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Old May 13, 2004 | 01:00 PM
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I needed something to make my day today and I found it. This happened in Thunder Valley recently. I scraped it off ESPN just a few minutes ago.

http://www.derty.org/images/ls1tech/...ndervalley.wmv

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Old May 13, 2004 | 01:28 PM
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I needed something to make my day today and I found it. This happened in Thunder Valley recently. I scraped it off ESPN just a few minutes ago.

http://www.derty.org/images/ls1tech/...ndervalley.wmv

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Nice Vid!!! talk about !traction!!!
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Old May 13, 2004 | 01:28 PM
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Sweet video. My 5th period class loved it.

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Awesome video. Both of them were testing their mad drifting skills y0! After a ride like that I'd probably need a new pair of boxer shorts.
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Old May 13, 2004 | 01:46 PM
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Thats crazy
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awesome hehehe
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amazing driving
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that is amazing footage. i'd have to check my drawers for sure after a ride like taht
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damn, that looks like my driving on street tires, but on a much larger scale. talk about a rush. i wanna ride.
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Looks like some fwd ricers went b4 them. That was a riot
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I would say the pucker factor was pretty high on that pass, did you hear the announcer they still ran a 9.??
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Ya, that's nuts...still ran a 9.23.
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nice must be crazy to keep em somewhat straight though and the oh crap thoughts going on
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Can't say I've ever seen anything quite like THAT before!
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Thats sick.. how "snappy" is the throttle response on those Funny Cars?
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i want to know what they said after the race.
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talk about driving.
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Talk about "pucker factor". I think you'd get a little tense under those conditions
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Skating all the way down
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WOW, is all I can say, nice vid.
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