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Recently there was a topic going about WRC drivers as the most skilled/insane drivers in motorsport, which I agreed with to an extent, until today...

While I have heard of the Isle of Man TT time trial race, I have never before heard of Irish Road Racing...

If you think rally drivers are cool customers, check these guys out... Literally flying along regular countryside/village roads (closed for the event, of course), without significant protective barriers, only inches away from each other, houses, stone walls, trees, spectators and everything else in-between, at speeds of up to 200 MPH on two wheels!

They really make Moto GP look like a retirement home trackday outing :P

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Time warp motorsports. Wonderful.

I saw "Rush" recently, and I have a feeling this is like F1 used to be in the 60's-70's... No guts, no glory attitude... And from what I understand, these guys are your average, every-day fellas, who have regular jobs. Crazy!

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exactly... Guy Martin is a truck mechanic during the week...

no big a$$ semi's, some box trucks w/trailers, motorhomes and vans w/trailers, etc...

ya break something, you 'borrow' it from the dood in the next pit...that's just the way it was/is...

traction control was the right wrist... wheelie control was the rear brake...abs was in the fingers/front brakes...

NOT some program for the ECU...

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