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  • johnnytorque

    Aug. 14, 2011 8:54 p.m. johnnytorque New Reader

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjearTKquGg

    This is a super cool vid done by a fellow local Autox'er. All in Slo-Mo and some cool music.

    (I'm in it, Red 944)

    Hope you like it!

  • DavidinDurango

    Aug. 14, 2011 10:09 p.m. DavidinDurango Reader

    very nice!

    Miatas for sale!

  • mad_machine

    Aug. 14, 2011 11:57 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

    very very nice. Neat watching a couple of cars activating the ABS

    Be careful of your words, for someone will agree with them. Be careful of your conduct, for someone will imitate it. -Leih Tsu

  • Apexcarver

    Aug. 15, 2011 12:15 a.m. Apexcarver SuperDork

    More goodness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaM7kgUlmhE&fmt=18

    formerly known as hotstang

  • donalson

    Aug. 15, 2011 12:21 a.m. donalson SuperDork

    and to think shot on a little point and shoot camera...

    that was fun :)

    "Just because you can think outside of the box, it doesn't mean we are going to let you out of it." ~ John Brown

  • mad_machine

    Aug. 15, 2011 1:23 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

    wow... very nice for a little point and shoot camera. It was not too long ago that video of that clarity was the realm of expensive professional grade cameras

    Be careful of your words, for someone will agree with them. Be careful of your conduct, for someone will imitate it. -Leih Tsu

  • 92CelicaHalfTrac

    Aug. 15, 2011 6:02 a.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork

    Oooo.... i spy a Velocity Red MSM right at the beginning...

    SCAVENGE THE SEA FLOOR FOR NUTRIENTS

  • JoeyM

    Aug. 15, 2011 6:26 a.m. JoeyM SuperDork

    am I the only one who cringed at 1:37 when he let go of the wheel?

    "I can endorse the Miata, Tom. It's a lot of fun, even though it doesn't leak enough oil for my tastes." - CarTalk

  • T.J.

    Aug. 15, 2011 6:51 a.m. T.J. SuperDork

    How about 1:07 when it almost looked like the Porta Potty was going to get taken out.

    "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." George Orwell

  • FlightService

    Aug. 15, 2011 6:56 a.m. FlightService Dork

    In reply to JoeyM:

    Nope

    If you knew what you were doing, I wouldn't be here.

  • FlightService

    Aug. 15, 2011 6:56 a.m. FlightService Dork

    Most of the video made me think of this

    If you knew what you were doing, I wouldn't be here.

  • mad_machine

    Aug. 15, 2011 7:05 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

    those nomnomnom things still make me giggle.. thankyou

    Be careful of your words, for someone will agree with them. Be careful of your conduct, for someone will imitate it. -Leih Tsu

  • patgizz

    Aug. 15, 2011 7:52 a.m. patgizz SuperDork

    subarus smoking all 4 tires at once always makes me warm and tingly inside.

    When I grow up, I want to be just like Colt McCoy

  • SyntheticBlinkerFluid

    Aug. 15, 2011 7:55 a.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid HalfDork

    haha that Pontiac Vibe with all the wheels locked up sliding off course.

    I saw an XRunner

    '95 Jeep Cherokee / '80 Mazda Rx-7 / '68 Corvair Monza Coupe

  • Volksrodden

    Aug. 15, 2011 8:38 a.m. Volksrodden Dork

    Nothing like a diet of tires and cones to keep a car happy,...If only women were so easy, lol

    Cheap thrills at low speeds

  • Aug. 15, 2011 9:28 a.m. Ziploc

    JoeyM wrote: am I the only one who cringed at 1:37 when he let go of the wheel?

    As the driver (and creator of that video) I was not cringing! I had just floored the throttle and was using the throttle to rotate the car around a hairpin. Not the fastest. But the funnest.

    Glad you guys enjoyed the video!

    I have another one coming up soon consisting only of onboards from the hundreds of cars that my camera was attached to. It will be a tribute as the poor point & shoot camera finally died after 400+ autocross runs.

    I replaced that camera with a GoPro Motorsports, a DriftHD, and another point and shoot for my feet. Ended up with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qi-wHwLMQg

  • Graefin10

    Aug. 15, 2011 9:40 a.m. Graefin10 HalfDork

    JoeyM wrote: am I the only one who cringed at 1:37 when he let go of the wheel?

    I was trying to remember "did I ever do that"? Probably, but I don't remember it.

    IMO that's a good way to analyse your own runs.

  • FlightService

    Aug. 15, 2011 9:49 a.m. FlightService Dork

    DUDE I can't believe you would drive like that!!! You beat the crap out of your poor little frog-hippo-dragon thing.

    If you knew what you were doing, I wouldn't be here.

  • Strizzo

    Aug. 15, 2011 10:04 a.m. Strizzo SuperDork

    In reply to Ziploc: I spy: what looks to be a handicapped parking sign at 0:55, and a light post at 0:57, the three cones someone put in front of the base isn't going to stop an out of control car. couple other light posts in other spots, but a bit farther out.

  • Aug. 15, 2011 10:22 a.m. Ziploc New Reader

    FlightService wrote: DUDE I can't believe you would drive like that!!! You beat the crap out of your poor little frog-hippo-dragon thing.

    I think it likes it. My Miata has 220,000kms and has been autocrossing for 5 years. It embarrasses many a car in stock form.

    Strizzo wrote: In reply to Ziploc: I spy: what looks to be a handicapped parking sign at 0:55, and a light post at 0:57, the three cones someone put in front of the base isn't going to stop an out of control car. couple other light posts in other spots, but a bit farther out.

    The signs are the unfortunate part of the lot we run in. We do our best to stay away from them. The wide angle lens of the GoPro makes it look a little closer than it actually was.

    In regards to the light post, yes there are some in the lot. We put our marshal stations there so that they have something to protect them. The courses are never near the light posts.

    Anything can happen anywhere. But we do what we can to minimize the risks of our lot.

    Thanks for looking fellow racers!

  • Tyler H

    Aug. 15, 2011 10:53 a.m. Tyler H Dork

    I liked the footwork.

  • Strizzo

    Aug. 15, 2011 10:59 a.m. Strizzo SuperDork

    here are two grabs i took at :54 and :55. it seems like there are not just one, but two signs just off line to hit. we are all concerned with safety and things can happen, but this looks like just a really bad idea. coming in just a little too hot and/or locking up the fronts could put you right into one of those signs. earlier in the video it looks like the course parrallels a long row of signs, does this part of the course run across that row of signs?

  • Aug. 15, 2011 11:22 a.m. Ziploc New Reader

    In reply to Strizzo:

    Unfortunately there is no real escape from the signs in that lot. There are a lot, but we design accordingly to minimize risk.

    Thankfully the signs don't jump out in front of the cars.

  • vwcorvette

    Aug. 15, 2011 3:59 p.m. vwcorvette Reader

    Definitely two of the best AX vids I've ever seen. Nice work!

    George Rooney

  • DrBoost

    Aug. 15, 2011 5:59 p.m. DrBoost SuperDork

    Thanks, that was nice.
    Slo-mo footage is nice. They contacted me to ask permission to put some of my footage in there. But for it to match, they'd have had to run my stuff at normal speed or it would have looked like frame-by-frame

    You know you are deep in boost territory when you get tire pressures and boost pressures confused

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