Check this out. This is what happens when you loose it going 200+

http://www.stupidvideos.com/?VideoID=567

That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen! :)
(Hope no one was hurt though!)

damn
the link is broke

That was Racing Beat's Bonneville run in 1993 with RB owner Jim Mederer driving. At the time, spoilers were not allowed on the cars. Somewhere between about 210 and 220 mph the front end just lifted up. The car had a full roll cage in it and this is obvious in the video by the fact that the car just appears upside down and not crumpling apart. The car was rebuilt for 1995 with about 100 more horsepower. A change in rules also allowed spoilers to be used for that season. The paint job was changed to black and they adopted the slogan "back in black" for that year. 1995 was the year they set the class speed record of 242 mph. Jim Mederer claimed that the car had much more power left in it and that it was not at full throttle. The salt conditions were just really poor and he was afraid to go any faster. He probably didn't want to do that again.

Have it, seen before...awesome, nevertheless...

Didn't know about that story...

W.O.W
they didn't ALLOW spoilers???? isn't that.... DANGEROUS at those kinds of speeds with a stock body?? most cars don't have zero lift dynamics or so I hear from stock

that was one crazy ass video and the FYI was pretty enlightning

Originally posted by Rotary Titus
W.O.W
they didn't ALLOW spoilers???? isn't that.... DANGEROUS at those kinds of speeds with a stock body?? most cars don't have zero lift dynamics or so I hear from stock

they kept the stock body panels, but that doesn't mean the aerodynamics are stock at all... lowering the car, pitching it forward giving it an entirely different longitudinal profile (well, pretty much the same, but rotated) will change the aerodynamic effects on the car greatly, although obviously whatever they did wasn't enough.