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Originally Posted by byndbad914
I have a hard time watching racing start to finish, let alone a race that is that long. That said, I watched the whole race! I love the V8 Supercars, as another stated, why can't NASCAR do something like that? Every body is the same in NASCAR now, so it has lost much of its appeal to me - I haven't been to a circle track race in around 7-8 yrs now, and I used go all the time and even crewed for some SoCal teams.
But I literally went from prone to straight up on the edge of the cushion on the couch for the last few laps! In fact, watching it again there, I found myself amping up... and I know how it all turns out  And as I recall, a few laps before those in the vid, the Vodofone car took second place rocketing down Conrod hill and into the dogleg flat out, inside of the other guy, both cars bouncing and bottoming out, all around 180 mph. That was when I jumped to an upright position. Seriously, the best racing I have watched in a long time as well. Being an avid road courser, I basically stare in astonishment of how well those cars work and the size of huevos the drivers have.
And Tander earned first - his ability to keep focused forward but also just keep shutting the door on Lowndes is just not mortal.
I challenge others to watch the video the first time just for the "racing" aspect. Then watch it again, and this time just watch the cars "work". I find myself watching that more than anything else when I watch racing. I watch Baja footage just to watch the suspensions articulate 
I can say that for hours on end I just kept thinking to myself, "Why isn't there a track like that where I can run?!" I can't imagine what it would be like to be able to tear up and down serious elevation change on a 4 mile course! |
That course is a public road all year round. I raced karts with Tander a great driver and back then a good young bloke, I watched him from juniors onwards, he went onto race in Formula Ford then the V8s.
Greg