Friday goofiness: George Lucas feels the Force

I can't stop watching this. The Toyota Celebrity race in Long Beach is always a total clown fest, but I just love this 2007 clip of George Lucas making the most overzealous dive-bomb passing maneuver more like something a 15 year old Alex Zanardi wannabe would try on his Playstation. Naturally, the result: Game Over. The secondary head-on crumple is of course the icing on the cake.

Enjoy the videos! The second clip shows the in-car view. The third clip shows George projecting his unflappable cool and calm before the race. "I'm just here for the fun. I'm not tryin' to win. I just want to have a good time." Ahh, the Red Mist can cloud even the best laid plans, eh George?

Comments

[Murph]

Wow - that was a bit of an aggressive move. Doesn't look like he put much thought into his plan beyond:

Step 1: pass this car

Step 2: deal with that impeding corner later

Step 3: Crash heavily

[Bradley Price]

The other part I love is that he got nailed because the person he was divebombing didnt check her mirrors. Had she looked, she would have hesitated for a moment to allow Lucas' Scion to go screaming past into the barriers, and just calmly turned inside and continued on her way. God it never gets old watching this...

[Murph]

I guess this makes me feel better that he's hyper rich so I can always say "at least I'm a better driver than George Lucas."