“Carmageddon” was a name of the video game, which was racing in general, but the task for the participating drivers was to destroy the cars of the competitors and with that gain a victory.
Now in Russian city Novosibirsk they have races with around the same rules. The only task is to destroy. And while there would your competitor’s car still running then you have not won.
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All the tactics are OK: hitting, banging and even scary shouts can count if they help.
Another scary thing on those races is that the breaks are not allowed. None of the participating cars, if we can call them cars, have their breaks totally absent, probably inspired by the verse from a song of popular Russian band: “Breaks were invented by cowards.”.
The race is spectacular event so no wonder it’s popular among locals. “The safest place is the roof of some garage. Standing and watching on the ground is risky!”, says one of the spectactors, and as you may notice they have no security fencing, so nothing can stop the car without breaks.
No wonder, young boys help the drivers, just like Anakin did his first steps into the desert race on Tatooine.
Some photographers can’t keep themselves from taking a best shot, getting as closer as they can to those unstoppable monsters.
Here is minus one. He won’t go far now without one of his wheels.
No luck this day for the guy, but maybe on the next round he’ll be more fortunate?
photos by Ilnar, Novosibirsk
omg FIRST?
nice pics!
OMG is this russian version of NASCAR? :O
Your mama shoulda kept her legs crossed!
Carmageddon was more about run over unfortunate pedestrians than destroying other cars. This event is more like Destruction Derby.
So very cool
с пивом,всё как надо!
с пивом,всё как положено!
BRAKES, NOT BREAKS!
Best use for Russian cars ever. Seems kinda wild not having any real safety seats/helmets/whatever… Then again, it’s Russia.
Also, the armors on those cars seem like they are welded together from stolen gas pipes. Might explain why there are so many gas fires/explosions in Russia.
So this is the famous Russian cars, very old and ugly.
Oh, you’re such a poser, but anyway nobody cares what you thinking and saying.
Who won, anyway?
Now that is what i call Russian !
Now this is quality entertainment!
I hear the old Slayer song Piece by Piece in my head when I see these pictures.
пьяный ельцин видео