Motorsport OMG / WTF moments - Racing Funnies, Fails, Crashes, And Randomness

[Dean]

Isn't it illegal, or am I just completely off, as usual?

That was sweet. I wanna do that one day.

Me too, if I should be honest.

 

[Ranman20]

Isn't it illegal, or am I just completely off, as usual?

Me too, if I should be honest.

Yes very illegal. Especially since it may have racing slicks on and other factors. But I still wouldn't care.

 

[Dean]

It looks like the chap was very lucky, not driving past the police, then ...

 

[m8h3r]

Yes Mr Police officer. I know I was going 90KMPH Over the limit but you see if I go any slower then my tyres get a bit cold then the roads a little slippy for me.

 

[zedextreme8177]

Right foot steering

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Right foot steering

I don't see any OMG/WTF moments. This is like a Sunday drive for me. I kid you not, I go to tracks and drive like that on Sundays, on occasions.





How about this, though?


OMG/WTF, go-karts make better NASCARs than NASCARs.


Edit: Wait, no, now I see it! A Jaguar E-Type... At Spa!

 

[Danny]

How about this, though?

Since you ask, I found that exactly as dull as NASCAR.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Since you ask, I found that exactly as dull as NASCAR.

That's your choice. When you realize that every one of those drivers is close enough to the kart ahead, that they can feel the exhaust of the kart in front, and that they're going 5-wide, it's pretty awesome.

 

[Bopop4]

Since you ask, I found that exactly as dull as NASCAR.

Try driving it.
The whole karting weekend at Shannonville is like Daytona. But only a few guys can win because it's basically flat out the entire way, and the only passing happens on the last lap/corner.

(Although it is fun in the wet.)

 

[prisonermonkeys]

 

[Mike Rotch]

I don't see any OMG/WTF moments. This is like a Sunday drive for me. I kid you not, I go to tracks and drive like that on Sundays, on occasions.

Yes, because right foot steering in a 200lbs gokart doing 40mph is exactly the same as doing it in a 2200lbs "historic" 911 through Eau rouge.

 

[RVDNuT374]

Only a NASCAR driver would attempt something like this.......

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Try driving it.
The whole karting weekend at Shannonville is like Daytona. But only a few guys can win because it's basically flat out the entire way, and the only passing happens on the last lap/corner.

(Although it is fun in the wet.)

This is more difficult than...

Yes, because right foot steering in a 200lbs gokart doing 40mph is exactly the same as doing it in a 2200lbs "historic" 911 through Eau rouge.

... what Mike's talking about, in my opinion, because the proximity to danger is so much smaller. Also, 200 lb.? That's a bit heavy... Try 144 lb.

 

[Mike Rotch]

Try 144 lb.

You're just re-inforcing my point.

If you get it wrong in your I33t karting, you're going to spin and probably get away with it, or worst case, get hit by another competitor (who seeing your spin would be doing his best to mitigate the contact) at a reduced speed.

If you get it wrong in a 911, going through Eau Rouge, at race pace, the consequences are a bit more dire.

I'll even give a free , for emphasis.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Doesn't mean that the talent required to be fast in one is different from the talent needed to control the other. If we're going to talk about car control, drifters do it better, then rally drivers. In fact, that Porsche, though notoriously difficult to drive fast, is not that hard to drive. That's the point I'm trying to make.

 

[Clark]

Doesn't mean that the talent required to be fast in one is different from the talent needed to control the other. If we're going to talk about car control, drifters do it better, then rally drivers. In fact, that Porsche, though notoriously difficult to drive fast, is not that hard to drive. That's the point I'm trying to make.

Sorry Herr Schumacher, Drifters do not 'do it better', Rally drivers do not slide on purpose, they choose whether to slide or not slide depending on what is quickest round a corner.

And not that hard to drive but notoriously hard to drive fast? You mean it's easy to drive at 50mph constantly on a cruising lap? I doubt any GT is 'easy' to drive fast, not least around Le Mans. And a classic 911 will be so hard to drive, understeer on entry suddenly snapping to over the top oversteer.

 

[m8h3r]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvDD8V9Liq8">YouTube Link</a>

Right foot steering

He's been practicing on the Gran Turismo 5 seasonal events. Some good chase the rabbit there!

 

[Panoz]

Right foot steering

A companion video of the same Porsche going into Eau Rouge.

 

[Bopop4]

Total weight in that class is around 340lbs.

Shannonville is BY FAR the easiest track in a 4-stroke kart. You couldn't spin unless you tried. Mainly because the entire track is flatout bar T1. (And maybe a lift at the chicane.)
'Specially since the top speed doesn't get to be over 70mph.

The difference is like hitting a pop can with a bb gun at 10 feet, and making a mile long sniper kill, in combat, at night, with a knife...

 

[Danny]

Doesn't mean that the talent required to be fast in one is different from the talent needed to control the other.

That's exactly what it means. Being fast in one discipline does not automatically mean they'll be good in another.

If we're going to talk about car control, drifters do it better, than rally drivers.

[Citation needed]

In fact, that Porsche, though notoriously difficult to drive fast, is not that hard to drive. That's the point I'm trying to make.

When you've driven something that's not a go-kart or your dad's Subaru wagon, I'll be more inclined to take what you say seriously.

 

[daan]

The slow motion of that, which starts at 57 seconds, is just epic.

 

[SKIDMARX]

Doesn't mean that the talent required to be fast in one is different from the talent needed to control the other. If we're going to talk about car control, drifters do it better, then rally drivers. In fact, that Porsche, though notoriously difficult to drive fast, is not that hard to drive. That's the point I'm trying to make.

I'm afraid I have to agree with the others, drifters do not do it better. I have done a couple of drifting sessions in the past and have to say that once you get the technique right it is not too difficult to do on a track surface, whereas rally drivers have to deal with constantly changing track surfaces. In fact I am looking to go to a nearby rally school soon to give it a go.

 

[Roo]

Lucas di Grassi makes his way through traffic after a safety car at Le Mans last weekend.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

WTCC Race 1 at Porto

 

[Clark]

Nevermind, GOTMAXPOWER just posted what I was about to post.

 

[R5]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9e9GQzZF94">YouTube Link</a>

WTCC Race 1 at Porto

I have some watching to do later

 

[Carbonox]

Why in the living hell did he get excluded from the sprint race?! The guy in front was the one who messed up, if anyone...

 

[daan]

And Sainz only gets a 10 place grid penalty for pushing someone off the track.

 

[TDZdave]

Lucas di Grassi makes his way through traffic after a safety car at Le Mans last weekend.

That is incredible driving, I'd imagine Lucas was rather "clenched" for the first half of that lap,

 

[Zenith]

I remember the last kart-kid who thought that he would have a leg up at Thunder Hill. He was giving out a lot of advice to the newbies at the beginning, and asking for a lot of advice at the end.

Karting skills do not translate to road racing skills. Karting skills translate to karting skills.