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I was watching Goodwood this weekend (it's still ongoing btw [0]) BUT holy moly that brick wall at 0:27 in the video after they leave the Grand Stand. Or here i

I was watching Goodwood this weekend (it's still ongoing btw [0]) BUT holy moly that brick wall at 0:27 in the video after they leave the Grand Stand. Or here is it https://i.imgur.com/7TyNsP0.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/7TyNsP0.jpeg One slight mistake and you are dead and oblitareted into atoms. No official FIA sanctioned event track have anything like this. 0, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC6fQ8EkASE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC6fQ8EkASE

jeffbee 4y ago
The British seemingly prefer their motorsports to be dangerous. https://www.visordown.com/news/general/isle-man-tt-investigations-incidents-claimed-five-lives-begins https://www.visordown.com/news/general/isle-man-tt-investiga...
- adwww 4y ago
  Isle of Man is tenuously British.
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- nl 4y ago
  Motorcyclists. Pike's Peak Hill Climb (in the US) is safer than that but has still had 7 deaths, most of which were motorcyclists.
  - aunty_helen 4y ago
    Sidecars. If you think the guys on normal bikes are crazy, tt has a sidecar category that beats it hands down for OMGs/mile I watched a pair pull into the pits after their lap. The pilion took off his helmet and tried to clean his glasses. His hands were shaking so much that I took pity on his wife and two young kids as they watched. Still to this day I have no idea where that guy's priorities are.
jackmott42 4y ago
This is an old school thing with tradition and stuff. Can't bother with safety! Sorta like pikes peak where you go off a cliff instead of into a wall.
LandR 4y ago
Here is my local hill climb course. I used to love going to watch this. Hillclimbs are almost always thin courses lined with solid walls in sections. https://youtu.be/9kufacVXlSc https://youtu.be/9kufacVXlSc Not sped up (he launches at about 1m37, cuts beam at top about 2m12 for a 35 sec run. Crashes can be pretty serious.
Steve44 4y ago
One thing that makes it worse from inside the car is going from bright sunshine into quite dark shade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJdQ5wtWqZU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJdQ5wtWqZU is doing a show run, but you get some idea of how little you can see from inside the car. I know the eyes are better than the camera, but even so it's quite a ride.

jeffbee 4y ago

The British seemingly prefer their motorsports to be dangerous. https://www.visordown.com/news/general/isle-man-tt-investigations-incidents-claimed-five-lives-begins https://www.visordown.com/news/general/isle-man-tt-investiga...

adwww 4y ago
Isle of Man is tenuously British.
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nl 4y ago
Motorcyclists. Pike's Peak Hill Climb (in the US) is safer than that but has still had 7 deaths, most of which were motorcyclists.
- aunty_helen 4y ago
  Sidecars. If you think the guys on normal bikes are crazy, tt has a sidecar category that beats it hands down for OMGs/mile I watched a pair pull into the pits after their lap. The pilion took off his helmet and tried to clean his glasses. His hands were shaking so much that I took pity on his wife and two young kids as they watched. Still to this day I have no idea where that guy's priorities are.

jackmott42 4y ago

This is an old school thing with tradition and stuff. Can't bother with safety! Sorta like pikes peak where you go off a cliff instead of into a wall.

LandR 4y ago

Here is my local hill climb course. I used to love going to watch this. Hillclimbs are almost always thin courses lined with solid walls in sections. https://youtu.be/9kufacVXlSc https://youtu.be/9kufacVXlSc Not sped up (he launches at about 1m37, cuts beam at top about 2m12 for a 35 sec run. Crashes can be pretty serious.

Steve44 4y ago

One thing that makes it worse from inside the car is going from bright sunshine into quite dark shade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJdQ5wtWqZU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJdQ5wtWqZU is doing a show run, but you get some idea of how little you can see from inside the car. I know the eyes are better than the camera, but even so it's quite a ride.