Car Crazy Rio: Season 1, Ep. 1

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Jane Omorogbe a.k.a RIO presents Car Crazy Rio!   This Show looks at just why people are crazy about our four-wheel buddies. Jane, an ex-gladiator starts off with lessons from Terry Bolton about how to handle a skid with both front and rear wheel cars.   Later in the show, we're off to the racing track, the new racing track that is ROCKINGHAM. Plus it's time to try a hand at go-karting with some special instruction and some nasty corners!  Don't forget to subscribe to our channel and hit the notification bell so you never miss a video!  ------------------ Enjoyed this video? Don't forget to LIKE and SHARE the video and get involved with our community by leaving a COMMENT below the video!   Check out what else our channel has to offer and don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to Men & Motors for more classic car and motorbike content! Why not? It is free after all!  Our website: http://menandmotors.com/  ---- Social Media ----  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/menandmotors/ Instagram: @menandmotorstv Twitter: @menandmotorstv  If you have any questions, e-mail us at talk@menandmotors.com  © Men and Motors - One Media iP 2023

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00:00 [Music]

00:23 Hello and welcome to Car Crazy Rio, the show that brings you car events and car extremists from all across the country.

00:35 Each week our ex-Gladiator, Jane Ormoroby, reminds us just how crazy people are about our four-wheeled friends.

00:55 [Music]

01:05 [Music]

01:15 [Music]

01:37 This week on the show, Rio travels to London as she tries to get to grips on the skid pan.

01:47 And we see if driving a kart can lead to a speedy success.

02:00 I'm here in sunny Croydon to learn how to drive, but as you can see, it's not normal driving.

02:12 The object of a skid pan like this is to learn how to control a car when you begin to slide.

02:17 I'll be trying out both front and rear wheel drive cars, and Terry Bolton is the brave man who will be training me today.

02:24 He assures me everything will be fine as he does this every day.

02:31 So Terry, this is the first car we're going to be driving today.

02:34 Yes, this is our front wheel drive car given to us by Dayu. It's a Dayu Lanas.

02:38 It's got all the modern cons on this one. It's very good. It's got power steering, electric windows, etc. etc.

02:43 But it won't be much help for you today because we're going to have them all up and it's a very hot day.

02:47 It's got slick tyres on it, and it's a front wheel drive because a front wheel drive car reacts differently to a rear wheel drive car.

02:53 We're going to start off in this car first, get the feel of how it works, just potter around in second gear.

02:59 And as you get a little bit more confident, then you can start to squeeze on the gas and you can feel the car starting to slip and slide.

03:05 Right. Let's go and have a bit of fun.

03:08 Enjoy.

03:10 [Music]

03:13 And all we do is have a little drive around, off gas now, as you're ready.

03:27 [Laughter]

03:28 Keep it tight in towards the left hand side.

03:31 And shuffle the wheel.

03:32 And if you can use your hands opposite one another, because as you can see, already clutch down and gently brake to stop.

03:38 It's coming through that quickly.

03:40 [Laughter]

03:41 So this is the front wheel drive car.

03:47 This is our front wheel drive car.

03:48 And it's going to be a little different than the rear one.

03:50 It is because in a front wheel drive car, the front wheels tend to break away.

03:54 And once they start to break away, we will go off in a straight line when in fact we either want to turn left or right.

03:59 And of course the way out of that is to remove the... Oh dear, we've gone again.

04:03 So why did that happen? Am I going too fast?

04:05 I think you may have been listening to me and not concentrating.

04:08 A skid or slide is caused through three things.

04:15 Excessive acceleration, braking, steering or a combination of all three, all caused by you, the driver.

04:21 Oh I see. So when I jerk it back in, then it just skids around.

04:26 There's your core steering.

04:27 Everything nice and smooth and gentle. That's it. That's fine.

04:34 So it's good to see you starting to feed the steering wheel through the hands.

04:37 That's much, much better.

04:39 Because if you put your arms over and over like that...

04:42 Like so?

04:43 What you're doing, you're only using the top quarter of the steering wheel.

04:45 And your hands are always one side or your hands are always one at the other.

04:48 And if you need extra steering, the hand has to come off and move.

04:51 And it takes that a little bit longer.

04:53 Watch this, Terry.

04:59 You go for it.

05:00 Everything you've just taught me is going to come into play right now.

05:04 [Music]

05:06 Gently on the gas. That's it. And hold it.

05:13 See?

05:14 I'm impressed.

05:15 Full lap!

05:16 360 degrees worth.

05:18 That was the first car. Great fun. Now it's time for car number two.

05:29 Jane, this is our rear-wheel-drive car.

05:31 It has different characteristics from the front-wheel-drive car that you've just been using.

05:35 Because obviously this is driven from the rear, where the other vehicle is being pulled along from the front.

05:40 And as you drive it, you'll realise that as soon as you start to use a little bit of gas, the back is going to want to break away.

05:45 This is a lot harder than I thought. Maybe I just got used to the other cars.

05:51 This is a lot twitchier than the back.

05:53 Just head for it.

05:55 A bit of second now so we can have a look at the speed.

05:59 I thought I was getting the hang of it.

06:02 That's what I mean. Different car, different characteristics.

06:05 In we come.

06:06 Brake hard now. Hard on the brakes hard.

06:09 That's it.

06:10 And as you can see, the back overtakes the front.

06:13 That's because of the camber of the road.

06:15 So if you come in in the middle of the path this time, head towards the side of the road.

06:23 As we are now, this speed, brake now, bang, bang, bang.

06:25 Hard on the brakes. Keep doing that.

06:27 Excellent. Well done.

06:28 That's good.

06:29 Considering that is the first time you've ever done it, that was very, very good indeed.

06:34 That was very good.

06:35 Yes, I hate to say, you were very good.

06:37 I thought I was doing really well until...

06:47 Oh.

06:48 Oh yeah, and...

06:49 Oh, and that was...

06:51 Oops.

06:54 [Music]

06:58 [Music]

07:23 So Stephen, can you tell us a bit of history about the track and how the weekend's gone for you?

07:27 Well, it's been a really very special weekend.

07:30 We've had the official opening of the track after two years, over two years of actually building it.

07:35 And the best part of ten years since we started planning it and going through the fundraising and everything else.

07:41 So it's been a big, big day for a lot of people.

07:43 Of course, this, the opening event with Nigel Mansell here on the Saturday was something very special indeed.

07:49 Perhaps the biggest party we're going to see around here for some time.

07:52 With Nigel turning in that amazing 163 miles an hour average speed lap.

07:56 And that was corners and all, 163 miles an hour.

07:59 Fastest ever lap of a racing circuit in Great Britain.

08:01 That's amazing. And on an open day as well.

08:03 Oh, that's it. Nigel, as always, performing for the fans.

08:07 And he was an absolute star.

08:08 Fantastic.

08:09 And that record, I'm sure, is going to go by September though, when we get the champ cars here.

08:13 This is the first step in a whole range of different activities.

08:15 We've got motorcycle racing coming here.

08:17 We've got the car track days.

08:19 We've got the champ car race one.

08:21 We've got all of those American champ cars, 22 or more of them, coming over from the States to race in the Rockingham 500, September 20th.

08:28 That is going to be really something special again.

08:30 That lap record, I guess, might well even go as high as 200 miles an hour.

08:34 So, from what I understand, from every seat here, you can see up to 90% of the track at any point?

08:39 Well, we've actually achieved better than that.

08:41 In actual fact, we designed the track around the idea that 90% of the seats have 100% view of the action.

08:47 And 100% of the seats will see at least 90% of the action.

08:51 So, even the worst seat in the house here, in fact, is better because it's 95% of the track visible from every single seat in the stadium.

08:57 Fantastic.

08:58 We've got 22,000 seats currently in position.

09:00 We're still building the ends of the Rockingham building.

09:03 That will give us additional capacity and more hospitality suites.

09:05 And then we're building another 20,000 grandstand seats further around the corners as well.

09:09 That's right.

09:10 We've got a full calendar of everything else going on, including these beasts, the Richard Petty Nascars.

09:14 Now, in August, these are the real heavy metal, the Days of Thunder.

09:17 I was going to say Days of Thunder. Tom Cruise, he's a bit small for me.

09:20 Well, this car here is one of the cars.

09:23 This is driven by Kyle Petty, the son of Richard Petty, who was the most successful driver of them all.

09:27 And this car has actually got a passenger seat in because in August, we'll actually be running cars here for a month.

09:33 We'll have 16 of these cars over from Charlotte, North Carolina, with all the American crews, with the drivers.

09:38 And they're going to be here. Basically, people can come along and play and ride along and experience this track for themselves.

09:43 Brilliant. So perhaps if you were thinking about this, it might be something you wanted to get into as a hobby or something.

09:48 You could come along and give it a little go.

09:50 Well, you don't have to be even thinking about taking it that seriously.

09:52 But the ultimate adrenaline ride for your birthday this year, I want my birthday present.

09:56 Do you know what? My birthday is September the 20th, so maybe we should come along.

10:00 I just think we might just be spending our birthday.

10:02 I will be 30.

10:03 What a way to celebrate your birthday.

10:04 Yes, wouldn't it be great?

10:06 Well, you can have a quick look at how you get into one of these beasts to start with.

10:09 It's a bit bigger than some of the other cars I've had.

10:11 It's a big motor car. It's a 6-litre V8 engine in the front.

10:15 It's got nearly the same horsepower as Micka Hackington's McLaren Formula One car.

10:19 This has about 700 horsepower.

10:20 Really?

10:21 And it's heavy. They say 3,500 pounds, which translates into the best part of a tonne and a half.

10:26 So you're talking about a serious heavy metal piece of machinery.

10:30 Tiny seat. It actually wraps around your ribs to hold you in place.

10:33 Your arms go down the outside of it.

10:35 Huge safety cage around here for protection.

10:37 A six-point seat belt harness, which again, look at the size of the buckles on this thing.

10:41 Absolutely massive.

10:42 And this big steering wheel, which is right in your chest because you've got to drive with the arms bent

10:47 because you never, ever use more than that much steering in one of these cars.

10:50 Actually, for all it's a big, heavy, powerful car, you drive it with a lot of finesse.

10:54 Because if you start getting angry with the car on the banking at 160 miles an hour,

10:57 that concrete wall is going to get very close indeed.

11:00 You've even got to take the steering wheel off to get in and out of the car.

11:04 And then you have to climb in proper Dukes of Hazzard style.

11:06 Oh, really? Rascal, pick old train!

11:09 Those were the days, eh?

11:12 Swing your feet in and then just slide down into the seat.

11:16 Oh, that was me then.

11:20 Finally, she's in.

11:26 The big steering wheel just slips around and slips on there. That's it.

11:30 Like I say?

11:33 That's it. Now try turning that steering wheel.

11:36 No power steering. That's great.

11:38 That's why these guys are all fit.

11:41 It's a little heavy.

11:42 Once the car's moving, that actually gets lighter.

11:44 Yeah, I was about to say. Otherwise I might not make the corners.

11:48 But you see how close the steering wheel is to you?

11:51 Because you're driving it with very, very small movements.

11:53 It's very comfortable, actually, this position.

11:54 It is. And you've got all that padding by your right leg and the padding around you.

11:57 And your arms brace yourself in place because when you start going through that corner,

12:01 your body will actually be leaning across against that padding with probably the best part of twice its own body weight.

12:06 Right. So how do you get out of this thing?

12:09 Well, it's quite easy. The steering wheel's designed as a quick release.

12:11 So if you lift the silver collar behind the wheel, that's it. Just pull it towards you.

12:15 And then lift it up on the dashboard.

12:18 And then it's Dukes of Hazzard style, back out through the door.

12:23 Right. So elegance is just out the window here, isn't it?

12:28 Well, there's not a real problem. Just brace your arm on the roof, slide onto the seat and swing your feet over.

12:33 Agile.

12:38 Keep watching as after the break we put Rio to the challenge as she takes to the karts.

12:50 [Music]

13:00 Well, finally here. We were stuck in traffic all morning.

13:09 Can't wait to meet Carl the instructor and find out what car we're driving.

13:13 Look at this. This could be the one. Carl!

13:18 Jane, well done. You've made it. Nice to meet you. The traffic was quite bad, but you're here now.

13:22 That's the important thing. You ready to go?

13:24 Yes. Can we go? Can we go?

13:25 Almost. First of all, we need some safety gear.

13:27 That's all right, isn't it?

13:29 That is fantastic.

13:30 Jane's cut off.

13:31 Pretty fantastic, but we need something a little bit more protective.

13:33 Let's get a sword just now. Let's go.

13:35 Right. Jane, there's your overalls.

13:39 Thank you.

13:40 I've to go and get changed then. I can't go with you.

13:42 [Music]

13:57 Ta-da!

13:58 You look ready and raring.

13:59 Thank you.

14:00 Next stage for us, though, before we go trackside, we've got to give you some race craft.

14:04 Can't we just drive now?

14:06 Racing skills. We've got to do this properly.

14:07 Oh, Carl, I want to drive the car.

14:10 We're going to do this properly.

14:12 Oh, come on, then.

14:14 Driving on track, you have a very different set of priorities to when you're on the road.

14:18 Right.

14:19 On the road, you drive quite defensively.

14:21 Here, you've got to drive a little bit aggressively.

14:23 You've got to keep control of the car, but you want to maximise your speed at all times.

14:26 You want to get as good exit speed as possible from the corners.

14:29 You want to be keeping your lap times low.

14:31 To do that, you need to be consistent out on the circuit.

14:33 On a corner, you've got a corner here.

14:36 If you're coming in from this direction, you're looking to brake before the corner.

14:40 Your speed, your entry speed is going to be too high to take the corner, so you need to brake.

14:44 You've come in on the outside, braking on the way in, turning in at this point here.

14:50 From that point in there, taking a nice smooth line through the corner.

14:55 A lot of people tend to go in way too hard and then end up spinning out over here.

15:00 Don't want to do that. Brake. Make sure you brake lots for the corner.

15:03 If you've got a complicated corner, long-clicking along like this, you want to take what's called a constant radius.

15:09 From the point where you turn in, you're nice and smooth all the way through right to the outside again.

15:15 You're starting in on the outside, braking in a straight line.

15:19 Very, very important. You've got to brake in a straight line.

15:21 Otherwise, you'll be off spinning out in the corner.

15:24 Braking in a straight line, nice and smooth.

15:26 When you get halfway through the corner, you're going to be accelerating all the way out to get a good exit speed.

15:32 I've been stuck in London all morning to get here.

15:35 I've been weaving through the traffic.

15:37 What do I have to do? Sit down and listen to all this.

15:39 I don't want to listen to any more. I don't want to see another bleeding drawing.

15:44 I just want a car. Give me a car. Now.

15:48 Please. What about a smile?

15:51 That's the theory. If you put that into practice, you're going to be a lot smoother and a lot better out on the circuit.

15:56 Okay. Now, can we please get in the car?

15:59 Who said anything about cars? We're using carts.

16:02 What?

16:03 Okay, so I'm a bit disappointed we're not on a full-size race car.

16:07 These carts are too free.

16:09 Well, I guess if you can't get to Brantapshire Silverstone, or you can't afford it,

16:20 then this is a much cheaper alternative. And it's in the centre of London.

16:24 [Music]

16:27 [Music]

16:56 Alright, it might be a small check, but it still looks pretty dangerous.

17:00 I've got to give it a go.

17:02 That is fantastic. I can't wait to have a go.

17:10 You don't need cars to go quick. This is what we're doing today.

17:13 I'm a bit worried I'm not going to fit in there, you know.

17:16 Don't worry.

17:17 I'm a big girl, in case you hadn't noticed.

17:18 You'll be fine. You'll be fine. Pop both feet straight in the seat.

17:21 Are you sure?

17:24 And then lower yourself down.

17:26 Now you look perfect in there, Jane.

17:32 Thank you.

17:33 Ready and rearing.

17:34 Today you've got powering the 200cc four-stroke engine.

17:37 Right.

17:38 Controls in front of you. You've got the steering wheel.

17:40 Very acute. Only quarter turn. Locks and locks.

17:42 So don't yank at the steering wheel.

17:44 Pedals. You've got two pedals. Do totally different things.

17:46 Only use one pedal at a time. Right is go. Left is stop.

17:50 Okay.

17:51 You're ready to go.

17:52 Superb.

17:53 The last thing to mention is, of course, helmet and gloves.

17:56 Right, down.

18:07 Away you go.

18:09 Look at the speed.

18:16 I know you're only going about 30, 40 miles an hour maximum.

18:19 But I'm telling you now, while you're down here, it feels amazing.

18:23 Well?

18:31 Not bad. Not bad.

18:33 What do you mean, not bad?

18:34 But I'm not sure you were watching or listening when we were having a chat upstairs.

18:37 I was listening. I was taking notes up here. I think I was really good.

18:40 And I enjoyed it.

18:41 I'll give you a quick demonstration now.

18:42 Guy's ready to go.

18:43 And he's going to show you what you should have been doing.

18:46 He's braking a lot more on the wane of the corners.

18:48 And you won't see the back end of the car sliding around as he drives out.

18:52 Because it's all about getting good speed out the corner.

18:55 And to do that, you've got to be putting as much power down as you can do.

18:59 Just like that.

19:01 I see what you mean. It is a bit smoother than what I was doing.

19:04 It is a bit smoother. But it's all time. Time and experience.

19:06 We've done thousands of laps here.

19:08 And we're very familiar with the circuit and the karts.

19:10 It is all about experience.

19:12 So is karting a really big thing in London?

19:14 Do you think it's a big thing in London?

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20:56 I think I'm getting worms because I'm getting really excited about catching them up.

21:18 Now I'm getting the hang of it mate.

21:19 Oh yes.

21:20 What's the trick in this?

21:21 It's getting the corners right so you don't make any time skidding.

21:22 Come on then mate, I'm right behind you.

21:23 Well this is fantastic fun.

21:24 I think I've been well and truly thrashed by the true professional here.

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