# Street racing in Paris **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 28, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423 "2009-05-28T13:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/1 "2009-05-28T13:16:31Z")
On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris early in the morning . The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine , through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur. No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit. The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets. Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground. If you haven’t seen this before it is a classic, if you have seen it I apologize, but it’s still a classic. Turn on your sound and enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/2 "2009-05-28T13:17:37Z")
NO C’était un rendez-vous NO CARE ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/3 "2009-05-28T13:19:10Z")
Oh, I see what you did there. In any case I have this DVD & poster. Which can be had: [http://www.spiritlevelfilm.com/shop/product.php?productid=16138](http://www.spiritlevelfilm.com/shop/product.php?productid=16138) 61" DLP with Surround \> You tube. ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/4 "2009-05-28T13:19:36Z")
le reposte ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/5 "2009-05-28T13:20:51Z")
> [@fbrendan](#): > > le reposte But a worthy one. ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/6 "2009-05-28T13:21:08Z")
oui oui ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/7 "2009-05-28T13:22:46Z")
apres le film je splooged everywhere. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/8 "2009-05-28T13:24:33Z")
it was a first for me 😃 enjoy it again! ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/9 "2009-05-28T13:27:00Z")
I like it. Sounds so fucking good. ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/10 "2009-05-28T13:29:18Z")
Meh, kinda boring if you ask me. Edit:↑ Maybe I should turn my sound on. ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/11 "2009-05-28T13:35:21Z")
great vid, always great to watch! ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/12 "2009-05-28T13:36:23Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > it was a first for me 😃 enjoy it again! Really? Kinda surprised you’d not heard of this before. Huh. Word of advice, watch it with a nice set of speakers. Mmmm italian. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/13 "2009-05-28T13:40:07Z")
I had my grado 225s on my head when I just watched it… I do remember hearing about this a while ago, but forgot about it. ---
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/14 "2009-05-28T13:54:28Z")
I like that other one better… but I forgot the name of it… something stockholm… ---
**Author:** ![Saxon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@Saxon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Saxon)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/15 "2009-05-28T13:55:50Z")
absolutely amazing sounding!!! and absolutely crazy to do that ---
**Author:** ![EvoMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@EvoMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvoMike)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/16 "2009-05-29T01:27:55Z")
I just got this video in an email… I must of said-“ohhh shit” everytime he ran a red… crazy and sick driving. ---
**Author:** ![jcruiza120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@jcruiza120](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jcruiza120)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/17 "2009-05-29T07:46:20Z")
> [@97FormulaWS-6](#): > > I like that other one better… but I forgot the name of it… something stockholm… Getaway in Stockholm. Sick vids. [http://www.getawayinstockholm.com/](http://www.getawayinstockholm.com/) ---
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/18 "2009-05-29T10:41:53Z")
it looked like it was only a little more than a brisk drive through town… what a fucking joke. ---
**Author:** ![copperlegend](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/copperlegend/32/7445_2.png) [@copperlegend](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/copperlegend)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/19 "2009-05-29T13:04:59Z")
can’t wait to go home and watch this! \<3 that area of Paris, I spent 2 days there just wandering… ---
**Author:** ![clinzee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clinzee/32/5233_2.png) [@clinzee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/clinzee)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423/20 "2009-05-29T21:40:20Z")
\<3 u 4 1yf3. Awesome video, worth looping till one dies. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-racing-in-paris/68423.md?page=2)