F1 driver Kimi Räikkönen to the NASCAR

[MiloMorai]

This actually made me laugh.

Are you familiar with Spa?

Or Monza.

[narsus]

Or Monza.

or WRC?
Those guys have no fear at all. 100mph on snow with trees within touching distance.
I'll take 3 wide anyday.

[SlapShot]

This actually made me laugh.

Are you familiar with Spa?

The race track ? ... Nice track.

Or Monza.

Nice track too.

or WRC?
Those guys have no fear at all. 100mph on snow with trees within touching distance.
I'll take 3 wide anyday.

When was the last time you saw a tree pull itself up by its roots, unbeknownst to the driver, and bump one of those cars while at top speed ... in a corner? On the other hand, I have seen those cars mug many a tree. Don't get me wrong, it takes a special person to race one of those cars and even a more special person to be a passenger who has no control of the car.

[edog1977]

I agree the trees don't usually jump out in front of rally cars, but cows, kangaroos, and donkeys do. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=598asTZ3rlY

[68ZooM]

i wish they did show WRC on TV more , everytime i was able to watch it looks intense and your right about the navigator, poor fool is along for the ride with no control over the car

[SlapShot]

I agree the trees don't usually jump out in front of rally cars, but cows, kangaroos, and donkeys do. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=598asTZ3rlY

Ouch !

[Ex-jazz]

When was the last time you saw a tree pull itself up by its roots, unbeknownst to the driver, and bump one of those cars while at top speed ... in a corner? On the other hand, I have seen those cars mug many a tree. Don't get me wrong, it takes a special person to race one of those cars and even a more special person to be a passenger who has no control of the car.

Yeah, sure...

The NASCAR guys in WRC car? Ouch... Big time.

[DrDea]

Yeah, sure...

The NASCAR guys in WRC car? Ouch... Big time.

Robby Gordon runs the Baha every year.

[Ex-jazz]

Dunno baha, but is there a wet&dry and everything between tarmac, gravel, mud, snow & ice?

[SlapShot]

Robby Gordon runs the Baha every year.

And he won his class in 2006 ...

NASCAR fans will be sure to enjoy the coverage of November's legendary SCORE Baja 1000. The team of Robby Gordon and Andy McMillin captured the overall and SCORE Trophy Truck victory.

Gordon started the race and went about halfway down the peninsula before handing the truck over to McMillin, boarding a helicopter and then a jet to get to Miami for the NASCAR season finale. The duo's total time was second overall, at 19 hours, 15 minutes and 27 seconds, 54.41 mph. The win is Gordon's third in the Trophy Truck class in the Baja 1000.

This year's Baja 1000 had a race-record of 431 starters and 234 finishers from 38 states and 12 countries.

Edit : Some more interesting tid bits ...

In 2005 Gordon took part in the famous 16 day Dakar Rally, driving for the Red Bull sponsored Volkswagen team. He became the first American in the history of the rally to win a stage in the car division. He won two stages in total and a 12th place division finish.

In 2006, Gordon took part in the Dakar Rally in a Hummer H3. Team Dakar USA did well until stage 9, when a damaged radiator caused late arrival at Atar, Mauritania, and subsequent disqualification.

Gordon competed in his third Dakar Rally in 2007, driving the Monster Energy Hummer H3 for Team Dakar USA. He finished in the 8th position, his best finish in this race.

[DrDea]

Dunno baha, but is there a wet&dry and everything between tarmac, gravel, mud, snow & ice?

The Baha is no cake walk.Its through the desert in mexico.A timed event much like Rally Racing.

[Ex-jazz]

Hi

I understood so, Kimi made pretty good results in NASCAR tests. WTG Kimi

BTW
You don't see too many jumps in NASCAR. The Rally guys are jumping allover despiting the surface & weather
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4vxLuwn2zA

[moot]

[saggs]

The Baha is no cake walk.Its through the desert in mexico.A timed event much like Rally Racing.

The Baja is like rallying X 10.

Being a much, much longer overland race, Baja doesn't require the absolute precision that WRC does.  But overall I'd say Baja is much more grueling, they've got asphalt, dry river beds, sand, silt, river crossings, beaches etc...   Also I love how they just ram the truck in of them front to let them now they wanna pass,    and you're racing 4-8+ hours at a time, or much longer if you're a single driver, or in the VW Bug class (those guys are weird)

[Saurdaukar]

The race track ? ... Nice track.

Excellent, yes.

If familiar, why would you make such a ridiculous crack about Kimi and Daytona?

Seems to me he'll need a cup holder and a magazine rack; not diapers.