"World of Sport", Tractor Pulling and stuff.
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Something I had forgotten about since the esoteric days of "World of Sport" in the eighties, a programme that sandwiched in with the standard Soccer, Rugby and Horse based nonsense you would get random things like Curling from Canada or some obscure racket sport. The best things were however the more unusual Motor Sports, I mentioned Rallycross a few weeks ago but occasionally you would get,
Stock Cars
Banger Racing
Bus Racing
Clubman Rallying
Caravan Racing
and Tractor Pulling, this seems like a fun sport, I mean how can you ignore a motorsport where some of the vehicles have four or more V8 engines or even turbines, it seems to be exclusively the preserve of Americans, People from the Netherlands and Norfolk farmers. I have never seen it on telly since "World of Sport" but there are loads of videos on youtube, its kind of drag racing with weight gain, on mud with a hint of "Ooo Arr, get orf moi laaand"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJa_h02VZO8&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpmieT59eiw&fea...
Stock Cars
Banger Racing
Bus Racing
Clubman Rallying
Caravan Racing
and Tractor Pulling, this seems like a fun sport, I mean how can you ignore a motorsport where some of the vehicles have four or more V8 engines or even turbines, it seems to be exclusively the preserve of Americans, People from the Netherlands and Norfolk farmers. I have never seen it on telly since "World of Sport" but there are loads of videos on youtube, its kind of drag racing with weight gain, on mud with a hint of "Ooo Arr, get orf moi laaand"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJa_h02VZO8&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpmieT59eiw&fea...
There's a track at Great Eccleston near Blackpool. Always worth a watch....
http://www.tractorpulling.co.uk/nwtpc/index.html
http://www.tractorpulling.co.uk/nwtpc/index.html
Motors TV show the european champs every year. I quite like watching it especially the mega turbo diesel motors pumping black smoke out with the turbo whistling away
Would love to see a farmer actually using one of these
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQGJW0Iy37Q&fea...
Would love to see a farmer actually using one of these
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQGJW0Iy37Q&fea...
J4CKO said:
and Tractor Pulling, this seems like a fun sport, I mean how can you ignore a motorsport where some of the vehicles have four or more V8 engines or even turbines, it seems to be exclusively the preserve of Americans, People from the Netherlands and Norfolk farmers. I have never seen it on telly since "World of Sport" but there are loads of videos on youtube, its kind of drag racing with weight gain, on mud with a hint of "Ooo Arr, get orf moi laaand"
It's big in Lancashire too - I first saw tractor pulling in the 1980s there. As you say, impressive stuff.Gassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff