Nov 20
A Brief History of Cars Doing Barrel Rolls in Mid-Air (There Have Been Many)
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Video is circulating of a rather unusual car stunt pulled in Mexico last week. To promote the grueling SCORE-International Baja 1000 racing event, a stuntman known as Adrian “Wildman” Cenni did this:
It’s being billed by Digg as “the first barrel roll ever completed in a four wheel vehicle,” and while it’s insanely impressive, those of us who grew up in the ’70s watching James Bond flicks can’t help but do a double-take: The “first?” Haven’t we seen this before? In that 007 installment [correction: The Man With the Golden Gun, not Live and Let Die] from 1974? That was way before CG, so that shot had to be real, no?
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