I normally despise computer animated video, especially when it’s trying to duplicate live action racing. But I have to say, this Youtube find is an exception to the rule. This video depicts Ayrton Senna racing all the open wheel cars he’s ever set foot in starting with go karts and ending with a Williams F1 car.
Good sound, imagery and action give this video a somewhat realistic feel. And even though it is quite obvious that this video was a total computer project it doesn’t take away from how cool it is to see all of Senna’s cars out on the track with his signature striped yellow helmet in the cockpit. This video also serves as a history lesson of Senna’s career and an interesting peak into the rise of one of Formula One’s greatest talents.
A friend sent me this video of some folks in Eastern Europe (or at least that’s where it appears to be) having a boat load of fun, running their cars off a ramp to get them on two wheels and see who can drive the car on its side for the longest. It really reminded me of folks in my home town of Oakland doing things like “ghost riding” and spinning donuts for entertainment.
But the highlight of the clip is a little Messerschmitt KR200 micro car, built by the same company that made German airplanes in WWII. The three-wheeled car dodges the ramp, jerks the wheel and pops up onto two wheels with ease running the entire length of the course with one front wheel up in the air. You really have to see it to appreciate it, so here it is:
Ever since driving my first VW Microbus a few weeks back I’ve been on the air cooled Volkswagen tip. A friend of mine found a cool Belgian website for early VW enthusiasts that is pretty remarkable. While I don’t understand the language, a picture is worth 1000 translated words, and they have some great photos from events and the like of their European bread Vee Dubs.
What I really appreciate about these Euro VW enthusiasts is their sense of style when it comes to the cars. They aren’t all about chrome and shiny things like so many hot rodders and import rodders here in the US are. Rust and tarnish are perfectly acceptable even encouraged it seems, many vehicles are modified but originality also has its place amongst this crowd, and probably the biggest common theme is there’s no such thing as too low. A huge mass of these air cooled Volkswagen enthusiast gathered in Ninove, Belgium this month and the pictures are quite amazing.
If you are a fan of the World Rally Championship (WRC) today, than you have undoubtedly heard of the notorious Group B class rally cars from the early 1980s. First introduced in 1982 Group B was a direct replacement for Group 4 and Group 5 modified grand touring and touring prototype cars. What made the group B class so special was the relatively open nature of the rules. Low homologation numbers (200 cars), low minimum weight, and the unlimited use of forced induction meant the group B cars were destined to be rockets, with some cars putting out over 600 horsepower in the final development of the series. As the series progressed this uncapped performance would show its downside in the form of serious wrecks several of which proved to be fatal. With both spectators and drivers getting killed Group B was unable to sustain itself, coming to an end in 1986.
Metro 6R4
One of the neatest aspects of Group B was how many manufacturers jumped into the fray to compete. Leading the way was Audi’s all wheel drive Sport Quattro S1; a vehicle which despite its all wheel drive traction advantage would quickly prove too heavy to dominate the sport. Lancia competed with both the cool looking and successful 037 Rally and the Delta S4. Peugot burst onto the scene with the all wheel drive 205 T16 which had plenty of traction without the weight of the Audi’s giving the car the competitive edge. Other notable cars include Ford’s RS200, the Austin (MG) Metro 6R4, the Renault 5 Turbo, and the Porsche 959. There were also several Japanese manufacturers who entered cars and although they enjoyed only moderate success overall, their race cars were damn cool: Mitsubishi ran an all wheel drive Starion, Nissan campaigned the 240RS, Mazda developed a 4×4 version of the RX-7 and Toyota competed in a modified all wheel drive Celica.
Now that you know a bit of the history, here is a great video with narration that can explain it further. But the best part of course is the on course action and the thrilling sounds of these Group B monsters.
If you want to read up on Group B some more check out this link: Group B
I apologize if I’m on a video kick this week, but it just so happens that a lot of cool clips have popped up on my radar screen. Today it was a clip from the show “World’s Scariest Police Chases” hosted by the ever so bronze sheriff John Bunnell. Back in my college days at UC Santa Cruz, Worlds Scariest Police Chases was one of my favorite shows on TV. It was the perfect combination of high speed driving, stupid antics, amazing crashes, and John Bunnell’s awful commentary: “This guy thinks he’ll get away by taking the off ramp, but he’s really taking the off ramp to jail!”
“This crazed madman used a cell phone while trying to escape the LAPD, but the only phone he’ll be using from now on is the one at the state pen.” -John Bunnell
There were a few episodes that stuck out in my head where people either escaped successfully from the cops, or made them look a bit foolish. One episode involved an old Toyota truck that simply used the delayed exit of the freeway technique, and got away Scot free. Another episode had a bunch of kids driving in a Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe and it was handily outrunning the normal police cruisers so they had to call in the 5.0 Mustang Police car to catch them. But perhaps my all time favorite episode involves a 15 year old boy who stole an E30 M3 and leads the cops on a wild chase. He actually proves to be a pretty good driver despite his age avoiding spike strips and weaving through traffic without losing control of the car. There is an LT1 Camaro in hot pursuit of the little BMW and it eventually pulls along side him and then, well I’ll let you watch it:
I don’t condone speeding or running from the cops, as it endangers the life of everyone else on the road, but I have to admit that I love the shoulder fake that he gave the cop, and the fact that it worked really makes chuckle. I know I know, this could have been serious, but with John Bunnell’s voice in the background how can you not laugh.
I love rally videos. I could watch them for hours on end. I think this is partially because the cars look more like street cars than vehicles from other racing series and partially because they are racing on public roads. But the biggest allure for me is the incredible car control that professional rally driver’s are able to display. I can vividly remember the first time I saw Colin McRae negotiate an uphill hairpin turn in his Subaru Impreza, quite an amazing feat.
This weekend a friend of mine sent me a great rally video featuring one of the coolest sport sedans in recent history, the E30 M3. Even if you don’t like BMW’s you have to admit the E30 is an awesome ride. The rear drive sedan has powerful naturally aspirated (in stock spec) four cylinder engine, aggressive but not overdone fender flares, and unlike the modern M3 is still small enough to be easily tossed about on a rally course. I really enjoyed this clip of Patrick Snijers hammering away in the BMW and hope you guys like it as well.
Stay tuned for some group B rally action later this week.
Yesterday, I wrote about the new Superleague Formula racing series that is on the table, combining the sports of soccer and open wheel racing. I stuck in a teaser photo with a group of compact cars playing a game of car soccer. After doing some internet research (Google) I found that this photo was from a Top Gear episode. Of course, I should have guessed.
As I mentioned in the previous post I think the idea of actual cars playing football is a brilliant idea. A scaled up soccer ball and group of scaled down cars makes for a great picture. But what is really cool is that the match was actually exciting and there was a good amount of scoring (something that real soccer often lacks). Also unlike soccer no one went down to the ground grabbing there leg in seemingly incredible pain only to be seen sprinting around the field at full strength seconds later.
The first clip is all Toyota Aygo’s, the second is Aygo vs. VW Fox. Both are entertaining.
Pretty great videos. I think they should start a crappy car soccer league here in the states. There are plenty of Geo Metros and Ford Aspires just waiting to take the field.
I have a growing addiction to adventure motorcycle riding, the sport/pass time of taking your motorcycle on a long journey where the roads turn rough and the large populations of urban area give way to the more desolate and scenic back drops of remote parts of the world. My fascination began when I watched the series The Long Way Round, in which Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor ride their BMW GS bikes around the world. After doing some research I found that one of the inspirations for this journey was a book called Jupiter’s Travels by Ted Simon (who also makes a cameo in the documentary).
So after I finished with the series I quickly picked up Simon’s book and read it cover to cover. The differences between the two trips were so immense that they are almost incomparable. Simon traveled around the world for nearly four years and covered all the major Continents. What is even more impressive is that he did it in the mid-1970s amidst much political upheaval all over the world riding a less than reliable (by modern standards)Triumph Tiger named Jupiter. The 500cc bike does prove to be pretty durable given the excruciating tasks it’s put through, but as Simon quickly finds out his four year adventure over deserts, mountains and oceans takes its toll on the machine. Several times he has to rebuild the motor on the side of the road or have parts sent in to completely overhaul the bike. Electrical gremlins rear their head and he seems to be constantly battling the problem of how to store his gear properly. With a heavily loaded motorbike Simon also finds out that control, particularly on rough roads isn’t easy, and after several spills he also figures out that he has to completely unpack his bike in order to upright it. Add to that the fact that he has constant trouble with border crossings, theft, weather and the local police and it makes for a pretty entertaining story. Nearly 30 years later Simon is still riding motorcycles all over the world.
Simon, a British journalist, was able to capture his adventure quite compellingly. Although arrogant and out of touch at times he was able to justify his emotions and actions nicely and give the impression that indeed this was a real adventure not some made up piece of fiction. Seeing him deal with culture shock, and give in to the temptation to stay in nice hotels instead of rough it, where things that upset me at first. But as I thought back on the time I spent traveling I realized that if I had enough money I would have opted for luxury as well. While the tales of the bike braking down, and the countries he passes through are interesting, I felt the best part of the book was how he delved into his own psyche looking for the reasons and struggling to deal with his emotions. He does an excellent job of explaining that while the 4 year trip was difficult, it was even more difficult to end the trip and try to reacclimatize to normal life. Simon’s Triumph was not unlike this one, just a lot more worn and dirty.
I recommend this book to any future travelers or people who need some extra motivation to go see the world. It is an excellent read.
This past weekend I had the chance to take in my first full NASCAR Nextel Cup race of the season (in between NCAA basketball), and it just so happens it was also the debut of the much anticipated “Car of Tomorrow”. Hearing the name “Car of Tomorrow” I expected to see a futuristic looking race car with updated suspension and lots of technological breakthroughs, but instead what I saw was a car that looked slightly more stock than the old NASCAR and sported a pronounced rear wing and front chin spoiler/air splitter. From what I’ve heard and read the “Car of Tomorrow” is was mostly modified with safety in mind. The car is less aerodynamic but has more down force, meaning lower speeds and more grip. I believe it is also slightly larger with a more central driver’s location providing better protection. During the race one of the commentators (Darrell Waltrip I believe) said that the car would be better named “the Car of Yesterday” as it reminded him of the golden age of NASCAR when the cars were closer to street vehicles. The legend, Darrell Waltrip
Ironically the online spoof newspaper The Onion wrote a piece in their latest edition about “the Car of Yesterday”, but I don’t think it is quite what Waltrip had in mind.
Here is an excerpt from the article: CHARLOTTE, NC—Only days after its long-anticipated, much-criticized Car of Tomorrow debuted to overwhelmingly negative reviews at the Bristol Motor Speedway, NASCAR responded to the wishes of competitors and fans alike by introducing the stylishly retro, technologically retrograde NEXTEL Cup Car of Yesterday.
Enlarge Image NASCAR Introduces
“This is exactly what everyone from race teams to race fans wanted all along—a real American racecar,” said Robby Gordon, standing in front of the Jim Beam ‘77 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme he will drive for the rest of the season. “To hell with things like spoilers, adjustable suspensions, disc brakes, shoulder belts, all that junk. People want to see us racing the cars they drive every day, and anyone who’s seen the parking lot at a NASCAR race will tell you that’s what the Car of Yesterday gives them.”
Check out the rest of the article here: The Onion
While The Onion can occasionally be to smart-ass for their own good, this article gave me a good chuckle, and it is nice to see them commenting on motor sports for a change. As for the actual car of tomorrow, the first race made it seem like there will be less carnage on the track with this new race car, which is a bad thing for most NASCAR fans. But safety is always good, and the race was still hotly contested, so hopefully the rest of the season will remain a closely fought contest.
Today a good friend of mine sent me two great video clips, both involving incredibly fast soccer mom type rides, a BMW X5 and a Renault Espace. We didn’t get the Espace here in the US, but let me assure you that this little minivan is a total mom-mobile.
Let’s start with the BMW. The first video is in German, so frankly I don’t know what’s going on. But what I did make out with my broken Deutsche is that we are looking at a special BMW X5 Le Mans which sedan racing legend Hans Stuck has generously agreed to thrash around for our benefit. This X5 is clearly far from stock, as you can tell by the throaty and aggressive exhaust note. Under the hood lies a mammoth 6.0 liter twelve cylinder engine (the same engine which won Le Mans for BMW in 1995) that puts out a remarkable 700 horsepower and 531 lbs-ft of torque. This is enough grunt to push the crossover SUV from 0-60 mph in less than five seconds with a top speed approaching 180 mph. More than enough performance to tote the kids around don’t you think? So what does this behemoth look like in the hands of racing hero?
While the X5 Le Mans is wild, it looks like a librarian next to the Renault Espace F1. This bizarre creation was born in mid-1990 in order to celebrate the 10 year partnership between Renault and Matra. To build the car Matra took the drive train directly out of their 1994 Championship winning Williams/Renault Formula One car. The 820 hp 3.5 liter V10 and sequential gearbox were mounted mid-ship inside a modified Renault Espace minivan. The stock Espace had its floor pans cut out to accept a new carbon body structure containing the high-tech driveline. The minivan also received updated brakes, automatic attitude control and a special aero package to keep it from flying off the road. The result was a shocking vehicle that was stupid-fast, looked weird and cost a lot of money. Who wouldn’t want one? Stock Renault Espace and the Espace F1
The Espace F1’s stats are impressive. With a top speed of nearly 190 mph this Renault can accelerate from 0-60 in under 2.8 seconds. It can run from 0 to 167 back down to 0 in only 1,968 feet (not much more than a quarter mile) and it can pull up to 2g in cornering. Oh and there are four bucket seats and plenty of room for luggage. But on-paper performance does not do this special vehicle justice. Take a look (and listen) at the Espace F1 on the track:
This is the caption I received with the clip: Short documentary about the Renault Espace F1 broadcasted in 1995 on French channel M6. Quick summary of what the narrator says:
* In one day the Espace F1 will do its maiden lap and also last lap ever
* Renault Sport, Williams and Matra all worked on this prototype with the help of F1 pilots Alain Prost and Eric Bernard
* Renault Engine 3.5l V10 800 hp 14000RPM
* Consumption is 60 liters / 100km
* Cost per kilometer is 300 times more than a regular Renault Espace
Alain Prost at the end declares: “I always wanted to bring with me in a two-seater Formula 1 some journalists, specially the ones I don’t like.”
I haven’t posted a video in awhile, but yesterday one fell in my lap that was absolutely stunning. I’ve always loved a good commercial, and this one certainly ranks as one of the best I have ever seen. Director Antoine Bardou-Jacquet is a member of, Partizan, a collective of directors from around the world who produce some of the coolest, films, music videos, and television spots imaginable. Antoine really out did himself with this one. Featuring stunning background scenery, amazing live action car shots (or at least they appear to be) and some of the best sound ever to be heard in any commercial, this Shell Oil ad is a masterpiece.
Ever wonder what would happen if you painted something controversial on your car and drove it through a rough neighborhood? Don’t worry; I’ve never wondered that either, but the boys at Top Gear decided that it would be good experiment. So three of the Top Gear hosts headed to good old Alabama to partake in a bizarre test. This test was less about vehicles and more about culture, and the bravery of the drivers however it was entertaining nonetheless.
Starting out with three prime examples of American iron, a Camaro IROC Z, a Cadillac and a Dodge pickup, the Top Gear hosts were issued the challenge to paint messages on each others vehicles, the catch was the messages were supposed to be something that would get them killed. The slogans they chose certainly were potent enough to raise a few eyebrows, but as the video shows there was more than eyebrow raising going down in Alabama that day. I’m not really sure what to make of this episode. It has little to do with actual vehicles (the point of the show) but in a scary way I found it pretty funny. It certainly highlights some cultural insensitivity, and shows how much trouble simple words can get you into. On the one hand these guys are lucky they didn’t get seriously hurt, but on the other hand why are people trying to hurt them over things like NASCAR, Hillary Clinton, “man love” and country music, that seems a little idiotic to me.
Here is the clip, I’m curious to here your thoughts:
A good friend of mine who is huge Ayrton Senna fan sent me a great Senna video today. Unfortunately I missed out on most of Senna’s racing days, I was only 11 years old or so and had yet to develop an appreciation for the great F1 drivers of the time. But thanks to online videos it is possible to relieve many of these driver’s greatest moments.
For all you non-F1 types, Ayrton Senna was a Brazilian born driver who raced for some of the top teams in Formula One (McLaren/Honda, Lotus and Williams). He was best known for his ability to throw down incredibly quick qualifying laps and for his uncanny ability to pilot an F1 car at high speeds in wet weather, the latter earning him the nickname “The Rain Master”. Senna’s brilliant career was cut short in 1994 when he was involved in a fatal accident during the San Marino Grand Prix at the Imola circuit in Italy. Prior to Senna’s accident fellow Brazilian Rubens Barrichello had been involved in a serious wreck in Friday qualifying. Then on Saturday Austrian driver Roland Ratzenberger died in a fatal accident during practice. The following Sunday during the race Senna’s car broke traction and went off the track at Tamburello corner hitting an unprotected concrete barrier. Telemetry shows he left the track at 310 km/h (193 mph) and was able to slow the car down to 218 km/h (135 mph) in less than two seconds before hitting the wall. There is some controversy over the cause of the accident, whether it was a result of driver or mechanical failure. There is also some disagreement on the actual cause of death, but most people believe that he died at the track due to massive head trauma caused by a tire or piece of suspension debris from the car.
When Senna was driving for McLaren/Honda he developed a close relationship with the Honda engineers that built the power plants for his Formula 1 car. As a result he was asked to fine-tune the Honda NSX’s (Acura stateside) suspension setting during its final development stages. He tested the car at Suzuka Circuit with chief NSX engineer Shigeru Uehara on hand to listen to Senna’s input. Senna’s main critique was that the NSX lacked chassis stiffness, a problem which the engineers fixed with additional reinforcements before the car went into production.
Here is some footage of Senna putting the NSX through its paces at Suzuka. Note that he is driving in slip on loafers…. ahhh the lifestyle.
If you grew up watching Transformers’ cartoons and playing with the action figures than you are no doubt excited about the upcoming release of the live action Transformers movie. The folks at General Motors are also giddy with anticipation, but not because they crave special effects or have found childhood memories of playing with transforming cars. GM has a huge role in the upcoming movie with several vehicles playing main characters in the film: a Pontiac Solstice will play Jazz, a Hummer H2 will star as Ratchet and a GMC TopKick takes the role of Ironhide.
The most controversial product placement character in the whole movie is the famous Transformer Bumblebee. Bumblebee was one of the most beloved characters in the entire cast, and appropriate to his name Bumblebee Transformed into a yellow Volkswagen Beetle. However, in a complete disregard for the originality of the series and probably due to a large sum of money coming from GM, director Michael Bay has cast Bumblebee as the a new Chevrolet Camaro. To be fair, it probably wasn’t Michael Bay’s call, but as a Transformer fan and hater of blatant product placement at the cost of artistic vision I think this blows. I can’t say that I blame GM for trying to plaster their name all over this movie, it makes great sense from a marketing stand point, but it would be great to see Bumblebee in the film as a new Beetle. Maybe Volkswagen missed the boat.
Original Bumblebee
In addition to having prominent vehicles in the film, there have been whisperings that GM will release Transformer Edition cars and trucks. This has left people asking the obvious question: What exactly will the Transformer Edition be? Let’s shoot down the wishful thinkers right away; GM is not going to build a car that actually transforms! This is the same company that came late and underdressed to the hybrid party, the small two seat sports car party, and the stop building giant ugly SUVs party, I don’t think they have it in them to build a real transforming vehicle. If anyone is going to build one (and why would you?) it’s going to be Honda or Toyota.
Chevrolet Camaro “Bumblebee” seen on the Transformers set
Beyond that we really have no idea if the cars are simply going to sport Transformer badges (Autobots and Decepticons) or if they will have any performance modifications, graphics packages or body kits. The film opens this summer on the 4th of July.
For more information on Transformers and other classic toys, check out the awesome 451 Press toy blog, Toy Bender: Lots of cool vintage commercials and up to date information on what’s going on in the world of toys, also the source of this story. Thanks Paul!
Despite the fact that supercars are all about status, flash and money there is something unavoidably appealing about them; maybe it’s the power, speed and handling. I can still remember the first time I saw a Lamborghini Countach in person. The scale of the car was amazing, sleek low and incredibly wide. In fact most supercars are much bigger than they look on the glossy pages of magazines. This begs a few questions: what would it be like to actually drive one of these powerful, unwieldy and massive machines on the streets of a crowded city, and how practical would it be for transporting luggage and running errands? Fortunately the boys at Top Gear have a big enough budget to answer these questions.
Using three top of the line exotics, the Ford GT, Pagani Zonda and Ferrari F430, Top Gear put them through the paces of real world driving and parking on the streets of Paris…or they would have got to the driving part if they could have gotten out of the parking garage. This clip doesn’t bust any myths, we all know super cars are built for smooth open roads or race tracks not parking garages, but it is certainly interesting to watch the supercars try and do “normal car” tasks and fail. I knew there was a reason so many people drove Hondas and not Zondas.
Some people use their automobiles only to get from Point A to Point B. You know there's more than that. You get mad when someone makes a remark about your car that's less than flattering. You get riled when a cool car is destroyed in a straight-to-video movie. You realize when a new car doesn't deserve it's name of a great car of the past. When you see someone driving a boring vehicle, you feel sorry for them. You know it's not the destination that counts - it's the journey.
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