Friday 30th September 2011

Time For Tea? Reverse-Gear Racing

Rear-view mirror racing, and other oddball action...

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Question: What's weirder than racing a bunch of old Dafs? How about racing a bunch of old Dafs (and various other cars) backwards (possibly due to the CVT transmission)?

And if that's not odd enough for you, there's a bit of caravan slalom racing and two-wheeled, er, we don't know what exactly, to be honest.

Those Dutch people are crazy, eh...? For sure... (You're fired for gross stereotyping - Ed.)

 

[thewheelman]

This is what happens when a group of mates have a schmoke & a pancake, then decide to going racing right after. Brilliant!

[rtz62]

The crazy, crazy dutch!

Whats not to like, especially from a nation famous for wearing wooden shoes, making cheese with great big holes in it, singing about mice living in windmills in Old Amsterdam (actually there is only one working windmill in Amsterdam!, having the second greatest football team never to win the World Cup, in 1974/78) and making cake with strange weeds in it!

[vdubbin]

When did Gareth Jones start commentating on Dutch TV?

[FourWheelDrift]

Fantastic madness

They used to show this kind of thing in ITV's World of Sport, along with other brilliant racing series. They showed Bathurst, Indy 500, Lorry racing on ovals as well. Much better than boring Football, Rugby and Horse racing on Grandstand.

[Liquid Knight]

Finally a motorsport where the Allegro would have the advantage. ;-)

[cookie1600]

I can just imagine Stuart Hall laughing hysterically at this like he did on It's a knockout !!

[miniman]

PH said:

(possible due to the CVT transmission)

(a) possibly

(b) No st.

[Wardy76]

Wait a minute. Me and my mates were doing this back in the day in Vauxhall Nova SRIs around the car park of the local Tesco's. It only stopped when the supermarkets all went to 24hr opening and the rozzers chased us off...

[grimsmeister]

Racing backwards and with mirror-image advertising banner and car door numbers. Genius!

[Gatefold]

If you play it forwards, its still more interesting than F1.

or should that be backwards?

[grimsmeister]

Liquid Knight said:

Finally a motorsport where the Allegro would have the advantage. ;-)

Apart from the aerodynamic advantage, it would effectively be rear-wheel drive too!

[squareflops]

Is he talking backwards as well?

[_Deano]

My god, i thought it was a drunk northern talking at first until i read that they were trying to speak Dutch!

[hot metal]

Did I spot a pink BMW 2002 Turbo ?????????

[kickingkh]

I can speak a bit of Dutch, and the funny thing is every time someone crashed or span out he says " NICE!"

[FourWheelDrift]

kickingkh said:

I can speak a bit of Dutch, and the funny thing is every time someone crashed or span out he says " NICE!"

[bobberz]

Racing backwards?! That's just Daf!

[cheesyblob]

Liquid Knight said:

Finally a motorsport where the Allegro would have the advantage. ;-)

Actually pretty much every car is more aerodynamic backwards due to air intakes, so the Allegro is still rubbish at everything.

[MG CHRIS]

Its the btcc going backwards only joking. That looks fun i bet its hard to race in reverse, wounder if it will come over to the uk in the small ovals. Well they race reliant robins so no wounder they haven't done this.

[kaiowas]

Can you image the look H&S would give you if you proposed running an event like that on a proper race circuit nowadays? Bonkers!