Brian Vickers pulls Times Square pit stop

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This is just flat-out cool: Wednesday, Brian Vickers and Team Red Bull decided to give jaded New Yorkers a taste of NASCAR craftsmanship. So amid the cabs and bicycle couriers, Vickers chose his spot, and boom:

That's a thing of beauty right there. And even though Vickers was only stopped for fourteen seconds, he still picked up a passenger, and got him to LaGuardia in record time. (Not really, but it must've been tempting.)

New York has long been a target of NASCAR; plans for a track in Staten Island have burbled up and down with regularity. But we've all been missing the obvious: why not a race down Manhattan's concrete canyons? Hey, it works in video games, so it's got to be a good idea, right?


Link to video: http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/blog/from...n=nascar,169424

Cool to see a street version of the COT.
 
It is cool but you gotta snicker when he pulls away from the traffic light (beginning) and when he pulls away after the pit stop.

He's driving a Camry yet the rear wheels are smokin' when he accelerates away!
 
Originally Posted By: JustinH
Looked like they had radial tires mounted on the car..


It's a street legal NASCAR Cup car. It has headlights, taillights, etc. Red Bull Racing has driven in NYC and elsewhere before. It's a 2 seater, as well.

Here's a vid of the car taking Rajon Rondo for a ride to work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB4gVUBDP14

Watch carefully and you will see a turn signal working.
 
I noticed headlights and tail lights in the video, but could not see if it had wipers, but the cars did not have license plates.
 
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