It’s called “precision driving” – and that better be right because it involves high-powered cars jumping over obstacles and crossing each other in the air. A millimeter wrong spells disaster.
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One of the best of the teams – Isuzu Team D-MAX – is coming to the Glen Innes Show on February 9 and 10.
It will involve, for example, one of the drivers driving his ute all of the way around the arena while balancing sideways on two wheels.
Driver Jack Monkhouse who will jump his ute over the top of his team-mates said: “It will be the first time we’ve used our all-new D-MAX’s at Glen Innes. They are even more powerful than the previous models.”
And on the ute on two wheels stunt, Jack Monkhouse said: “Balancing a vehicle on two wheels around a slippery grass arena is one of the most challenging parts of the performance but the driver we rely on most often for that stunt is Dave Shannon and he joined the team before any of his other team-mates were even born so he’s pretty good at it.
“That said, there is still obviously an element of risk in it.”
There will be ramp jumps, high speed drifts, handbrake turns, reverse flicks, hair-raising cross over and formation manoeuvers.
Monkhouse, Shannon and Michael Long who is also a senior member of the squad will be joined in Glen Innes by a relatively new team member, Laurence Cripps, who will perform on the Glen Innes arena for the very first time.He said: “I am really excited about being part of the line-up for Glen Innes.
“As you might expect it takes quite a while to get up to the standard required by the team to become one of the full-time drivers. I’ve got a few shows under my belt now so it’s starting to become a little bit less stressful but I know the crowd and especially my team mates will still be watching me closely to see how I perform.”
