Amusing Video and Audio Clips
1. See Scuderia member Simon Taylor run a hill climb event in his historic racer
by clicking here.The video is courtesy of Simon Taylor and Tony Bray. For more racing videos, check out www.brayspeed.co.uk.
Tony's website is great fun!
Simon is a well-known British motorsports journalist and monthly columnist for Classic & Sports Car Magazine. He's also the current custodian
of the famous HWM Stovebolt racer, which he races and drives on the street (That alone makes him our hero!).
About the hill climb, Simon writes: "The finishing straight at Gurston Down is not
a straight, it’s a deceptive S-bend. The championship single-seaters go through here at 155mph (on a road 12ft wide)
but because of their downforce it is no problem to take it flat. With the HWM it’s a serious corner, and that day I
couldn’t quite get it flat. I was trying to, which is why you see me briefly get my right rear wheel on the grass as I
approach the line…..got to try to get that flat next year."
Note the Alfa Romeo connection in Simon's account of his car's history: "My HWM is one of the three-car works team run
in 1950 by Hersham & Walton Motors, designed by John Heath and built up over the winter of 1949/50 by HWM's
legendary mechanic Alf Francis. Some background in case you want it: my car was raced during that 1950 season by
the 20-year-old Stirling Moss - it was his first 'proper' race car, and his first-ever works drive - and he had several
excellent results, including third in the Bari Grand Prix behind the Alfa Romeos of Farina and Fangio (a remarkable
achievement as it was a Formula 1 race, and this was a Formula 2 car). That season it also won the Grand Prix des
Frontieres, driven by Johnny Claes, and was also driven by Rudi Fischer and Raymond Sommer.
" In 1954 it went to Hollywood to appear in the 20th Century Fox movie The Racers, starring Kirk Douglas,
who drives and crashes the car in the movie. Then it was sold off to Tom Carstens, who radically rebuilt the
car and fitted it with the then very new Chevy V8. Press reports at the time gave it the name that has stuck
with it ever since: The Stovebolt Special. On its debut on the old Pebble Beach road circuit in the hands of
Bill Pollack it became the first road circuit car in the world to use the small-block Chevy - the first of many.
"This car has enough history to fill a large book. It has been raced by all its owners over the past 56 years,
and has had many adventures. It has been totally rebuilt for me by Peter Denty Racing into pretty nearly exactly
the form it was when Carstens finished it in 1956, in his colours - black with white wheels."
Two racing videos for car guys and/or persons. Be sure to wait for the
Hans Stuck video; it takes a while to download
2. A Porsche racing a Fiat 126? What were they thinking? Click to see this sham of a race.
3. And how about a ride around the Nurburgring in a Beemer GTR car with Hans Stuck. Guaranteed to get your heart pumping. In fact, you might want to strap yourself into your chair (6-point harness) and wear your best Sunday-go-to-track helmet: A hot lap at the Ring with Hans Stuck . This is a huge 53.6 meg file, but it only takes 20 seconds to download with a fast computer and DSL.
Short humorous videos involving anthropomorphic cars (okay, that may be redundant)
and other stuff
4. Click this to see my hero car from England If it runs slowly, wait 10-15 seconds for the site to
finish loading and try again. Same for the one below.
5. If you've ever had your car scratched by a curious feline, you like this: The Devil Car of England
And now for the disclaimer: The Devil Car is not for the squeamish and not something I would ever
actually want to happen to a pet. It would, in fact be illegal to own a car with the evil ability to
behave as the one in the clip presented here. If my beloved cat Mickey is watching, please
accept my sincere apology for having the bad taste to post this. It really isn't my fault; my cousin
Donald made me do it. He's older and should know better, but working for the television industry has undoubtedly
blurred the lines between tasteful fun and tragedy into an indistinct gray haze.
6.Trunk Monkey -- This is an automotive accessory no one should be without in these dangerous times.
Slow to download, but worth the wait.
7.Funny Cats -- Will make up for the Devil Car with sheer cuteness.
8.Fun With Steering Wheels -- Not what you're expecting ... but it's good.
9. The following link gives a whole new meaning to an old phrase, "Bible Thumping." Even
if you don't like Hip Hop, you'll love this: http://www.whiteboydj.com/babygotbook.html
10. The Waterbed Store -- Not all beds are what they appear, as this hidden camera shows.
Absolutely fantabulous video of a model B-52 that flies. It has a 22' wing span
and real jet turbines
11. Giant RC model's first flight
12. Fun with Spiders, a tribute (of sorts) to Juan Manuel Fangio, one of the greatest race
drivers of all time.
13. Fun with an Alfa GTV. What's wrong with this picture? Is it the sound? Would I steer
you wrong, man?
14. Spoof of NBC and advertising in general recorded circa 1982 from KFAT, a popular
Gilroy radio station.
10. The following link gives a whole new meaning to an old phrase, "Bible Thumping." Even
if you don't like Hip Hop, you'll love this: http://www.whiteboydj.com/babygotbook.html
