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73-Car Burnout & Day 7 of HOT ROD Power Tour! – Chattanooga, TN to Concord, NC

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Dennis Pittsenbarger spends the longest drive of Power Tour 2013 in a ’69 Camaro, winding through the Great Smoky Mountains in what is easily the most picturesque route of the Tour. As the drive nearly comes to an end, Dennis stops by Roush-Yates for a lunch stop and gets a tour of some of the company’s race products before wrapping up the Power Tour at zMAX Dragway in Concorde, North Carolina, and an attempt at the World Record for biggest burnout.

HOT ROD Power Tour is HOT ROD Magazine in action, a week-long roadtrip where readers, racers, and manufacturers hit the back roads of America to show everyone what being a car-nut is all about.

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QC#15 – Water Bottle Fire Lighter

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A water bottle and sunlight are used to start a blazing fire.

See the step by step tutorial here: http://youtu.be/QwQJ-3pZfwc

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Music by Jason Shaw (RP-Clattertrap)
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Project Inspired By:

An idea a co-worker gave me, suggesting her boyfriend once burned a hole in paper with a water bottle.

WARNING: Under certain conditions, an open flame can grow to an uncontrollable, blazing fire. This may result in serious injury, burns, property damage, forrest fires, grass fires, and even death. Use of video content is at own risk.

Project History & More Info:

When a co-worker heard I was experimenting with strange science concepts, she mentioned her boyfriend once burned a hole in a piece of paper with a water bottle. It sounded like a crazy idea, but I wondered if it really could work.

I tried using different parts of the water bottle to act as a “liquid lens” and focus the sunlight like a magnifying glass. The concept seemed plausible, but kind of far fetched at the same time.

With her suggestion planted in my mind, I practiced for weeks trying to get it to work. And while occasionally I’d get a puff of smoke, it was hardly anything impressive, and certainly not a fire.

I kept practicing and experimenting over a period of 3 months, and finally figured out some important factors. Like black absorbs the heat better, so focusing the sunlight on black paper makes a world of difference.

I also figured out that folding the paper over and layering it a few times helps build a little nest for the developing embers, and keeps the heat. This makes a huge difference when trying to blow the embers into a flame.

My ultimate experience is that yes, you can light a fire with a water bottle, but you need to spend a lot of time learning the art of how it works first. You can’t wait until a survival situation and just hope you can do it first try.

Bentley’s Racing at Le Mans: Past, Present & Future? – The Downshift Ep. 60

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On this episode of The Downshift, we take an inside look at Bentley’s short yet illustrious racing career. We explore their dominant victories during the 1920’s at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, their subsequent and ultimately triumphant return there in 2001-2003 and the potential future of their racing program with the Continental GT3.

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Mazda Super20: The Purest Miata? Ignition Ep. 74

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On this episode of Ignition, Carlos Lago drives the Mazda Super20, a former SEMA show car built to celebrate 20 years of the Miata and to highlight the car’s ties to motorsports. Packing R-compound rubber and a supercharger, this Miata is certainly capable. A trip to the test track and a mountain road will show us just how capable.

Ignition appears every Monday on the Motor Trend youtube channel. http://www.youtube.com/motortrend



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