threading the needle

[mozaks80]

didn't seem quite as dramatic from that angle, guess we could see it coming this time

[jujuzac]

view from one of the cars he past  /watch?v=xFLjk88HBwg&feature=g­-vrec&context=G23210b7RVAAAAAA­AABQ

[EightyThreeHundred]

Holy banana... It's like the boxter and the miata were standing still... O_O

[Cammac8]

Jesus - that was a QUICK lap, and impressive top speed down the straight! Can only just hit that on my ZX6!

[ickess]

Just saw this from another angle

[EDF111R]

Cool

[01SYSTEMFAILURE]

damn! its like the other two are not moving at all!

[eazybass001]

fake ass fuck

[buccavich]

Seeing it from this viewpoint... hell, I would have done it!

[Yatapower]

@ximon222 Except that you don't do them at 250+ kmph

[archon808]

To see this from the yellow miatas viewpoint watch?v=xFLjk88HBwg

[7in7in7in]

I'm all for close racing but that's the most irresponsible piece of driving I've ever seen & I've seen some really stupid shit in my time, I can tell you.......Barton Mawyer is not long for this world if he continues along that vein & sadly the idiot is likely to take some poor innocent soul with him.

[guguigugu]

@7in7in7in you either race or you don't race

[alphaprawns]

@7in7in7in It's called racing, it is an inherently risky activity, that is just a fact. If he was doing this on the way to work then yeah I'd agree with you, but seriously, when you take to the track you go all out, that's just a part of it.

[7in7in7in]

@alphaprawns ......are you talking from experience?....I know that I am!

[MrGipsyking1234]

thumbs up if you got here from top gear.

[buri87]

@ximon222

Maybe you do, but not at 250kph...

[Mwyapolo]

Anyone else notice that he's doing 260mph at the end of the video?

[Minato2003]

@Mwyapolo anyone else notice that america is about the only place they actually use mph? 260 km/hr is about 160 mph

[SVT390]

@Mwyapolo It's showing km/h, not mph. 

[Gummby69]

Lol I saw this from pit lane. The reason it dosent look as bad from this view is the gap closed up right as he went between the 2 cars. He's catching them at such speed the difference is hard to spot. I can guarantee u there was only about 4 inches ether side when he was between the two of them :)

[nintendoatarikiller]

Some say that he has balls of steel. All we know is- never mind he's not the Stig :P

[Jeronwong]

Looks normal from this perspective, looks like a jackass in Bart's perspective...but, this is racing after all

[Civic1990Sedan]

It doesn't look nearly as close as it was from his perspective.. Watching from the MX-5 though, ya, he thread the needle, lmao

[pottsykp123]

@ximon222

You pull better moves than that at 150+ mph? Cool story bro

[bh0687]

inch is as good as a mile!

[lukeschillin]

thumbs up if top gear sent you here

[AdamC3046]

Came from TopGear.com

[minameise]

Did he ever catch that Lambo?

[captainofiron]

AWESOME

[RomeBoarderr]

Flabberr!



[sabih91]

slotting through a tiny gap between two slower vehicles is business as usual for car drivers in the third world.

and this gap was huge. even with the wide-body/aero kits.

[karljl007]

@sabih91 I agree. That's how we do it here in Kenya... but not at 240+ kph!

[sbhesania]

@sabih91 but its not at the friggin speed of 240 Ks now is it

[eatthisvr6]

@sbhesania hes doin 240 but what is the mx5 doin? 180-190??

its good driving but its not as heart stopping as it appeared from the mx5 point of view

[sbhesania]

@eatthisvr6 and did I disagree? the point is, it is good driving and not every other avg joe on the road would pull this off as some trolls here keep on insisting.

[waty0usay1]

did you scratch the car on the right?

[ladangelo202]

yes

[MamoDad]

Race cars are faster than street cars. Go figure.

[Rangeroversport12]

@ximon222 The gap was wider than the Grand Canyon, but with all the bodykit stuff and race mods, so was the Lotus.

[dextermeth]

That was just awesome.

[Denilson210191]

256 Km/h e passando tranquilão no meio do boxter e do mazda.. :D :D quero um Lotus Exige :D

[Ulti2k]

@ximon222 i also guess all those guys are professionals so they know if they see him comming from behind with that speed they wont close the cap unless they want to provoke a crash. I just wonder what would have happend if one of those drivers had a hickup :D

[azarel7]

Anyone knows if Barton won the race?

[GT3CR1]

@azarel7 we came second in that race. barton won the previous sprint race

[dublistener]

perfect

[covert88fsb]

Not as exciting from this point of view. Still an excellent pass though.

[RVH253]

@krunkaintdead your mums a moron when you click on a video is has a picture surely she would have seen the race car.....

[w4rr10r11]

I watched the one where it's from the yellow cars perspective. That's awesome coincidence.

[krunkaintdead69]

My mum thought this video was a trick to thread needles quicker. When I heard the car revving, I ran over to see this video, and her"saying out loud "WTF is this shit? Thats not how you thread a needle you faggot. I hope you crash and burn."



[drgoodspd]

161.MPH  thru the needle...

[yazan2911]

@drgoodspd KM/H

[drgoodspd]

@yazan2911 yeah no shit... 246 KM an hour... equals how many MPH?

[CX4536]

@drgoodspd 153.75 mph that is...

[TeamChapmanRacing]

Not quite as dramatic from Barts point of view :) Congrats on the result guys, you have that Lotus flying.

[marleyman101]

Plenty of room! :)