Faster Than X-Box
Whoah. The Isle of Man TT races feature a sidecar event? Who knew? Well, two crazy people on a rocket sled are more fun than just one. Simply amazing speeds and reaction times all around.
There’s Racing, and Then There’s Racing Rockets You Ride
I remember Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. They had a minor hit with a cover version of Hot Rod Lincoln. I can still recite the lyrics:
Now the boys all thought I’d lost my sense,
them telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
They said “slow down, I see spots,”
the lines on the road just looked like dots.
Well, you couldn’t come up with a better description of this video of the Cookstown Road Races in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.
WOO, SPEED, LEFT TURNS, etc.
Going 200 miles an hour into a wall sounds like the worst way to scrape your knee, ever. Personally, I’d much rather insert large rocks into my skin from the comfort of my own home; like any normal person would.
I don’t really go for this whole dressing up in your pajamas, and making sweet, sweet, left turns. I’m all for the left turns, I just don’t think my wardrobe could handle any more jumpsuits. I mean, I’ve already got at least seven for casual wear, and another seven for formal dinners. Adding another seven for racing would put me in quite the predicament. I wouldn’t have anywhere to store my collection of moon boots and snuggies.
If you look really closely you can see that every once and a while they make a right turn too. Weird.