Funny when the cameraman gets lost trying to follow them. 
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Dec. 11, 2009 8:01 a.m. carzan Reader
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Dec. 11, 2009 8:10 a.m. Woody SuperDork
Back when the NASCAR Channel was still called Speedvision, they used to show these races almost every day. It's big in Australia.
Boats with roll cages FTW!
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Dec. 11, 2009 8:31 a.m. 914Driver UltraDork
Notice the spectators are well back. I saw one where a boat washed out on a turn and skipped across the lawn.
Dan
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Dec. 11, 2009 9:06 a.m. Toyman01 HalfDork
They make autocross look boring. Would love to watch one of those in person. Wouldn't want to drive it though. I would be the guy skipping acorss the lawn.
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Dec. 11, 2009 9:29 a.m. oldsaw HalfDork
The Aussies have taken to jet sprinting in a big way.
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Dec. 11, 2009 10:05 a.m. Jay Dork
The long sought-after perfect mixture of redneck and awesome exists in this thread.
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Dec. 11, 2009 11:10 a.m. z31maniac Dork
I love those! I jus don't understand the "course", photographic memory needed?
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Dec. 11, 2009 11:50 a.m. Duke SuperDork
Woody wrote:
Back when the NASCAR Channel was still called Speedvision, they used to show these races almost every day. It's big in Australia.
Boats with roll cages FTW!
Yeah, I used to watch those things back then. I miss that channel.
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Dec. 11, 2009 11:58 a.m. oldsaw HalfDork
z31maniac wrote:
I love those! I jus don't understand the "course", photographic memory needed?
http://www.v8superboats.com.au/index.php?action=about
Read the section titled "How the Event is Won" and you'll get the idea. It's pretty evident why a navigator is needed.
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Dec. 11, 2009 12:30 p.m. Adrian_Thompson Reader
Looks like sport to be tried after:
a) You've one the lotto
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b) You've been diagnosed with a terminal disease and need a way to blow the money hast.That looks as dangerous to the health as the TG crew driving through redneckville with "Man love rules OK' and 'Hillary for president" on their cars!
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Dec. 11, 2009 2:13 p.m. slantvaliant HalfDork
Yawn. Put a skier or wakeboarder behind them, and I'll watch.
Just kidding - that's a really interesting sport!
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Dec. 11, 2009 2:25 p.m. pinchvalve UberDork
I wonder what the power to weight ratio is?
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Dec. 11, 2009 2:46 p.m. 4cylndrfury Dork
pinchvalve wrote:
I wonder what the power to weight ratio is?
ridiculous:1
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Dec. 11, 2009 8:33 p.m. wbjones Reader
not sure I'd ever be able to make it through the course on my own... but sure would love to be a passenger...
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Dec. 11, 2009 10:10 p.m. aussiesmg SuperDork
They are big downunder, IIRC they out accelerate a F1 car to 60 mph, and a roll over means a new boat shell every time
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Dec. 11, 2009 11:00 p.m. Slyp_Dawg New Reader
Toyman01 wrote:
They make autocross look boring. Would love to watch one of those in person. Wouldn't want to drive it though. I would be the guy skipping acorss the lawn.
makes Autocross look boring? that makes the last few minutes of Q3 of F1 qualifying or the last lap of most touring car races look boring!
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Dec. 11, 2009 11:18 p.m. EricM Dork
from what I can tell, you get a motor ang just enough plywood to make it float...
OK I'm in.
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Dec. 12, 2009 12:39 a.m. xci_ed6 Reader
pinchvalve wrote:
I wonder what the power to weight ratio is?
The Aussie'ssay 450-600kg and up to 1200hp. So... up to 1.1lb:1hp, which is pretty motherberkeleying intense.
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Dec. 12, 2009 8:47 a.m. ClemSparks UberDork
That's a boat I'd love to have!
I'm wondering how long I could get away with blasting up and down the rivers in the Ozarks scaring all the drunks in canoes on float trips. (nothing against a few drunk canoers on float trips, I'm certainly one of them from time to time)
Clem
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Dec. 12, 2009 9:20 a.m. poopshovel UltraDork
Accuracy. Damn:
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Dec. 12, 2009 9:27 a.m. captain_napalm Reader
That would be a lot of fun in the Long Island Sound. These couldn't cost that much to make.
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Dec. 13, 2009 8:15 a.m. FindlaySpeedMan Reader
You know, I saw the thread title and thought maybe I'd see funny vids of people footracing an autocross course or something.
Between the 1200hp and the fact that boats got no brakes, maybe the title shoulda been "If you like to Autocross, but think wheels are for sissys."
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Dec. 13, 2009 8:49 a.m. Toyman01 HalfDork
poopshovel wrote:
Accuracy. Damn:
Just think, instead of smashing a cone, you get to smash the hull of your boat on the bank if you get it wrong. Not to mention flying through the air...
I don't think my brain works fast enough to drive one.
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Dec. 13, 2009 9:09 a.m. oldsaw HalfDork
Toyman01 wrote:
poopshovel wrote:
Accuracy. Damn:
Just think, instead of smashing a cone, you get to smash the hull of your boat on the bank if you get it wrong. Not to mention flying through the air...
You mean, like these guys:
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Dec. 13, 2009 10:56 a.m. Drewsifer Reader
Thrust vectoring owns the seas?
