The Epic Car Launch: A Thrilling Experience in Alaska

As we arrived at the launch site, it was clear that this was going to be an event unlike any other. The organizers had set up a massive ramp system, complete with angled rails and a powerful catapult, designed to launch cars off a cliff and into the water below. We couldn't wait to see what this incredible stunt would entail.

The first car, a pickup truck, took off with a loud roar, soaring high into the air before descending down onto the water's surface with a resounding crash. The impact was so severe that it created a massive cloud of spray and debris, sending shockwaves throughout the surrounding area. It was like watching a meteorite hurtle towards its destination, leaving nothing but destruction in its wake.

The crowd went wild as the truck came to rest at the bottom of the cliff, its engine still running despite the catastrophic damage it had sustained. The sheer force of the impact had crushed the front end of the vehicle, sending its motor and suspension system flying out of control. It was a grim reminder that even the toughest vehicles are not immune to the dangers of this stunt.

Next up was the charger, a car that seemed to have an abundance of power. As it launched off the ramp, it shot straight upwards, performing a daring barrel roll in mid-air before plummeting down onto the water's surface with a resounding splash. The landing was so smooth that it looked like the car had landed on a bed of marshmallows.

The crowd erupted into cheers as the charger emerged from the water, its engine still running despite the damage it had sustained. It was clear that this car had survived the crash without suffering any major setbacks. We were on the edge of our seats as we watched the car being recovered and restored to its former glory.

But the real pièce de résistance came when a Jaguar landed at the bottom of the cliff, its engine still running despite the fact that it had taken a direct hit from another vehicle. The car's front end was crushed, sending its motor and suspension system flying out of control. Yet, somehow, it managed to limp away from the wreckage, leaving behind only minor damage.

The organizers revealed that they were planning to use this Jaguar as a "getaway car" for the event, with drivers able to take turns jumping in and out of the vehicle to experience the thrill of driving while airborne. It was clear that these people had no fear when it came to speed and danger.

As we made our way down to the landing zone, we were treated to an array of cars that had been destroyed beyond recognition. One car that stood out was a Ford F-150, which had taken a direct hit from another vehicle and was now badly damaged. Yet, despite its battered state, it seemed to have survived the crash without suffering any major setbacks.

Meanwhile, other drivers were using this as an opportunity to grab souvenirs from the carnage. One man even managed to snag a dashboard from a car that had been destroyed in the crash, proudly displaying it as a memento of his experience.

As we looked around at the devastation below us, we couldn't help but feel a sense of awe and wonder at the sheer scale of this event. It was clear that these drivers were not afraid to push their cars to the limit, and that the reward for doing so was worth it.

The stunt was eventually brought to an end as the organizers began to dismantle the ramp system and recover the damaged cars. As we watched, we couldn't help but feel a sense of respect for these brave drivers who had put themselves through such incredible tests of speed and endurance.

In the end, we were given a final surprise – a sticker bearing the image of an Alaskan flag, complete with the words "1320" emblazoned across it. It was clear that this event had been more than just a car stunt – it had been a celebration of the wild and untamed beauty of Alaska itself.

As we made our way back to our vehicles, we couldn't help but feel grateful for the experience we had just endured. The epic car launch in Alaska had been an unforgettable adventure, one that would stay with us for the rest of our lives.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en13 20 video has come all the way from nebraska to alaska and we are here to party we are here at glacier view retreat about an hour and a half north of anchorage to launch cars off the cliff i'm standing on 300 feet down in front of a crowd of 5 000 people look at these views we have two different ramps the free ramp and the rail ramp they're going to be launching cars about 40-60 miles an hour off of this cliff down there we're gonna check out some of these cars learn a little about the event and then we're gonna party here we go wow oh my god jesus this is what i was thinking it was oh yeah we've made it the cars are coming off of right there oh my god that's so much closer what the this is gonna be wild the man the myth the legend ernie in the house welcome to glacier view alaska located halfway between anchorage and glen allen mall 99 on the beautiful and sunshiny glen highway so glad you guys could make it and what a beautiful fourth of july 2022 and here's what we got to think about is how about our military that has sacrificed so much over the decades and decades and generations of they gave all and this is all a salute to our military the ones that are active and the ones that are retired and the old grouchy old coots that go down to the vfw hall on friday night every one of them it took them all and we do not take that for granted like the scenery we do not take that for granted like our dear veterans amen to that so arne what what can we expect today what should we know about the car launch what on the preparation a lot of preparation goes we've got a great crew working up there this year the exhaust has got to be removed immediately if we ain't making noise we ain't having fun gotta be loud i like that we like loud uh the all the glass has been removed and we've done everything we can to uh just try to get as much oomph as we can somebody's got some pretty good knocks in them some of them don't have any knocks in them and so we're going to try to push them out we're going to try to get them to claw out to the sky today how many feet is it from the top of 300 feet 300 feet yeah so it's right at 300 look at that all right remember one thing this is an f day the f days are this freedom family space food and of course we're gonna have a lot of fun but let us not forget about the family because it all comes down to the family and this is a very family-oriented get-together our veterans and our families amen amen have a good fourth of july this is his christmas he is like santa claus before july this is an arnie party right here i like arnie a lot the f-150 just showed up that came in with the cannonball crew we're gonna talk to them up there because the music's so freaking loud it's a party out here the crowd is massive there's gotta be at least two or three thousand people out here so far they're expecting about five to six our chariot has arrived we were below that flag right here they're taking us up to the top so we can get the view up there and uh thank you for the ride some gopros in these cars price of admission for the uber we got our alaska 1320 flag right on man thank you so much oh boy see the rail system they got going for one of the one of them oh it launches that way okay it goes oh they got to jump on the end of it so you go oh so we're at the top of the the gravity ramp and then they have the the rail ramp over here and they go oh there is an angle to this jump let me get this piece of wood up right now wow my stomach just sank look at the glacier over there all right so what we have behind me are the two different ramps that they're going to throw these cars off of kyle is right behind kyle is about 300 foot drop firmed so we have two different ramps one is a rail system over here where the steering of the car is actually on the rail and actually steers the car it's about 300 feet long and they said the cars can get up to about 60 miles an hour and then over here this is called the free ramp there's nothing attached to it they just put it in drive hold the gas pedal and kind of aim it towards the hill it's about 100 feet shorter so about 200 feet and about 40 to 60 depending on the car and they launch it off the cliff and they're gonna try at least one pair to try to get them to collide what the it's a pizza doughnut oh that's a trailer it's a truck bed trailer this is gonna be epic how's it going good yourself amazing this stack thank you look at the narwhal i think it'll survive now it's time for the pre-launch ceremony the cars that are down there which are riding the free ramp are starting up and they're gonna parade through the crowd up the hill so we can get this thing started then we're gonna have a ceremony with the american flag and alaska flag zip-lining across the hillside oh the cannonballers are here yep is the truck going to make it oh yeah they're just turning around with that boom on the front it's hard to tell oh yeah that one's going down the rail that's going on the rail trucks here made it up the hill yeah is that a unicorn the last half mile look at the hearts what's the carcass yeah baby it's my spine there we go it's your spine nice we've got the cannonballer crew here you guys brought a jaguar a truck and a charger all the way from where we started in reno nevada and we've driven 4 375 miles to glacier view alaska hell yeah at least cos yes so the we took off we've had crazy issues the jaguars 42 years old hasn't rolled in 12 years she broke down a bunch we had fuel issues we got across the canadian border and they have a speed bump there that knocked our exhaust off welcome to canada thanks to the great people of canada we found people who donated an exhaust manifold for us awesome we got up another i don't know 800 miles and a bridge washed out in front of us oh you guys got stuck in that we got totally stuck in that helicopter across two hours we were two hours too late across the bridge which forced us to drive the length of california down and around so we have 28 hour drive down and around to come back to where we came from that's a big bridge no oh yeah so that put us behind we ended up cannonballing the last section of it to get here in time so we the last part of it we drove 48 non-stop hours drop in smashed out the windows and then we got here the exhaust kicked the windows out yep so many windows out and the cars are ready to jump 400 more feet four all that's left for these babies is 400 more glorious feet once forwards and then 300 very special feet straight down first car going down the free ramp ford taurus is all ready to go the green straps for the steering and the red ones for the throttle yep give it a ink oh nice so you just start it and it goes put it neutral you start it up tap it into gear ah and then it'll just you know creep forward and then you give it throttle i'm the pull him out if he gets hung up guy he's my secondary second um okay we are ready all right here comes here comes oh there goes the hedge oh kinda goodbye good god this is so cool that was epic nice work hell yeah that's how it's done nice work guys right in the rail off a cliff 300 feet up get it get it get it oh yeah two there it is throttle slipped off so you had to go up and cinch it up what a uh the mvp over here making it happen oh tree oh oh oh my god got her over whoa that thing was squirrely almost hit the tree well it is the fourth of july so you guys don't have any american merch and need some head on over to 1320video.com we have american hats american shirts american flags stickers you like america we got it so head on over there pick you out some america merchant come on back here to see more cars going off the cliffs time to hook up the next one oh that's how that works very fancy bungee cord time to get her on the rails going off the free ramp called the disparity car congrats on getting married oh both of them oh good oh my god that first one hit so hard you felt that yeah the first one hit so hard jesus it does look like wow this is so crazy oh the trick with the jeep with the trailers going come on baby big money big there's the money no narwhal not much speed oh yeah oh my god what a job uh up next is the pool floaty equinox it's go time that's the ramp it might hit the water come on ah we got so close starting to look like a junkyard over here with all these mangled cars there's even more in the trees back here because there's a pickup truck one generation going all right now it's time for the charger this car's got some power hopefully it goes straight go charger go whoa big cloud here right here oh my god oh my god free run free run we got a poor vision wow that was a landing right there it made it to the water holy sh second car at this event that's ever made into the water oh yeah yeah she made it to the water all right holy cow look at the carnage from the car that landed in the water it is flat at least it looks flat from here all right good luck go for number 13. going with the horse oh flip oh my god so there's the motor holy i missed the jag i was tracking the is it any sentimental oh i'm going to cry are you yeah i am i mean you had some pretty probably had some pretty good memories adventures now she's at the bottom of a cliff and her engine is sitting right next to her little front end broken half oh my god yeah the engine's right next to it right next to it that's amazing that was worth every second engine delete in three seconds all right everybody's running everybody's gonna go get car parks get your gardener go get them how about some epic carnage at the glacier view car launch that was epic what a send-off the cannonballers cars both going off at the same time just destroying them our gopros it doesn't matter if you see it in this video they survived and that's it that's all the cars the crowd is swarming to go check out the carnage i can't wait to go down there and check it out hopefully they don't take our gopros look at all the people down here you get atm the best gift at all yes sir look at that this man is going home with a souvenir oh my god there's the car that hit the water this was my favorite car right here i was i was working up by the launch sites the whole time and then the last two i went over on the cliff and right in time to see this thing pancake into the water the sound that this made was just i've never heard anything like that before are you guys getting her fixed up trying to take the carburetor yeah that's a good souvenir hell yeah let's uh what's the problem here why can't you fit in the seat i've i gotten a little bit of a fender bender i'm not gonna lie it's folded up oh sooner oh nice that's a good one right there yep there we go i don't need nothing you know this was on its hood earlier this was on so they flipped it back over we flipped it over how's the jaguar looking inside well it looks pretty good you know it looks pretty survivable some guy walking off with the dashboard are you taking the whole steering wheel yes that would be sweet i'm not leaving without the steering wheel the dedication of these people is awesome you gotta oh they got the carburetor nice work nice work here is the landing zone for the angled rail ramp we have one two three these are great yeah there's four over here five six pretty good aim very good look at the engine here completely sideways from here to here pretty good accuracy look at look at the f-150 the frame was already bent but like it literally landed on the other truck and just bent some more arnie what a show oh congratulations that was awesome wanted to give you a souvenir and a thank you from us well look at that sticker alaskan flag northern lights version 1320 sticker how was it from down here uh the view was great and i mean it's like you know we had a one roller of a car but those guys like when they would hit they planted i mean it was black oh yeah that was that what was your favorite one i think the uh the roller yeah whatever that tumbled down the hill down the hill i loved the one that that got in the water right here just a flood oh it just just planted itself and that what a cool thing you've created look at this look around like nobody wants to leave arnie's party it's epic well thank you again for having us out well sounds good and yeah i want to see a clip of the uh the video whenever y'all get oh definitely you'll be seeing it don't you worry okay don't you worry this is gonna be one of my favorites of all time well that's gonna do it for our trip in alaska i hope you guys enjoyed the car launch it was way more epic than we could have ever imagined thank you guys for watching subscribe for more 13 20 videos and we'll catch you next time victory i got it nice work how long did it take dad i got it he's like you put that back my is so god13 20 video has come all the way from nebraska to alaska and we are here to party we are here at glacier view retreat about an hour and a half north of anchorage to launch cars off the cliff i'm standing on 300 feet down in front of a crowd of 5 000 people look at these views we have two different ramps the free ramp and the rail ramp they're going to be launching cars about 40-60 miles an hour off of this cliff down there we're gonna check out some of these cars learn a little about the event and then we're gonna party here we go wow oh my god jesus this is what i was thinking it was oh yeah we've made it the cars are coming off of right there oh my god that's so much closer what the this is gonna be wild the man the myth the legend ernie in the house welcome to glacier view alaska located halfway between anchorage and glen allen mall 99 on the beautiful and sunshiny glen highway so glad you guys could make it and what a beautiful fourth of july 2022 and here's what we got to think about is how about our military that has sacrificed so much over the decades and decades and generations of they gave all and this is all a salute to our military the ones that are active and the ones that are retired and the old grouchy old coots that go down to the vfw hall on friday night every one of them it took them all and we do not take that for granted like the scenery we do not take that for granted like our dear veterans amen to that so arne what what can we expect today what should we know about the car launch what on the preparation a lot of preparation goes we've got a great crew working up there this year the exhaust has got to be removed immediately if we ain't making noise we ain't having fun gotta be loud i like that we like loud uh the all the glass has been removed and we've done everything we can to uh just try to get as much oomph as we can somebody's got some pretty good knocks in them some of them don't have any knocks in them and so we're going to try to push them out we're going to try to get them to claw out to the sky today how many feet is it from the top of 300 feet 300 feet yeah so it's right at 300 look at that all right remember one thing this is an f day the f days are this freedom family space food and of course we're gonna have a lot of fun but let us not forget about the family because it all comes down to the family and this is a very family-oriented get-together our veterans and our families amen amen have a good fourth of july this is his christmas he is like santa claus before july this is an arnie party right here i like arnie a lot the f-150 just showed up that came in with the cannonball crew we're gonna talk to them up there because the music's so freaking loud it's a party out here the crowd is massive there's gotta be at least two or three thousand people out here so far they're expecting about five to six our chariot has arrived we were below that flag right here they're taking us up to the top so we can get the view up there and uh thank you for the ride some gopros in these cars price of admission for the uber we got our alaska 1320 flag right on man thank you so much oh boy see the rail system they got going for one of the one of them oh it launches that way okay it goes oh they got to jump on the end of it so you go oh so we're at the top of the the gravity ramp and then they have the the rail ramp over here and they go oh there is an angle to this jump let me get this piece of wood up right now wow my stomach just sank look at the glacier over there all right so what we have behind me are the two different ramps that they're going to throw these cars off of kyle is right behind kyle is about 300 foot drop firmed so we have two different ramps one is a rail system over here where the steering of the car is actually on the rail and actually steers the car it's about 300 feet long and they said the cars can get up to about 60 miles an hour and then over here this is called the free ramp there's nothing attached to it they just put it in drive hold the gas pedal and kind of aim it towards the hill it's about 100 feet shorter so about 200 feet and about 40 to 60 depending on the car and they launch it off the cliff and they're gonna try at least one pair to try to get them to collide what the it's a pizza doughnut oh that's a trailer it's a truck bed trailer this is gonna be epic how's it going good yourself amazing this stack thank you look at the narwhal i think it'll survive now it's time for the pre-launch ceremony the cars that are down there which are riding the free ramp are starting up and they're gonna parade through the crowd up the hill so we can get this thing started then we're gonna have a ceremony with the american flag and alaska flag zip-lining across the hillside oh the cannonballers are here yep is the truck going to make it oh yeah they're just turning around with that boom on the front it's hard to tell oh yeah that one's going down the rail that's going on the rail trucks here made it up the hill yeah is that a unicorn the last half mile look at the hearts what's the carcass yeah baby it's my spine there we go it's your spine nice we've got the cannonballer crew here you guys brought a jaguar a truck and a charger all the way from where we started in reno nevada and we've driven 4 375 miles to glacier view alaska hell yeah at least cos yes so the we took off we've had crazy issues the jaguars 42 years old hasn't rolled in 12 years she broke down a bunch we had fuel issues we got across the canadian border and they have a speed bump there that knocked our exhaust off welcome to canada thanks to the great people of canada we found people who donated an exhaust manifold for us awesome we got up another i don't know 800 miles and a bridge washed out in front of us oh you guys got stuck in that we got totally stuck in that helicopter across two hours we were two hours too late across the bridge which forced us to drive the length of california down and around so we have 28 hour drive down and around to come back to where we came from that's a big bridge no oh yeah so that put us behind we ended up cannonballing the last section of it to get here in time so we the last part of it we drove 48 non-stop hours drop in smashed out the windows and then we got here the exhaust kicked the windows out yep so many windows out and the cars are ready to jump 400 more feet four all that's left for these babies is 400 more glorious feet once forwards and then 300 very special feet straight down first car going down the free ramp ford taurus is all ready to go the green straps for the steering and the red ones for the throttle yep give it a ink oh nice so you just start it and it goes put it neutral you start it up tap it into gear ah and then it'll just you know creep forward and then you give it throttle i'm the pull him out if he gets hung up guy he's my secondary second um okay we are ready all right here comes here comes oh there goes the hedge oh kinda goodbye good god this is so cool that was epic nice work hell yeah that's how it's done nice work guys right in the rail off a cliff 300 feet up get it get it get it oh yeah two there it is throttle slipped off so you had to go up and cinch it up what a uh the mvp over here making it happen oh tree oh oh oh my god got her over whoa that thing was squirrely almost hit the tree well it is the fourth of july so you guys don't have any american merch and need some head on over to 1320video.com we have american hats american shirts american flags stickers you like america we got it so head on over there pick you out some america merchant come on back here to see more cars going off the cliffs time to hook up the next one oh that's how that works very fancy bungee cord time to get her on the rails going off the free ramp called the disparity car congrats on getting married oh both of them oh good oh my god that first one hit so hard you felt that yeah the first one hit so hard jesus it does look like wow this is so crazy oh the trick with the jeep with the trailers going come on baby big money big there's the money no narwhal not much speed oh yeah oh my god what a job uh up next is the pool floaty equinox it's go time that's the ramp it might hit the water come on ah we got so close starting to look like a junkyard over here with all these mangled cars there's even more in the trees back here because there's a pickup truck one generation going all right now it's time for the charger this car's got some power hopefully it goes straight go charger go whoa big cloud here right here oh my god oh my god free run free run we got a poor vision wow that was a landing right there it made it to the water holy sh second car at this event that's ever made into the water oh yeah yeah she made it to the water all right holy cow look at the carnage from the car that landed in the water it is flat at least it looks flat from here all right good luck go for number 13. going with the horse oh flip oh my god so there's the motor holy i missed the jag i was tracking the is it any sentimental oh i'm going to cry are you yeah i am i mean you had some pretty probably had some pretty good memories adventures now she's at the bottom of a cliff and her engine is sitting right next to her little front end broken half oh my god yeah the engine's right next to it right next to it that's amazing that was worth every second engine delete in three seconds all right everybody's running everybody's gonna go get car parks get your gardener go get them how about some epic carnage at the glacier view car launch that was epic what a send-off the cannonballers cars both going off at the same time just destroying them our gopros it doesn't matter if you see it in this video they survived and that's it that's all the cars the crowd is swarming to go check out the carnage i can't wait to go down there and check it out hopefully they don't take our gopros look at all the people down here you get atm the best gift at all yes sir look at that this man is going home with a souvenir oh my god there's the car that hit the water this was my favorite car right here i was i was working up by the launch sites the whole time and then the last two i went over on the cliff and right in time to see this thing pancake into the water the sound that this made was just i've never heard anything like that before are you guys getting her fixed up trying to take the carburetor yeah that's a good souvenir hell yeah let's uh what's the problem here why can't you fit in the seat i've i gotten a little bit of a fender bender i'm not gonna lie it's folded up oh sooner oh nice that's a good one right there yep there we go i don't need nothing you know this was on its hood earlier this was on so they flipped it back over we flipped it over how's the jaguar looking inside well it looks pretty good you know it looks pretty survivable some guy walking off with the dashboard are you taking the whole steering wheel yes that would be sweet i'm not leaving without the steering wheel the dedication of these people is awesome you gotta oh they got the carburetor nice work nice work here is the landing zone for the angled rail ramp we have one two three these are great yeah there's four over here five six pretty good aim very good look at the engine here completely sideways from here to here pretty good accuracy look at look at the f-150 the frame was already bent but like it literally landed on the other truck and just bent some more arnie what a show oh congratulations that was awesome wanted to give you a souvenir and a thank you from us well look at that sticker alaskan flag northern lights version 1320 sticker how was it from down here uh the view was great and i mean it's like you know we had a one roller of a car but those guys like when they would hit they planted i mean it was black oh yeah that was that what was your favorite one i think the uh the roller yeah whatever that tumbled down the hill down the hill i loved the one that that got in the water right here just a flood oh it just just planted itself and that what a cool thing you've created look at this look around like nobody wants to leave arnie's party it's epic well thank you again for having us out well sounds good and yeah i want to see a clip of the uh the video whenever y'all get oh definitely you'll be seeing it don't you worry okay don't you worry this is gonna be one of my favorites of all time well that's gonna do it for our trip in alaska i hope you guys enjoyed the car launch it was way more epic than we could have ever imagined thank you guys for watching subscribe for more 13 20 videos and we'll catch you next time victory i got it nice work how long did it take dad i got it he's like you put that back my is so god\n"