The Great Tank Racing Challenge

In the world of tank racing, speed and agility are just a few of the key factors that can make all the difference between victory and defeat. The contestants, Tiff and a newcomer named Tim, faced off in a series of challenges designed to test their driving skills and nerves.

Tiff was confident in his abilities, and with good reason. He had been racing tanks for years and had a reputation for being one of the best in the business. His opponent, however, seemed nervous and unsure of himself. As they took to the starting line, Tiff let out a loud "Let's go!" and shot off like a bullet. Tim, on the other hand, looked a bit more cautious, but still seemed determined to give it his all.

The first challenge was a head-to-head racing competition. The two tanks were released from the starting line, and the one that crossed the finish line first would be declared the winner. Tiff was off to a great start, with a speed of 18 miles per hour on the track's steep incline. Tim was struggling to keep up, but he refused to give up. Despite his slow pace, he managed to hold onto second place for most of the race.

In the end, Tiff emerged victorious, crossing the finish line in an impressive 8 minutes and 4 seconds. Tim finished a close second, with a time of 1 minute and 17.7 seconds. The crowd cheered as Tiff was declared the winner, but he couldn't help feeling a sense of relief that his opponent had given him such a good run for his money.

The next challenge was a test of endurance, as the two tanks were equipped with heavy machinery and powered by powerful diesel engines. The goal was to see which tank could complete a series of complex maneuvers without breaking down or getting damaged. Tiff's tank performed flawlessly, gliding smoothly over the course as Tim's struggled to keep up.

As they completed each section of the track, Tim began to make excuses for his poor performance, blaming everything from the weather to the terrain. But Tiff remained unfazed, confident in his own abilities and determined to prove himself once again.

Just when it seemed like the competition was all but over, a third challenge was thrown into the mix - a bomb-ridden slum course that would put both tanks to the test. Tim's tank was loaded with a plethora of mines, each one waiting to blow at the touch of a button. Tiff's tank, on the other hand, seemed almost impervious to the danger.

As they took off down the course, Tim's tank began to take damage, hitting several mines along the way. The sound of explosions echoed through the air as his tank careened out of control. Tiff's tank, meanwhile, sped smoothly through the course, dodging and weaving around each mine with ease.

When all was said and done, Tim had set off four mines, resulting in a 15-second penalty on his overall time. The final tally read 2 minutes and 20 seconds for Tim, and an impressive 1 minute and 23 seconds for Tiff. It was clear that Tiff was the better driver, but he couldn't help feeling a sense of respect for his opponent's determination.

The grand prize for winning this challenge would be the pleasure of crushing Tim's tank to pulp in a dramatic finale. The crowd held its collective breath as Tiff took control of the Chieftain tank, a 55-ton behemoth with room for four men and four different types of gun. With a loud roar, he sent the proton crashing into the ground, ending Tim's tank in a cloud of smoke and steel.

As the dust settled, Tiff emerged victorious once again, having proven himself to be the best tank driver on Fifth Gear.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwh swapping smooth tarmac for Creative mud sticky tires for war zone tracks and lightweight carbon fiber for bulletproof steel it could be a day out from heaven or a painful punishing Day Out From Hell there'll be three challenges to find out which one of us is the boldest bravest tank driver but first despite our enormous driving experiences apparently we have to have a tank driving lesson our machine is a Gods via which is an amphibious Russian killing machine from the 1970s it's known as a self-propelled artillery unit rather than a tank a tank is designed to shoot on the move not so far but it's heavily armored as well this doesn't shoot on the Move generally it shoots a long long way from a from how far will this shoot then about 15 mes it so to the lesson two levers right for right left for Left and that's pretty much it one lever for left the other for right and push them both forwards for straight on there are some Gears of course but it was proving more difficult actually getting the tank off our instructor Nick right now that we're both tank driving experts it's time for our first challenge where it looks like we might get a bit wet we might do it's a simple challenge time Challenge from the tank up there drive through this water splash up this Bank through another big water splash flash out the other side fastest one wins you're old so you can go first I'll be on board so 3 2 1 and Tiff's off with me on the stopwatch it's steeper than it looked it won't turn it won't turn I've got all the power no touch down oh no one minute look it's stalled all right what do you mean it stalled you he said it would go up there in second gear 2 minutes 4 minute 6 minutes come on T 7 minutes stop the clock stop the clock Tiff it's a watch says 8 minutes 4 seconds okay all right you just come in here I'll get the stopwatch then we'll find out come on cocky let's see you do it oh it's very high up here oh that's not even fast do thing dir W yeah oh oh I don't like this in here oh this looks rather good now you got lucky right oh oh oh yeah you can still make a mess of this we're coming out I say 10 stop that watch come on then give us a time well having hugely benefited from seeing where I made it wrong you just managed to Edge me with a 1 minute 17.7 by but don't laugh too much cuz next time we got to race head to head all right they'll be fine old this first again no you're not doing that tricker I now know why you do that old this first so you see where I make the mistakes for the second test we're changing Machinery into a lighter and faster 432 armored personnel carrier as the name implies its main function is to deliver up to 10 infantry into heavy fire situ ation it's powered by a mighty 8 cylinder Rolls-Royce engine which we are going to use for a head-to-head race steady catch it up who catching in come on needel Beats PL to make it one o o o hey before you start this is slower than that look I thought you were good at racing diesels obviously not and you just trying to make excuses now it's there one one I ate these things can we not just stick to proper cars we have hav't finished yet there's still another challenge to decide who is the best tank driver on fifth gear for this final challenge we've pulled out all the stops and put together a bomb ridden slum course quickest through the course wins the day but you might set off a hidden mine each mine cost 5c penalty and this time you go first fine and there's an enormous incentive to win remember this Tim's Banger the snotty proton he spent a week with to be honest he's grown far too fond of it and it's an embarrassment to the show whoever wins gets the pleasure of crushing it to a pulp for the bomb course we're back in the trusty Gods via Melissa has seen action in Bosnia but how would she cope with Brackley northamptonshire the gods vaa has a TOS speed of just 18 M hour on terrain like this hardly surprising it weighs 16 tons oh we set a mine off from the very first gate some just hit me on the edge didn't like that look a bit bumpy you got go left W wo wo W do wo wo wo do W wo oh what the I tell you what I don't think I would have been attemped it come on son he's coming up the last gate now come on come on old girl come on and finish and that was a 1 minute 23. 91 but he did set off three mines that's 15 seconds on that so that's about minute 38.9 the time for me to beat some empty on the head about 3 seconds after the bang we're away we're away a starts yeah going like a Tre down a bit right open the gate oh he threw that with that and he he's missed a mine no mines where did that one come from the left bit bu here one m i don't want to do another one up back another one oh come on that's three oh that's the fourth one it's all down the time slow down fella Precision Driving to Victory I think you'll find well what your time is good 12209 only two bombs went off no I think you find I I think you find there were four bombs well I was ducking a bit like I couldn't hear much but four bombs which therefore means guess what you win I win now has the winner of the challenge I get to kill that with this a Chieftain tank 55 tons 7 1/2 M long and packing 750 horsepower it's a British brute with room for four men and four different types of gun so destroying the proton should be easy is he dead looks better like that I think oh actually one more thing that was a bit of a bump with a complex torque vectoring system shuffling the power to whatever Wheels have the most grip the knen haswh swapping smooth tarmac for Creative mud sticky tires for war zone tracks and lightweight carbon fiber for bulletproof steel it could be a day out from heaven or a painful punishing Day Out From Hell there'll be three challenges to find out which one of us is the boldest bravest tank driver but first despite our enormous driving experiences apparently we have to have a tank driving lesson our machine is a Gods via which is an amphibious Russian killing machine from the 1970s it's known as a self-propelled artillery unit rather than a tank a tank is designed to shoot on the move not so far but it's heavily armored as well this doesn't shoot on the Move generally it shoots a long long way from a from how far will this shoot then about 15 mes it so to the lesson two levers right for right left for Left and that's pretty much it one lever for left the other for right and push them both forwards for straight on there are some Gears of course but it was proving more difficult actually getting the tank off our instructor Nick right now that we're both tank driving experts it's time for our first challenge where it looks like we might get a bit wet we might do it's a simple challenge time Challenge from the tank up there drive through this water splash up this Bank through another big water splash flash out the other side fastest one wins you're old so you can go first I'll be on board so 3 2 1 and Tiff's off with me on the stopwatch it's steeper than it looked it won't turn it won't turn I've got all the power no touch down oh no one minute look it's stalled all right what do you mean it stalled you he said it would go up there in second gear 2 minutes 4 minute 6 minutes come on T 7 minutes stop the clock stop the clock Tiff it's a watch says 8 minutes 4 seconds okay all right you just come in here I'll get the stopwatch then we'll find out come on cocky let's see you do it oh it's very high up here oh that's not even fast do thing dir W yeah oh oh I don't like this in here oh this looks rather good now you got lucky right oh oh oh yeah you can still make a mess of this we're coming out I say 10 stop that watch come on then give us a time well having hugely benefited from seeing where I made it wrong you just managed to Edge me with a 1 minute 17.7 by but don't laugh too much cuz next time we got to race head to head all right they'll be fine old this first again no you're not doing that tricker I now know why you do that old this first so you see where I make the mistakes for the second test we're changing Machinery into a lighter and faster 432 armored personnel carrier as the name implies its main function is to deliver up to 10 infantry into heavy fire situ ation it's powered by a mighty 8 cylinder Rolls-Royce engine which we are going to use for a head-to-head race steady catch it up who catching in come on needel Beats PL to make it one o o o hey before you start this is slower than that look I thought you were good at racing diesels obviously not and you just trying to make excuses now it's there one one I ate these things can we not just stick to proper cars we have hav't finished yet there's still another challenge to decide who is the best tank driver on fifth gear for this final challenge we've pulled out all the stops and put together a bomb ridden slum course quickest through the course wins the day but you might set off a hidden mine each mine cost 5c penalty and this time you go first fine and there's an enormous incentive to win remember this Tim's Banger the snotty proton he spent a week with to be honest he's grown far too fond of it and it's an embarrassment to the show whoever wins gets the pleasure of crushing it to a pulp for the bomb course we're back in the trusty Gods via Melissa has seen action in Bosnia but how would she cope with Brackley northamptonshire the gods vaa has a TOS speed of just 18 M hour on terrain like this hardly surprising it weighs 16 tons oh we set a mine off from the very first gate some just hit me on the edge didn't like that look a bit bumpy you got go left W wo wo W do wo wo wo do W wo oh what the I tell you what I don't think I would have been attemped it come on son he's coming up the last gate now come on come on old girl come on and finish and that was a 1 minute 23. 91 but he did set off three mines that's 15 seconds on that so that's about minute 38.9 the time for me to beat some empty on the head about 3 seconds after the bang we're away we're away a starts yeah going like a Tre down a bit right open the gate oh he threw that with that and he he's missed a mine no mines where did that one come from the left bit bu here one m i don't want to do another one up back another one oh come on that's three oh that's the fourth one it's all down the time slow down fella Precision Driving to Victory I think you'll find well what your time is good 12209 only two bombs went off no I think you find I I think you find there were four bombs well I was ducking a bit like I couldn't hear much but four bombs which therefore means guess what you win I win now has the winner of the challenge I get to kill that with this a Chieftain tank 55 tons 7 1/2 M long and packing 750 horsepower it's a British brute with room for four men and four different types of gun so destroying the proton should be easy is he dead looks better like that I think oh actually one more thing that was a bit of a bump with a complex torque vectoring system shuffling the power to whatever Wheels have the most grip the knen has\n"