The 2011 Olympics, Top Gear Live style

While Britain prepares for the 2012 Olympics, the Top Gear Live team has come up with a rubber burning, metal crunching alternative to truly give Lord Coe the jitters this November.
 
As it moves into its new ExCeL home - just a stone’s throw from the Olympic site for the London dates (24-27 November) - what better way to celebrate than suggesting a few alternative sports for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to consider for future Games.
 
In a cross between Chariots of Fire and Ben Hur, Clarkson, May and Hammond will compete in the first ever Moped Charioteering Race. Designed by the boys and powered by a bank of four 125cc mopeds, each chariot features easy to misunderstand controls and is capable of ‘dangerous’ speeds.
 
If that’s deemed folly by the IOC, how about Car Curling? Yes, full-size cars on castors, a target and a powerful motorised sweeper operated by Captain Slow.
 
Nothing could possibly go wrong.
 
Next up will be the Top Gear Live version of that most traditional of English village fair games, Splat the Rat.
 
Here, remote controlled cars will replace the stuffed toy rat target with the boys attempting to crush them in their mechanical weapons of choice. Failure to come first or second will not result in a bronze medal though….the producers have something rather special planned.
 
Spanning more floor space than ever, Top Gear Live 2011 promises more petrol-induced mayhem, tyre-squealing noise, exotic metal and mad-cap stunts than ever before.
 
And it’s double-bubble this year as not only will visitors enjoy the traditional mad-cap Arena Show with Clarkson, Hammond and May, they’ll be entertained by an 80 minute Track spectacular on the specially devised Top Gear Live track.
 
The Lotus Motorsport configured tracks will feature a non-stop schedule of noise and action including the new McLaren MP4-12C, Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari 599 GTO, McLaren F1 and Aston Martin V12 Vantage.
 
Also, Top Gear wouldn’t be the same without The Stig showing off his unique skills on power-laps around the indoor tracks at Birmingham’s NEC and ExCeL London this November (11-13 and 24-27 respectively). Other highlights on the track will include demonstrations from friends of the show Sabine Schmitz, Tiff Needell, Derek Bell plus a unique rendition of Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car with special guests including Radio & TV presenter, Chris Evans.
 
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