The POOL ROOM

[Modena]

Assume you are referring to SPA? It was awesome to watch! Rosberg and Hamilton are a pair of twits. Spoiled brats that need a good kick up the ass.

[Cobra01]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=625747924150290

This will get your heart racing just before the nationals

Cheers

Brad

[07cob]

Originally Posted by Cobra01

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=625747924150290

This will get your heart racing just before the nationals

Cheers

Brad

Read this some time back. Found this version on the Aprilla Forum.

You are riding the average $250,000 Honda MotoGP bike. Over a mile up theroad, a Top Fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter milestrip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run theRC211V hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and pastthe dragster at an honest 200 mph (293 ft/sec). The 'tree' goes green forboth of you at that moment. The dragster launches and starts after you. Youkeep your wrist cranked hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine thatsears your eardrums and within 3 seconds the dragster catches and passesyou. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where youjust passed him. Think about it, from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 mphand not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed youwithin a mere 1320 foot long race course.

Geof

[Rog246]

Never really thought about that.........................Faaaaaaarrrrkk !
Then again the bike does turn and make it back to the pits under its own power!!

[David Hodgson]

Our workplace organised a motivational talk by Michael Milton, the men’s disabled speed skier world record holder. He is also the fastest Australian – disabled or not, on ski’s.

His record is 213.65kl/hr. He was telling us that the timing trap is set between two red lines, 100m apart. He says at that speed it took him only 1.7 seconds to travel the 100m. And this was on one leg

[jcraigau]

Originally Posted by 07cob

You are riding the average $250,000 Honda MotoGP bike. Over a mile up theroad, a Top Fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter milestrip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run theRC211V hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and pastthe dragster at an honest 200 mph (293 ft/sec). The 'tree' goes green forboth of you at that moment. The dragster launches and starts after you. Youkeep your wrist cranked hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine thatsears your eardrums and within 3 seconds the dragster catches and passesyou. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where youjust passed him. Think about it, from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 mphand not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed youwithin a mere 1320 foot long race course.

They really are the most brutal form of motorsport.
When you see them live it is an absolute smashing of the senses.
I had the privilege to stand behind the start line for the funny cars (which are slow compared to top fuelers) at the Perth Motorplex. As they roll past the nitro burns your eyes, the cackle of headers busts your ears and they do the burnout and smoke burns your nose. When they launch off the start it's like a punch in the chest as they disappear down the qtr. Awesome!