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Saturday, 09/Aug/2008
Whisky Powered Racing Car on Islay
Last Tuesday the Bruichladdich Blog mentioned a mysterious Guest Distiller coming to Islay. On Thursday Mark revealed who the visitors were and why the had come to Islay: Oz & James' Great British Adventure. Wine writer and author Oz Clarke and Top Gear presenter James May came to Bruichladdich to drive a Radical SR4 powered by whisky for an upcoming BBC 2 programme. While the programme won't be broadcasted until later in the year you can find some independent footage of the event on YouTube:
DirectRadicalRaceCarRunningOnBruichladdichIslayWhisky
There are two more videos of the event taken by TommyCislay:
- Radical Race Car Running On Bruichladdich Islay Whisky 2 (mainly shows how they're filling it up and revving the enging)
- Radical Race Car Running On Bruichladdich Islay Whisky 3 (longer sequence of the car revving and then driving off on the A847 at Uiskentuie)
All videos found with a little bit of help of FinalGear.com Forums: Can James make a car drive on booze?
Certainly an interesting experiment, although I guess some whisky lovers will wince seeing the precious whisky being burned noisily for a few seconds of speed. And I assume James and Oz had their real taste of the Bruichladdich X4 after the driving and filming, not before...
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