I still hold Lap record on that road, down AND back, and I did it on a Thumper bike back in the early 2000's. But it's still cool to see a 4-wheeler out having fun on the Dragon, he was fairly quick.
@@JoeMama-gs7rd Not to be a naysayer....but I've seen this claim so many times. Locals like Jud and Chucky can bolt this thing like no other. I find it hard to believe that something back in 2000 is out running those guys.
From someone who's been on this road hundreds of times, this gave me a huge smile. Those apex's are for real. This gave me chills, goosebumps, all of the above!! I'm glad there wasn't any music on top of it. It's about time someone did this. Props!!!
My place actually are getting a 23KM road deep in the forest and some of the part of the road are build next to the Dam walls and first 11KM are 40 meter above the ground
@@alexb.6531 there aren’t actually any guard rails on about 85-90% of this section, and are many scrapes, dips, and holes forming from semis ignoring the law and attempting this pass just to wedge themselves into the asphalt or trees. 🤦🏼♀️
Whoever sound designed and mixed this deserves as much props as the drone operator , camera crew and editor. Good job on including diegetic sound with subtle use of whooshes and stings. Really brought it all together.
Yeah sometimes it's hard to enjoy these videos. Way overly edited and chopped up. Would be a lot more enjoyable to not have all these weird sound effects and cuts
@@klj2382 they already do. The dragon and surrounding roads are a serious rider attraction. Heck I think the surrounding highways are even more fun than the dragon
@@ChevTecGroup Sure they make big money already, but imagine all the spectator money, pit crew money, family member money, news crew money. All the fees they would collect for food stands and other temp businesses that follow these events.
I drove the tail in my ‘14 STi hatch and was driving very spirited (albeit staying between the lines and on my side of the road) and this video with the intro and editing cuts is still less than half the time it took me. He is driving this so insanely fast - this video just doesn’t do it justice! Just awesome
I never thought they could close the road. From what I understand Jared Barnes has the fastest time running the Dragon, his video is epic. I wonder who would be faster on a closed. road. I wonder what Scotts time was. PS I wish they could make a yearly event closing the road and creating an ISLE of Man type of timed race.
I don't think they did this in a single run. But yes a time attack to raise money to repave the road QUICKLY and uniformly every 2-4 years would be sick
Jared Barnes is nowhere near the fastest on the Dragon. I personally have gone over a minuet faster than him on my 929. The fast guys on the road are even faster than me.
I was present for filming. They did it over multiple takes shutting down the road bits at a time. They had to because it’s a thoroughfare for regular traffic with no easy detour. The Barnes legend is just that…legend. He is not the fastest. That belongs to one individual who doesn’t brag about it.
@@aPxPredator1 So were the leaves sucked into the road from previous video takes on a section? Or did you guys decide to leaf blow some into straights to give a better sense of speed?
@@gilbertigabe7331they likely radioed they drone pilot the car was coming and the pilot sent the drone. I’m sure they practiced it a lot while the driver was practicing.
Way too dangerous for any type of racing. Not sure if you've been on it or not, but there's some areas where there are no guardrails and you can see down the mountain. Beautiful drive though, just don't expect to get out of third gear.
@@clintonclosson4846 you ever seen Pikes Peak? No guardrails all the way up. People get vertigo and anxiety just driving normally. Still one of the most popular rally hillclimbs of all time
Dude, I've seen a miata going 40mph flip into a ravine. There's not many spots you can go fast on, this video shows the fastest spots. This video wouldn't be fun seeing a tarmac attack at 20mph would it?
That's the best racing drone footage of a vehicle! It really gives you a sense of the speed that this guy is attacking The Dragon at! Talent for years in this video!
Too me it was boring after 1 min. Can't see shit. It's like a hollywood movie when they edit in a way that a single punch is seen 2 times by the spectator.
A straightfoward in-car cam out the wind shield with a quality mic for the whole 11 miles would be great. No fast edits, closeups of the gear shifting, shots of leaves blowing around, high and low choppy drone angles etc etc.
@@4sstylz Agreed. Videos like this annoy me more than anything. The whole time I'm just thinking to myself that I wish I could see the run from the drivers perspective with no editing. People who love racing just want to see what the driver sees, not a bunch of nonsense effects. I paused the video after 2 minutes and came to the comments. I'm not even going to finish watching it.
But guyssssss! How else is Red Bull going to waste money they've made by overcharging for their product if not overpaying video editors & a drone flyer?
I am like 90% sure it was done in segments with him kind of coasting on the straights. You could hear him lift as he got out of the twisty bits, and the amount of rubber on the ground "hints" at multiple runs. It is like a gymkhana video more than a rally video. Still cool, but more "trick" based than pure speed based.
Scott Speed by far is my most favorite racecar driver. Not because he was a RB driver since day one. But the man literally had driven everything with 4 wheels! F1, IndyCar, NASCAR, and RallyCross. He's a legend in my book!
@@MrStuntmanmike417 no he actually got caught wrecking people on purpose so often that iracing decided to pull his membership. Imagine having that much talent but not being able to win against fatties online lol
Ahhhhh....126 the dragon, aka deals gap. It's been a while since I've road it. A group of us that raced ama/wera street bikes would race it during the summer. All 318 (we counted once at 311) timed from the hotel at the bottom to the over look at the reservoir. Thanks for featuring this video.... takes me back and have me a great smile. 👍
Pretty dang awesome! As someone who lives 30 mins away from the dragon and has driven it A-LOT this video was awesome! I never heard anything about a production crew shooting a video in recent years.
I had a smile for every mile . I have done this road several times and loved every trip . Great editing , would love to see the long version some time .
Just an amazing closed road drive. Now, what they don't show? So many of those corners have like 40+ foot drops, straight down, just a few feet past the edge of the road. That was a BUTT puckering display! I've driven that road, many, many times. If It was closed, I could drive it fast, but never that fast! He's an amazing driver!!!
Congratulations on the Emmy win for this! So exciting! The first time that my husband and I rode the Dragon was on our Harley Road King. We’ve been on it several other times in our Jeep Wrangler. This road deserves so much respect! Definitely not for the faint at heart. It is an exhilarating ride! ❤🎉
@@RChero1010 this is part of the reason why I'm interested , kinda want to compare his overlook to stateline time is (assuming they actually did a full run) vs the current fastest not so legal times 😆
@@dftooj814 Yeah, but one of the reasons the Dragon is so dangerous is that people go out there, overdrive the road and get themselves in trouble. Then it's 45-60 minutes to get an ambulance out to the site (if you are lucky) and the same to get to a medical center (and then not a true trauma center where you'd really want to be after a serious accident). It's a fun road, but untrained numbnuts cover that road like flies on flypaper. The way he was all over the road, I'm assuming that they closed the road for the video shoot. I also wouldn't want to be plowing through the piles of leaves in this video, hoping that I've got traction. I've almost been in 2 accidents on that road. One time a Harley locked up his brakes in a turn, fish-tailed into my lane and only my quick reaction time, fresh brakes and standing on the petal saved his ass (we wound up bumper to bumper, about 1-2 feet apart when I got to a full stop). The other time a sport-bike took too much speed into a corner and came across into my lane by a foot or more, head-on. I had a bit of shoulder on my side, so put two wheels of my car into the dirt rather than hit him head-on. My alignment wasn't right for the trip home, but I figured it was better than splattering him into the windshield.
@@TripSkyWalker A full unedited onboard run needs no camera guys nor any drones. Just the camera mounted on his helmet or somewhere in/on the car facing forward.
omg, this drone footage is OFF THE CHARTS REDONCULOUS. The driving and camera angles, floor board, internal cabin, driver perspective added, is whack STUPENDOUSLY SUPERB .
I was there riding it in 1975, as a 14 year old in a boarding school Ford LTD wagon out of Rome,GA, after going down the Chatooga River in rafts. A few months after seeing Deliverance. And James Dickey had gone to the same school. Cool ride.
This is insane. Mad props to each and everyone in the team for them to produce such fine cinematography. It felt like I was watching a forza cutscene, the engine noise and the drone work really made it amazing. 10/10
Doubt it. These videos are never done in a single run. You can tell he is doing things like following camera cars at some parts and running the same stretch of road multiple times based on skid marks.
My. God. This was a masterpiece, every part of it. Special mention to the sound engineer(s). This finally made me consider what is my favorite sound, and it's the sounds that that Subaru was making.
Must be nice to have both sides of the road and the skill set to drift. I have driven the Dragon many times in something as humble as a Saturn Ion to a marginally tuned 300ZX Z32 5 spd NA. I have always pushed to the limit of the car. No way I could come and play with Scott. Sweet ride.
So so sick! I can’t believe they don’t shut the road down once a year to do this type of race. A goodwood style one at a time timed race would be so so fun out here. Bring a ton of money to the area too. Make it happen Red Bull and Subaru!
Terrible driving if you ask me. Having driven on this road quite a few times I would track him down for crossing the line so much. I am OK with driving it fast and aggressive but when you cross the line you're really saying you only value yourself and not others lives.
I’m pretty sure the road was closed for this though. I highly doubt the driver would cross the line if there was even a chance of other cars being present
@@albertblack6615Red Bull closes off the roads for these stunts. They coordinate with local police, government and locals to make it all happen and to make sure no one outside of the car gets hurt. The driving being done is also for the camera but naturally driving this road with its tight turns as if it was a real 1 time race would naturally yield bada** footage anyways and that’s exactly how he drove. He sped through that course as any PROFESSIONAL rally driver would so in actuality, it’s phenomenal driving. Definitely not whatever you just stated. Also, you don’t have the skill or power to catch him in that thing either. You ain’t catching anything but leaves in your grill 🤣
That’s what I was thinking, they should’ve replayed the same things from different angles instead of cutting the same thing into a bunch of different angles
I'm not sure...Mt.Hamilton outside of San Jose, CA is pretty wicked, too. 300+ turns before you reach the summit with tons of tight switch backs and blind curves. And no police to ruin your fun.
I was thinking the same! I think they showed a quick snippet of it but I’d love to hear Scott’s thoughts on the road at that kind of speed! A reaction video would be cool and BTS footage!
He said didn't send it on gravity cavity after he made it back to the store, I assume because he was reading the road as he went for the real run. Killboy tried helping memorize the road prior but there was way too much to even bother given the time they had. Either way he went stupid fast for what couldn't have been more than his the fifth full look of the road.
@@spooler7828 yeah and honestly I feel like if you did cut the lane going overlook bound you’d be fine but NC bound, you might ramp straight off the side of the mountain lol.
Damn this is crazy! Some close slides there. I'm so jealous. Be nice if us regular folks got to attempt hitting some apexes on the road! I love pushing myself while keeping it on my side of the yellow line, but if I could out-in-out a few corners, it would really make this road a dream!
Loved driving this road for the first time. I think I ended up taking 3 trips down and back. I personally enjoyed the challenge of going as fast as possible without crossing the line.
The most dangerous stretch of US129 is the "Airport Murder Mile" but this part sees some carnage too. Awesome video! Love the drone work, and the driving too of course.
@@clayshowalter5999 It's the mile or so that runs by McGhee Tyson Airport in Alcoa, TN. The car dealerships refer to it as the Airport Motor Mile, but local drivers have come up with other names.
Gr8 to see. As we grow older, We remember past. But you can never Recreate the best the past as incarnate... But love of great music and production Is undeniable. As long as the road as is short.. Take the travel..it's your last card...Go!..
@@doomman700 not sure what that has to do with anything but maybe it’s possible on your bike, because it’s a bike, but I can’t imagine staying in one lane drifting around a corner…
Really cool video, and Scott Speed is a great driver. I'd be more impressed if he stayed in his lane, like we have to. Having said that, hats off to all who participated/contributed to this endeavor!
Cant deny the epic talent and footage, but its too close to copying a gymkhana video, and way too many cuts in the editing... Let us enjoy one view point for abit longer
Damn good editing, cinematography, driving, set up, weather, producer, director, …….and mechanics nobody thanks us in videos lol trully to be a classic
A behind the scenes documentary for this video would be HUGELY entertaining!!! The drone flying as others have noted as unbelievable! I'm guessing this had to be ran & filmed in stages? And of course, what was the total time for the run? I feel like this run is the "Ring" for us folks in the USA. It is certainly OUR "Green Hell".
Yeah this was horrible to watch. You can tell this was multiple runs and way over produced for something so simple. 0:55 and 3:55 are a perfect example of them over editing. Used the same damn clip
@@ryanmolloy5421 yeah, the constant barrage of jump cuts made it almost completely unenjoyable. Trying to turn a regular run into a Hoonigan Gymkhana-style video didn't really work out like they intended here.
They likely didn't even do one proper run. This is all just edited to look fancy. I'm sure the video would've been way more successful if they actually just placed a few cameras and did a proper run.
Red Bull may have some of the best athletes in the world, but what really makes their content special is the ridiculous talent and creativity of their production team. The videography in this clip is out of this world.
The Tail itself is a great road often marred by heavy traffic and unsafe drivers. There are so many other awesome roads in the area - if you go to the Tail, make sure to cruise the surrounding area!
Nice car, good driver, nice driving and for the most part, great camera work - Overall, a great video! But it seems like either the producer, director, editor or all of them does not understand high performance driving and cars as there is waaay to little focus on what is the impressive parts. The reason why the Gymkhana-series works (and I know it's a high, tough and almost unrivaled matching point) is because they let the "hero" moments of the impressive driving sit for longer (whether that is a drifting moment, the speed, a jump or what not) and then use the quick cuts to keep the tempo up. In other words, they are focused on what the action is. The quick cuts here almost serve no other purpose than to show Scott shifting up and/or pulling the handbrake, which is fine, but without giving us any other type of pay-off in the action, it becomes a little too much and almost 16-gears of Fast & Furious-like. There is also a lack in the sense of speed and I think it might be because the sound and pictures are odd or unmatched to the action in a lot of places. I have done some stunt driving and other types of work for movies and tv myself, so I know how difficult the production is. I don't think this video is bad as such, especially the beginning caught me in and I kept watching for some of the really great camera work and drone shots, but I think this shows how important it is for the right people to understand what action they want to showcase and have a plan for that. That is where people like Scotto comes into the picture or in the regular movie production, let the people with the right amount of stunt experience supervise the shots and co-direct the scenes.
@@RatBürgerSk8 “choice of angels could have been better.” Have you ever been to the dragon? Uphill cliff on one side, downhill cliff on the other. Options are VERY limited when it comes to angles and such.
@@Tyler-ts2ld You could argue the same for Pikes Peak and Tianmen Mountain of Climbkhana - But essentially, that's why you do location spotting and if necessary, build camera rigs, platforms etc. to support your on location shooting. Personally, I'm ok with most of the angels, but I would agree with Bub, that it could potentially have helped them as well to showcase the action - Such things as perception of speed is highly dependable on which shots you use. Like - A lot of the "fast" driving in movies is done with less than 100 kmh / 60 mph.
@@KF2NationalKartcrg while I understand what you are saying and do agree with some of it, pikes peak is much wider than the dragon and has much more workable area as far as setting up stuff for shots. The dragon is VERY narrow and barely has room for the handful of pull offs available. Most of those pull offs are barely big enough for one car between the TN overlook and the NC state line
@@Tyler-ts2ld I haven't been to either of the three places, but I believe you. However, the top of crop film crews would still find their way through it, which at this level of filming (even though it's for RUclips with I guess not the biggest crew) should be possible. Looking it through again, I could see a lot of potentially good spots for "locked" cameras, cameramen, placements of GoPros etc. but if possible or not, I essentially have no right idea. As I mentioned, I think a lot of the frames look good enough. Especially the first minute or so of the video has some really nice shots IMO, and I do like the creative expression of it. I just wish there would be more focus on the action and the stuff that should make this feel special - And that's where I feel like who ever was the lead of this, either did not have the time needed and had to freestyle some or don't understand cars and performance driving enough. As said, I know how difficult these projects can be and I'm not trying to throw anyone under the bus - But it pains me a bit, how much better this could have been. IMO, the scope of this should have been to showcase a crazy touge-styled run, so the storytelling action sequences is the speed of the car flying through the woods, the ondulations of the suspension, the cambered corners, locking of rears, etc. etc etc. These are the 'hero' moments that matters and should be allowed to breath in order to tell the best story.
@@GnashtyWords Oh I completely agree, but I understand if you give a rally driver a closed road, he's gonna rally it. Wouldn't it be awesome to see another run staying in a single lane?
Yes, some people justify crossing the mustard.. Stay on your side, or slow down, or don’t drive it at all .This was closed, so this is 100%ok. But not when there’s traffic
Awesome driving, awesome car. Amazing road as well. Too bad Subaru is cancelling the STI project and WRX’s and turning their back on all the enthusiasts that helped propel their brand
Massive props to whoever is flying that drone. So much talent!
Many drones I presume
It's Johnny FPV
I agree that one scene from under the bridge and back up great timing ❤
I still hold Lap record on that road, down AND back, and I did it on a Thumper bike back in the early 2000's. But it's still cool to see a 4-wheeler out having fun on the Dragon, he was fairly quick.
@@JoeMama-gs7rd Not to be a naysayer....but I've seen this claim so many times. Locals like Jud and Chucky can bolt this thing like no other. I find it hard to believe that something back in 2000 is out running those guys.
This is how you think you're gunna drive your first time at the Tail, and then you get stuck behind a Wrangler going 20 😆
Or a Harley doing 15.
You are not lying
Midnight ride how about.
@Liquid Leopard you ever ride it?
or a husband and a wife on one of those 3 wheel motorcycles going 4mph
From someone who's been on this road hundreds of times, this gave me a huge smile. Those apex's are for real. This gave me chills, goosebumps, all of the above!! I'm glad there wasn't any music on top of it. It's about time someone did this. Props!!!
Seriously, this made me imagine what if during the last 20 years WRC hosted rallies here. Could be one of the top events imo in WRC
My place actually are getting a 23KM road deep in the forest and some of the part of the road are build next to the Dam walls and first 11KM are 40 meter above the ground
Imagine having it free of minivans to be able to run it hard! 😮I think my average speed on that road ends up around 15 mph. 😥🤣
I dont see how you could call this a dangerous road its got guard rails and no pot holes
@@alexb.6531 there aren’t actually any guard rails on about 85-90% of this section, and are many scrapes, dips, and holes forming from semis ignoring the law and attempting this pass just to wedge themselves into the asphalt or trees. 🤦🏼♀️
Whoever sound designed and mixed this deserves as much props as the drone operator , camera crew and editor. Good job on including diegetic sound with subtle use of whooshes and stings. Really brought it all together.
Sounds just the Ken Block edits.
@@1coleman8I don't understand your comment
@@1coleman8 oh, sounds like his vids... Yes, indeed
Ok , now do it without touching the center line , stepping on it is not cool
@@guysumpthin2974 What center line?
This is cool but I’d love to see just the unedited onboard footage of this to really appreciate the road and the driving
It's a segmented run, you can see the rubber marks on the corners, some was repeated 5 times at least ...
exactly
Exactly I noticed the leaves were stuck on the intercooler. The next camera angle and they were gone!
Yeah sometimes it's hard to enjoy these videos. Way overly edited and chopped up. Would be a lot more enjoyable to not have all these weird sound effects and cuts
I agree.
As someone who only lives an hour away from the dragon and have been on it numerous times this gives me absolute chills. Big props
Get ready to see some idiots trying to drive like that now.
I thought it was "Tail of the Dragon".
Your the one that drives his semi and trailer on it... I knew it
Are the leaves gone already? Or was this a prior year
As someone who rode a Honda Shadow 750 from Toronto just to ride that road, I agree!
Been saying for years that this needs to be an event, like Pikes Peak, or a Rally Stage. So cool!
Same!!! A lot of the parkway could make for wicked stages, but this especially!
I wonder if it would be harder to organize since it crosses state lines. Twice as much bureaucracy
Nearby towns could make some crazy $$$ you would that should be all it takes
@@klj2382 they already do. The dragon and surrounding roads are a serious rider attraction. Heck I think the surrounding highways are even more fun than the dragon
@@ChevTecGroup Sure they make big money already, but imagine all the spectator money, pit crew money, family member money, news crew money. All the fees they would collect for food stands and other temp businesses that follow these events.
Let's face it - THIS is how we all want to do the Dragon! Awesome!
This is how most of y'all already drive the dragon lol
It’s okay, Chris. We will wear our seatbelts.
@@buenoskater555 it's either this or you're stuck behind a group of trikes doing 10 under the speed limit
This is how we would do it if boomers on choppers didn't pace through it at 20mph *cough cough*
@@highvisibilityraincoat you guys were going 20? My group got stuck behind a cruiser that slowed down to 6 at every photo booth
holy cow im more impressed by the amount of jumpcuts. i dont have adhd but i now know what it feels like.
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I drove the tail in my ‘14 STi hatch and was driving very spirited (albeit staying between the lines and on my side of the road) and this video with the intro and editing cuts is still less than half the time it took me. He is driving this so insanely fast - this video just doesn’t do it justice! Just awesome
I never thought they could close the road. From what I understand Jared Barnes has the fastest time running the Dragon, his video is epic. I wonder who would be faster on a closed. road. I wonder what Scotts time was. PS I wish they could make a yearly event closing the road and creating an ISLE of Man type of timed race.
I don't think they did this in a single run.
But yes a time attack to raise money to repave the road QUICKLY and uniformly every 2-4 years would be sick
Jared Barnes is nowhere near the fastest on the Dragon. I personally have gone over a minuet faster than him on my 929. The fast guys on the road are even faster than me.
I was present for filming. They did it over multiple takes shutting down the road bits at a time.
They had to because it’s a thoroughfare for regular traffic with no easy detour.
The Barnes legend is just that…legend. He is not the fastest. That belongs to one individual who doesn’t brag about it.
@@aPxPredator1 Yellow Wolf
@@aPxPredator1 So were the leaves sucked into the road from previous video takes on a section? Or did you guys decide to leaf blow some into straights to give a better sense of speed?
The drone shot at about 2:45 blew my mind. Mad props to the pilot!
Yeah, his name is "Johnny fpv" is skills are insane! His channel has many clips like it that I can't stop watching!
It’s mad skills.
Came here to say this. Awesome work with the drone. The under-to-over the bridge loop-around shot was insane. Amazing timing.
scrolled down to comment this 😭😭drone Olympics should be a thing
SO sick!!! Also, that drone sequence at 2:42, from under the road, over the stream, to capturing that drift action through the turn - bravo!!
Is that real though bro??? I'm confused. How????.
Im guessing they planned for it!!. Pretty awesome
@@gilbertigabe7331they likely radioed they drone pilot the car was coming and the pilot sent the drone. I’m sure they practiced it a lot while the driver was practicing.
It was like a scene straight outta need for speed games haha
@@gilbertigabe7331 FPV drones are super insane, check em out man
this road needs to be a Rally stage. That is monstrous to tackle, and i'm sure most rally drivers would love it
Way too dangerous for any type of racing. Not sure if you've been on it or not, but there's some areas where there are no guardrails and you can see down the mountain. Beautiful drive though, just don't expect to get out of third gear.
@@clintonclosson4846 you ever seen Pikes Peak? No guardrails all the way up. People get vertigo and anxiety just driving normally. Still one of the most popular rally hillclimbs of all time
Dude, I've seen a miata going 40mph flip into a ravine. There's not many spots you can go fast on, this video shows the fastest spots. This video wouldn't be fun seeing a tarmac attack at 20mph would it?
Dude, you talking about Rally. There is NOT A PLACE TOO DANGEROUS.😂
@@nurlindafsihotang49 thats what im talkin about, clearly these guys have never seen a Pikes Peak run lol
That's the best racing drone footage of a vehicle! It really gives you a sense of the speed that this guy is attacking The Dragon at! Talent for years in this video!
I love these shots and the editing is awesome, but can we please have a raw unedited run?
Too me it was boring after 1 min. Can't see shit. It's like a hollywood movie when they edit in a way that a single punch is seen 2 times by the spectator.
@@4sstylz amen to that. the editing is "confusing" as we can't really feel the speed and PACE of the car thru the dragon.
A straightfoward in-car cam out the wind shield with a quality mic for the whole 11 miles would be great. No fast edits, closeups of the gear shifting, shots of leaves blowing around, high and low choppy drone angles etc etc.
@@4sstylz Agreed. Videos like this annoy me more than anything. The whole time I'm just thinking to myself that I wish I could see the run from the drivers perspective with no editing. People who love racing just want to see what the driver sees, not a bunch of nonsense effects.
I paused the video after 2 minutes and came to the comments. I'm not even going to finish watching it.
But guyssssss! How else is Red Bull going to waste money they've made by overcharging for their product if not overpaying video editors & a drone flyer?
Great job, Killboy and team, for making this happen.
Leaf patrol thanks you!
And Johnny fpv, the drone pilot
Killboy did this???
@@C4Cintron he was heavily involved, Scott even rode shotgun with him in the Cayman so Killboy could help him learn the road.
@@CoyWhite Man, with Killboy riding shotgun I bet he never ended up pointing backwards at the Gravity Cavity.
I’d love to see just the cockpit view whole run
…with speed + rpm + G-graph
Aw c’mon. Why would you want to see that, when we have endless shakey 0.2 second generic camera angles, and quick edits of fog or trees?
I am like 90% sure it was done in segments with him kind of coasting on the straights. You could hear him lift as he got out of the twisty bits, and the amount of rubber on the ground "hints" at multiple runs. It is like a gymkhana video more than a rally video. Still cool, but more "trick" based than pure speed based.
Yep, couldn't watch it.
@@AUXdrone yep: "we hired the editor already… let's give him something to do!"
I dont understand whats happening thanks to the continuous 1 cut per second rule thats obviously in place
Scott Speed by far is my most favorite racecar driver. Not because he was a RB driver since day one. But the man literally had driven everything with 4 wheels! F1, IndyCar, NASCAR, and RallyCross. He's a legend in my book!
Scott Speed is a disgrace to motorsport, he was banned from Iracing for unsportsmanlike conduct.
@@sylvesteresrodilla7981Wait so he’s a disgrace to motorsports since he was banned on iRacing? 😂
@sylvesteresrodilla7981 so he hurt somebody's feelings? The things that are said in game lobbies is the best shit talking in the world.
@@MrStuntmanmike417 no he actually got caught wrecking people on purpose so often that iracing decided to pull his membership. Imagine having that much talent but not being able to win against fatties online lol
@crossedout5952ehhh, iRacing is taken very seriously. Including the likes of Max Verstappen.
Serious chills. This was incredible, drone pilot also helped knock this out of the park. That under bridge to swoop into the drift was just 👌
I yelled dude 💀 I was so shook
I never imagined being more impressed by the drone pilot than the drivers skills
Im more impressed that engine held together for 11 miles at those hp levels
The driving is great......BUT, the drone flying is off the charts!!!!
lets change the camera every 2 seconds
Got to adapt the video to adhd new generation of kids.
Would love to see a full length onboard of this. Amazing edit though and the drone footage is just as impressive as the driving
im glad i wasn't the only one thinking that.
It's a composite of a bunch of different runs. Anyone could look impressive with enough takes.
Yeah, I'm mostly just curious what an ET would be.
@@EUC-lid 0:55 3:55 lol same run same clip
@@Jrob992 damn its true!
Incredible. Not to nitpick, I know some of us enthusiasts would love to see single lane runs (no crossing) NC to TN and TN to NC runs.
It doesn't work like that know the state line first
Have driven the dragon myself, I always imagined what it'd be like on a closed road. I'm living vicariously through Mr.Speed right now.
We all are
The drone cinematography in this is as impressive as the run! Amazing footage!
That stretch of road is about an hour from me. Beautiful road
Ahhhhh....126 the dragon, aka deals gap.
It's been a while since I've road it. A group of us that raced ama/wera street bikes would race it during the summer. All 318 (we counted once at 311) timed from the hotel at the bottom to the over look at the reservoir.
Thanks for featuring this video.... takes me back and have me a great smile. 👍
Pretty dang awesome! As someone who lives 30 mins away from the dragon and has driven it A-LOT this video was awesome! I never heard anything about a production crew shooting a video in recent years.
2:40 The drone work on this shot is on another level
This was incredible! Subaru sound, the setting, the leaves, the colors, the drone shot! Incredible
I had a smile for every mile . I have done this road several times and loved every trip . Great editing , would love to see the long version some time .
The closest officially named American Touge to us in Virginia! Glad to see it on RUclips!
Been waiting on this video for so long! So excited to see a rally car finally go through the Tail 😈
Wade a minute, I know this channel ;)
@@thestigj-9635 😉🫶
Just an amazing closed road drive.
Now, what they don't show? So many of those corners have like 40+ foot drops, straight down, just a few feet past the edge of the road. That was a BUTT puckering display!
I've driven that road, many, many times. If It was closed, I could drive it fast, but never that fast! He's an amazing driver!!!
As a local to the dragon and knowing those corners it makes this video 10X better
By far the dopest rally edit I've ever seen 🔥🔥🔥 From the driving to the fpv drone sequences absolutely slayed it.
Congratulations on the Emmy win for this! So exciting! The first time that my husband and I rode the Dragon was on our Harley Road King. We’ve been on it several other times in our Jeep Wrangler. This road deserves so much respect! Definitely not for the faint at heart. It is an exhilarating ride! ❤🎉
Beautiful! Is there any way we could get a full unedited onboard run of the dragon ?
He probably didn't do the whole thing in one go. Unless they had a 100 camera guys & 20 drones.
They might not be able to, otherwise people would go out and challenge it
@@RChero1010 this is part of the reason why I'm interested , kinda want to compare his overlook to stateline time is (assuming they actually did a full run) vs the current fastest not so legal times 😆
@@dftooj814 Yeah, but one of the reasons the Dragon is so dangerous is that people go out there, overdrive the road and get themselves in trouble. Then it's 45-60 minutes to get an ambulance out to the site (if you are lucky) and the same to get to a medical center (and then not a true trauma center where you'd really want to be after a serious accident). It's a fun road, but untrained numbnuts cover that road like flies on flypaper. The way he was all over the road, I'm assuming that they closed the road for the video shoot. I also wouldn't want to be plowing through the piles of leaves in this video, hoping that I've got traction.
I've almost been in 2 accidents on that road. One time a Harley locked up his brakes in a turn, fish-tailed into my lane and only my quick reaction time, fresh brakes and standing on the petal saved his ass (we wound up bumper to bumper, about 1-2 feet apart when I got to a full stop). The other time a sport-bike took too much speed into a corner and came across into my lane by a foot or more, head-on. I had a bit of shoulder on my side, so put two wheels of my car into the dirt rather than hit him head-on. My alignment wasn't right for the trip home, but I figured it was better than splattering him into the windshield.
@@TripSkyWalker A full unedited onboard run needs no camera guys nor any drones. Just the camera mounted on his helmet or somewhere in/on the car facing forward.
The camera angles are absolutely incredible. I love that it's just the sound of the car!!
I for one love the filmmaking of this piece. Well done.
omg, this drone footage is OFF THE CHARTS REDONCULOUS. The driving and camera angles, floor board, internal cabin, driver perspective added, is whack STUPENDOUSLY SUPERB .
I was there riding it in 1975, as a 14 year old in a boarding school Ford LTD wagon out of Rome,GA, after going down the Chatooga River in rafts. A few months after seeing Deliverance. And James Dickey had gone to the same school. Cool ride.
The pure sound of that sti is amazing. 👏
It would be so cool to see the onboard uncut footage as well! That being said, what a driver! I'm so glad the time attack car is still around!
This is insane. Mad props to each and everyone in the team for them to produce such fine cinematography. It felt like I was watching a forza cutscene, the engine noise and the drone work really made it amazing. 10/10
More like a Need for Speed the Run
These people should do the chase scenes in the James Bond films.
I swear. Anything redbull does is just pure art
The drone shots where absolutely out of this world. The audio was on another level too. Everything about this just oozes cool ❤❤❤❤
Oh to be hiking through the woods and hear this car approaching and then fly by. Incredible work on all parts here!
Yup!
Impressive what can be done when you have a fully closed road and no fear of obstacles.
The drone pilots deserve some mad props for this as well. Nice driving and flying!
I watched this probably ten times or so i love it . The sound is amazing 😊
Love to see the drivers view for the whole run. What a buzz!
those drone shots trailing the car up close is pretty bad ass
MAN this would be EPIC to drive the dragon like this.
See you in April!
Us locals totally don't do these types of things at all during the night and killboy wouldn't be someone to talk too
@@mooseharms8136 There's not a list. There's absolutely not a list.
Are we gonna see a full. Uncut version of this?
Doubt it. These videos are never done in a single run. You can tell he is doing things like following camera cars at some parts and running the same stretch of road multiple times based on skid marks.
It exists, the angles from the rear passenger quarter were actually taken from the only full run.
Check out the video on the dirtfish youtube channel
@@steveg5886 still cut and edited, but way better for people that actually know the road and want to see how he did driving it.
Having the whole road to yourself, what a way to go.
My. God. This was a masterpiece, every part of it. Special mention to the sound engineer(s). This finally made me consider what is my favorite sound, and it's the sounds that that Subaru was making.
Must be nice to have both sides of the road and the skill set to drift. I have driven the Dragon many times in something as humble as a Saturn Ion to a marginally tuned 300ZX Z32 5 spd NA. I have always pushed to the limit of the car. No way I could come and play with Scott. Sweet ride.
So so sick! I can’t believe they don’t shut the road down once a year to do this type of race. A goodwood style one at a time timed race would be so so fun out here. Bring a ton of money to the area too. Make it happen Red Bull and Subaru!
The real test would be to see if he can stay in the correct lane 😂
Terrible driving if you ask me. Having driven on this road quite a few times I would track him down for crossing the line so much. I am OK with driving it fast and aggressive but when you cross the line you're really saying you only value yourself and not others lives.
I’m pretty sure the road was closed for this though. I highly doubt the driver would cross the line if there was even a chance of other cars being present
@@albertblack6615Red Bull closes off the roads for these stunts. They coordinate with local police, government and locals to make it all happen and to make sure no one outside of the car gets hurt. The driving being done is also for the camera but naturally driving this road with its tight turns as if it was a real 1 time race would naturally yield bada** footage anyways and that’s exactly how he drove. He sped through that course as any PROFESSIONAL rally driver would so in actuality, it’s phenomenal driving. Definitely not whatever you just stated. Also, you don’t have the skill or power to catch him in that thing either. You ain’t catching anything but leaves in your grill 🤣
@@albertblack6615omg lol the road was obviously closed
@@pinheadlarry2921no it wasn't. They just went early on a Wednesday morning when they knew it'd be quiet.
What a pain to watch. Every 3 seconds changing camera angles. You never really get a feel for what's happening.
That’s what I was thinking, they should’ve replayed the same things from different angles instead of cutting the same thing into a bunch of different angles
I'm not sure...Mt.Hamilton outside of San Jose, CA is pretty wicked, too. 300+ turns before you reach the summit with tons of tight switch backs and blind curves. And no police to ruin your fun.
It would have been cool to see him in the Gravity Cavity. That section is nuts.
I was thinking the same! I think they showed a quick snippet of it but I’d love to hear Scott’s thoughts on the road at that kind of speed! A reaction video would be cool and BTS footage!
He said didn't send it on gravity cavity after he made it back to the store, I assume because he was reading the road as he went for the real run. Killboy tried helping memorize the road prior but there was way too much to even bother given the time they had. Either way he went stupid fast for what couldn't have been more than his the fifth full look of the road.
@@CoyWhite I have been through there quite quick many times. I know exactly why it was named that. It's a hell of ride. LOL
@@spooler7828 yeah and honestly I feel like if you did cut the lane going overlook bound you’d be fine but NC bound, you might ramp straight off the side of the mountain lol.
@Valley Adventures you and me both 😂
This is what I feel like in my head when I take the backroads home from work in my WRX
Damn this is crazy! Some close slides there. I'm so jealous. Be nice if us regular folks got to attempt hitting some apexes on the road! I love pushing myself while keeping it on my side of the yellow line, but if I could out-in-out a few corners, it would really make this road a dream!
Us regular folk also have to worry about the cops occasionally policing excessive speeds there as well...
Loved driving this road for the first time. I think I ended up taking 3 trips down and back. I personally enjoyed the challenge of going as fast as possible without crossing the line.
The audio alone in this is amazing. Top it off with drone clips.. just incredible
its like gymkana with travis pastrana but with drones... awesome video by red bull
Being a local to the dragon. This a masterpiece.
For me a little bit too much adhd editing but very nice camerawerk and i love the engine and transmission sounds👍👍🥳
OMFG That was absolutely effin AMAZING! What a run! Dammit man. The production was just as every bit bad ass as the driving was. Massive talent!!
The way it’s filmed, the light, the sun, reminds me Ari Vatanen at Pikes Peak.
Awesome !
Check 1990 V-Rally 2 Expert peak climb dance with peugeot.
I can't stop watching this!!! Love it
❤
The most dangerous stretch of US129 is the "Airport Murder Mile" but this part sees some carnage too. Awesome video! Love the drone work, and the driving too of course.
that stretch sucks, so many accidents, so much traffic.
It's called "ikillya" highway by us locals
@@aelneloop I use that one too 😆
Where is the airport murder Mile
@@clayshowalter5999 It's the mile or so that runs by McGhee Tyson Airport in Alcoa, TN. The car dealerships refer to it as the Airport Motor Mile, but local drivers have come up with other names.
I wish y’all could have also done a full length one-take 360 camera shot along the whole thing!
Gr8 to see.
As we grow older, We remember past.
But you can never Recreate the best the past as incarnate... But love of great music and production Is undeniable.
As long as the road as is short..
Take the travel..it's your last card...Go!..
Congratulations, so cool that something that hits so close to home win an award.
I always considered it more skill to keep it in one lane.
Bro. This is the dragon. If you keep it in one lane and try to make those apexes at decently fast speeds, you’re gonna fly off the mountain…
@@immadanis1822 I have spent more time on that road than most. It’s nothing but a major road to me.
@@doomman700 not sure what that has to do with anything but maybe it’s possible on your bike, because it’s a bike, but I can’t imagine staying in one lane drifting around a corner…
@@immadanis1822 I do it in my cage as well….it’s been a few days but I recall the drifting shots are with him in his lane.
@@immadanis1822 yep in the big drift shots he does keep it in his lane. So like I said I was waiting on the red x
Really cool video, and Scott Speed is a great driver. I'd be more impressed if he stayed in his lane, like we have to. Having said that, hats off to all who participated/contributed to this endeavor!
Cant deny the epic talent and footage, but its too close to copying a gymkhana video, and way too many cuts in the editing... Let us enjoy one view point for abit longer
“we bought all the cameras we are going to use all the cameras”
The need for speed editing was clutch for this type of film. Was fun and exciting to watch. Nice job. Kick ass driving. Drone and car.
Damn good editing, cinematography, driving, set up, weather, producer, director, …….and mechanics nobody thanks us in videos lol trully to be a classic
A behind the scenes documentary for this video would be HUGELY entertaining!!! The drone flying as others have noted as unbelievable! I'm guessing this had to be ran & filmed in stages? And of course, what was the total time for the run? I feel like this run is the "Ring" for us folks in the USA. It is certainly OUR "Green Hell".
Sure wish this was footage of the entire run. :(
Yeah with the time too.
Yeah for real. The 9 thousand cutaways is annoying AF. Just show me the run.
Yeah this was horrible to watch. You can tell this was multiple runs and way over produced for something so simple.
0:55 and 3:55 are a perfect example of them over editing. Used the same damn clip
@@ryanmolloy5421 yeah, the constant barrage of jump cuts made it almost completely unenjoyable. Trying to turn a regular run into a Hoonigan Gymkhana-style video didn't really work out like they intended here.
They likely didn't even do one proper run. This is all just edited to look fancy.
I'm sure the video would've been way more successful if they actually just placed a few cameras and did a proper run.
Would love to see the full onboard of this!
Red Bull may have some of the best athletes in the world, but what really makes their content special is the ridiculous talent and creativity of their production team. The videography in this clip is out of this world.
The Tail itself is a great road often marred by heavy traffic and unsafe drivers. There are so many other awesome roads in the area - if you go to the Tail, make sure to cruise the surrounding area!
Very true. Ive had fun riding on the Dragon. But riding all the other empty roads in the area is much more fun.
Nice car, good driver, nice driving and for the most part, great camera work - Overall, a great video! But it seems like either the producer, director, editor or all of them does not understand high performance driving and cars as there is waaay to little focus on what is the impressive parts. The reason why the Gymkhana-series works (and I know it's a high, tough and almost unrivaled matching point) is because they let the "hero" moments of the impressive driving sit for longer (whether that is a drifting moment, the speed, a jump or what not) and then use the quick cuts to keep the tempo up. In other words, they are focused on what the action is. The quick cuts here almost serve no other purpose than to show Scott shifting up and/or pulling the handbrake, which is fine, but without giving us any other type of pay-off in the action, it becomes a little too much and almost 16-gears of Fast & Furious-like. There is also a lack in the sense of speed and I think it might be because the sound and pictures are odd or unmatched to the action in a lot of places.
I have done some stunt driving and other types of work for movies and tv myself, so I know how difficult the production is. I don't think this video is bad as such, especially the beginning caught me in and I kept watching for some of the really great camera work and drone shots, but I think this shows how important it is for the right people to understand what action they want to showcase and have a plan for that. That is where people like Scotto comes into the picture or in the regular movie production, let the people with the right amount of stunt experience supervise the shots and co-direct the scenes.
A few too many quick cuts in my opinion, especially from the FPV drone, but otherwise a really great video.
@@RatBürgerSk8 “choice of angels could have been better.” Have you ever been to the dragon? Uphill cliff on one side, downhill cliff on the other. Options are VERY limited when it comes to angles and such.
@@Tyler-ts2ld You could argue the same for Pikes Peak and Tianmen Mountain of Climbkhana - But essentially, that's why you do location spotting and if necessary, build camera rigs, platforms etc. to support your on location shooting. Personally, I'm ok with most of the angels, but I would agree with Bub, that it could potentially have helped them as well to showcase the action - Such things as perception of speed is highly dependable on which shots you use. Like - A lot of the "fast" driving in movies is done with less than 100 kmh / 60 mph.
@@KF2NationalKartcrg while I understand what you are saying and do agree with some of it, pikes peak is much wider than the dragon and has much more workable area as far as setting up stuff for shots. The dragon is VERY narrow and barely has room for the handful of pull offs available. Most of those pull offs are barely big enough for one car between the TN overlook and the NC state line
@@Tyler-ts2ld I haven't been to either of the three places, but I believe you. However, the top of crop film crews would still find their way through it, which at this level of filming (even though it's for RUclips with I guess not the biggest crew) should be possible. Looking it through again, I could see a lot of potentially good spots for "locked" cameras, cameramen, placements of GoPros etc. but if possible or not, I essentially have no right idea. As I mentioned, I think a lot of the frames look good enough. Especially the first minute or so of the video has some really nice shots IMO, and I do like the creative expression of it. I just wish there would be more focus on the action and the stuff that should make this feel special - And that's where I feel like who ever was the lead of this, either did not have the time needed and had to freestyle some or don't understand cars and performance driving enough. As said, I know how difficult these projects can be and I'm not trying to throw anyone under the bus - But it pains me a bit, how much better this could have been. IMO, the scope of this should have been to showcase a crazy touge-styled run, so the storytelling action sequences is the speed of the car flying through the woods, the ondulations of the suspension, the cambered corners, locking of rears, etc. etc etc. These are the 'hero' moments that matters and should be allowed to breath in order to tell the best story.
Sweet! Just a note to the general public: professional driver on a closed course, please stay in your own lane when you drive here!
@@GnashtyWords Oh I completely agree, but I understand if you give a rally driver a closed road, he's gonna rally it.
Wouldn't it be awesome to see another run staying in a single lane?
Yes, some people justify crossing the mustard.. Stay on your side, or slow down, or don’t drive it at all .This was closed, so this is 100%ok. But not when there’s traffic
Scott, you're a great driver n all but damn...the drone work is amazing!
I fly quads too. Trust me, driving like that on the dragon is much harder.
Now that looks like a ride of a lifetime.
The driving and production level is insane!!!!
I really would like to see the youngest WRC champion ever Kalle Rovanperä do the same.
And be much faster in a WRC 1
@@timwoodruff7906 probably yes as the main purpose for Scott was not the chrono but pure spectacle which Hée did well indeed.
Awesome driving, awesome car. Amazing road as well. Too bad Subaru is cancelling the STI project and WRX’s and turning their back on all the enthusiasts that helped propel their brand
Every morning on my fifteen mile commute I pass 3-5 WRX cars, by far the most popular sports car in New England anyway.
I would love to see a version of him driving it like the regulars have to drive it...without crossing the lines.
That was a crazy ass track! Loved the driving and drone footage and scenery!! Beautiful!!
Awesome drone footage and driver skills. I live 5 miles from the Dragon and never heard of anyone driving it like that.
Can we get just a full video of the onboards please? I think that would honestly be a lot more impressive than these quick cuts evey 0.5 seconds
My thoughts excatly.