Carissa
12-31-2009, 02:41 PM
What a day so far! It snowed so much this morning. Was leaving for work when Subie decides to make a full 180 out of nowhere. I wasn't even hitting the brakes. I think she was mad at the honda I missed by about 2 inches. haha. My Subie was attacked by a pole this morning too. :( hit a patch of ice goin about 5 mph and went up a curb and hit a telephone pole. she's a trooper tho. just gotta find her a new bumper and light now. It amazes me how no one stops to even see if you're okay when your car has just hit a friggin pole. you would think someone would stop to help a girl in a dress and heels. anyways. knocked out my headlight and had to wait for everyone to finish their gawking so I could get out and knock the poor thing back in. with my high heel. lol here's a few pictures. http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs131.snc3/17848_227630522917_507372917_3295573_7919461_n.jpg http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs151.snc3/17848_227630537917_507372917_3295574_4532209_n.jpg
and something else you all should see if you haven't heard yet:
"On New Year’s Eve, rally ace Travis Pastrana will “test the laws of physics” and get airborne in a Subaru Impreza STI for Red Bull’s annual New Year’s event, “Red Bull: New Year. No Limits.” The goal is to break the 171-foot world record for the longest distance jump in a rally car.
Mr. Pastrana, a four-time champion in the Rally America series, will take off from a ramp on the Pine Street Pier in Long Beach, Calif., and hopefully travel 40 to 50 feet above the water, landing on a floating barge in Rainbow Harbor. If he falls short, according to a Red Bull spokesman, Jordan Miller, waterborne rescue crews will be standing by.
Mr. Pastrana is a four-time champion in the Rally America series.Mr. Pastrana, 26, said in a phone interview that the approximately 250-foot jump turned out to be “a lot bigger than it looked when I drew it up on a napkin.” His motivation, he said, is topping previous “No Limits” stunts (the event is in its third year). Mr. Pastrana said he also considered jumping into a stadium and hopping over a freeway. He crashed one of the rally cars during testing, but he remains upbeat. “The car disintegrated, but I’m doing okay,” he said.
Mr. Pastrana, a former motocross and supercross phenom, said his passion remains racing. And he asserted that the jump, by putting a fleet of Subarus through extreme testing, “is helping progress rallying as a sport.” The jump car has had $250,000 in modifications, adding horsepower, a stiffer suspension and a roll cage. But Mr. Pastrana said the car is still “street legal.”
Red Bull and ESPN, which will televise the event live, are presumably getting what they wanted: not rally research, but an entertainment spectacular, albeit one that will last only a few seconds.
“Red Bull: New Year. No Limits.” airs on ESPN and ESPNHD on Dec. 31 at 11 p.m.
Have a good New Years everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and something else you all should see if you haven't heard yet:
"On New Year’s Eve, rally ace Travis Pastrana will “test the laws of physics” and get airborne in a Subaru Impreza STI for Red Bull’s annual New Year’s event, “Red Bull: New Year. No Limits.” The goal is to break the 171-foot world record for the longest distance jump in a rally car.
Mr. Pastrana, a four-time champion in the Rally America series, will take off from a ramp on the Pine Street Pier in Long Beach, Calif., and hopefully travel 40 to 50 feet above the water, landing on a floating barge in Rainbow Harbor. If he falls short, according to a Red Bull spokesman, Jordan Miller, waterborne rescue crews will be standing by.
Mr. Pastrana is a four-time champion in the Rally America series.Mr. Pastrana, 26, said in a phone interview that the approximately 250-foot jump turned out to be “a lot bigger than it looked when I drew it up on a napkin.” His motivation, he said, is topping previous “No Limits” stunts (the event is in its third year). Mr. Pastrana said he also considered jumping into a stadium and hopping over a freeway. He crashed one of the rally cars during testing, but he remains upbeat. “The car disintegrated, but I’m doing okay,” he said.
Mr. Pastrana, a former motocross and supercross phenom, said his passion remains racing. And he asserted that the jump, by putting a fleet of Subarus through extreme testing, “is helping progress rallying as a sport.” The jump car has had $250,000 in modifications, adding horsepower, a stiffer suspension and a roll cage. But Mr. Pastrana said the car is still “street legal.”
Red Bull and ESPN, which will televise the event live, are presumably getting what they wanted: not rally research, but an entertainment spectacular, albeit one that will last only a few seconds.
“Red Bull: New Year. No Limits.” airs on ESPN and ESPNHD on Dec. 31 at 11 p.m.
Have a good New Years everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!