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Old Apr 3, 2017 | 05:30 PM
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http://www.competitionplus.com/compe...-goes-airborne

............................. tom
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Old Apr 3, 2017 | 05:46 PM
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Yep that one is all over the internet now!
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Old Apr 3, 2017 | 05:49 PM
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That's a lot of power...holy cow.
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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 08:01 AM
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That's insane. Someone needs to hook that car owner up with Pops Racer. He can add wings that will pop out of the side so the car can maintain its airborne status. Just ask Speed how he does it in the Mach 5.
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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 09:14 AM
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Was that the guy who asked about tires for street racing
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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 10:08 AM
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That's not a Corvette. It's a race car with a big motor that happens to have a body of a Corvette. Pretty impressive distance it went in the air.
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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 11:00 AM
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4000 hp turbocharged motor. Boost went up, front wheels went up. Air got under the car, and away we go.
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Old Apr 4, 2017 | 11:36 AM
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That's not flying- that's falling with style!
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Old Apr 9, 2017 | 11:19 AM
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Anybody think that a set of wheelie bars might have kept it a little closer to the ground?

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Old Apr 11, 2017 | 11:11 PM
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Anybody think that a set of wheelie bars might have kept it a little closer to the ground?

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No...IMO, wheelie bars cannot control that dynamic. His opponent pulled a big wheelie in the first 100 feet, so he did not have the speed up enough to get airborn. The "vette" was probably doing 170 by the time he got really high...just my opinion, though. I have seen lots of cars with bars go airborn.
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Originally Posted by airmed2
That's not a Corvette. It's a race car with a big motor that happens to have a body of a Corvette. Pretty impressive distance it went in the air.

Last edited by Fighta; Apr 12, 2017 at 01:03 AM.
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Old Apr 16, 2017 | 06:06 PM
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Nice landing tho.....
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Old Apr 16, 2017 | 09:15 PM
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That probably would not have happened if it were a GS C6 with Chrome wheeeels. (sic)
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Old Apr 16, 2017 | 11:15 PM
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The announcer needs to get a new gig cleaning trout, counting things, or ..#%^%^#{.

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