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CanadianCoasterGuy I Guess Donkeys Are Okay Joined: 28 Aug 2009 Total posts: 12 Location: Newmarket, ON. Age: 15 Gender: Male	Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:00 am    Post subject: hey ryancrash, THATS MY CERTAIN DEATH MACHINE YOURE TALKING ABOUT! ( no, but seriously, CWL should remove the certain death machine and the slc(satan's love child) from the area, and put in a nice B&M Flyer...or an Intamin Accelerator. Last edited by CanadianCoasterGuy on Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:01 am
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robbalvey Site Admin Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Total posts: 18523 Location: So Cal Age: 39 Gender: Male	Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:26 pm    Post subject: And now for something a little bit different... The TPR Grand Prix 2009! In case you didn't know, PowerPark in Finland started off as a professional Go-Kart racing center. They have two tracks. One indoor and one outdoor. These tracks are highly rated in Europe and during our Scandi Tour TPR got the chance to rent them out and host the first ever TPR Grand Prix! Of course we were hoping it would be more of a "Death Race" grand prix, but to our dissapointment there were only a small number of casualties. Anyway, read on... Ladies and Gentlemen...we present to you the competitors of the TPR Grand Prix 2009. Please wish these men and women the best of luck as they compete TO THE DEATH to be crowned the champion. That's right. Today's weapon of choice is this professional grade Go Kart! I don't mind having to wear the funny clothes, but I don't want to be called "Jaffa!" Not even this heavy duty racing gear can contain TPDave's massive junk from bursting through the seams! (Women take note! Big Mike certainly is!) You guys know this is a race not Ocean's Eleven, right? Our TPR Grand Prix participants are almost ready for round one. You guys really to KILL? And here they come rounding out the first lap! Number 8 is giving number 33 the "bird" in Finnish! While it looks very slow here, these karts are actually going at speeds of over 100 MPH!!! Amazing. "Look ma...one hand!" Uh, oh, looks like we have our first casualty. Don't worry number 2, nobody saw this... Racecar POV!!! ps. if you happen to know what racecar spells backwads.... EMAIL DAN!!!! mrt0ad13@aol.com Bodies are scattered all over the race track now. "Two....I have killed two people so far..." SIGNATURE MOVE!!!! This is it...final lap! Coming in the home stretch...lean in!!! LEAN IN!!!! And there goes the checkered flag... And we have our winners! Tom from the UK, Ivan from Switzerland, and Hot Fuzz Rich from the USA! Congrats guys! And now how about some video of the TPR Grand Prix? Click to download video to your computer or iPod/iPhone Video edited by StealthFan. Some photos by Hanno. Hope you guys enjoyed the update! Comments, comments, comments.... --Robb _________________ TPR Hoodies are BACK! Order yours now before they are GONE! http://www.themeparkreview.com/store/ TPR is on: Twitter | Face Book | YouTube | MySpace Last edited by robbalvey on Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:47 pm
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moose Bonafide Donkey Expert Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Total posts: 1950 Location: Providence, RI Age: 30 Gender: Male	Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:38 pm    Post subject: This event was soooooo much fun. I almost didn't participate since it really didn't seem like my type of thing. Boy was I wrong. While I wasn't very good (I spun out too much) it was an absolute blast. Thank you for organizing this!
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coaster_dude2002 TWO PINTS ONLY Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Total posts: 384 Location: Toronto, Canada Age: 22 Gender: Male	Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:21 pm    Post subject: Great update and video Robb. That was a fun morning! The tandem kart Lou and I was great for driving, we didn't spin out, and she even got her own set of peddles and a free spinning wheel! When I moved to the single kart though it was scary how much speed these things had and how easy it was to spin out. Having our hotel room look out on the first turn and watching people race made Power Park is an amazing place. Can we go back to Finland yet??
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traincrossin Wisconsin Dells Fanatic Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Total posts: 461 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Age: 17 Gender: Male	Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:40 pm    Post subject: That was awesome! Go karts FTW! Bit of course everyone knows Ice Bat would have won if he wasn't disqualified. _________________ -Patrick Coaster Count: 50
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Six Flags Enthuseast Doesn't know how to spell "Enthusiast." Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Total posts: 1013 Location: Eatin' a Double Stacker! Age: 14 Gender: Male	Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:51 pm    Post subject: This looked like an awesome event! I'm a big go carting fan, and it looked pretty cool. I wish there was one closer so more of us Americans could do it. Could you try to hook up a deal with K1 Go Carts for an 'American TPR Grand Prix'? _________________ Riding Intamin awesomeness since 2005.
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larrygator Obsessive Overlord of the TPR Park Index Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Total posts: 6247 Location: Staten Island, New York Age: 42 Gender: Male	Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:25 pm    Post subject: What no aftermath of Craig's car after he totalled it? Come on, someone has to have a still. This was seriously as much fun as any coaster, thanks to Robb and Elissa for pulling this together. _________________ As usual, my analysis is free of charge! Original enough to not steal someone else's quote as a signature Last edited by larrygator on Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:25 pm
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Ryancrash Full Fledged Donkey Enthusiast! Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Total posts: 226 Location: New York City Age: 37 Gender: Male	Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:34 pm    Post subject: Great update and video! The TPR grand prix was such a blast - yet another standout highlight of an already phenomenal trip. (Seriously, could Scandinavia possibly have been any cooler? The entire trip kicked so much @$$ on so many levels!) I think this was my first ever go-kart race. (I spun out three times in the qualifying heat - Wowch!) So much fun - I totally wanna go back to Finland and do this again. Congrats again to Tom, Ivan and Rich!
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Guy T. Koepp I'm not allergic to Donkeys. Joined: 09 May 2005 Total posts: 5191 Location: Land of the KKK Age: 43 Gender: Male	Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:55 pm    Post subject: I so gotta try this track. Just awesome! Besides, it's allways been a dream of mine to stick it back to the "MAN!" Guy "Breakin' tha Law! Breakin' tha Law!" Koepp _________________ Order your copy of What's in a Brain? Now! Chris Hill says,"I do not condone smoking pot, but this DVD rocks when your stoned!" SEXY IS BACK!
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Nrthwnd bitchbikerbearhousewife Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Total posts: 5332 Location: Vancouver, Canada Age: 56 Gender: Male	Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:04 am    Post subject: That was so cool to do. So cool. Great park, great hotel, great restaurant, great miniprix raceway.... What more could we ask for? One of The Big Hits of the tour for sure, thanks Elissa & Robb! T-PRix! T-PRix! _________________ Talk is cheap Action is Pricele$$
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