Higgins' close call IOM TT record attempt (on 4 wheels)

TopCat · Post by **TopCat** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:26 pm

Dear All

Another reason why the Isle of Man welcomes all (careful) E21 Alpina/BMW Drivers!

see the attached
and checkout the expression of the poor Sap who had presumably won the chance to sit alongside "the hero"

BTW he did beat Tony Pond's 4 wheeled record of 100 mph ave

I had been thinking of entering Butch in Manx GP in August- not so sure now??

See:

drjim · Post by **drjim** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:07 am

Scary, looks like he was using a hell of a lot of steering lock to get it straight again.

Guys like that are amazing drivers!

DrGonzoPOW · Post by **DrGonzoPOW** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:27 pm

Holy shmoly, that was some skill to keep that thing going straight. That Co driver has balls of steel!

murran · Post by **murran** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:12 pm

wow, but thats why he's a rally champ i suppose!

e21mad · Post by **e21mad** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:23 pm

DrGonzoPOW wrote:Holy shmoly, that was some skill to keep that thing going straight. That Co driver has balls of steel!

LOL! indeed. I had a special giggle when I watched it as the advert at the bottom was for injury compensation!...hehe
Id like to see the claim for that. "My friend was driving and ...well..."

nas80 · Post by **nas80** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:29 pm

you can hear the car ground out when it lands. co driver did have a worried look on his face after that though LOL

murran · Post by **murran** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:10 pm

dont think he was an actual co-driver wasnt he a member of the public that won a competion or sumurt?

TopCat · Post by **TopCat** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:52 pm

Dear All
My office have found another Official You Tube of Higgins' close call - even better than the last one- the poor sap with him was a US journo apparently

this shows just how much steering he needed to keep the car straight- amazing to work out where the wheel was pointing after all that whirling-- check it out!!!

DrGonzoPOW · Post by **DrGonzoPOW** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:02 pm

Awesome footage. Mad skills to keep it going. The amount of times he turns the wheel in a few seconds is crazy

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