Full Throttle

Grab yer popcorn and Milk Duds sit back and enjoy.

The first “movie” is more of a short rather than a feature length film: “So Ya Wanna Be a Sprint Car Driver Huh?”

OK. You say you wanna run on dirt also… OK, have at it, be my guest, ride that cushion!

And hang onto your helmet! Is it just me, or are others reminded of what Doc Hudson said: I’ll put it simple: if you’re going hard enough left, you’ll find yourself turning right.

H/T Indiana Racing.

At the opposite of the racing spectrum is the following “film” featuring one of the great F1 cars of history, the Mercedes W125 on one of the great circuits Nurburgring and narrated by Graham Hill.

This video (entitled: “Look Ma no Traction Control!”) from 1962 shows pre-war German driver Hermann Lang, winner of 1939 European championship, driving his own 1937 Mercedes-Benz W125 on the Nurburgring.

Quite a ride wasn’t it?

Now go back and see if you can count the mailboxes at the side of the circuit. Somehow I having a feeling the German postman didn’t live by the same motto championed by their American brethren: “Neither rain nor hail nor sleet nor snow nor heat of day nor dark of night shall keep this carrier from the swift completion of his appointed rounds.”

Yeah right! Works great as long as a speeding W125 doesn’t fly past at 170mph!