Aston Martin ALMS car flies farther than Wright Bros.

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Tue May 23, 2006 2:46 pm

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/05/23/asto ... ight-bros/

Last weekend during a practice lap at Mid-Ohio Raceway the 009 Aston Martin ALMS went airborne off the track and "flew" 142 feet before landing off the track in the dirt. The track was reportedly wet and the unidentified driver lost control under braking. Fortunately his car was the only one on that part of the track at the time and it amazingly remained level during its separation with terra firma.

Post by **complacent** » Tue May 23, 2006 3:01 pm

i wonder who is putting up for drycleaning on the driver's suit though...

truth.

Post by **Sabre** » Tue May 23, 2006 3:30 pm

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:03 pm

There's our flying cars!!!!! I was wondering when they'd get here.

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Wed May 24, 2006 8:56 am

"you wouldn't have to walk, you'd have the FLYING CAR!"

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Wed May 24, 2006 10:15 am

Mr Kleen wrote:"you wouldn't have to walk, you'd have the FLYING CAR!"

Then how do you get to the Flying car?

Post by **Sabre** » Wed May 24, 2006 10:26 am

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:57 pm

sabre wrote:

I wonder what kind of WHP that thing pulls.

Post by **Sabre** » Wed May 24, 2006 1:18 pm

I'm guessing 2 handpower....

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Wed May 24, 2006 1:26 pm

Libra Monkee wrote:
Mr Kleen wrote:"you wouldn't have to walk, you'd have the FLYING CAR!"
Then how do you get to the Flying car?

I was quoting the Kevin Smith "flying car" skit. I thought that's what you were talking about earlier in the thread.

Post by **Sabre** » Wed May 24, 2006 1:31 pm

^^ I havn't seen that skit! Quick, gimmie linky!!!!!!

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Wed May 24, 2006 1:48 pm

it was about a 10 minute skit, Jeff Anderson and Brian O'Halloran stuck in a traffic jam talking about the Flying Car. I think it aired on Jay Lenno or something about 4 years ago. I don't have a link handy...

IMDB Info on Flying Car HA! I was right. still no linky though...

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Wed May 24, 2006 1:50 pm

I haven't seen it either. Flying Car Skit

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Thu May 25, 2006 3:49 am

video's up

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/05/25/vide ... ds-online/

Post by **Sabre** » Thu May 25, 2006 10:44 am

Ya, I agree... the pictures are better than the vid...

Cereb Daithi · Post by **Cereb Daithi** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:48 am

so i was just playing PGR3 with the aston martin... and something very familiar happened...

AM really should go back to the drawing board... it seems their cars fly... literally..

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:06 am

maybe they mounted the rear wing upside down?