VIDEO: Johnny Greaves jumps stadium truck over 300′ to set world record



Only ten days ago Jonny Greaves jumped his closed-course race truck from one dirt ramp to another — those ramps being separated by close to 300 feet. Greaves ended up going 301 feet, and set the record for the longest ever jump in a 2WD truck. It’s even more fun to watch than to read about, if only because his engine makes his Toyota sound like it’s powered by demons and banshees.

Source: Autoblog

Oh yeah, no wreck to speak of here… just some awesome footage of a truck that can flyyyyyyyyyy!

Posted on 2nd January 2010
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Video: Travis Pastrana New Year’s jump… does he make it?



Travis Pastrana spent New Year’s Eve preparing to drive his Red Bull Subaru WRX STI off of a ramp, over 250-or-so feet of water, and onto another ramp floating on a barge. In earlier practices for the jump, at first he didn’t stick the landing, then he skipped the landing part entirely. The New Year’s event would be for keeps, though.

[Source: Autoblog via ESPN via YouTube]

Posted on 1st January 2010
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Driver Flips Rally Car 17 Times On His Birthday, Lives

In-car camera and track-side footage shows Jari-Matti Latvala of Finland in a Ford Focus WRC flip his car in a corner and roll 500 feet a hillside during last weekend’s Rally de Portugal.

Info and video from Jalopnik.

Posted on 7th April 2009
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