During the event I’m sure they move the signs so the deer know to cross elsewhere.

I spent the better part of a decade working at an active airbase. The noise those cars make at speed is a fantastic reminder of how cool it was.

Actually you bring up a very good point. Search the Leaf forums. Nissan dealers are universally reviled as being completely ignorant of the Leaf, reluctant to sell it, and often times actively attempt to steer sales to other cars.

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This whole conversation misses the point.

*ahem*

Yup, we do media coverage for a lot of different types of racing that are drag race oriented including airstrip attack stuff like this. There are some cars that sketch us out and we don’t even ride in them. We’ll strap a few gopros to it and pick them up after the run.

There’s a few specific cars we have told our…

Good call.

Yeah, this was probably a very low SFI rating cage just to get past some places for tech.

I mean they had a cage, but maybe spring for a model up next time.

Ah, fast one too. I am just guessing that it hits ~70mph. When I first saw the video my first instinct was “probably a Robinson R22". That’s about their air speed, and air time on those is as cheap as a helicopter will ever get.

Not to mention the lack of a cage. Their “roll bar” came out looking like a pretzel.

I mentioned this in a facebook post the other night when this cropped up.

This could have ended with at least one of these guys in a bag.

You completely missed Tesla’s point. Their cars are different because they are electric. Not because they’re high-tech or hip or whatever. What other industry forbids sales by the manufacturer? It’s political cronyism at it’s worst. “sorry sir we can’t sell you our macbook directly, visit one of our dealerships, they…

Is this our alternative to the hydraulic press?

This article is in need of a few clarifications.

Damn, crushed it like a beer can. Driver error or not, this is why race cars have cages.

This picture shows the driver before the crash. Notice he did not give his GF a helmet to wear. Am I the only one a little bothered by that?

I wonder how effective the warning flags really are there. Considering that it’s basically amateur race bro heaven, it’m guessing it attracts a lot of people who don’t really have the discipline that they should to drive hard and still keep an eye out for flags and incidents.