With the electric car becoming more common everyday, would it be possible for a mnaual transmission to be offered for those motorsport esque style drivers. Watch the video below.
Christian Fittipaldi Backflipped Across The Line At The 1993 Italian GP And It Was Awesome8/31/2017
The Minardi driver unintentionally pulled off one of the most stylish ways to finish a Grand Prix ever
The 1993 Italian Grand Prix was memorable for a few reasons. Damon Hill took victory after teammate Alain Prost had an engine failure with a few laps to go, delaying his fourth championship until the next round in Portugal. Michael Andretti finally got his McLaren onto the podium in what would be his last F1 race and Riccardo Patrese’s fifth place turned out to be the final points he’d score in his long 17-season career. But the abiding image of the race was the finish between the two Minardi drivers, Pierluigi Martini and Christian Fittipaldi. They were battling over seventh place - not bad considering they’d started 22nd and 24th respectively - but their duel almost ended in disaster when they made contact on the final lap.
tags: breed of speed , f1 flip , crash , nathan finneman , finish line ,. fitipaldi flip
After a thorough research for the best Muscle Cars videos, we have come up with something that left us speechless and we couldn`t wait to share it with you. It is a word about an amazing video featuring the long-talked 2,700HP ZR48 CORVETTE BOAT in action! All media headlines were filled up with this Darth Vader`s palace on water when it came out for the first time, but now, we finally have a decent video where we can see this Dark King in an attention-grabbing action.
Anyways, this video is recorded in the right moment! Namely, the guy recording, turned on his camera right when this ZR48 Corvette boat was trying to get away from the coast guard. And it did it with no difficulties at all. After that, this boat is recorded speeding way off shore at a velocity of something between 85 and 100 miles per hour. Because getting away from the coast guard was not enough, this boat came back closer to the shore. But eventually, it will have to be loaded on a trailer at a certain point. 
This astonishing MTI built ZR1 Corvette themed Speedboat is powered by two Mercury Racing Twin Turbo Marine Engines and it is fully carbon-fibered! Thanks to the engines and the lightness, it can develop 2700 horses on water, which is, without a doubt a massive power for a boat. Nevertheless, not only the exterior and machine look stunning, this ZR48 Corvette boat has an impressive interior as well. It includes 8.000W stereo system, 24.000 BTU AC system, Apple TV and private Wi-Fi connection. If you ever thought of buying this marvelous ZR48 beauty, then be prepared to spend $1.7 MILLION! Besides the boat, this price also includes the trailer as well! That would be all from us!
tags: breed of speed , corvette boat , insane boat, nathan finneman , colorado , off shore racing , 2700hp boat
This guy needs to by a lotto ticket, because he's one lucky mofo.. We dont know much details on this one, except we do know he was obviously in the flight path of a private jet..
tags: skydiver plane , sky diver almost gets hit , nathan finneman , breed of speed, private jet hits
It’s common sense to move your valuables to higher ground when floods threaten your home, however, we’re not sure jack stands, garden blocks and a trailer are what they mean. Regardless, one Texas man had the foresight to raise his two BMW E36 M3s and one BMW X5 just enough to stand above the floods brought by Hurricane Harvey.
Houston-area BMW enthusiast Cody W. Crochet isn’t the only person in Harvey’s flood zone to save his cars by raising them up. Several friends of mine put their favorite vehicles on a home lift before the floods came, and another parked his car on an upper floor of a parking garage. However, Crochet may have had the most inventive solution to the rising waters. Crochet said that he was originally supposed to get only around one foot of flooding. That was enough to prompt him to put his white BMW E36 M3 up on his trailer, and his red BMW E36 M3 up on jack stands last Friday. 
adly, the water kept coming and coming. When Crochet realized the flood would reach above the projected one foot mark, he turned to garden blocks to raise up the red M3:
I woke up on Sunday morning at 4:45 a.m. to a decent amount of water outside. All cars were safe at that point. By 6:00 a.m., I knew the water was rising past the 1'-0" mark. So I went out to raise the car to the top of the jack stands. As I was doing so, the water was rising faster and faster, about 5 inches every 30 minutes. I had to improvise and only thing I had were garden blocks. I immediately started grabbing garden blocks and put one set under each jack stand thinking this was enough. But as I would finish that, the water rose to the bottom of the tire. So I progressively added more an more as the water rose. By the time I was done I was working in above knee water using the last of my garden bricks to get the car to the max height you see. At this point, even the lifted X5 was in danger. So, Crochet drove it up as high on his property as he could—right to the front porch. Unfortunately, the house eventually got about one foot and six inches of water inside but at least the BMWs were safe. Crochet documents his adventures with his BMWs on his Texas E36 Garage YouTube channel, and he says he plans to upload the process of lifting his car to safety there once he has power back. For now, though, Crochet and his cars are at least safe in the unprecedented storm that has claimed ten lives to date and left thousands stranded across the area. “In 100 years this house has never flooded at all,” Crochet told Jalopnik. “This area has never seen this amount of water.” The rain isn’t over yet, and Crochet may need to source a few more blocks. In the meantime, it’s hard not to appreciate his quick thinking. 
Underground Racing is known for producing frankly ridiculous cars that can achieve unbelievable speeds on tarmac. Fans of the Huracan and its sister, the R8, the garage has set a number of records on the chassis and now it has one more: 244 mph after just half a mile in an R8.
True Stories As Told By The Pilots Who Were There.Here at World War Wings we strive to show and tell you about any aspect of aviation, be it vintage or modern. Recently we wrote a story that you all really like so we’re going to continue writing them for you. We found an incredible website which has a forum and military pilots exchange their stories there. Some of them you wouldn’t believe.
This one is the story of Lt. Geoff Vickers and a task he was given that didn’t go so well. During a practice exercise at NAS Fallon, Nevada, Lt. Geoff Vickers was instructed to take battle-air-warfare commander in his F-14D Tomcat. The point was to show the commander how they train and what they do on a daily basis as well the capabilities of the planes he was overseeing. The commander had previously hitched rides on E-2Cs and EA-6B, so he was no stranger to flying, but flying a tactical jet was a bit different. He received a brief from the pilot and wingmen and strapped into the Tomcat. In retrospect, Lt. Geoff Vickers said he noticed the commander was a bit nervous, but didn’t pay any mind to it at the time. 
After takeoff, the Vickers did an awareness maneuver and instructed the commander in the back seat that he was going to do a “quick inverted check.” Never before in the back seat of a fighter, the commander made a quick, anxious comment before he was flipped upside down.
Looking back, seasoned pilot Vickers realized that being in the cockpit for as long as he had, he didn’t realize that flying in the back is a bit different. His hands for example, are on the throttle and the stick 99% of the time. When you’re in the back however, your hands are free, especially if you’re just a spectator. When inverted and just looking through some plexiglass at whatever is below you, your instincts tell you to just grab hold of something. That’s exactly what the commander did. Except…he grabbed the ejection handle. Going at 300 knots, Vickers asked if he was ready for an inverted check. The last thing he heard from the commander was “all set” as rolled the plane. Then, Vickers heard a loud pop and his cabin depressurized. Once the smoke cleared from the cabin, Vickers rolled the plane upright and looked at his instruments. Everything looked normal except for the fact that he was “now flying a convertible” as he put it. The control tower chimed in asking what happened. 
Vickers returned back to base while braving winds of about 320 knots. After confirming his checklist for such an incident with his wingman, he landed successfully. With such an event, he was greeted on the ground by everyone on the ground, the skipper even stepped out to give him a hug.
The commander was recovered almost immediately after he landed by an SH-60. He was taken to the hospital and left soon after with two minor cuts to his face. Later that night at O’Club, the commander told Vickers that when they did the roll and he experienced the -.5 Gs, his instinctively grabbed the closest thing. Having had his hands in fists on his inner thighs, the ejection handle was that thing. The rest is history.
tags: breed of speed , f14 tomcat , nathan finneman , ejection , tomcat
Air racing champion Steve Hinton Jr. will take off in Idaho August 27 in his highly modified P-51 Mustang “Voodoo” with his sights set on breaking the 28-year-old world speed record of 528.3 MPH held by the late Lyle Shelton. He will fly the vintage fighter plane across a 3-kilometer course at an altitude of 100 meters as Pursuit Aviation captures all of the thrilling high-speed action from the sky using the latest technology in aerial cinematography.
Pursuit Aviation, a cutting edge aerial cinematography company, has partnered with Hinton Jr. to document the epic flight with a SHOTOVER F1 camera system. This state-of-the-art 6-axis gyro stabilized camera system and setup has been specifically customized for shooting objects at over 350 knots and under heavy G-loading. Aerial video and photos of Hinton Jr.’s test runs and record attempt will be posted on http://www.pursuitaviation.com/world-speed-record and on Instagram at @pursuit.aviation. In a twist of irony, it was Hinton Jr.’s father, Steve Hinton Sr., who in 1979 set a record of 499.05 MPH in a highly modified RB51 Red Baron, only to see it broken by Shelton in 1989 in a super modified F8F-2. The National Aeronautic Association, the U.S. representative of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale which certifies all aviation and space records in the world, will be on-site in Idaho to witness the attempt at the record, which falls under the category of "World Speed Record For A Piston-Powered Aircraft Over 3 Kilometers.” “This is an incredible opportunity and one that I have prepared very hard for over the last year,” said Hinton Jr., the Unlimited Gold winner at the 2016 National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nev. “I have a great team around me and a remarkable aircraft and am confident that we will make a strong run at this record. It’s awesome to have Pursuit Aviation along for the ride to film this flight so we can share this memorable experience with the world.” “We are thrilled to document Steve’s record-breaking flight attempt using the SHOTOVER F1 camera system, which is truly groundbreaking technology in aerial cinematography,” said Dan Friedkin, founder of Pursuit Aviation. “It has taken multiple test flights and extensive engineering to create a system that can withstand the extreme speed and force required for Steve to break this record. The unique vantage points and quality of the video captured will be unlike anything that has been recorded at these speeds.” “We are extremely excited to be alongside Steve and Pursuit Aviation working at the leading edge of aviation technology,” said SHOTOVER CEO Brad Hurndell. Hinton Jr., 30, is no stranger to flying at high speeds and pushing the limits of his aircraft. He started flying lessons when he was only 15 and was checked out in the P-51 Mustang by the time he was 19. He has claimed the Unlimited Gold title at the National Championship Air Races seven times and last year set a personal best in the P-51 Mustang “Voodoo” with a speed of 475.027 MPH achieved during a qualifying heat for the event. In 2011 he set a qualifying record in Reno with a top speed of 499 MPH in his P-51 Mustang "Strega." Just as Hinton Jr. has been training extensively for this record attempt, so too has Pursuit Aviation. The company, which provides innovative aerial cinematography services to major motion picture and television projects, has worked closely with SHOTOVER to ensure a setup that will allow its new camera system to perform under extreme speeds. The event is sponsored by Joe Clark at Aviation Partners, which designed and manufactured the airfoil modification implemented on “Voodoo.” Aviation Partners’ advanced-technology winglet systems have been a part of numerous aviation speed records. About Pursuit Aviation Pursuit Aviation is a team of passionate, highly-trained stunt pilots, aerial coordinators, and cinematographers, offering a multitude of turnkey production, aerial, and technical services from concept to completion. The elite team of cinematographer pilots features a stellar lineup of credits, not only in major film and television projects like “Dunkirk,” “Thor,” “Sons of Anarchy,” and “Homeland,” but also for the use of urban, commercial, action, branded and environmental content. Pursuit Aviation is a division of The Friedkin Group, a consortium of automotive, hospitality, entertainment, golf and adventure companies led by chairman and CEO Dan Friedkin. For more information, visit http://www.pursuitaviation.com. About SHOTOVER SHOTOVER is a developer of high-performance camera systems and UAVs for the motion picture and broadcast industries. The company’s line of gyro-stabilized camera platforms offers aerial cinematographers an unprecedented level of stability, control and versatility in a compact package easily configured for 2D, 3D and Ultra HD shooting with the world’s most advanced cameras and lenses. Developed in partnership with the motion picture industry’s top aerial cinematographers, SHOTOVER systems are fully user upgradeable, allowing operators to utilize new professional cameras, lenses, and accessories as they come to market. 
Drivers along Route 66 in Washington Township got a surprise Wednesday when they drove past what appeared to be a PennDOT worker — but actually was a state trooper monitoring their speed.
Police say 25 people were cited and four others were given warnings. The ruse was part of Operation Yellow Jacket, a partnership between the state police and PennDOT in which state police officers are stationed on the side of the road in a PennDOT truck, wearing a construction hard hat and clothing in an effort to catch people speeding. "Speed is usually a top factor in all fatalities," said Lt. Rich Quinn, commander with the state police in Greensburg. PennDOT spokesman Jay Ofsanik said the program allows speed enforcement in areas where it may be hard to fit a police vehicle. And it helps make drivers aware of speed in construction zones. "It helps us in our work zone safety," Ofsanik said. "The thing we want people to realize is: the next time they're going through a work area where there (are) PennDOT workers and they see somebody on the side of the road in a PennDOT truck, it might not be a PennDOT employee — it could be another trooper." During the operation, once a driver is clocked over the speed limit, the trooper in the PennDOT truck will radio to other troopers stationed farther up the road the description of the vehicle and how fast it was going. Those other officers in a marked police car pull the speeder over and conduct the traffic stop. 
Ofsanik said they chose Route 66 to hold Wednesday's event because there have been three fatal accidents along the road this year.
That's compared to four fatal crashes that occurred there the last five years combined. "We're very concerned," Ofsanik said. Washington Township Police Chief Scott Slagle said he welcomes the help to get drivers to slow down. "This road is notorious for speeding," he said. Along with speed, Slagle also pointed to distracted driving as a factor in many crashes. "People are doing too much other than driving," the chief said. About 8,600 motorists drive the road daily. Although Wednesday's Operation Yellow Jacket was publicized in an effort to draw safety awareness in the area, troopers could be stationed along any road at any time. "Our main goal is the safety of everyone on the highways," Quinn said. "We are hoping that this small event might raise awareness for those people traveling on the highway to slow down." 
Two top-shelf Tesla cars both beat a Lamborghini Aventador, continuing to prove the technical advantages of high-end electric motors in acceleration.
A Tesla Model X and Model S, both P100D models with Ludicrous, edged out the Lamborghini in a quarter-mile drag race held by Brooks Weisblat of Drag Times at the Palm Beach International Raceway. The Model X ended up setting a record time for a sport utility vehicle, according to the video.
tags: breed of speed , lambo vs tesla , nathan finneman , drifto , drag race tesla , amazing
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