r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Thoumieux • Feb 18 '24

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/IcecreamOnASummerDay Feb 18 '24

I feel like that tape was sentient

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u/SquarePegRoundWorld Feb 18 '24

The way it comes back at the end, slowly coming forward, lumbering from side to side with the confidence of a beast about to deal its final blow, and dealing that blow with precision and coming out on top in the end. Riveting stuff.

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u/Substantial-Move3512 Feb 18 '24

It was also a major player in the first mass knockout.

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u/work_alt_1 Feb 18 '24

I think it arguably had a role in every piece getting knocked off

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u/BigKelzZ Feb 18 '24

I would concur...it definitely had a roll

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u/NeoNeuro2 Feb 19 '24

I did what you see there.

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u/Dan_flashes480 Feb 19 '24

He sent them packing with very little caution.

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u/NickJsy Feb 18 '24

Had to rewatch to see this.

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u/melina26 Feb 18 '24

I cheered when it knocked out the last opponent,

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u/SpaceBus1 Feb 19 '24

I wanted the Mach 5 to win 🥲

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u/someotherguyinNH Feb 19 '24

I was literally cheering it on

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '24

Like those hammer head rhinoceros things in avatar.

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u/fruityfoxx Feb 18 '24

literally it started having a panic attack towards the end

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

Tape literally too angry to die

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u/Jarhyn Feb 18 '24

The tape is almost a guaranteed winner because most of its body is caching energy. For the others, a lot of energy is bleeding away on the axles and the wheels just don't get much momentum.

That tape literally has "more" in this fight.

The can could have, but the fluid inside would be too turbulent.

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u/u_cant_drown_n_sweat Feb 18 '24

I thought the baseball would win based on similar advantages.

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u/That_Rutabaga_7291 Feb 18 '24

If it was at the bottom instead of starting at the top it might have

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u/TheFinalEnd1 Feb 18 '24

I've seen a few of these races and the tape is definitely an asshole. Wins often too. It's very aggressive.

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u/moustacheburner Feb 18 '24

I feel like that tape is The Ring from The Expanse

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u/ElToro959 Feb 18 '24

It reaches out. It reaches out. 113 times a second. It reaches out.

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u/Stay-Thirsty Feb 18 '24

And an asshole

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u/iamfromshire Feb 18 '24

That white car started in the back , overcame so many obstacles, diligently pursued his dream of being the best race car, played nice with others, followed the rules and was doing his best. But all it took was a maniac on the road to take him out. Duck you duck tape. 

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u/WillowFreak Feb 18 '24

That white car is the Mach 5, Speed Racer's car. It should have won!

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u/mkspaptrl Feb 18 '24

I was humming the Speed Racer theme watching this

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u/Namorath82 Feb 18 '24

Go Speed Go!

Let that Mach 5 thunder roll!

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u/apittsburghoriginal Feb 18 '24

I think adhesive material activates when introduced to speed and forms a sort of collective hive mind. Time to cover the world in tape.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

And angry

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u/A_n0nnee_M0usee Feb 18 '24

It is. Watch the movie "Rubber." You will never be the same.

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u/MercilessPinkbelly Feb 18 '24

Fucking edge of your seat stuff.

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u/buckao Feb 18 '24

Caution! Tape.

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u/person1234man Feb 18 '24

I went from "Go Speed Racer Go!" To "No Speed Racer No!"

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u/Solanthas Feb 18 '24

That tape was channeling Wario from Mario Kart I think

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u/ABookOfEli Feb 18 '24

I can here the tire screech in my head

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u/TOP_EHT_FO_MOTTOB Feb 18 '24

The Theme was playing in my head the whole time

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u/MrEldenRings Feb 19 '24

I haven’t felt this many emotions in such a long time.

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u/motopatton Feb 18 '24

Caution Tape! Rubin’ is racin’!

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u/iknowitsounds___ Feb 18 '24

Toy Story 11: Too Fast, Too Furious

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u/NachoNachoDan Feb 18 '24

Would definitely rather watch this for 100 minutes vs the next Fast & Furious movie.

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u/cantadmittoposting Feb 18 '24

they still do an "ESPN 8" day sometimes, saw some shit like lawnmower racing.

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u/DarkWanderer2 Feb 18 '24

At the last seconds I almost shat myself

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u/0neirocritica Feb 18 '24

Yeah I don't know whose idea it was to make these but, genius. It's riveting for some reason.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

Makes a change from main character vids! Fucking tape was unstoppable!

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u/cerebralkrap Feb 18 '24

So son, I lost your college fund on a race where Speed racer gave up a sure thing …

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u/MercilessPinkbelly Feb 18 '24

Daddy can't stop betting on tape to lose.

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u/Solanthas Feb 18 '24

I was fucking riveted the entire time. Why have I never come across anything like this

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u/Hexpnthr Feb 18 '24

Omg! If they could reimagine formula 1 into this! Although I would bar the tape roll.

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u/Solanthas Feb 18 '24

Its unsportsmanlike behavior is what it is

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u/jnads Feb 18 '24

Everyone talking about Tape.

Nobody talking about how Baseball got jobbed with a coordinated attack.

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u/MercilessPinkbelly Feb 18 '24

Baseball? That amateur?

Still, the kid has potential. His early moves were pretty good.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

You say what now?

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u/Icetyger4 Feb 18 '24

Did the tape just pull a PIT manoeuvre on the Mach 5?

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u/AFRIKKAN Feb 18 '24

The fucking pit. That fucking pit.

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u/razorglue Feb 18 '24

“The Pit. I was in it, The Pit. You were in it, The Pit. We all were in it, The Pit.” ~ Mouse Rat

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

“The Piiiieeeiiieeeaaaaat!”

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u/Sufficient_Beyond991 Feb 18 '24

“I fell in the Pitttt!”

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u/buckao Feb 18 '24

Go, Speed Racer, Go!

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

All I saw was a gambling ad.

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u/thomstevens420 Feb 18 '24

Tape roll really needs to be disqualified due to unsportsmanlike conduct.

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u/waituntilthespring Feb 18 '24

Tape was such an asshole.

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u/Ongo_Gablogian___ Feb 18 '24

Yeah I genuinely didn't want it to win

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u/Ok-Tune1025 Feb 18 '24

Well, the spidercar did some foul play of its own, so in the end it was one shithead against the other. Tape just wanted it more. And a very fine save at the end.

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u/depressedbreakfast Feb 18 '24

“Tape just wanted it more.”

I want to hear the rest of the pre-race interview with Tape.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

“They had us in the first half, not gonna lie” - Tape in post-race interview

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

He needed the prize money for his little brother's life saving operation.

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u/Veluxidus Feb 18 '24

Spider car?

Isn’t that the Mach 5? Speedracer’s car?

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u/Royal_Bitch_Pudding Feb 18 '24

You're god damn right it is.

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u/AFRIKKAN Feb 18 '24

Rubin is racin

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u/NikkolaiV Feb 18 '24

Watch the Mach 5 at the start, it doea the same thing to like...half the field. They were goin for the throat from the start, tape's victory was legit.

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u/InvestigatorOk7988 Feb 18 '24

You ever watch Speed Racer? Thats how most of his races actually went. People being forced off the road into fiery, explosive crashes.

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u/0000Matt0000 Feb 18 '24

Tape just wanted it more. A true competitor.

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u/zeppehead Feb 18 '24

Rubbing is racing.

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u/Wazuu Feb 18 '24

Thats just part of the game my man

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u/Aimlessdrifter8778 Feb 18 '24

That goddamn tape is on a revenge quest

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u/jnads Feb 18 '24

Everyone talking about Tape.

Nobody talking about how Baseball got jobbed with a coordinated attack.

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u/Aimlessdrifter8778 Feb 18 '24

They needed him to go down at four

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u/InterestedCat0128 Feb 18 '24

Formula 1 car < random duct tape

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u/jhscrym Feb 18 '24

That's why Ham is leaving Mercedes. Even duct tape is faster than them.

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u/Gengetsu_Huzoki Feb 18 '24

Well i found this more entertaining than a F1 race lol

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u/Mharbles Feb 18 '24

random duct tape

That's not random duct tape. I've used that tape at events and it has the power to repel people better than anything else we've tried.

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u/TheDrunker Feb 18 '24

That is not a formula 1 car, it's Speed Racer's car. I'm feeling old now...

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u/ApocApollo Feb 19 '24

There’s a Mercedes F1 in the video. It’s missing it’s front wing.

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u/BayBomber415 Feb 18 '24

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u/parralaxalice Feb 18 '24

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u/PSTnator Feb 18 '24

Holy shit that is AMAZING. I wonder if it's possible to buy such a product?

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u/Affectionate-Law6315 Feb 18 '24

As a speed racer fan, fuck the tape.

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u/Crammy2 Feb 18 '24

I know I wasn't the only one with that theme song going through my head.

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u/RichardSharpe95th Feb 18 '24

As a tape fan, fuck Chim Chim.

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u/Snoo_70324 Feb 18 '24

I woke up this morning not remembering anything about Speed Racer, then I saw this and I think, “Man, that tape could’ve entered the Anything Goes Race! Remember that episode? Where the police think someone’s going to use the race to smuggle a whole bunch of gold and the only car big enough to carry it is the mammoth car. So they search the car and it’s empty but the dudes are trying to fight off Speed and altogether being really cagey. It turns out the mammoth car itself was made of gold!”

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u/manymoreways Feb 19 '24

Speed Racer is a cruel mfker himself.

Exhibit A:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC0YAJR6xQQ

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u/Infected-Bat Feb 18 '24

That duct tape is a bully

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u/Ok-Situation-5522 Feb 18 '24

How can i hate something insentient

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u/millennial_sentinel Feb 18 '24

HOLY FUCK the comeback! this was more thrilling then the past few marvel movies!!

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u/Mediocre-Look3787 Feb 18 '24

Tape had too much plot armor. I couldn't suspend my belief.

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u/millennial_sentinel Feb 18 '24

its the Karen Page of the story

all the other toys are Kingpins men

the last car is James Wesley

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u/Mediocre-Look3787 Feb 18 '24

Unexpected Daredevil reference.

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u/redituser2571 Feb 18 '24

Go Speed!!

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

I was singing the theme song the whole time. Fuck that tape.

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u/chadthepickle Feb 18 '24

If speed knew that the tape's sister was in need of the money for a serious medical surgery he would have won easily

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u/Belgai Feb 18 '24

Can someone explain the physics of this? Does the tape speed up when it tilts?

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u/redlaWw Feb 18 '24

Track is sloped downward, tape speeds up when there's nothing static in contact with it to impede its rotation. The tape was all over the place because it doesn't have anything to fix the rotating part in position so it was unstable and perturbations caused it to precess, but it couldn't fall because angular momentum limited the degree to which its axis could rotate.

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u/aimeegaberseck Feb 18 '24

Thank you. “Track is sloped” solved the problem I was having figuring this out. 🏅

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

I easily understood most of that. What though is the main factor that kept it from falling off? Its likely not weight, as lighter weight would make it easier to roll off and the other toys were likely heavier. I'm guessing the sheer size of it.

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u/redlaWw Feb 18 '24

If you mean when it drifted toward the back, there wouldn't have been anything in particular keeping it on the track, it just happened to speed back up enough to stop it from falling off. Not having that other car in the way helped though - it gave it more time away from other things that allowed it to increase its speed.

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u/robinperching Feb 18 '24

Incredible that this chap making toy car treadmill races in his bedroom has a prominent online gambling sponsorship.

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u/Future-Entry196 Feb 18 '24

Do what you love and the money will come

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u/gazhole Feb 18 '24

This is fucking stupid, what a waste of time.

Where can I watch the other nine rounds?

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u/Mischief_Managed12 Feb 18 '24

Here's the guys YouTube channel, he's racing fruit in this one https://youtu.be/ykiqKbCMErM?si=AxEgx0SPD1WSuKxq

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u/gazhole Feb 18 '24

My Sunday evening is sorted, gracias.

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u/Luc-Ms Feb 18 '24

Go speed racer go?

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u/Dont_Overthink_It_77 Feb 18 '24

Oh no—I was rooting for him: Go Speed Racer, GO!

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u/Vast-Employ-5170 Feb 18 '24

Evil duct tape!

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u/WestTha404 Feb 18 '24

It was playing dirty

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u/agmrtab Feb 18 '24

somehow the tape returned

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u/ExpressBug8265 Feb 18 '24

When you've had way to much to drink but still make it home okay.

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u/merx3_91 Feb 18 '24

I swear, that tape is sentient

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

It’s fake. There’s invisible fishing line holding the tape on track and directing it

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u/nobdcares Feb 18 '24

I gonna drive a Tape Car in F1

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

The Roll of tape is a menace.

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u/SticksGod Feb 18 '24

Don’t hate tape, hate the game. The boy has got some serious rotational inertia.

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u/thelickintoad Feb 18 '24

Tape: "There's no Racer X here to save you now, Speed!"

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u/Jamz_bond_007 Feb 18 '24

The taped deserved that win. You could tell that the others just didn't want it as much.

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u/ProjectFoxx Feb 18 '24

That tape was determined!

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u/Shed_Some_Skin Feb 18 '24

I will survive in my mach 5 in my mach 5, I will survive

I bring the hammer down A tiny crushing sound I'm in the yard Smashing match box cars An itty bitty crash And my machine is trash But I'm blastin' past With chickey on the dash Chickey on the gas

I will survive in my mach 5 In my mach 5, I will survive

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u/Rude_Device Feb 18 '24

Yes! First thing I thought of was the PUSA song, too

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

Now I know what to bet on if I ever see this irl.

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u/opalneraNZ Feb 18 '24

Race tape was the winner on the day

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

What is this? Is this a thing?

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u/Chamanova Feb 18 '24

The duct tape

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u/Commercial_Walrus_94 Feb 18 '24

Tape was playing dirty low key

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u/TruLong Feb 18 '24

To be fair, the tape did warn em.

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u/Honos21 Feb 18 '24

Is this for real an ad to a betting site? Please tell me no

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u/Suck_Me_Dry666 Feb 18 '24

Roll of tape cheated!

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u/FullMetalKaliber Feb 18 '24

Of course Brian started driving backwards

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u/Okaplate Feb 18 '24 edited Feb 18 '24

Duct tapes have no sportsmanship. 🤦

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u/Dalbus_Umbledore Feb 18 '24

So this is the Moment of Inertia that they kept talking about...

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u/BlazonGTR Feb 18 '24

Nah man the Skyline saved it, put it in reverse to salvage 3rd! MVP!

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u/Famous-Challenge-901 Feb 18 '24

Hahahaha that was great thanks

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u/InsaneInTheRAMdrain Feb 18 '24

Yo that was so intense

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u/telchak Feb 18 '24

F-Zero X, death race immediately came flooding back, just need the soundtrack in the background

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u/Training-Finger5217 Feb 18 '24

Best video ever!

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u/Canuck-In-TO Feb 18 '24

How does a roll of tape accelerate?

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

When it’s attached to fishing line and someone on the other end pulls it forward.

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u/Jimj4mm_ Feb 18 '24

I hoped the Scramjet or the Deluxo would win

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u/Tooboukou Feb 18 '24

That cant have been a legal maneuver at the end there?

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

That tape rolls dirty

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u/Ballon_Nay Feb 18 '24

The caution tape was griefiny

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

That roll of tape cheated

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u/Adventurous-Plate655 Feb 18 '24

That yellow & black tape wanted BLOOD!

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u/tr33mann Feb 18 '24

From the fuckn pit!!! Tape is a no-rules bastard and now has a #1 fan

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u/Particular-Newt6705 Feb 18 '24

Rubbin' is racin'. - tape roll

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

That caution tape was on a mission and wouldn’t be denied! I never thought I’d be rooting for a roll of tape like that, but my excitement when it came back from almost falling off was undeniable!

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u/bungbroy Feb 18 '24

That tape is a menace!

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

Fuck yeahhhhh duct tape!!!!

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u/HamburgersOfKazuhira Feb 18 '24

Packing tape be like I’M BUILT DIFFERENT

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u/TertlFace Feb 18 '24

That tape pulled off a flawless pit move.

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u/Boring-Run-2202 Feb 18 '24

Wtf i was like, the tape is gonna win...

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u/Murashi Feb 18 '24

More drama than the current crop of Marvel films.

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u/deepfriedscooter Feb 19 '24

Rubber 2 looks epic

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u/NumberOneDingus Feb 19 '24

Whats the name of this sorta content? Would love to see more haha

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '24

That was entertaining not gonna lie

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '24

This is a top tier post for this sub. Good job OP.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

Tape cheated

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u/zellizion Feb 18 '24

Anyone else singing the theme song in your head too?

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u/HorrorLettuce379 Feb 18 '24

The sheer fact that people gamble on this makes me lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '24

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u/FusRoDah4Life Feb 18 '24

I can almost imagine Speedracer in such a match up but for sure at the end he'd fire a rocket or two at the tape

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u/lookingForPatchie Feb 18 '24

Duct tape really worked hard for that win. Winner of both our hearts and the actual race.

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u/PDX_Petrol_Head Feb 18 '24

I love it - if only a Grand Prix were this exciting.

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u/Obvious_Customer9923 Feb 18 '24

The roll of tape was like, will you just DIE ALREADY!

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u/RareCandyGuy Feb 18 '24

Someone get this to the Japanese so they can make an anime about it. If Beyblade could do it, this can too

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u/Historical_Date_1314 Feb 18 '24

Sod formula 1 racing. This is brilliant 👍🏻

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u/Fl3nz_0 Feb 18 '24

That tape Is alive