Thursday, September 10, 2009

Best. High Speed. Chase. Ever.


I've managed to wear out our guest Steve with a full day of walking around Nürnberg in 70-plus degree heat, a fair amount of Bavaria's better beers, and.. oh yeah, the poor guy got off the plane 36 hours ago after a 16-hour flight, and is staring down a 9-hour jet lag to boot. So while he's in the guest room sawing logs, I figured I'd put up a companion piece to the comedy video below. This video, however is dead serious, and even non-gearheads will get an adrenaline rush watching it. It's a full lap at speed of the famed Nürburgring race course in northern Germany (not to be confused with Nürnberg's race track, which is called the Norisring), featuring two cars dicing it out, and frankly if this 10-minute video doesn't get your blood pumping, I don't know what will. Yes, it's 10 minutes, but it's an amazing game of cat-and-mouse between a faster car with more speed out of the curves (Dodge Viper), and a more nimble car (Porsche 911) with better brakes, and a craftier, more fearless driver. If you can, go to YouTube to see a larger screen version, and please! Put in your headphones and crank up the volume. Enjoy!

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