batshit mental or genius?

I cant decide….

truly pant staining even to watch – cant think what this is like to actually race.

Mental.

Ha ha see the cheeky monkey at 1:51 hanging a left!? He’s not daft (relative to the others).

yeah spotted that – and the guys who bottled it at the crossover – likely that would be me – give way rather than give blood.

Well the fact that the only contact appears to have happened away from the crossroads suggests it wasn’t as dodgy as it looked, disappointingly :-/

Amateurs.

I give you figure of 8 caravan racing;

The craziest bit of that for me isn’t the track shape, it’s the fact they’re going to do it for three god damn hours!

from the comments:

Little known fact. Each driver uses a piece of coal in their ass to produce a diamond by the end of the race at which point they sell to repair/rebuild any damages before the next race.

You’d almost think it’s fake considering the lack of crashes….crazy stuff.

You’ve clearly never had to commute via the A406..

Wha…..!!!
Crazy!

DrP

Only if there’s crashes? Otherwise, it’s just well rehersed dullness.

You’d never get that in the Eurozone with its H&S policy.

Used to “compete” in figure 8 banger racing in the early 80’s with Speedworth, probably accounts for some of my aches and pains. Always a great evening, either something very big or small and agile/fast; best car I used for the 8’s was a Fiat 128 TwinCam, other than that usual Rovers, Granada/Cortina/Victors and the odd XJ.

Do they still do figure of eight stock car racing, or has it been killed off by H&S? I have happy memories of evenings at Hendesford Hills Raceway as a young’un…

That certainly liven F1 up a bit!

Just spotted this on FB, kinda relevant.

Good outcome at least.

Makes MTB Enduro look a bit tame 😉

It’s kind of like a modern day amphitheatre, with the crowd secretly baying for blood, and bravery substituted for stupidness

How on earth wasn’t that carnage, at some point.
Total respect to the drivers for doing that for 3 hrs

Total respect to the drivers for doing that for 3 hrs

And to the crowd!

Ha! Used to go and watch the FO8 bangers at Wimbledon in the mid 90s! True carnage, used to be nicknamed injury racing!!

Who counts the **** laps????

3 hours? I didn’t even make it through that entire video.

Who counts the **** laps????

Last one to hospital wins.

also, Batshit Mental and Genius aren’t mutually exclusive categories.

I’d love to see some drone cam footage above the crossover.

nach and I were discussing this… for track cycling! Bring it on.

Yeah, I reckon something like a figure 8 crit, but with a peloton slightly longer than half the course. Nothing could go wrong.