Re : Brillo being a gravity racer at Aviemore

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Re : Brillo being a gravity racer at Aviemore
« on: August 01, 2010, 09:03:36 PM »
Hi folks
Just thought we' d share our latest experience with you....not strictly speaking a Landrover event, but many competitors do use them for transportation of these vehicles.
The event in question is Cairngorm Soapbox Extreme last weekend. A two mile dash down the ski road in carties and gravity sidecars- top speeds 60+mph!
Brillo was competing in gravity sidecar no 21 (yes, the one with the noisy air horns!)-only suffered one tire blow out ( there is a limit to how hard a MiniMoto tyre can go to!). The brave passenger was a long time friend Niall. Team Bush also consists of cartie no 26...driven fearlessly by Colin Craig- A.A.L.Media's in car camera technician.
Colin's new camera was on the front of the sidecar and some of it looks terrifying...but some lovely panoramic shots coming down the mountain.

Due to the fact that Brillo was too busy being a gravity racing god(they got 3rd! in the sidecar class), it was White Cloud's maiden voyage into cinematography. Thank goodness Brillo is a fantastic editor!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ya4082VJ3I

Hope you all enjoy...see you at Bathgate

Brillo & White Cloud

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Alan A

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Re: Re : Brillo being a gravity racer at Aviemore
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2010, 11:15:34 AM »
BLIMEY!! Those things have come on a bit since I was a boy, and nailed a few planks of wood together with some old pram wheels under them!

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Re: Re : Brillo being a gravity racer at Aviemore
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2010, 01:42:25 PM »
64 mph  :o

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Re: Re : Brillo being a gravity racer at Aviemore
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2010, 03:46:55 PM »
Jeezo!! Words defy me!!  :o :o

Looks fun though ;D
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Re: Re : Brillo being a gravity racer at Aviemore
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2010, 08:47:20 PM »
Ha! Ha! I was racing number 11! Nitroscream. Was an amazing weekend! That blow out was like a shotgun going off.
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