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Old 06-27-2016, 09:48 AM
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Default Jay Leno goes for a RIDE

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That car corners like a Plymouth.
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Holy smokes...
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The driver turned far to abruptly given the amount of room he.had

It almost looks staged.

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No, actually there was a lip and a rise in the flat level surface that coincided with him turning it around. He goosed it to show off and it caught and went over.

FIRST LESSON. If the car goes over, make a BALL with your extremities. Grab your shoulder harnesses so your arms and hands don't flail around! Seen many injuries where hands, wrists and arms go out the window when the car is coming down... NOT cool.

Shows how violent it is inside and that there is NO such thing as a "casual motorsport event."
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more :
http://jalopnik.com/jay-lenos-2-500-...lan-1782603849

sure glad the windows were up!
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Originally Posted by ProCoach
No, actually there was a lip and a rise in the flat level surface that coincided with him turning it around. He goosed it to show off and it caught and went over. FIRST LESSON. If the car goes over, make a BALL with your extremities. Grab your shoulder harnesses so your arms and hands don't flail around! Seen many injuries where hands, wrists and arms go out the window when the car is coming down... NOT cool. Shows how violent it is inside and that there is NO such thing as a "casual motorsport event."
Second lesson: DONT SHOW OFF
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Jay Leno instantly cracks jokes after rolling a few times. Respect.
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Wow! That could have ended very poorly. Jay's arms were moving violently.
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Originally Posted by Barn996
Wow! That could have ended very poorly. Jay's arms were moving violently.
As everyone's do, when this happens...
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Weird they chose to use irwandale infield for this... AAA is not far from there... And more space.
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Nice to know you can roll a car at 80 years old and walk away! jay has a future as a test car dummy if stand up dies out.
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Originally Posted by Spyerx
Weird they chose to use irwandale infield for this... AAA is not far from there... And more space.
I think Irwindale is a lot cheaper and more accessible than Autoclub. Gets used for tv stuff a lot.

I know the harnesses stretch in an accident but both of their belts seemed really loose. Wonder if it would have looked less dramatic if they really cinched the belts down.
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Originally Posted by uscarrera
Nice to know you can roll a car at 80 years old and walk away! jay has a future as a test car dummy if stand up dies out.
Rich
Looks like the roll bar functioned as designed. May be light/shadow but looks like Jays helmet has a nice big black mark from the roll bar??

Originally Posted by Cory M
I think Irwindale is a lot cheaper and more accessible than Autoclub. Gets used for tv stuff a lot.
Yeah, I'm sure of that, the place I'm surprised is still operating. Thing is they have a proper drag strip at AAA...


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