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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (1739)	9/19/2009 3:54:29 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23934

yes... it could have however, the momentum and direction of the 'bounce' (given the speed and other factors such as tire adhesion reaction etc etc.... would have ended in a similar result.... there is one place in the old Nurburgring track (no longer in use) called the flugplatz that cars used to take off in all four wheels and most of them landed ok... the road was on an incline and then became suddenly flat.... cars used to go about 150 mph and literarily fly off... these are some pictures of the old F-1's of the 60's madtv.me.uk ringlord.com i74.photobucket.com t1.gstatic.com "The Ring" en.wikipedia.org finally.... some footage of the 1960's i am doubtful today, with the speed, acceleration, ground effects (possibly the biggest problem) that they would run in such places.... i believe they stopped using the old nurburgring configuration around the mid 70's not sure of the date.... here is a film of the 1967 german GP at the ring.... (if you do not want to watch the entire thing, anyway.... go to minute 3:00 or thereabouts.... you will see cars fly off.... then go to minute 4:25 to 4:45 you will see more of that....