I have seen this heaps and never get sick of watching it. The skills of Ari Vatanen are awesome, considering this was the late 80's, well before much of the assistance and safety many drivers enjoy today.

Love the section into the sun, one hand on the wheel, the other hand blocking the sun and never lets off.

when was the last time a Yank was king of the hill???

aus301 said...

I have seen this heaps and never get sick of watching it. The skills of Ari Vatanen are awesome, considering this was the late 80's, well before much of the assistance and safety many drivers enjoy today.

Love the section into the sun, one hand on the wheel, the other hand blocking the sun and never lets off.

Assistance and safety like guide rails on the side of 500 feet drops and a sealed road....... hahaha.

Yep, that part in the sun is always my favourite as well.

I must have watched this 1000 times and I am not that into motorsport either but this short film is amazing. Seen it first on Wide World of Sports for those that remember that great program.

I had aride with our Natoinal rally champ last month in aforest in Napier 200kph at times ,was real rush hopped out with a sore neck at the end Gforce is unbelivable , if you get the chance go

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husq2100 said...

when was the last time a Yank was king of the hill???

Not really sure what this question is asking, the footage is of a Fin. A Kiwi - Rhys Millen is a regular contentder for top spot these days, but the Pikes Peak event has about 15 categories so I would guess a yank is top of the heap most years one way or another.

As far as out right speed/time .......it hs been a while which is ironic since it is their mountain, and how big the auto industry is over there....and considering they pride themselves at being the best at everything.

The Kiwi's always punch well above their weight in most things mechanical/race orientated....

The yanks have not held the overall record for some time. The current holder is Nobuhiro Tajima (the guy in DJ's pic). He beat the previous record set by Rod Millen (Rhys' father - a kiwi) set 13 years before in 1994.

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husq2100 said...

aus301 said...

husq2100 said...

when was the last time a Yank was king of the hill???

Not really sure what this question is asking, the footage is of a Fin. A Kiwi - Rhys Millen is a regular contentder for top spot these days, but the Pikes Peak event has about 15 categories so I would guess a yank is top of the heap most years one way or another.

As far as out right speed/time .......it hs been a while which is ironic since it is their mountain, and how big the auto industry is over there....and considering they pride themselves at being the best at everything.

The Kiwi's always punch well above their weight in most things mechanical/race orientated....

The yanks have not held the overall record for some time. The current holder is Nobuhiro Tajima (the guy in DJ's pic). He beat the previous record set by Rod Millen (Rhys' father - a kiwi) set 13 years before in 1994.

was that in the car that they did alot of the build on themselves? were they tied in with Toyota????

Bruce Mclaren was another pretty handy K1W1.....CanAm was ALL TIME

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aus301 said...

husq2100 said...

when was the last time a Yank was king of the hill???

Not really sure what this question is asking, the footage is of a Fin. A Kiwi - Rhys Millen is a regular contentder for top spot these days, but the Pikes Peak event has about 15 categories so I would guess a yank is top of the heap most years one way or another.

As far as out right speed/time .......it hs been a while which is ironic since it is their mountain, and how big the auto industry is over there....and considering they pride themselves at being the best at everything.

The Kiwi's always punch well above their weight in most things mechanical/race orientated....

The yanks have not held the overall record for some time. The current holder is Nobuhiro Tajima (the guy in DJ's pic). He beat the previous record set by Rod Millen (Rhys' father - a kiwi) set 13 years before in 1994.

was that in the car that they did alot of the build on themselves? were they tied in with Toyota????

Bruce Mclaren was another pretty handy K1W1.....CanAm was ALL TIME

I'm not 100% sure but I would say yes as I know the Millens generally build the cars they drive themselves. I remember seeing a piece about Rhys building the Pontiac (Holden Monaro) drift car they were running in the states D1 for a while, these Kiwis know their stuff.

yeah Rhys did alot of the stuff for "Fast and Furios 3, Tokyo Drift" driving and building. Watching the special features was funny as the head mech was all good with the Yank V8 stuff, but didnt seemed to fussed or impressed on the stuff Rhys was doing with the evo's like changing to 2wd and altering the steering geometry to work better at drifting......I think it was that he was butt hurt that he didnt really understand about it more than anything

GEES SORRY LEFT OUT BP

Maybe hes taken up hangliding /sorry thinking about it Lol

standupper said...

Don't worry about BP. I havn't seen him in the water for weeks and saw his new board for sale on trademe last night. A PSH 9'6 wide ripper he bought off AA in Aussie. What is that lad up to now??? Maybe he has found another forum where people don't know him yet.

Excited ? no I understand you had a momentry lapse. will look out for more incoming. Merry Christmas

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towball said...

Better sit down gizze ,Ted,Standupper , Kagey, Aussies admitting.. we're good at something .

Dont get to excited.....rememeber there is always the exception that makes the rule ....


BP is on a whole other level.....he gives Humans a bad name!