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To those that WINCE when a 69 Charger gets jumped and wrecked.....

Some people ask why a landing ramp is not used. I think that the promoters want the carnage, the damage.
In an interview, Stunt driver Corey Eubanks said that you want the car to absorb the impact and transmit as little to the driver as possible. Of all the ways to land, the nose down approach is the least violent to the driver. You'd think that landing on all four tires level would be best but it is not. The absolute worst is a landing on the rear bumper. The car ends up having two impacts in a tail landing, the back of the car almost seems to cause the front to follow with more energy. That is like two separate hard landings.
Frontal landings offer the driver the chance to brace and absorb the impact with his legs. 4 wheel landings impact the spine. Tail first landings hurt the neck and spine. Nowadays they use suspended harnesses that allow their asses to not make contact with the seat. Some still get knocked unconscious by the impact though.
 
I watched Joey Chitwood stunt drivers jump cars about the same distance as the Trans Am jump with a landing ramp,no one was injured, and the car survived and did several more stunts during their show. People who go to those events want to see carnage, they are not interested in the jump. Even the monster truck shows these days always end up with the trucks destroyed by the end of the event.
 
Spectators want to see blood, gore, guts and another $9.00 beer.. :drinks:
 
those were the Coolest shows bitd,joey chitwood and the original monster trucks
( remember when they were actually Trucks?? like Bigfoot? )
also,having done various jumps over my lifetime,in various cars,
im not sure id agree nosediving into the ground is the safest landing.

i landed a 340 duster off a bridge jump in kentucky Right Next to a cop who had a guy pulled over.
all 4 wheels touched same time and it flatbottomed the car no major damage.
Scared the Shiznit out of the cop tho,i thought he was gonna climb in the guys window lol !
amazingly,i drove away from that and the cop Didnt pursue me...
definitely a stupid stunt,i saw the bridge and thought hey that looks like a jump..and it was.....:lol:
 
those were the Coolest shows bitd,joey chitwood and the original monster trucks
( remember when they were actually Trucks?? like Bigfoot? )
also,having done various jumps over my lifetime,in various cars,
im not sure id agree nosediving into the ground is the safest landing.

i landed a 340 duster off a bridge jump in kentucky Right Next to a cop who had a guy pulled over.
all 4 wheels touched same time and it flatbottomed the car no major damage.
Scared the Shiznit out of the cop tho,i thought he was gonna climb in the guys window lol !
amazingly,i drove away from that and the cop Didnt pursue me...
definitely a stupid stunt,i saw the bridge and thought hey that looks like a jump..and it was.....:lol:
You should thank God you're still alive man, great story though :thumbsup:
 
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