Check this out:
sample video of Jetsprint racing
How I've never heard of this before, i have no clue. There's plenty of amazing video on Youtube.
One more:
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Jan. 12, 2011 10:24 p.m. mike Reader
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Jan. 12, 2011 10:44 p.m. oldsaw SuperDork
Jetsprints were an occasional offering on the SpeedVision, the precursor to SpeedTV. Always great fun!
It's like a water-borne combination of autocrossing and rallying with high-HP V8's spewing high volume water plumes for motive power; way cool.
Thanks for the links!
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Jan. 13, 2011 12:00 a.m. Jay_W HalfDork
It's way more fun to watch than most motorsport, too. From a car guy standpoint, you keep expecting the thing to lift or brake or something to make that 90 left, but no, 80 MPH right on through the corner. I heard at the last event I spectated that they were pulling 9G...
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Jan. 13, 2011 5:51 a.m. Woody SuperDork
Gotta love boats with roll cages.
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Jan. 13, 2011 5:52 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork
I could never be a navigator!
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Jan. 13, 2011 7:43 a.m. townsend7 Reader
Sprint cars on water.
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Jan. 13, 2011 7:49 a.m. cwh SuperDork
I love the sounds of hot boats.
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Jan. 13, 2011 8:00 a.m. bravenrace SuperDork
In reply to mike:
I used to love watching those races on Speedvision. I was always amazed at how flat and quick they turned.
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Jan. 13, 2011 11:59 a.m. EricM Dork
Vrrrroooom!
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Jan. 13, 2011 5:44 p.m. Smack35 Reader
GoPro used an onboard video for their commercials. The guy gets it wrong and flips into a corner station.
Now only if they found bodies of water wide enough to have multiple boats...
Steven
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Jan. 13, 2011 9:49 p.m. madpanda New Reader
Wow, I'm not going to describe a car that can't handle as a "boat" ever again. Those things are awesome.
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Jan. 13, 2011 10:05 p.m. RedS13Coupe Reader
Not a big boat guy.... but anyone who can spin theirs out is OK by me.
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Jan. 13, 2011 10:34 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork
I love the onboard cam! It's like you stuck a camera on the side of a shifter kart on a foggy day and played the recording back at double speed.
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Jan. 14, 2011 5:48 p.m. TuffWork New Reader
That's pretty awesome. Showed some of my drinking buddies last night and they were all dumbfounded.
