hearing any substantial rumors about any such possibility.
Colin should have his hands full with his new car company;
http://www.colinmcrae.com/r4_car.asp
and the few special events like this that he's invited to do.
Colin should have his hands full with his new car company;
http://www.colinmcrae.com/r4_car.asp
and the few special events like this that he's invited to do.
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well....
actually in the WRC most of the cars could have taken a roll like that and been pretty much fine. I've seen Gronholm roll heavier than that in his Pugeot and keep right on truckin'.
Nice drive by Colin tho, you gotta hand it to the man he put on a show for the camera (cause goodness knows those were not the fastest lines he was taking on the asphalt part of the course).
actually in the WRC most of the cars could have taken a roll like that and been pretty much fine. I've seen Gronholm roll heavier than that in his Pugeot and keep right on truckin'.
Nice drive by Colin tho, you gotta hand it to the man he put on a show for the camera (cause goodness knows those were not the fastest lines he was taking on the asphalt part of the course).