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Fritz The Cat
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« on: November 29, 2011, 10:41:21 AM »
I coulda done this once upon a time.  Cool

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olddog1946
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« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2011, 11:58:33 AM »
Holy sh-t !!!! Now that is crazy...
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Farther
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2011, 12:20:46 PM »
Amazing, I didn't see one car tire in the whole bunch! Roll Eyes
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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2011, 01:26:33 PM »
Amazing fearlessness. When you consider most of these racers have probably already seen the inside of an ambulance a time or two, it's even more impressive. Harder to be brave when you've experienced the consequences of failure.

I think they were all using car tires though. The centrifugal forces at that speed make even GTT's "round out".  Grin
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« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2011, 03:39:40 PM »
Quote from: Farther on November 29, 2011, 12:20:46 PM
Amazing, I didn't see one car tire in the whole bunch! Roll Eyes

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« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2011, 04:53:45 PM »
Those guys have got to have balls the size of basketballs to have the courage to do this.  Not just racing motorcycles (Lord know I have spent my share of time at 120+ MPH on a motorcycle), but to race in the confines of the towns, the rock walls, the off-camber corners with a dip in the middle of them, etc. takes REAL COURAGE!  Even when I used to ride fast in my younger and braver  (dumber) years, I would have been way too chicken to even be a "water boy" for one of these guys.
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BigBod
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2011, 02:33:44 AM »
They have a day off from racing on the Sunday and anyone can go round the track on their bikes, no speed limits!! It's called Mad Sunday!!
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