20 Mind-Blowing Stunt Driving Videos - Popular Mechanics
There was a time when the best automotive and motorcycle stunts were saved for the movies. These days short action videos by pro racers and stunt drivers are all over YouTube, and in many cases they surpass what you see in the theater. That's because the stunts are real—no CGI could stand up to the scrutiny of the Internet. Here we get a behind-the-scenes look at how these amazing stunts are made. What looks like a pedestrian Ford Crown Victoria is really a modified stunt machine with a full roll cage and lots of safety and stunt tech on board. Stuntman Tom Harper designed a system that replaces the old cannon-under-the-car method of rolling a car over popularized by stunt legends like. There are plenty of reasons by racer Ken Block's Gymkhana videos are some of the coolest on the web. This one takes place on a closed racecourse in France (L'Autodrome). We like it because it feels wilder and less rigid than many of the ones that take place in urban settings. There are, of course, plenty of high-speed drifts and incredibly accurate slow-speed smoky donuts. This carefully planned and beautifully shot stunt video of Baja champ B. J. Baldwin sliding and flying his truck through the streets of Ensenada is one of the most entertaining ways to spend 7 minutes of your life. Pro drifter Dan Brocket pretends to be a cop driving his own drift-prepped, angry. Source: www.popularmechanics.com
