Gilles Villeneuve

[Pebblestone]

Before setting foot in Europe, Gilles Villeneuve was already an accomplished Snowmobile racer in North America, or should I say, a World Champion.

Ref: Winning the 1974 snowmobile World championship in Eagle River, Wisconsin (USA)



His 1974 Alouette Twin Track racing machine:





Salut Gilles !

[Shrieker]

No wonder he didn't have much trouble routinely pushing a car to it's limits and beyond. The best motorcycle track racers also have motocross backgrounds more often than not. The crux of the matter is definitely going over the traction/grip limit and still maintaining control.

[GitanesBlondes]

No wonder he didn't have much trouble routinely pushing a car to it's limits and beyond. The best motorcycle track racers also have motocross backgrounds more often than not. The crux of the matter is definitely going over the traction/grip limit and still maintaining control.

Many of the MotoGP guys spend their off-season flat track racing.

It's by far one of the best ways of keeping yourself sharp with the limits of adhesion.

[Pebblestone]

No wonder he didn't have much trouble routinely pushing a car to it's limits and beyond. The best motorcycle track racers also have motocross backgrounds more often than not. The crux of the matter is definitely going over the traction/grip limit and still maintaining control.

Many of the MotoGP guys spend their off-season flat track racing.

It's by far one of the best ways of keeping yourself sharp with the limits of adhesion.

http://www.2wheeltuesday.com/wp-content ... Track2.jpg

Going over the grip/adhesion limit was a normal routine for him

[Andres125sx]

No wonder he didn't have much trouble routinely pushing a car to it's limits and beyond. The best motorcycle track racers also have motocross backgrounds more often than not. The crux of the matter is definitely going over the traction/grip limit and still maintaining control.

Past week I was recording with my drone at a MX track, and there it was Julian Simon with a CRF. What a nice model I found

It´s very common to see track racers at MX tracks, Marquez, Espargaro, Bautista, Simon, Terol....

[Pierce89]

No wonder he didn't have much trouble routinely pushing a car to it's limits and beyond. The best motorcycle track racers also have motocross backgrounds more often than not. The crux of the matter is definitely going over the traction/grip limit and still maintaining control.

Past week I was recording with my drone at a MX track, and there it was Julian Simon with a CRF. What a nice model I found

It´s very common to see track racers at MX tracks, Marquez, Espargaro, Bautista, Simon, Terol....

I'd like to think my years of motocross has made me better at sliding cars. I feel quite lucky to have caught the "anything that burns fuel disease" at a young age. I'm only 30 now but I've raced for 24 yrs

Edit: as an aside if any of you have a vehicle more physically demanding than my race crf450 with 60 hp at 230 lbs on a wet muddy track, then I want to shake your hand.

[Andres125sx]

Edit: as an aside if any of you have a vehicle more physically demanding than my race crf450 with 60 hp at 230 lbs on a wet muddy track, then I want to shake your hand.

No way, it doesn´t exist

I did love driving at mud, but it was so demanding I didn´t resist more than a few laps. And once you fall down first time then it becomes some sort of punishment for all your sins with even more mud/weight on the bike that made it like driving an Harley, with sliding grips due to the mud they got at the fall that overload your forearms even more.... What a punishment...

But even so when I saw a track with mud I liked it.... well, at least first laps

[RA168E]

I have an AM-SNOW from last year that was celebrating the life of Gilles in his Moto-Ski days, definitely the Villeneuves are heroes to any Canadian interested in motorsport like myself. I wish i could have seen Gilles drive back in the day, but he died ten years before i was born. I still think Senna is the best driver, but just for sheer "Go big or go home" appeal i think Gilles was in a league of one. Seeing him drive back on 3 wheels is amazing, no other driver would try that after seeing the catastrophic damage to his rear, but for some bizarre reason, the term 'quitting' didnt exist in Gilles world.

[flynfrog]

Edit: as an aside if any of you have a vehicle more physically demanding than my race crf450 with 60 hp at 230 lbs on a wet muddy track, then I want to shake your hand.

I had a CR500AF by the time I got it started I was out of breath. I am thinking of upgrading my 450 to a newer one the air suspension handles so good.