This video debuted earlier this month, and I know the odds are fairly high that you’ve seen it. If you haven’t, I think it’s worth the 10 minutes — and that says a lot, because I have a short attention span when it comes to YouTube videos. (If YouTube is blocked at your workplace, as it is at mine, email this link home to yourself and have an 11:11 p.m. Tuesday Time-Waster.)
I was curious about all the skid marks driver Ken Block left behind. What did people think of them? How long do they last? Well, I don’t have all the answers, but apparently someone pointed them out back in May, shortly after the stunt was filmed. Scroll to the end of this column (the headline and photo are unrelated) to the “Furious Fiesta” section. “They pay,” [a highway patrol spokesman] said, “so we let them do whatever they want as long as it’s within the permit.”
And this page has links to some YouTube videos taken by passersby who saw the filming in May. Can you imagine looking out your window in time to see a car go airborne?!
By the way, this video was a Big Deal: It got the attention of publications ranging from ESPN to the New York Times.