Who's gonna watch Pastrana tonight?

**pecha** · 12-31-2009, 05:59 PM

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOhoiOWJepQ[/ame]

Happening tonight
It should be awesome!

**snaggeltooth** · 12-31-2009, 06:13 PM

I wonder why it is on ESPN???

**pecha** · 12-31-2009, 07:08 PM

weren't other red bull new year's events on espn too?

anyway. it already started!

**Brian H Drifer** · 12-31-2009, 07:22 PM

I'm watching

**pecha** · 12-31-2009, 08:03 PM

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He made it!

**pecha** · 12-31-2009, 08:05 PM

and he jumps in the water right after

**snaggeltooth** · 12-31-2009, 08:06 PM

Looks like he could do that all night ...lol

**SteveCZ28** · 12-31-2009, 08:17 PM

he made it look like it was nothing. and to beat ken blocks jump by just shy of 100 feet is awesome too

**pecha** · 12-31-2009, 08:20 PM

official result - 269ft
waiting for a video

**SteveCZ28** · 12-31-2009, 08:25 PM

old record was 171 by block.....these 2 guys have tons of room to jump farther too for as modded out as their sti's are....and how quickly they get up to speed

**Phantom2kz** · 12-31-2009, 08:26 PM

That was sweet. Travis is the Man.

**pecha** · 12-31-2009, 08:27 PM

well, there is NO limit for the get-to-speed run so on paper you could probably jump 500ft

**SteveCZ28** · 12-31-2009, 08:33 PM

but the thing about both ken block and travis are they both do these jumps on dirtbikes before they even attempt it with these rally cars

**pecha** · 12-31-2009, 08:36 PM

the problem with the dirt bike is that it's built for lightness, not HP

a car like that STI after added HP you can get to 160mph and THEN jump

**SteveCZ28** · 12-31-2009, 08:45 PM

they do it with bikes just to see if it can be done in the amount of space given

**grouch0jr** · 12-31-2009, 10:25 PM

the "lightness" of a vehicle has nothing to do with how far it can jump. its all about the speed. a motorcycle and a car going the same speed hitting the same jump will go the same distance.

**wheeliE-maxx** · 12-31-2009, 11:32 PM

Eh, the landings start to get pretty hairy on bikes. Also, the wind kicks you of course way easier as well

**HOBS** · 12-31-2009, 11:35 PM

A car going 50 mph will not go as far as a dirtbike going 50mph because gravity will have a more drastic effect on the car than the bike. A car would require more speed to go the same distance to counter-act the effect of gravity.

**tep98ws6** · 12-31-2009, 11:49 PM

tWas badass

**wheeliE-maxx** · 01-01-2010, 12:24 AM

Originally Posted by HOBS

A car going 50 mph will not go as far as a dirtbike going 50mph because gravity will have a more drastic effect on the car than the bike. A car would require more speed to go the same distance to counter-act the effect of gravity.

That statement is at best a faEl with a capital E. Acceleration due to gravity is -9.8 m/s^2 no matter the weight of the object