Cool piece Doug, thanks.
Steve Corell was last night. I thought he was really fast.
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Cool piece Doug, thanks.
Steve Corell was last night. I thought he was really fast.
The world loves to be deceived.
Changing electric car's image one celeb at a time
The British car show Top Gear is one of my favourite shows. I had a lot of fun appearing on it this summer. Like every guest, I had to compete as the Star in the Reasonably Priced Car. That means trying to lap a track round an old airfield as fast as you can.
For my new show, modestly called The Jay Leno Show, we have what is a bit of an homage to Top Gear. It is called the Green Car Challenge...
Tim Allen has a couple good laps:
Hulu - The Jay Leno Show: Tim Allen Racing
Hulu - The Jay Leno Show: Green Car Challenge: Serena Williams
Serena gets the best time so far.
What happened with Drew Barrymore's time? In the episode she did 54 seconds. In later episodes when they recap her time jumped up to 57 seconds because of 3 penalties, though she had no penalties when she went in her episode. Anybody know the reason? Her time was the best without those mysterious penalties.Originally Posted by doug
-Shark2k
In a later episode Jay explained they were adding 3 seconds to Drew's time since she didn't really follow the course. For example, she drove straight through the chicane without making the proper turns. If they hadn't have done that, then everyone would just cheat and it would continue to be the joke it started out to be.
It's actually gotten a bit better as they've ditched the unnecessary safety gear and gotten more competitive folks behind the wheel. Still wish they had a better track, though.
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Last edited by doug; 10-25-2009 at 05:22 PM.
Thanks Doug. After I posted I kind of thought how she drove the course might have had something to do with it.
-Shark2k
They should have added in the penalty at the time, not several weeks later. One more reminder that this is a TV show, not a real race track. Although I'd be hard-pressed to find a race track quite like this. It's kinda akin to mini golf vs the PGA Tour.
They added the three seconds on her time the very next time they were on the track.
Interesting they are breaking records almost every day in a row (hitting obstacles being the only variable).
Gotta hand it to Rush. He's getting great attention from his purposefully bad run.
The world loves to be deceived.
So, anyone got any idea what Ford's done with the EV now that the Jay leno show is no more? They showed the track on TV last night during the Tonight Show and had painted a giant Chelsea Handler picture across it.
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