Return Of The Wraith Turbo Interceptor

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[Music] the scene was a track near Columbus Ohio a Government testing facility thought to be the fastest oval anywhere in the world steeply banked 7 1/2 mil long perfectly smooth a vast abstract sort of place perfect for attempting something so unconventional that no rules applied no record existed the goal squeeze the theoretical maximum out of a car with a tiny 2.2 L 4 cylinder engine the car was handbuilt the engine a technological Marvel incorporating twin turbochargers four valves per cylinder twin overhead cans McCrae with his Engineers background and reputation for staying cool in critical situations was the Perfect Choice as driver first you want to be very confident in the designer the engineers the mechanics that have assembled the vehicles and if they have done their homework correctly which they have here uh it's very simple it's no different than driving at 60 M hour down the freeway well not exactly Graham would be fastened into the car's capsule like cockpit unable to get out quickly if trouble Struck it was early afternoon a light cross wind blowing this was more than anything a high performance research project a chance for engineering Wizards to flex their muscles but you were quickly aware that risks were being taken here the gry McCrae had become the automotive version of a test pilot venturing into unknown territory in pursuit of information which might someday benefit the ordinary [Music] motorist I see this sort of a program as teaching the engineers that are designing the automobiles more than they need to know just for the road carab but uh I think it is an advantage uh I think if the limit of your engineering is what you see on the public roads then at any one point you can be in trouble whereas if their engineering is far beyond what is needed for the public road then I think you feel a lot safer come on baby 192 192 a lap at 192 mph then one at 194 finally 195 an achievement that exceeded every expectation for a brief moment a brave man had given us a glimpse of tomorrow's technology today four cylinders pushing a car close to 200 mph it made you realize that in the future less might be more after [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] all [Music] n [Music] [Music] n [Music] n [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] check that side and make sure he's not going too down too far down on there that would just touch you're good you're good here [Applause] is he all right in the [Applause] back S I had the camera going such a weird angle I had to watch and make sure he didn't bump [Music] anything [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] nice [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] n [Music] [Music]
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Channel: Josh Baldree
Views: 670,154
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Keywords: The Wraith, Dodge M4S, The Wraith car, Dodge M4S Turbo Interceptor, M4S Pacecar, rhome texas videos, Digital Knight
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Length: 14min 16sec (856 seconds)
Published: Sat Nov 15 2014
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