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Anybody catch this one? Hopefully on their DVR?

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/ ... eographic/
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BUMP, again...
Come on, did anyone catch this?
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I watched it..didnt record it though...it was great...wish I had the testers job.
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shredex wrote:I watched it..didnt record it though...it was great...wish I had the testers job.
I would nominate you for it a heart beat for being the FZRonline tester as you are the most accident prone member here


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I saw it. I don't understand the part where they switched to rain tires, and then waited for the track to dry.

Otherwise I found it very interesting.
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they didnt wait for the track to dry. they threw on the tires, then it stopped raining, but the track was still soaked
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Bump... Bump Bump...
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It should be on this:

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/c ... -Episodes/

In a week or so.
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