{"id":90444,"date":"2009-12-19T20:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T01:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/19\/video-crap-motorsports-ftw-car-launching\/"},"modified":"2009-12-19T20:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T01:02:00","slug":"video-crap-motorsports-ftw-car-launching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/90444","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Crap Motorsports FTW! &#8211; Car Launching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/motorsports\/\" rel=\"tag\">Motorsports<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/etc\/\" rel=\"tag\">Etc.<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/videos\/\" rel=\"tag\">Videos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/19\/video-crap-motorsports-ftw-car-launching\/#continued\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/car_launching_630.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>Car Launching &#8211; Click above to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/19\/video-crap-motorsports-ftw-car-launching\/#continued\">watch the video<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p> As the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/10\/16\/24-hours-of-lemons-announces-2010-schedule\/\">proliferation of LeMons<\/a> events has proven, there&#8217;s a fat vein of crap-box motorsports yet to be mined. Northwestern Wisconsin has its own unique brand of vehicular mayhem called Car Launching. The premise is simple: Jump something fetid and ridiculous off an earthen ramp, headed for certain destruction. <\/p>\n<p> It&#8217;s best to tow something that enhances the punchline. Like a dumpster. It&#8217;s a much shorter lap than LeMons, but we suppose you could counter that by dragging more than one vehicle with you. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/19\/video-crap-motorsports-ftw-car-launching\/#continued\">Check out the video<\/a> posted after the jump for the full impact. (We highly recommend clicking the &#8220;View Fullscreen&#8221; option.)<\/p>\n<p> [Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/nfttu.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/car-launching.html\">Notes from the Technology Underground<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/19\/video-crap-motorsports-ftw-car-launching\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>VIDEO: Crap Motorsports FTW! &#8211; Car Launching<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/19\/video-crap-motorsports-ftw-car-launching\/\">VIDEO: Crap Motorsports FTW! &#8211; Car Launching<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:02:00 EST.  Please see our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weblogsinc.com\/feed-terms\/\">terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><\/h6>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/nfttu.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/car-launching.html>Read<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/19\/video-crap-motorsports-ftw-car-launching\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent link to this entry\">Permalink<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/forward\/19286264\/\" title=\"Send this entry to a friend via email\">Email this<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/19\/video-crap-motorsports-ftw-car-launching\/#comments\" title=\"View reader comments on this entry\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Videos Car Launching &#8211; Click above to watch the video As the proliferation of LeMons events has proven, there&#8217;s a fat vein of crap-box motorsports yet to be mined. Northwestern Wisconsin has its own unique brand of vehicular mayhem called Car Launching. 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