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[video]The most retarted gridding ever

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Old 08-14-2009, 02:43 PM
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Default [video]The most retarted gridding ever

The most retarted gridding ever

From the the grid.

fast forward to 2:30

From 2 cars behind.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/H...f-us_43500.htm
Old 08-14-2009, 02:49 PM
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Holy crap! That was insane!
Old 08-14-2009, 02:52 PM
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What Club was that ?
Old 08-14-2009, 02:55 PM
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old video... it was PDA @ pocono (south or east course)
Old 08-14-2009, 02:57 PM
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Daaaaaammmn. I wonder what happened to the drivers of the G35 and NSX.
Old 08-14-2009, 03:22 PM
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WOW. That's unfortunate..
Old 08-14-2009, 03:34 PM
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The ONLY thing STUPIDER ;-) than the gridding of the cars....was the dumbasses getting out of their car and standing around with their hands in their pockets 20 feet from a live race track!
Old 08-14-2009, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by rmackintosh
The ONLY thing STUPIDER ;-) than the gridding of the cars....was the dumbasses getting out of their car and standing around with their hands in their pockets 20 feet from a live race track!
... and not cutting ignition on their crashed cars.
Old 08-14-2009, 04:15 PM
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WTF were THEY thinking?

Was this PDA as in Performance Driving Academy??

Wow... Most unfortunate and mostly unwise in so many ways!!!
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Just wow.
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I think PDA meant parking dumb a$$e$
Old 08-14-2009, 05:27 PM
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Wow, was that the first event that club has ever had? That is just setting up for failure, and unfortunately it happened. Hope the drivers are ok, hope the idiots that ran the event are shut down. That is just incompetence ....

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Old 08-14-2009, 05:46 PM
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Holy smokes! Do you think the guys that got hit recieved any money to pay for damages? Could the host club be responsible for any damages since they told them to grid in an unsafe area?
Old 08-14-2009, 05:49 PM
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WOW
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Holy crap!! Isnt it rule of thumb never to turn your back on a car on the track that close to you?
Old 08-14-2009, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Kubs
Holy crap!! Isnt it rule of thumb never to turn your back on a car on the track that close to you?
Holy crap! Isn't it a rule of thumb never to BE on the track with cars running that close to you?!?!?


If I was the owner of that G35 I wouldn't stop kicking until they stopped moving.

EDIT: On a side note, what was the guy with the camera doing in the second video?? Stopping to take a closer look??

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Old 08-14-2009, 10:14 PM
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The same incident filmed from a car on the track:
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/H...f-us_43500.htm

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Old 08-14-2009, 10:38 PM
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Holy ****.
Old 08-14-2009, 10:43 PM
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Various participants and witnesses duke it out here:
http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f100...-happen-22812/

Apparently it was common for organizations to grid their cars at that place. Weird.
Old 08-14-2009, 11:12 PM
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i've been there with PDA and ran that section of Pocono. I do not remember gridding there. I think that's an old video. They've merged with NASA now.


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