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Rhys Millen and Red Bull want to perform a backflip with a truck
New Year's Eve at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada Rhys Millen, with the help of Red Bull, will attempt the first ever (purposely performed) backflip of an off-road racing truck. The stunt is part of ESPN's No Limits broadcast immediately following the Chick-fil-A Bowl. It is scheduled to begin airing live at 11:15 pm EST on December 31st. That is of course, pending the clash of the tigers doesn't go into overtime. The experiment is no far stretch for Mr. Millen as he has performed many movie stunts behind the wheel, along with claiming Pike's Peak and Formula D titles. If the stunt doesn't go as planned Rhys has no one to blame but himself since his crew took on the responsibility of designing and building the launch ramp.
Follow the jump to see a teaser video of Rhys Millen and his Red Bull truck courtesy of GT Channel.
[Source: Red Bull Experiment]
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Pete 9:28AM (12/18/2007)
Oh that is too cool!!
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Bevo 9:29AM (12/18/2007)
Rhys may want to get some technical advice from this guy -
http://jalopnik.com/cars/hoon-of-the-day/hoon-of-the-day-suzuki-sidekick-hang-time-330624.php?autoplay=true
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Guenther 10:30AM (12/18/2007)
Oh my word! Funniest part is when he actually puts on a helmet. I was expecting some sort of safety-ballcap. People never want to believe how durable trackers/sidekickers are.
Bryan 10:54AM (12/18/2007)
Autoblog needs to do a story on that!!
Jason Bird 9:44AM (12/18/2007)
Evel's dead...long live Evel.
Why does everyone go to Vegas to pull a stunt like this?
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Me Too 10:19AM (12/18/2007)
Darwin was right
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bert 2:01PM (12/18/2007)
Darwin was right, that's why Rhys Millen is THE MAN. Good luck, drift king Rhys.
Tagg 10:42AM (12/18/2007)
Its not he is really doing anything. Engineers will design the ramp to a correct degree to launch the truck and another group of engineers will determine how fast he should be going. All he has to do get, press the pedal and keep it straight.
Sure it crazy and daring but I really don't find it that impressive.
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Freestyle4x4f150 11:20AM (12/18/2007)
because the Casinos pay big $ for shows like this
bert 2:01PM (12/18/2007)
Tagg, like all stunts it's impressive b/c someone has to balls to do it. I'm sure there's a fair amount of skill involved with the driver as well - he does need to nail it pretty precisely to induce rotation once the front wheels go off (use your knowledge of physics to see) so hats off for Rhys for being both brave and skillful enough to do this
Freestyle4x4f150 11:21AM (12/18/2007)
It will be pretty cool and very original.
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speedball3 12:22PM (12/18/2007)
I think it'd be cooler if Travis Patrana did this... he mastered the double backflip on the bike, why not in the rally car (or in this case, the off-road truck)? =)
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Bob-o 6:55AM (12/19/2007)
Because Rhys has his father's company and engineering background to help make this happen, while Pastrana just relies on his balls.
http://www.millenworks.com/
madgamer 5:23PM (12/18/2007)
Rhys should be safe in the cockpit, surrounded by an impenetrable boundary of smugness.
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importjap 8:05AM (1/01/2008)
Millen has big cajones to do this one. But after his stunts in the WRX I'm not surprised
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