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Who said Karts were for Kids :)

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:40 pm
by Maxx
Well, perhaps nobody but these things sure aren't toys :-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikE6OvAYBNI

I was looking through my videos for something and came across it, luckilly it's up on youtube already.

Maxx

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:47 pm
by Ben
That is shocking !! - god that must be amazing to do !!! ....

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:00 pm
by Stuart
The margins for error on that circuit, at those speeds, is non-existent. That just looks plain scary to me, sorry to be a wuss, but the entire lack of crash protection and speeds that high with concrete armco/walls/houses etc :o

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:52 pm
by Maxx
Yep, scary stuff alright. You might also like these, bunch of mad frenchmen driving F300os at up to 250 kph on country lanes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAkmPCg6rQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIs6kZKRrj4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hj37DIRchI

Watch the incident at 1:10 in the last video, he came soooo close.

You can also download clips from the website http://www.videoconcepts.com

Maxx

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:59 pm
by duncan
think we saw those at the Autosport show on a stand near the le mans show ... or am i dreaming :D

great vids :thumb:

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:26 pm
by sdminus
shift karts.. these babys do 0-100 in 5 seconds and over 150mph. they are mental.. but there is only one place to learn to drive

Scott