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Bit of history on the Hemi Under Glass and Bob Riggle with Leno's interview and ride.  

 

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"OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK"  Thomas Edison

 “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’

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1 hour ago, HeavyGunner said:

Holy crap that damn near was Jay's last ride. 

One thing I found interesting, Bob Riggle has been running all of the Hemi Underglass cars  from 1965 to 1975 and has been running the 1968 replica since 1992.  He knows they don't corner at speed, yet at the 3 minute mark he jerked he wheel to make a hard left. Wonder why?

"OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK"  Thomas Edison

 “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’

P.T.CHESHIRE

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I dunno, maybe he got caught up in the moment with Jay in the car and got to showing off a bit too much or wasn't paying enough attention to his speed because he was distracted?

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It looks to me that when the rear of the car began bouncing on the uneven pavement that's the point when the front end began to get out of shape & Bob was trying to counter steer & slow the car but he may have possibly been running of of shutdown area as well considering he was losing traction & braking and may have been trying to steer left to give him more room.

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7 minutes ago, Terry T said:

It looks to me that when the rear of the car began bouncing on the uneven pavement that's the point when the front end began to get out of shape & Bob was trying to counter steer & slow the car but he may have possibly been running of of shutdown area as well considering he was losing traction & braking and may have been trying to steer left to give him more room.

That's exactly what it looked like to me, I believe there is a dragstrip right next door to where they were.  Why they didn't set Bob up on the dragstrip is a mystery to me.  I've never driven a wheelstander, but I've driven drag cars.  Bumps and turns on slicks with soft sidewalls are not cool.  

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