A year or so ago I saw a fun video of an RX-8 doing a hot-lap at Laguna Seca. Mazda since redid their website and the old link no longer works:
http://rotarynews.com/node/view/480

Nor does the one here:
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/best-motoring-rx8-video-download-link-4252/

Anyone have this video or know where I can find it? I have some others (time attack, etc) but would like to watch this one again.

Thanks!

 

do a google video search and im sure you will find it

 

^ been there done that. only found broken links. anyone else?

 

This one?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...36941&q=laguna

 

^ Nope, that's the time-attack video from Best Motoring. I'm looking for the hot-lap video that Mazda used to have on their site (it's in Englsh, not Japanese).

 

The one they had on the Mazda website is identicle to the Best Motoring video. Unless I am not looking at the same Mazda website as you are. The one on the Mazda website I looked at is just the driving part without the feet camera angle and no talking.

 

aren't they the same video footage, only that the mazda version has english voiceover??

 

No that's a time-attack video with a different driver. The guy in the video I'm looking for does a hot-lap (i.e. he drifts through many turns and isn't going for best lap-time).

The video I'm looking for is the one from this thread:
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?p=743626

It was embedded in flash on Mazda's site before they revamped it. I figure someone must've captured the stream and saved it.

 

usually a hot lap is when you're going for best time. But, I don't know where to find that video. I want to see it though, so hopefully someone does

 

I know which one you are talking about, it was really awesome, except the idiot drove that lap without a helmet. I tried to nab the whole flash file back then. I managed to get teh flash, but the video was link embedded some how.

 

I am not a track racer by any means.....so this maybe a strange question. Is right foot braking common in track racing? I just watched the Time Attack vid for the first time and I thought looked weird the way the guy kept right foot braking. Is this common race track driving technique?

 

Very common - it's called the "Heel-Toe" method of shifting.

 

This is not the video you're looking for but can someone please inform me whats going on in this video.....

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...3037790&q=RX-8

Pay no attention to the beginning of it and start paying attention at 1:42. Sorry if this has been discussed in a previous thread. But I'd also like to see that Laguna Seca vid.

 

Like has already been said, its called "heel-toe". Alot of people debate which is more effective LFB or RFB. What i found interesting is that Michael Schumacher openly says he RFBs many times, depending on the car and the track. NOTE: Schumacher is seen as the pioneer of LFB. Which can also be debated. In the end my point is...

IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION START YOUR OWN THREAD!!! No thread jacking please.

:D

 

If you're refering to my post, sorry. Somone said to search google video for the Laguna Seca video. I figured I'd give that a shot but I found that video....I'll start a new thread....

 

NO NO
i was not referring to your post. I was referring to the post i quoted in my reply. I'm actually very interested to see the video your talking about, i never got a chance to see it on the mazda site.

-hS

 

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