Macau GP 2012 - onboard race video

[DogBoy]

Mind = Blown.

[mellow_gold]

fk me  

Looks like something out of a video game.

[garry]

WOW. Talk about intense. That track is just an Armco/concrete chute.

[R Doug]

That makes the IOM TT look like a cake walk.  

[phoenix]

you gotta have a death wish or something.

[mellow_gold]

you gotta have a death wish or something.

yeah.  this is a fatality waiting to happen.

[DogBoy]

A rider did get killed in practice this year but fatalities are rare. Macau is usually won by IOM and "real roads" racers though Kevin Schwantz won it twice IIRC and Josh Hayes finished fifth in his only attempt (Attack Kawasaki ZX10R in 2004 or 2005). Hayes said it was fun but once was enough. Miles' pal Jeremy Toye has raced there a couple of times and finished in the top five (I think).

The organizers usually pay all or part of participants travel and there is appearance money for the top name riders. I think the winning rider and crew get a big check and an eight day beach resort vacation in Thailand or some place. The Macau GP has been taking place for something like 40 years and is mostly a car race which featured F3 racers (Ayrton Senna won at least once) and sports cars. Bikes were added later. Crazy event.

[miles]

You should see the unedited high-res footage we got from Toye's third place year before last.  Talk about mind-blowing...  I wish I had a copy so I could upload it.

[stk0308]

A rider did get killed in practice this year but fatalities are rare. Macau is usually won by IOM and "real roads" racers though Kevin Schwantz won it twice IIRC and Josh Hayes finished fifth in his only attempt (Attack Kawasaki ZX10R in 2004 or 2005). Hayes said it was fun but once was enough. Miles' pal Jeremy Toye has raced there a couple of times and finished in the top five (I think).

Kevin only went to Macau once.  He won going away, doing wheelies.
Jeremy has a podium and a 4th, that I recall.

[garry]

Those guys must touch body parts (shoulder, elbow) on the barriers while hanging off at times. Just insane.

[R Doug]

Those guys must touch body parts (shoulder, elbow) on the barriers while hanging off at times. Just insane.

You would be correct sir.

[R Doug]

And sometimes, they get closer than they'd like.  

[Kneescrubber]

Basically every corner is blind.  

[miles]

Kevin only went to Macau once.  He won going away, doing wheelies.
Jeremy has a podium and a 4th, that I recall.

Correct.  Of course, it helped that Schwantz was on his factory 500cc GP bike...

[DogBoy]

Kevin only went to Macau once.  He won going away, doing wheelies.
Jeremy has a podium and a 4th, that I recall.

I should have google cheated that one.

[staedtler]

  so badass


no kiddn, i always said it makes the IOMtt look tame
It should be renamed.... The Devil's GP

[Mr Sunshine]

And sometimes, they get closer than they'd like.  

Any chance you can take this down?  That is the rider who died during practice...so basically you are looking at a dead guy.

[R Doug]

Done

[maddjack]

Its scary,but at the same time it pulls you in. A steel lined concrete chute.

[stromgal]

Ooog.