VIDEO: Lionel Regal provides your adrenaline rush of the day
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Sorry, no date on this video, but what we do know is that it's of French hillclimber Lionel Regal attacking the Course de Côte at Mont Ventoux in his Mugen-Honda-powered Reynard F3000 car. He's obviously very comfortable behind the wheel, with championships in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 to show for it. It also occurs to us that Lionel Regal may well have been used to create the original casts for Truck Nutz. Follow the jump, watch, and you'll understand, too. A brief word of caution: Googling his name will keep you in front of your screen watching videos for quite a while...
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nighttime__ 1:40PM (3/07/2009)
"It also occurs to us that Lionel Regal may well have been used to create the original casts for Truck Nutz. "
nice one!
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samer2009 1:43PM (3/07/2009)
Deer!
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Swede 1:44PM (3/07/2009)
I say dear Sir that is quite a rapid progression!
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JIMBO 1:56PM (3/07/2009)
Just one word . " WOW " !!!
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rocco 1:49PM (3/07/2009)
there is a video of an R8 (racecar) doing a hill climb that makes this look like it was done in slow motion in foot hills.
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Alex Nunez 1:52PM (3/07/2009)
Rocco, you need to find that and send the link.
rocco 1:58PM (3/07/2009)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6184680728064832823
check it
RedLineTire 2:47PM (3/07/2009)
The R8 video is certainly louder, but it isn't better.
You must not have watched the Lionel video all the way through.
Did you see his speed in the mid-section?
Not to mention the nearly dropping the wheel off 4/5ths through.
And the end is a classic!
nagmashot 4:32PM (3/07/2009)
@rocco
thats no R8.... your video shows Alain Castellana driving his
Norma M20 powered by a BMW 3.0l M3 engine
for the Castellana Racing team at Gemenos hillclimbe in 2005
Here is a 2008 pic of the car with slightly changed painting
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/castellanacompetition/Photos/Galerie/Ecrans/Norma_M20_14_1024.jpg
the 400hp n/a BMW M3 powering the 650kg Norma M20
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/castellanacompetition/Photos/La%20voiture/M20%20F%20moteur.jpg
Alain Castellana in his Norma
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/castellanacompetition/Photos/Galerie/Ecrans/Norma_M20_4_1024.jpg
larry a 3:32AM (3/08/2009)
Yeah lol you beat me to it, that is no R8. Have you heard an R8? R8s are nowhere near that loud.
Jared 4:18PM (3/08/2009)
r8's don't have the little leuvors (flaps, w/e. I cant spell) in the front either.
Nilosh 1:54PM (3/07/2009)
If you like this kind of thing you'll love this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVXc29ZgutI
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Mihir 1:56PM (3/07/2009)
this guy must have balls as big as Dr. Manhattens'
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W.P. 1:57PM (3/07/2009)
This is that R8 video rocco was talking about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LYmr7opxuw
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Brigaid 1:59PM (3/07/2009)
R8 Hillclimb from stumbleupon!
http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=lnp5u3krwy
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Hasan Mahmood 11:39AM (3/09/2009)
I am pretty sure it was proved not to be an R8, but a Radical SR3.
Kitko 2:00PM (3/07/2009)
Taking F3000 car to the hillclimb makes F1 look like a Playstation game and Indy like a game for the Commodere 64.
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Blacksabre 2:03PM (3/07/2009)
That thing has a powerband narrower than Lindsay Lohan's left arm.
Also, the "Deer!" comment only starts to scare you AFTER you watch the video.
It's also useful to note Lionel holds the track record for the 10.050 km long Course I at 3:47.156, and the top speed record is currently held by Bernard Chamberod at 156.63 km/h, which is not quite 100 mph. Seemed faster than that to me.
Scary stuff.
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Josh 2:05PM (3/07/2009)
That was absolutely fantastic!
That man has no fear....
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Kitko 2:06PM (3/07/2009)
Speaking of hills
Ari Vatanen at Pikes Peak, the best stuff comes in the second half
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKgeCQGu_ug
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