There is an English show (or maybe Australian) on cable. It sets teams
of performance pro's loose in their local "breakers" yards with a
competition to build some kind of vehicle, with short time limits, from
whatever is in the junk pile, and actually compete in a race event.
These shows are loads of fun.
The last one was done stateside. They choose a Crew of Indy, Nascar, and
Drag Racing (NHRA?) professionals and turned them loose in a
"Pick-A-Part", with a 10 hour build time.
The challenge was to complete their running vehicle in the allowed time,
then compete. There were three sequential events, a road course, a drag
race, and an oval track. Drivers, (NON racing drivers) were swapped
between events within their team. Each event got points for finish
order, and overall took the "prize".
I urge you to see this show if it is run (or any version, actually).
In this one, watch the completely different design approach of each race
genre, with the Indy guys going for LIGHT, with a chain drive motorcycle
engine they dropped and broke and repaired on the spot. The Drag Crew
going for the biggest mill they could find, and the circle track racers
actually putting the driver outside the frame rails to give balance for
the oval.
Steve
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Steve Laifman
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http://www.TigersUnited.com
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