FullTilt
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posted January 20, 2010 09:22 PM
You think you are fast? NOW BACK IT UP! - Quest for the fastest - TV show
As some of you probably know, I've been matching up fast cars and bikes and video taping the action for years. The first stuff I put out predates YouTube by a long spell. The initial hype and fascination with this kind 'street'-like roll racing is still there. Before the video sharing sites were up and going, this kind of stuff was a challenge to spread around. Now, there is a lot of it.
However, really good content with great filming techniques is still hard to come by. There is something integrally difficult in filming side by side racing that goes more than a quarter mile - especially when you are flirting with the 200mph barrier.
So this is the latest project I've been working on. It is a show called Now Back it Up! The concept is simple. I aim to find the fastest vehicle in the country through a series of fun and entertaining eliminations culminating in a set of semi-finals and then the actual final event.
Tons of people think they are the fastest - few actually prove it. On the internet, accountability is sorely lacking. Now Back It Up! will methodically work through a set of 54 competitors, cars, bikes, trikes, anything as long as it is street legal and plated.
We were granted permission to film side by side racing at the Texas Mile land speed event during the lunch breaks, which was a privilege. During our short access to the course, we filmed 60 mile per hour roll contests from the quarter mile marker to the 3/4 mile marker for a clean half mile roll.
Though we had 14 committed people coming into the weekend, a full 10 of them backed out, broke, no-showed, etc., which left me scrambling to put a full slate of contestants out there. Luckily, being at the Texas Mile was hugely helpful. Found a total of 12 cars and 4 bikes that were eager and willing to run.
Did a single elimination format for both the cars and the bikes. We were not allowed to run the cars and bikes side by side. It was enough of a concession that they let me run a camera bike behind to capture the action. In the future, we'll have the cars and bikes running together, I hope.
In any case, here is a little teaser from our Now Back It Up! Texas Mile Special.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgwZWcraqd4
   
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01smokes
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posted January 20, 2010 09:50 PM
 Edited By: 01smokes on 21 Jan 2010 05:53
SW will kill damn most anything out there with his supra, If you want to find some of the fastest street cars on the planet TK2k10 is coming up in march ill be there to try my luck with the high HP cars out there, i sure hope the turbo 14 will hold its own out there
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posted January 20, 2010 10:07 PM
I want to watch it, but I won't pay for it....
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eklipse636
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posted January 21, 2010 03:21 AM
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I want to watch it, but I won't pay for it....
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posted January 21, 2010 05:56 AM
Fulltilt,
R u considering going to the Mojave MIle?
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posted January 21, 2010 07:22 AM
Kerry, sup this is Ali. Will this be in March or Fall 2010?
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posted January 21, 2010 11:11 AM
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I want to watch it, but I won't pay for it....
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posted January 21, 2010 11:31 AM
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I want to watch it, but I won't pay for it....
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do people that are jobless that can't draw unemployment get a discount??
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posted January 21, 2010 01:44 PM
That smoking bike - wheel spinning - near the end must have some f&#kin horsepower!!!
It looked as though it was going pretty fast already!
Shame that the OP is stating that they are not having Bikes and Cars together - but leave a teaser that the they 'might' next time.
Wonder why they didn't allow the bikes vs the cars?
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eklipse636
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posted January 21, 2010 01:48 PM
Places don't let bikes run cars because of safety. How many times you seen a car get sideways down the track and go into the other lane? ESPECIALLY a car fast enough to hang with a bike.
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eklipse636
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posted January 21, 2010 01:50 PM
After being a sitting duck and getting nailed by a bike at 100+mph there's no way I would run a car and let the same thing happen. I would be in my grave right now...
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posted January 21, 2010 01:59 PM
We had a car get all sideways and clip the wall last night then ended up in the other lane. Good thing he was running solo.
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posted January 21, 2010 02:14 PM
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We had a car get all sideways and clip the wall last night then ended up in the other lane. Good thing he was running solo.
the guys with cars try and play superman and won't lift... That's what happens
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posted January 21, 2010 04:34 PM
when i blow the tire off I let out get it it under control and then put down the track at honda civic speeds lol.
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posted January 21, 2010 04:36 PM
All it will take is one big HP bike and none of those 1000+ lb cars stand a chance. When's the last time that you heard of a car running 230mph in the mile? As for the roll on racing... give me a fucking break. Roll ons are for fags that can't launch.
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posted January 21, 2010 04:41 PM
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As for the roll on racing... give me a fucking break. Roll ons are for fags that can't launch.
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posted January 21, 2010 06:01 PM
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All it will take is one big HP bike and none of those 1000+ lb cars stand a chance. When's the last time that you heard of a car running 230mph in the mile? As for the roll on racing... give me a fucking break. Roll ons are for fags that can't launch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xr58Fq9fwo
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posted January 21, 2010 06:12 PM
Someone help with that link, icant get it
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posted January 21, 2010 06:28 PM
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All it will take is one big HP bike and none of those 1000+ lb cars stand a chance. When's the last time that you heard of a car running 230mph in the mile? As for the roll on racing... give me a fucking break. Roll ons are for fags that can't launch.
Hennesy Viper Venom 1000 coupe ran 220+ in a standing mile. I can't remember which magazine covered it, but that is pretty impressive. But still agree that a modded bike will kill.
http://www.superstreetbike.com/features/0911_sbkp_car_vs_kawasaki_zx_14/index.html
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posted January 21, 2010 07:08 PM
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All it will take is one big HP bike and none of those 1000+ lb cars stand a chance. When's the last time that you heard of a car running 230mph in the mile? As for the roll on racing... give me a fucking break. Roll ons are for fags that can't launch.
I love roll on racing and i'm no fag ... I can launch a bike ... fag 
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posted January 21, 2010 07:48 PM
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All it will take is one big HP bike and none of those 1000+ lb cars stand a chance. When's the last time that you heard of a car running 230mph in the mile? As for the roll on racing... give me a fucking break. Roll ons are for fags that can't launch.
Hennesy Viper Venom 1000 coupe ran 220+ in a standing mile. I can't remember which magazine covered it, but that is pretty impressive. But still agree that a modded bike will kill.
http://www.superstreetbike.com/features/0911_sbkp_car_vs_kawasaki_zx_14/index.html
That is insane!!
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posted January 21, 2010 08:03 PM
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All it will take is one big HP bike and none of those 1000+ lb cars stand a chance. When's the last time that you heard of a car running 230mph in the mile? As for the roll on racing... give me a fucking break. Roll ons are for fags that can't launch.
I love roll on racing and i'm no fag ... I can launch a bike ... fag
I would only attempt a roll on at 150mph+ with you. Even then the outcome would most likely be in your favor.
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FullTilt
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posted January 21, 2010 08:57 PM
There are actually many cars that will hit 220+ in the mile. In fact at the Texas Mile, there are a whole bunch. You might be surprised what a solid AWD car can do in a roll.
And as far as roll vs. drag goes, they are two different animals. The vehicles I'm looking for are NOT built for the strip.
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posted January 21, 2010 08:58 PM
And BTW, good thing this show will be broadcast on the TV - though people may still have to pay for cable, which means that the cheapskates up above will probably miss it - unless they have friends who are prepared to share.
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posted January 21, 2010 09:23 PM
Edited By: 01smokes on 22 Jan 2010 05:26
watch at 7:55 in this video this Supra did i think they were saying 223 in the mile with 1400hp this night he was on right around 1200 he said, i was in a 830hp Supra right behind the car when the race started and i have never seen something get this far out on us ever from a roll, the nitrous bike rolls out hard and the turbo busa and supra battle it out until the bike runs out of gear, the race started right around 70mph if i remember right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5DtBsbSaYc
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