Videos: Dan Kennedy collects #038 and takes it for his first spin

Not sure if these videos were supposed to make it onto the web or not, but someone on F-Chat sent me these links.

McLaren F1 Delivery (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2894700317215595316&q=mclaren+f1)

McLaren F1 200mph w/spin (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8238901270090279807&q=mclaren+f1)

Please no negative comments about the content here. :)

>8^)
ER

Wow, that was honestly one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen posted on this forum. It just seems so surreal. I think we all have owners that we admire and those that we scorn a little and DK is (was) definitely one that I admire. He reminded me of a little kid opening up a Christmas present, beaming with joy. I bet if we had a video of Larry Ellison picking up his F1 it would be a lot less emotional and a lot more superficial.

Thanks Peloton for posting that. I really hope that one of the enthusiasts from this forum gets to experience that some day, as I doubt there are many people on this earth who would cherish such an occurrence as much.

“Can I rev it up a couple times?”
“It’s your car sir.”

NOW THAT HAD TO FEEL GOOD!

Many thanks for the links Erik, Great vids!!

You know when, you have a good product, when your customer never stops smiling!!

Fantastic Eric! Thanks for posting this, the high speed run was amazing for me!

Awesome, thanks. Definatley saving them...








Chris

That is a neat video. I think what adds to it is the commentary by his wife. She's just as if not more excited about it as he is. Always nice to have the SO share your enthusiasm about a car! Glad to see them enjoy the delivery of the car.

Side note: She actually takes better footage than a lot of videos I've seen on line.

Hello,

a big thank you to you Erik, Dan Kennedy, his wife and the guy who puts it online :)

Excellent to be behind the scene :) I love these videos. I hope Kennedy will share the video Enzo/F1...

Phil

One word

Excellent! :)

(Though his wife gets a little wearing on the test drive)

Do we know when the vid was shot?

Realy great, thanks very much.

Do we know when the vid was shot?

The Green F1 , was that the one that went from Sweden to Japan (cant remember the #). How about the LM or GTR in the background?
I like Mr. Kennedy`s enthusiasm , even it was slippery i dont think he was
such a good driver. Offtopic ho is Mr.Kennedy , realated to the old President?

The green one was XP5, no idea on the others

Do we know when the vid was shot?

I believe the video was shot very early in 2001. The green F1 was definitely XP5. The camera doesn't get close enough to the two papaya orange F1s to figure out which ones those might be, but it's a fair bet that one is probably XP1 LM.

I don't think Dan has any relation to the Kennedy political family here in the USA - at least I have never heard of any association. He's just a very intelligent guy who worked hard and maybe got lucky during the dot com boom, building very successful companies in the process. Three of those companies are Vstore.com, Vcommerce.com and SalesLogix.com.

even it was slippery i dont think he was such a good driver.

It was his first drive. I think he was testing the limits of the car and having fun making his wife scream with each flick of the steering wheel. :iceslolan

>8^)
ER

Great

nice vid. The sound of the F1 is sick

would that be an LM the wife sees as the 'yellow one'?

excellent vids Erik, you never cease to amaze us

Excellent vids. Wish I was that lucky.

However, if I was in that same situation, and my wife was taping, she would act just as enthusiastic. Only my wife's enthusiasm would be fake. I hope DK's truly does actually appreciate the experience to owning an F1

Hello,

do you remember this pic taken from a video showing Kennedy Enzo and F1's on a track ? Can we expect a release ?

Phil

Hello,

do you remember this pic taken from a video showing Kennedy Enzo and F1's on a track ? Can we expect a release ?

Phil

i don't think this is the one you are talking about, but its a Jap (?) F1 and an Enzo, in this thread - http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=437592&page=6 - link here - http://www.rosso-mag.com/07/movie/06.wvx

He's talking about this:

http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/9616/watermark4wj.th.jpg (http://img271.imageshack.us/my.php?image=watermark4wj.jpg) http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/5640/141203233820side20facing20a20r.th.jpg (http://img506.imageshack.us/my.php?image=141203233820side20facing20a20r.jpg)


I'm not sure if the video ever made it out. I think the story was that after Dan posted on this board a few times a board member contacted him and Dan sent him these vid caps but i don't believe the vids made it out.

great videos , now can some one please tell me how to save videos from video google!

Hello,

exactly Chris, I refered to these shots, I remember sent a pm to Dan Kennedy but it was never seen...

Phil

More!

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Dan+Kennedy+

More!

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Dan+Kennedy+0 to 60 in 3.2s and 0 to 100 in 6.3 seconds seems fast, but it seems even quicker when you see the footage. I think this footage helps put into perspective how fast the F1 really is, especially against the Enzo ;)

Haha, watched the spinning vid again.

Wife: Dan, spinning is NOT cool!
Dan: Spinning IS cool!

Here is a link with another video with Kennedy's Mclaren : Discovery Channel Extreme Machines ... (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4382931953247936883&q=crash+WRC%2Fa)