As you may have guessed, the economic downturn and two world wars sandwiching the decades when motorcycle chariot racing was invented probably wasn't a great time to introduce the sport. It quickly fizzled out just about as abruptly as it arrived, which is super unfortunate considering how cool it is.
I got to see them recreating this at the Sydney Royal Easter Show a few years back. You could tell it was scripted but it was still super fun to watch.
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Why isn’t this a thing anymore?
And no, I don’t take sAfEtYcOnCeRnS or DeAdLy AcCiDeNtS for an answer.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/38365/motorcycle-chariot-racing-was-a-real-sport-and-every-bit-as-glorious-as-it-sounds
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Sounds like its due a resurgence.
Well someone's done it at least once this century. It looks equal parts awesome and terrifying.
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Holy shit that's fucking awesome.
Practicing for Mad Max.
Now we know where they got the idea from for the latest film.
Mad Max is a slice-of-life documentary
Ngl, my dick just got hard
Okay, this is awesome and now I also want to see dog sledding with something like Boston Dynamics Spot
WIZARD!
TIL Mad Max is a documentary
CyberBen-Hur
Bring it back!!
The new Star Wars is weird.
Still more interesting than the last couple movies
Shit this is what that stupid moped chase in book of Fett should have been.
Fucking WHAT!?
I got to see them recreating this at the Sydney Royal Easter Show a few years back. You could tell it was scripted but it was still super fun to watch.
You might enjoy this other brand of Australian high speed madness. Water world edition:
https://dinghyderby.com.au/videos/
You guys sure know how to have fun!