Arena Racing USA - 1/23/09 - Highlights featuring Joe Gibbs

Spins, crashes, and flips from Arena Racing USA on January 23, 2009.
Featuring a match race between Joe Gibbs and Norm Miller as well as onboard video from Matt Midgett's #97 car.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Arena
• Racing
• USA
• ARUSA
• Hampton
• crash
• spin
• wreck
• flip
• 01/23/09
• TM
• Videos
• TMRV
• markmartinfan
• Joe
• Gibbs
• Vs
• Norm
• Miller

[vtmiller]

Is that a GoPro camera in the car?

[TMRacingVideos]

@vtmiller No, it's a VIO POV.1

[utvolfan2012]

Wow! I've never seen anythig like this! Where do they do it? It seems like a lot of fun...is it on TV? Just curious...

[TMRacingVideos]

Hampton, Virginia; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Charlotte, North Carolina.

There is no TV coverage of Arena Racing.

arenaracingusa[dot]com has more info

[osufanbuckeye123]

looks like little toy cars racing (0_0)

[MistaX8]

Looks like fun but in the end, appears to be more about the crashing than the racing.

But then again, would be a great to have up here so I could get some kind of live racing fix during the winter!

[brown55061]

@vtmiller

It's just too expensive to get into the sport, but maybe that's what they want. I ran a full scale dirt car for 2 seasons cheaper than it would cost to compete for one season in arena cars. I'd rather watch good racing but like you said, they are marketing more to the crowd that likes the wrecks.

[vtmiller]

@utvolfan2012 check out ArenaRacingUSA d-o-t c-o-m

[vtmiller]

@brown55061 I've spoken to the founder/CEO and the hump was kept in the design to emulate the Bristol and true experience of a short track; to prevent 'anyone' from being able to hop in a car, put the pedal down, and go around the track. Drivers are forced to gas, break, draft, pick their line during the race, and of course set-up their cars to start. This is highlights so you see lots of wrecks- 260 laps per night in 5 different races. There is also $50k in prizes/money paid out per season.

[theoriginalshew]

also it looks like gibbs fills out tony's suit well, do i see logano's replacement jk lol. i like how miller acted all mad, then shook hands w/ gibbs

[theoriginalshew]

gigantic go-carts with body's basically. you can hear the motors clicking like go-carts. this is something anyone could do. looks like fun, but on an aluminum track, you cant have much traction