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iceracer wrote:Joe Gearin wrote:No form of racing in my mind compares to the sheer insanity of the 20s and 30s board racers. Over 120mph on giant wooden tracks with no safety of any kind. Not road racing per se, but fantastically nutty!
I was going to post that. It was insane. They even ran motorcycles on the boards. Worse yet.
This is probably a repost as well, but since the subject came up..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPZY-MUx8qk
Do air races count? Build a plane in a garage. Fly to Cleveland. Go 250 mph and die.
Don't laugh but I have been racing since the 80's and I shudder thinking about the things we use to get in and drive.
However that said go back to the 50's and 60's and those guys had huge ones to do what they did.
Not technically a road course, but I think the nuttiest CARS raced today have to be here.
EDIT: Isle of Man is unquestionably more dangerous, but the cars aren't as insane.
