BBC: Reno Air Race – Jeremy Clarkson’s Extreme Machines
Wild West Clarkson with very fluffy hair watchest the world’s fastest motor sport played out at 500 miles a hour at the Reno Air Race! Awesome clip of some of the world’s best motors from vintage gem ‘Jeremy Clarkson’s Extreme Machines’. Don’t forget to hit ‘view in high quality’ at the bottom right of the video to get the best picture.
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now jon sharp has the NXT that does well over 500 mph!!
OMG JEREMY HAS HAIR!!!!
oh man what is that song at 1:40?
nascar in air = nasplane?
1:26 It’s a Latvian flag!? WTF?
@frilink as a number of people did earlier this year when a P-51 crashed into the grandstand, killing 11 people including the pilot.
look at the speed it goes… 312 mph…. thats around 500 KPH !!!
I live in Reno so the planes fly over my house lol it wakes me up!
I live in Reno and I never thought about the air races that Mitch until I looked at it from an outside perspective
Make a small mistake, you die……..
SHUT UP CLARKSON YOU DON’T KNOW SHIT ABOUT FLYING…
or cars come to think of it…
Nevada!!!
@Gugguggug Sounds like Nascar, only in air
There is a big difference between 4G braking or lateral vs 6G vertical. You cant compare, both are equally hard in their own way.
@ezeflierid I have to admit that – after looking at the Reno Air race course records the some of the single lap speeds, especially during qualifying, have steadily increased over the past 40yrs. Rare Bear peaked @ 495.03mph and Strega hit 507.10mph with September Fury topping out @ 478.51mph.
However it should be noted that all of these top speed runs were reached on the 67mile qualifying course lap and not the 9 mile lap.
@metalraider187 Not at any altitude. Max speed of the P51H (fastest versio) is 487mph @ 25,000ft, with the Sea Fur running @ 460mph and the Bearcat @ 455mph – all need to be above 20,000ft to achieve these speeds. Fast they are, but not 500mph + speeds….unless in a dive.
However, 350mph-400mph at 1,000ft at Reno sure looks impressive and sounds GREAT
@tomburley not at those low altitudes, but if they flew them any higher then it wouldnt be much of a spectator sport.
@tomburley I beg to differ. Rare Bear has turned a lap at 499mph.. Dago Red has turned a lap at 512.. Not quite 540, but within a rather close percentage.
View in High Quality = 360p????? the hell?
in the mean time spacehog
1:25 song names in the mean time
@Gugguggug
Almost like nascar.
I think he’s exagerating the running speeds a bit. He says “500mph” then says they complete the 9 mile lap in ONE minute (60 x 9 = 540mph)
I mean – I love the Mustang, Tempest and Bearcat but they are not 500mph + planes.
Keine Abdichtbänder am Leitwerk der Nemesis!
Die Motorflieger, lol…