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    And Now For Some WRC Cars Not Crashing

    Can Am or Group B?

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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/28/09

    In reply to And Now For Some WRC Cars Not Crashing
    WRC is truly incredible.

    Granted, the machines are half-to-3/4-million dollar cars, but still, the doors open/close many have power windows, the indicators work, etcetera.

    A car you could truly drive, daily, on the street, if you were hard-core enough.

    I'd like to give it a shot. I can see stoplight drags in the rain being a thrill, right at the rev-limit as the light is changing.
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    09/28/09

    @so I goes to the local bar, y'know, people: You can get a brand new Rally Spec'ed Citroen C4 or Ford Focus for about €120.000, they're not as insane as WRC spec cars but still wildly fun, dangerous, and perfectly road legal.
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    Image of Xelmon Xelmon
    09/29/09

    @Franzouse:
    Unlike some of the other motor sport vehicles... Long live rally!
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    09/28/09

    In reply to And Now For Some WRC Cars Not Crashing
    God Damn it, you guys keep showing all this cool race footage you are going to make me want to build a Rally Car and head to the North Woods.

    Not that that is a bad thing, mind you.

    /LSPR is three weeks away, anyone going?
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    Image of doomonu doomonu
    09/28/09

    @lilwillie hides autos in the attic: I will be at LSPR with several comrades. I should probably start scoping out alternate spectator locations.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    09/28/09

    @doomonu:

    Pics, pics and more pics. I am trying to schedule a chance to get up there but it doesn't look like it will happen.
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    Image of BigEngineSmallCar BigEngineSmallCar
    09/28/09

    In reply to And Now For Some WRC Cars Not Crashing
    Something truly terrifying, flying road race cars. Aren't they supposed to stick to the ground?
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    09/28/09

    @BigEngineSmallCar: And they do. Until they don't.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    09/28/09

    In reply to And Now For Some WRC Cars Not Crashing
    Flying cars FTW
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    Image of Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II
    09/28/09

    @scroggzilla raids again: Finally the Future is here.
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    Image of c0de c0de
    09/28/09

    In reply to And Now For Some WRC Cars Not Crashing
    I <3 WRC..
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    Image of TK-801 TK-801
    09/28/09

    @c0de: Amen
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    09/28/09

    @c0de:
    I 8==D WRC
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    09/14/09

    In reply to Can Am or Group B?
    After reading about the development of the 917 in "Unfair Advantage", I'll have to go with Can-Am. Mark Donahue convinced the Porsche powertrain engineers that he needed enough power to break the wheels loose on the long straights.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    09/14/09

    In reply to Can Am or Group B?
    I love Group B, but Can-Am was a big part of how I first experienced motorsport. I can still hear that roar..and the names..McLaren, Hulme, Donahue, Revson, Gurney, Surtees, Stewart..and so on. Here's some photos of back in the day
    [www.flickr.com]
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    09/14/09

    @scroggs: [www.canamfilm.com]
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    Image of Chaparral Chaparral
    09/14/09

    In reply to Can Am or Group B?
    Let us look at the facts:
    Can-Am- Had Chaparral

    Group B- Not a single Chaparral

    Obviously Can-Am wins.

    Not to mention Group B was totally corporate, Can-Am was full of driver engineers that built their own machines or small companies.
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    Image of TR3-A TR3-A
    09/13/09

    In reply to Can Am or Group B?
    BTW - For those who have never been to Road America, the long straight that includes the start/finish also has a long, uphill climb, it is the longest straight on the course but not the fastest because of the incline. To watch, hear and FEEL thirty or so hyper-powered Can-Am cars pounding up that hill to the start is... a shattering experience.
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    SeanKHotay promoted this comment TR3-A was starred TR3-A was unstarred
    Image of TR3-A TR3-A
    09/13/09

    In reply to Can Am or Group B?
    1967 Road America!!! I was there!!! Yup, the Can-Am was all about money. The saying went, "Cubic inches doesn't win races, cubic money does." So the team with the most bux usually won. Boring? Maybe. Yet watching the spectacular machinery run was worth the price of admission. And for the more knowledgeable spectator, there were actually three races going on - The first was which of the McLarens would win. Then, there was the Second Tier which included the likes of Jim Hall, Dan Gurney, Folmer, Smilin' Mark Donohue and so many others. The last tier was the usual collection of people with too much money who just bought a car and got into the race. So, sure, we know it would be Denny or Bruce but, geez, there was so much going on for the price! I MISS IT!!! And this form of racing helps to keep the more toxic personalities out of politics! (Most of them were from Texas, after all.)
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    09/13/09

    In reply to Can Am or Group B?
    HA! i voted both.
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    09/13/09

    In reply to Can Am or Group B?
    It's hard to beat dirt/portuguese nutter fans.
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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    09/13/09

    In reply to Can Am or Group B?
    This question tears at my soul.

    To hear a CanAm car run, much less race in anger, is to be shaken, no, throttled from your core and, like auto-asphixiation, you're left gasping and wanting more.

    A decade later, the Group B cars rip your breath away with their shear powerful nimbleness on all surfaces as they pass by (or did they?), blasting thru spaces not fit for one at super-cent-terrific speeds.

    I can't admit for whom I voted for fear of offending the other.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    09/13/09

    In reply to Can Am or Group B?
    Can Am. See sig. I am a sucker for sucker cars.

    Oh, and the McLarens in Can Am were insane. RIP Bruce McLaren, your first name lives on as Porsches, and your last name lives on as F1s.
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    Edited by Mobius at 09/13/09 10:33 AM Mobius was starred Mobius was unstarred
    Image of tomic tomic
    09/13/09

    In reply to Can Am or Group B?
    I really really wanted to like Can-Am more -- I mean, sucker cars??! But it was too sanitary -- in youtube form at least -- and Plan B from Outer Space I mean Group B was much more gripping. So there you go.

    Yeah, real cars, dirt real roads matters.

    PS: I rally my '63 Rambler American in a month! Wish me luck!
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