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retrofan05 · 07-02-2012, 08:53 PM

This is so cool!

By Eliza Murphy | ABC News Blogs – 8 hours ago

Video: http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs...opstories.html

Hot Wheels have been a hot toy for a long time. But for 40-plus years, the loop the cars raced through was toy-sized. You could never imagine doing that in real life, right?

Wrong.

Set your eyes on the Double-Loop Challenge. At more than six stories high it's the biggest double-loop ever attempted.

Team Hot Wheels set a Guinness World Record at the X-Games in Los Angeles this weekend for their feat on life-sized replicas they built. The Double Loop Dare track is modeled after a toy track set called Double Dare Snare.

Yellow driver Tanner Foust and green driver Greg Tracy safely completed the stunt, which was the first-ever of its kind.

"You have to enter the loop at 52 miles an hour or so. Best way I could describe it is like driving into a brick wall," Tracy explained.

He's spent his entire life with Hot Wheels and was pumped to do the loops in real-life.

"It was absolutely the coolest thing I've ever done," Tracy beamed.

Like a toy come to life, they did it. Both cars made the loop at more than 50 miles an hour, with green car landing first. Just like those Hot Wheels toy cars, except this was the real deal.

ponytail · 07-03-2012, 06:11 AM

My brother who is 54 still has his Hot Wheels and the orange loop.

robyrob · 07-03-2012, 12:15 PM

its a pretty cool setup, but it just seems like they are going too slow to actually make it - my Hot Wheels looked like they were going 10x that fast through the loop.

- of course I broke a lot of stuff and had more casualties.

07-02-2012, 08:53 PM	#1
retrofan05 Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 25, 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,111	Real Life Hot Wheels Looping Track This is so cool! By Eliza Murphy \| ABC News Blogs – 8 hours ago Video: http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs...opstories.html Hot Wheels have been a hot toy for a long time. But for 40-plus years, the loop the cars raced through was toy-sized. You could never imagine doing that in real life, right? Wrong. Set your eyes on the Double-Loop Challenge. At more than six stories high it's the biggest double-loop ever attempted. Team Hot Wheels set a Guinness World Record at the X-Games in Los Angeles this weekend for their feat on life-sized replicas they built. The Double Loop Dare track is modeled after a toy track set called Double Dare Snare. Yellow driver Tanner Foust and green driver Greg Tracy safely completed the stunt, which was the first-ever of its kind. "You have to enter the loop at 52 miles an hour or so. Best way I could describe it is like driving into a brick wall," Tracy explained. He's spent his entire life with Hot Wheels and was pumped to do the loops in real-life. "It was absolutely the coolest thing I've ever done," Tracy beamed. Like a toy come to life, they did it. Both cars made the loop at more than 50 miles an hour, with green car landing first. Just like those Hot Wheels toy cars, except this was the real deal.

07-03-2012, 12:15 PM	#3
robyrob certified wackball#3 Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Aug 03, 2003 Location: hiding under the third booth at Arnold's Posts: 58,200	its a pretty cool setup, but it just seems like they are going too slow to actually make it - my Hot Wheels looked like they were going 10x that fast through the loop. - of course I broke a lot of stuff and had more casualties.
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07-03-2012, 06:11 AM	#2
ponytail Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 20, 2004 Location: In Happy, Healthy, Wealthyville Posts: 4,273	My brother who is 54 still has his Hot Wheels and the orange loop.