Tag Archives: extreme

Jump around…

Posted by Tom Ford at 7:21 am on Wednesday November 19, 2008

I’m feeling a little Block wednesday coming up. More Ken Block madness, this time aided by his mate – and another CupHolder idol – Travis Pastrana. Backflip a motorcycle over a jumping car you say? Yeah, ok, sounds like, really sane. Let’s do it.

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You want a scary lap?

Posted by Tom Ford at 6:50 pm on Tuesday November 18, 2008

A couple of years ago the Radical held the production car lap record for the Nordschleife – albeit for a car that is pretty focussed in terms of going to ASDA – and here’s a lap with commentary from the driver Michael Vergers. You will be impressed…

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Formula off-road

Posted by Tom Ford at 5:43 pm on Thursday October 23, 2008

The next in our series of strange motor sports from around the world, this is formula off-road. Invented in Iceland, by bored men with beards. Think of it as drag racing, up near vertical cliff faces.

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The League of Lethality

Posted by Tom Ford at 6:00 pm on Tuesday October 7, 2008

Ok, so we all like V8s. And most of us like bars. So why not have a V8 barstool? Sounds like a really funny idea, when you‘re drunk, or on illegal Mexican medication. Until you see the bloke riding this (production) Hoss Fly small block Chevy V8…

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Burnout masterclass

Posted by Tom Ford at 2:08 pm on Tuesday September 30, 2008

Burnouts? If you want to do them properly, then you need to talk to this chap. Though if you wait until 27 seconds in, you’ll know why I think this bloke is God, and his Blown 440 wagon is Saint Peter of the Burning Hoops…

Seriously, there’s car control here, and he’s [...]

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