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Old 05-14-2020, 07:23 AM   #1
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This looks like fun

https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/bu...t-rally-karts/
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Old 05-14-2020, 07:52 AM   #2
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I'm getting old. I watched it and thought, ohhhh my back. Looks like a ton of fun, but I wouldn't be able to get out of bed for a couple days after each race.
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Old 05-14-2020, 08:11 AM   #3
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It looks like ridiculous fun. I'd just be too much of a wimp to go anywhere near that fast.
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Old 05-14-2020, 10:38 AM   #4
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It looks like ridiculous fun. I'd just be too much of a wimp to go anywhere near that fast.
It helps having a roll cage and rally experience.

What I never get about rally racing is why any spectators would stand so close. Absurd.
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Old 05-14-2020, 11:03 AM   #5
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I'm getting old. I watched it and thought, ohhhh my back. Looks like a ton of fun, but I wouldn't be able to get out of bed for a couple days after each race.
Eh. Good suspension and you'll be fine.
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Old 05-14-2020, 11:45 AM   #6
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What I never get about rally racing is why any spectators would stand so close. Absurd.
I know. I wonder if they have to sign an injury waiver beforehand?
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Old 05-14-2020, 02:09 PM   #7
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Loose surfaces are so fun.
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Old 05-17-2020, 07:39 PM   #8
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It helps having a roll cage and rally experience.

What I never get about rally racing is why any spectators would stand so close. Absurd.
The one I love is when a car goes off and turns over. They all rush to help turn it over.

BUT, the next guy may just go off at the same place.....
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Old 05-17-2020, 07:40 PM   #9
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A couple of buddies and I did the European Rallye School in FL back in about 2002.

It was a HOOT. All day on loose surfaces.
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WAY too fast on too narrow roads for my taste. The margin for error is razor-thin for my ability. I’d run out of talent in one of those high-speed turns and end up wrapping myself around a tree where the EMS is gonna need the jaws of life to extract me out of the vehicle.

Me ?? Just give me a Can-Am Maverick X3 Turbo and a wide-open desert and I'd be happy:

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