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Motorcycle vs. Car Drift Battle 2

Alex (Viper007Bond) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:00:41 +0000

You’ll love this video if you’re a gearhead:

It was filmed out in eastern Oregon and Washington! The awesome road in the video is Maryhill Loops Road which is closed to the public although it’s available for rent to car clubs and such.

Yesterday I Learned

Alex (Viper007Bond) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:40:36 +0000

Yesterday I learned that when my 2001 Ford Mustang is running, the key fob is disabled and will not let you lock or more importantly unlock the car doors. I started up the car in order to warm up the cabin, took the key fob off my keyring, and then locked the door behind me. I was only going to be a few car lengths away from it but I didn’t want anyone hopping in it and stealing it. This turned out to be a huge mistake. One call to AAA and 45 minutes of car idling later, they showed up to jimmy a door open for me so I could turn it off.

Interestingly my dad’s Ford Explorer, which is only a few years newer than my car and shares many common Ford parts, doesn’t do the same thing. It’s key fob works perfectly fine with the engine running. Hmm.

Go Kart Racing In Budapest

Alex (Viper007Bond) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:20:19 +0000

I was in Budapest last week for the Automattic company meetup and during that meetup a bunch of us went out go karting. I took my GoPro HD Hero 1 with me and mounted it onto my go kart using a suction cup. The videos turned out pretty cool (although lighting was an issue) so I thought I’d post two of them here.

The Opening Race

I had gone to this place a few days before so I already knew the track and the karts but most of the people I was racing against where new to the track and karts, hence the speed differences.

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

The Championship Race

The people who posted the top 7 best lap times were put into a starting grid and had a final race off. The track’s narrow width made it nearly impossible to pass but it was still quite fun!

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

The final lap (starting at about 8:20) was a victory lap which is why I was goofing around and trying to powerslide.

My Awesome New License Plates

Alex (Viper007Bond) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:36:47 +0000

Check out the badass new license plates I got for my car:

They’re in reference to Top Gear’s Stig character, an anonymous racing driver who’s identity is unknown.

2001 Ford Mustang GT

Alex (Viper007Bond) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:54:44 +0000

After two months of driving a beater in order to get good at driving stick and better at driving in general, I’ve moved on to a significantly better car — a 2001 Ford Mustang GT. I picked it up last Saturday night and it has a 260 horsepower V8 with a 5 speed stick shift. It is amazingly fun to drive and is really quick (at least to me, heh).

More pictures can be found over in the thread I made on some forums I run.

Here’s some video I made using my GoPro. It looks like I’m going slower than I actually am due to the wide angle lens and because I have it mounted on the top of my windshield.

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

Monster Tajima’s Amazing Sub-10 Minute Pikes Peak Hill Climb

Alex (Viper007Bond) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:17:25 +0000

Last Sunday, Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima absolutely hauled ass up Pikes Peak for the 2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. He was the first person to break the 10 minute time up the mountain.

Make sure to watch this video in HD and in fullscreen — it’s an amazing bit of driving.

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

PS: I am so getting one of those cameras once I get a better car. It’ll be fun to record roadtrips, etc.

Ken Block Does It Again

Alex (Viper007Bond) — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:18:24 +0000

Rally driver and nutjob Ken Block has released a third Gymkhana video. If you haven’t seen the first or second ones, then watch those first.

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

The Monster Attacks Pikes Peak

Alex (Viper007Bond) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:22:01 +0000

Check out this great video of Pikes Peak International Hill Climb world record holder Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima racing up the mountain earlier this year.

(best watched fullscreen and in HD)

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

Just listen to those turbos whine…

“24 Hours In 19500 Frames”

Alex (Viper007Bond) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:57:24 +0000

Here’s a great video of behind the scenes of the latest 24 Hours Nürburgring, a spectacular endurance race at the best race track in the world.

http://www.vimeo.com/

(via TopGear.com)

Travis Pastrana’s New Year’s Eve Jump

Alex (Viper007Bond) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:00:52 +0000

Incase you missed it, here’s Travis Pastrana proving once again he really is the craziest guy on Earth:

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

That’s a 269 foot jump, breaking the old ramp-to-ramp rally car jump record by 98 feet.

Update: Here’s behind the scenes of his jump:

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

Racing In Slow Motion II

Alex (Viper007Bond) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:44:22 +0000

I enjoyed the first one so much that I thought I’d post this new one as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxZpQl9hskc

The black and white rally car part at about the 1:20 mark is from Top Gear 13×03 by the way.

More Ken Block Badassitude

Alex (Viper007Bond) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:16:19 +0000

I love Ken Block. He does some really crazy shit with rally cars and he’s done it yet again.

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

(via TopGear.com as usual)

Enthusiastic Co-Driver

Alex (Viper007Bond) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:03:54 +0000

I want this guy to be my GPS voice. WARNING: NSFW AUDIO!

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

(via TopGear.com)

Racing In Slow Motion

Alex (Viper007Bond) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:30:34 +0000

Great little short video of some motorsports in slow motion: (click that HD button!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b96hBQV1GKU

(via TopGear.com)

Some Serious Hillclimb Driving Skills

Alex (Viper007Bond) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:19:48 +0000

Check out this onboard video of Lionel Régal in a F3000 doing a hillclimb at Mont Ventoux. It’s utterly amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssqs4S4bRGM