: My roll at erocc's (video link)
SpaceGhost 09-09-2002, 09:13 PM So Saturday on the last obstacle of the day, I hit a big dip on the line for Legends. It runs above the entrance to the Unlimited gate which is a -6 point bonus for the Legends class. Here is the 360 deg roll thru the bonus gates compliments of Soja Productions (http://www.sojajeeps.com/) which has a video tapes of all the events available. Thanks Chris!
Now beware this is a 3 mb quicktime (you have to have the player installed) movie, if you are on a dial up, skip it it'll take a long time to download and play. An option (for win users) is to right click and save as, vs clicking the link and waiting for the file to load up and play. If you dont know what I just said, then just buy their video. Be patient, I warned ya!
Roll video (http://www.iei.net/~msmythe/video/spaceghost.mov)
MetalMender 09-09-2002, 09:36 PM Mike
Congrats on the victory and the video,WOW talk about a snap roll, that was getting it!!!
You have come a long way since gsmtr 00 when I watched your nice clean blue cruiser on lower 2 . I belive you toasted a birf there if I remember.
I might have some pics of your cruiser from that day I'll have to look.
:beer: :beer: :beer: to you.
rich
SCOTTS_4X 09-09-2002, 09:42 PM damn that was a hard hit, nice recovery :D
-Scott
rustycruiser 09-09-2002, 09:51 PM Man that was a quick roll. I give it a 9.8 for execution, 9.9 for finese! :flipoff2: On a serious note, have you thought about metal plate over your head like some of the other rigs are running? Your head trying to occupy the same space as a rock would not be pretty. :(
stran 09-09-2002, 09:53 PM wow. I guess the cage came in handy!!
Shipwreck 09-09-2002, 10:02 PM OMG!!
The dial-up download was worth the wait! Talk about turning bad luck into good. Nice recovery Mike. Congratulations on the win!
-ckp
texican 09-09-2002, 10:10 PM OUCH!
Are we gonna have to come up with a kick ass rymin' nickname like Nolen's for you now???
:flipoff2:
BTW Items mailed today......
Butch
rujpn2 09-10-2002, 12:46 AM I saw the roll at the event, I was standing almost directly behind Mike when it happened.:eek: As soon as he finished the course, the first words that come from him is a statement that he gets the gates, because he did go through the bonus gate. It was an awesome recovery, no doubt about it!
Mike, I enjoyed getting to meet you this year and watching you at all the events. You had fun and were a blast to watch. Again, congratualations on both your victory and on winning the Series. :beer:I look forward to competing with you next year.
Greg
Kaderabek 09-10-2002, 05:10 AM Nice recovery, Mike! You need to work on that 20 point turn though...
TJK
bigdude 09-10-2002, 05:56 AM Holy FAWKING SHIT!!! That guy in the pink IZOD is a terrible spotter :flipoff2:
Coolest roll I've ever witnessed :D
That's what I would call GETTIN' IT!!!
Cruzilla 09-10-2002, 06:21 AM Holy Sheet!!:eek: :eek:
Did your cage give at all or was it all sheet metal?
I can't say I've ever seen anything like that before.
-Scott
SpaceGhost 09-10-2002, 06:25 AM Originally posted by Cruzilla
Holy Sheet!!:eek: :eek:
Did your cage give at all or was it all sheet metal?
-Scott
Cage has a couple of dings in it, but it never touched rock on the main section. No scratches, but the hood, radiator support and cowl are dinged up. New radiator and hood and you'd never know it happened.
Deep South Cruisers 09-10-2002, 06:54 AM DAYUM MIKE, that looked like a neck snappa :eek:
rolling with the punches, good work :grinpimp:
wngrog 09-10-2002, 06:59 AM I am saving that...that was cool as crap! I am never so fortunate as to land on my feet like that!
Get you some!
:beer:
:eek:
WOW
Thanks for sharing that clip
Sounds like your wrenches got a little scattered!
Jason M 09-10-2002, 07:15 AM That, was the best recovery that I have ever seen!!!
Get it!!!
:D
Eskimo 09-10-2002, 07:43 AM Yeah, you meant to do that.. saved you the time of turning, right?
:eek: :eek: fawkin amazing... gettin it 100%!!
cruiserrg 09-10-2002, 07:53 AM :eek: :eek: Damn that kicked ass! Almost looked like you meant to roll through the bonus gates. Good job keeping calm to finish the course.
Thanks for posting it cause I missed seeing it at the event.
Kaderabek 09-10-2002, 08:05 AM Didn't notice this at first, but those people way in the background are fucking scattering! And continue to do so after you get her back under control -- bunch of wimps, scared of a little flying sheet metal!
TJK
Kaderabek 09-10-2002, 08:10 AM Hey Mike -- this is from Pete McPherson, the other pig driver in Slade, showed him your video:
"He should add some of those Escalade style headlight
grills if he is going to wheel like that!"
TJK
BigRedFJ40 09-10-2002, 09:10 AM Fawkin' insane!!!!!!! Nice job controling the roll.
Another "plug" for fuel injection:flipoff2:
The Jerk 09-10-2002, 09:51 AM that was sick, finally got a chance to click on it since im at school with teh fast connecyion, right on brother man, jiMMy
JoshC 09-10-2002, 10:07 AM I don't think that's what the spotter meant when he said "take the line to the left". :D
snobrder 09-10-2002, 10:19 AM You are no longer SpaceGhost, you are Mike "The Cat" Smythe
Dude, that was fucking insane!!! The fact that you had the wherewithall to continue through the obstacle after a bell ringer like that is un-fuckin-believable. That was probably the coolest shit I've ever seen. It sounded like you were toatin a big box of dishes with ya when you dumped it.:beer: :beer: for ya!!
SpaceGhost 09-10-2002, 11:20 AM When I first heard the audio I thought maybe Soja added some breaking dishes to the clip, hehehehe. The only thing in the rig that could make any noise (or is kinda loose) is the snatch block and d ring which were on a strap and the caribeaner on the end of the tugging rope, and they were secured under the passenger seat.
The roll and hard landing didn't really "ring my bell", time kinda slows down (at least for me) when you roll. Somehow I had the instinctive reaction to duck towards the center of the vehicle, and hold on to the wheel. I saw the rocks coming at me as I tumbled, when I landed on my wheels it was natural to let the clutch out and get with it.
When it first went down in the dip, I gassed it hoping to follow snoborder, who bounced his jeep across the dip. The video looks like it might have just tipped and layed there, but from the driver seat, all I saw was me going over the edge. Gassing it may have increased the velocity enough to get a full 360 out of it. Because looking back, if I am stuck down there on my side, Dennis and Sharon win the comp!
I do have a little tightness of the muscle covering my right kidney, less today than yesterday. Otherwise, I'm fine.........
Cruiser, well thats another story, who's got a good hood nearby?
74_Chevota 09-10-2002, 03:52 PM That is what i call rolling with style :D I think that is one of the best looking rolls i have ever seen :)
H8monday 09-11-2002, 12:00 AM That was an awsome roll.
You were deffinitely getting it.
Congrats on your win.
Mr McGee 09-11-2002, 04:45 AM that was awesome...period.
(i keep watching it over and over---quality stuff!!)
congrats man
SOJA Productions 09-11-2002, 06:50 AM No broken dishes sounds effects added, those were natural! The audio in the clip isn't the greatest because of the compression, the real video is much more frightening sounding!
Congrats Spaceghost & Bigdude!
MD11Fr8Dog 09-11-2002, 08:17 AM Originally posted by SpaceGhost
If you dont know what I just said, then just buy their video. Be patient, I warned ya!
Roll video (http://www.iei.net/~msmythe/video/spaceghost.mov)
Mike, Congrats on the win, and awesome :eek: roll!!! Glad you weren't hurt!!!
HOLY FAWKING SHIAT!!...That was bad-ass!!!
rockdawgfj40 09-14-2002, 07:55 PM space ghost you are the man:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: i bet you had a few of these after that.i my buddy was there compeating in his toyota jeff and mike.hopfully my fj40 will be there also. way to go nice job this year:trooper:
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