IrishTex
08-21-2009, 08:31 AM
From Deadspin.com (http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/blog/from_the_marbles/post/The-Intimidator-305-It-s-Dale-Earnhardt-in-rol?urn=nascar,184126)
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If you live anywhere within a thousand miles of Richmond, Virginia, get ready to get doused with awesomeness! In the spring of 2010, the amusement park Kings Dominion will introduce the Intimidator 305! And get this -- it's only the second Giga-Coaster built in the United States! I don't know what the hell that means, but it sounds awesome! And extreme! It'll be ... aw-treme!
Here are the deets. The coaster will rise 305 feet in the air (hence the "305" moniker), will shoot almost straight downward 300 feet, and hit 90+ mph as it goes. Riders get to ride in train cars fashioned after the Intimidator's classic No. 3. I find it a huge disappointment that you don't get to spin out a Terry Labonte (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2R3iXnNaF8) coaster car along the way, but you take what you can get, I guess.
You can check out the progress of the coaster's construction by visiting its website right here. (http://www.intimidator305.com/) And be sure to take a virtual ride on the coaster by clicking here. (http://www.intimidator305.com/public/downloads/videos.cfm) Prepare to be ... Intimidated!
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d149/LewP/ept_sports_nascar_marbles-709701619.jpg
If you live anywhere within a thousand miles of Richmond, Virginia, get ready to get doused with awesomeness! In the spring of 2010, the amusement park Kings Dominion will introduce the Intimidator 305! And get this -- it's only the second Giga-Coaster built in the United States! I don't know what the hell that means, but it sounds awesome! And extreme! It'll be ... aw-treme!
Here are the deets. The coaster will rise 305 feet in the air (hence the "305" moniker), will shoot almost straight downward 300 feet, and hit 90+ mph as it goes. Riders get to ride in train cars fashioned after the Intimidator's classic No. 3. I find it a huge disappointment that you don't get to spin out a Terry Labonte (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2R3iXnNaF8) coaster car along the way, but you take what you can get, I guess.
You can check out the progress of the coaster's construction by visiting its website right here. (http://www.intimidator305.com/) And be sure to take a virtual ride on the coaster by clicking here. (http://www.intimidator305.com/public/downloads/videos.cfm) Prepare to be ... Intimidated!