This is amazing video. These Finns make anybody, in any American motorsport, look like a bunch of pansies. And did I mention the spectators? I can almost see them holding scorecards, ala Dancing With The Stars, each time a car crashes in a ditch, flips three times, mows down a telephone pole and half a dozen pine trees: "8!" "9!" "8!" Golf claps all around, please.
Now, mind you, these cars all look like stockers with roll bars added. Look at the bottoms of the cars, and you'll see no shiny race bits, just stock exhausts with mufflers and skinny tires. So, in all probability, these cars have seen a decade's worth of road use (and road salt, this being Finland) so they're probably rusty as all get out. Perfect for bending around Aspens.
While this is a compilation of lots of races, there's at least one sequence where not two, not three or four, but at least 10 cars crash at the same spot in the same race. Remind me never to get in a bar fight with a Finnish rally driver -- these guys are tough.
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If you think that's fun, check 'em out in the snow...
There's dozens more rally videos on You Tube from all over Europe, but I think the Finns have the market cornered on Crazy. Enjoy!
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