The car's a beast!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fmbIsRL8v4

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CZlcRezBFXA

Next video in line when I watched was Seb Loeb’s record run. Such an awesome driver.

That thing is nuts- the only place it’s a 1965 anymore is on the titles (assuming one is necessary haha)

Out of his mind. I was at Pikes Peak years ago. Thats a white knuckle ride just going normal speeds.

For a guy who couldn’t make it through an entire WRC weekend, that’s pretty optimistic. Wonder if this was spliced together like their other “drives” (ads)?

I believe his Hoonicorn (the mustang) is all wheel drive, so that does take some of the fun out of it.

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Originally posted by wolfe 21:
...all wheel drive, so that does take some of the fun out of it.

I seriously doubt that.

Four wheel burnout capability = win.

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OK, but...WTF? Is it still a timed event?

all wheel drive

https://blog.caranddriver.com/...d-mustang-hoonicorn/

from Nov 2014

Block is going old school in this one-off custom-built, tube-frame, all-wheel-drive, 845-hp “1965 Mustang.”

The car was designed by Block and fellow Monster Energy driver Vaughn Gittin Jr. and his RTR tuning brand. Autosport Dynamics in North Carolina built the “Ford.”

Carbon-fiber body panels cover a tubular-frame skeleton housing a 410-cubic-inch Roush Yates V-8 with NASCAR-spec heads. The engine is hooked to a six-speed all-wheel-drive transmission from the French racing supplier Sadev.

The suspension of all-independent control arms is machined from billet aluminum, and hydraulic handbrake controls give Block the turn-and-burn capability of his rally cars

The flat-gold three-piece forged Tarmac R40 wheels from Fifteen52 (price: roughly a grand per wheel) wear 295/30R-18 Pirelli Trofeo R tires (price: about $370 each) that will live very short lives

This is just an exhibition video, he has lots of them.

I was waiting for someone at SEMA and that video was playing on a large screen with loud audio, right behind me. I must have watched it 5 times, got old quick.

I'll have to play it for my wife on our home theater, real loud!

Geez, I remember when that road was all gravel, that was a hairy drive then. Now, it doesn't look any worse than the drive to Cripple Creek.

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
That thing is nuts- the only place it’s a 1965 anymore is on the titles (assuming one is necessary haha)

Ya, but it sure looks like fun!

Slight thread drift: (arrrr, he said "drift")

What, exactly, is the point of these cars built specifically to do nothing but turn perfectly good tires into smoke and rubber pollution?

Right up there with the fucking idiots that rev their crotch rockets until the exhaust turns cherry red.

Yeah, I know...get off my lawn...

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Slight thread drift: (arrrr, he said "drift")

What, exactly, is the point of these cars built specifically to do nothing but turn perfectly good tires into smoke and rubber pollution?

Right up there with the fucking idiots that rev their crotch rockets until the exhaust turns cherry red.

Yeah, I know...get off my lawn...

Actually, Paul, I’m up there on the porch with you. I like the PPHC and all the history of it (thinking of the Unser brothers). Exhibitions like this, don’t do anything to enhance the chances for survival of this great event.

Here's the same car unleashed on the streets of LA. It has less horsepower though....maybe prior to the twin turbos? Still a beast. Yes, it is all wheel drive.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qanlirrRWs

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What, exactly, is the point of these cars built specifically to do nothing but turn perfectly good tires into smoke and rubber pollution?

Who needs a point? [timtalyormodeon]arrg arrrr arrr aaargg arrrggg![/timtalormodeoff]

There is a simple secret to driving that fast.
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Not crashing.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
Slight thread drift: (arrrr, he said "drift")

What, exactly, is the point of these cars built specifically to do nothing but turn perfectly good tires into smoke and rubber pollution?

Right up there with the fucking idiots that rev their crotch rockets until the exhaust turns cherry red.

Yeah, I know...get off my lawn...

There is that conservative Puritan Maine farmer perspective again.

Ya gotta loosen up, man.

The point is 'MURICA!!

Nothing else.

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Originally posted by TMats:

Actually, Paul, I’m up there on the porch with you. I like the PPHC and all the history of it (thinking of the Unser brothers). Exhibitions like this, don’t do anything to enhance the chances for survival of this great event.

The PPHC takes skill, experience and a massive set of balls.

Burning the tires off a car takes money, stupidity and a heavy foot.

Just as an interesting (to some) note, my wife is directly related to Zebulon Pike who discovered Pike's Peak.

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Originally posted by Sig2340:

There is that conservative Puritan Maine farmer perspective again.

Ya gotta loosen up, man.

The point is 'MURICA!!

Nothing else.

Not saying it should be banned. It's relatively harmless (assuming it's done in the appropriate venue) and if they get off on it, more power to 'em. Just eludes me.

But then, things that blow my skirt up no doubt elude a lot of people too.