WRC Set to Linkin Park
January 4th, 2009
This video is one that I’ve been watching every few months for the last couple years. It’s a series of clips from the World Rally Championship (WRC) set to “In the End” by Linkin Park.
Even if you’re not a big motorsports fan, it’s worth watching to understand the savage beauty of this sport. It captures the perfect mix of the excitement, brutality, skill, and heartbreak of rally racing. The ending with the solo piano and the trail of dust racing across the desert almost chokes me up.
I maintain that rally car drivers are the best pure drivers in all of motorsports, and I present this video as evidence. They run triple-digit speeds on dirt (or worse), sometimes for days on end. No manicured track surface, no pitstops, no turn sequence they can get used to lap after lap. These guys put every other racing style to shame.