Completed in 1923 Lingotto was Europe's largest automobile production facility.
Check this out:
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Fiat Lingotto - Torino (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adscUe0wK6U&feature=player_embedded%3Cbr%20/%3E#normal)
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Cool
My first thought;
You do NOT want to go off course!
all the more reason to have faith in your car being stable and well handling. oh wait we are talking about a fiat though. sheesh what were they thinking, did they hate the test drivers?
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE....
Wow, that is one ass-pucking track...
Quote from: Bun-bun on December 20, 2010, 06:21:53 AM
My first thought;
You do NOT want to go off course!
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Good Point
I know a guy who went on a group run motorcycle trip to Italy (the Motogiro actually) and rode the track.
He has this fantastic picture of him on this beautifull 160 Ducati sitting there with that amazing banked turn in the background.
If you think that track is pucker-worthy in a car, imagine it on 225lb bike with 30hp, flat out on the tank...
jimi
... with drum brakes made of wood!
okay....time to get Johnny Knoxville and his band of Jackasses to do some form of stupidity there followed by a professional display of awesomeness by Rhyss Millen and Travis Pastrana....and then cap it off with Super Dave jumping off the side....
I've been trying to think of ways to create an indoor track utilizing either a parking structure type building or a couple of Costco size buildings, but my wife has no faith. So now I can show this and tell her to shut it.
Quote from: Scotzman on December 20, 2010, 12:52:23 PM
So now I can show this and tell her to shut it.
[laugh]
And you'll be updating your posts from the doghouse...
[cheeky]
does the doghouse have wifi?
It actually does. It used to be "sleep on the couch", but I slept better on the couch. Then it was sleep on the dog play/fort thingy, but since going to a survival school, she knows I'm fine with that too. She's still working on something tedious.
I love her tenacity though and the fact that she got me another bike for track days and commuting so I don't have to put the miles on the monster.
Sounds like a keeper. [cheeky]
Quote from: Scotzman on December 20, 2010, 12:52:23 PM
I've been trying to think of ways to create an indoor track utilizing either a parking structure type building or a couple of Costco size buildings, but my wife has no faith. So now I can show this and tell her to shut it.
Go to any K1 go kart track. It may be meant for go karts but they use costco-sized buildings and with a bit of work I'm sure you could come up with a decent track layout.
Quote from: Scotzman on December 20, 2010, 10:08:25 PM
I love her tenacity though and the fact that she got me another bike for track days and commuting so I don't have to put the miles on the monster.
Quote from: Monster Dave on December 21, 2010, 07:05:16 AM
Sounds like a keeper. [cheeky]
She's actually trying to reduce the amount of time he spends with his mistress by giving him other distractions. ;D
I wonder how long they used the track before decommissioning it.
Quote from: erkishhorde on December 21, 2010, 02:59:39 PM
She's actually trying to reduce the amount of time he spends with his mistress by giving him other distractions. ;D
Now that you mention it...