MegaSpeed is a one-hour Discovery Channel Canada documentary series focusing on fast vehicles and the people who race them. MegaSpeed is a high-adrenaline magazine show that puts the pedal to the metal in search of the fastest and most powerful vehicles, gadgets and gear around the world. From souped-up dragsters on the strip, to customized ‘street legal’ roadsters on the street, this show is all about our need for speed: how we find it, how we use it, and the price we pay for our obsession.
Subjects: Sports
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Along for the Ride
Along for the Ride is the first Canadian produced Series following the life of equestrian show jumpers. Stories straight from the horse’s mouth and highlights from ‘behind the stable doors’ are revealed for the first time.
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Star Racer
Star Racer is far more than an elimination reality show. It combines the complex science of racing, the
design precision of race cars and engines plus the evolving social dynamic of the competitors as they race to the finish line. But speed alone won’t win the Star Racer crown. Throughout the quest, competitors will be held up to intense scrutiny by a special three-person jury comprised of established experts from the motor sports world. This jury will evaluate the drivers based on all aspects of championship racing and help determine which racers are worthy of a future in big time racing on the professional circuit. -
Safe Passage
Knowledge Network teams up with the Cook-Rees Memorial Fund for Water Search and Safety to create Safe Passage, a six-part series on boating safety. The six episodes cover all types of boats and watercraft, from canoes, kayaks, and sailboards to large pleasure craft of twenty meters and more. Safe Passage covers the latest information on safety equipment, safety and emergency procedures, marine charting and communication, navigation, and rights of way. This series also encourages viewers to obtain boating certification, and even lets armchair boating enthusiasts in on the fun.
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Rolex 24
The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona is the first auto race on the North American racing calendar, and the drivers and their teams better be ready. The race, two times around the clock, is a test of endurance, perseverance, and mental toughness with 67 cars sharing the narrow high banked tri-oval of the Daytona International Speedway.
Wayne Taylor racing is the underdog heading into the event, with Dad Wayne running the team and sons Jordan and Ricky sharing the driving. The Taylor family team has a fast car but a limited budget that hopefully won’t get in the way of a podium finish.
From the oval to the rock pit, this episode will go airborne with the rock bouncing stars from the American Deep South.
We’ll go flat out at the AMA flat tracks championship, and meet a Hollywood fabricator who makes hot rod who dreams.
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Jamwest
Normally Negril, Jamaica is a tranquil oasis, but when the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship comes to town, soothing is replaced with speeding. Bragging rights are up for grabs in a showdown between the top racers from Trinidad, Guyana, Jamaica and Barbados.
Local favourite Peter Rae has the sun soaked crowd behind him, but his car Zoom-Zoom has a nasty habit of bursting into flames. If Peter can avoid burning out on the track he could find himself on the winner’s podium.
Sun screen is optional in Iceland where we find some racing daredevils race straight up the side of some seriously steep mountains.
It’s pedal to the medal as the Lucas Formula One Drag boats fly across the water at break neck speed in Phoenix.
A marketing executive gets the ride of his life behind the wheel of a NASCAR racer on a high-banked oval.
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Mint 400
The Mint 400 is a bone jarring, kidney bruising off-road romp in the Nevada desert featuring North America’s top all-wheeled racers. The Mint is a flat out race over some of the toughest terrain known to man.
Rob MacCachren is considered a legend in off-road racing and he’ll be in tough up against some of the young bucks of the sport. MacCachren isn’t ready to concede anything to the future stars of the sport, but even racing icons have to deal with mechanical breakdowns. And when your truck breaks down in the middle of the desert, it comes down to how fast you get it moving again.
This episode stays with the dirt theme as we head to California where they try to get a grip and go drag racing on sand.
Car auctioneer and serious collector Craig Jackson invites into his home for a private tour of his extensive vehicle collection. When Jackson isn’t running his world famous Barrett-Jackson car auctions, he’s out driving one of rare exotic cars. He invites us to tag along.
In the UK we meet an eccentric inventor who’s come up with a jet go-Kart, and racing up a snowy ski mountain in a jeep.
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NHRA Winternationals
The NHRA Winter Nationals is like Christmas for drag racing fans. They wait all year for the season kick-off, and hopefully they’re rewarded with the gift of new speed records on the quarter mile. John Force is the face of the National Hot Rod Association with multiple championships between him and his two racing daughters, but the Force family has its hands full this year.
Antron Brown is the up and coming future star of the NHRA, but for him the future is now and he’s ready to win. Antron has never won the kick-off event of the season and he’s determined to leave the Force family in his dust.
We’ll hang on tight as snowmobiles fly over a snowcross track at speeds well over 100 kilometers an hour as the temperature hovers at minus 30.
A visit to Belgium wouldn’t be complete without a couple of hot laps around the world famous Spa Racetrack.
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New Orleans Indy
It’s the first ever Indy race in the Big Easy, but staging a race during raining season in New Orleans will be anything but easy. Three-time Indy 500 Champ Helio Castroneves is anxious to make his mark on the brand new track, but heavy rains will provide a supreme challenge. The track is below sea level so drainage is almost non-existent.
The New Orleans Indy will come down to proper tire selection, fuel management, and most importantly avoiding the carnage. Helio is hoping his experience will be the difference and he’ll end up with a podium finish.
Imagine driving 90 miles in just 26 minutes? That’s exactly what they hope to do at the Silver State Classic on a two-lane highway in Nevada. It’s the world’s fastest race on a public road.
The Daytona 200 features the world’s fastest superbike racers in a superfast endurance race.
A racer walks away from a crash that you’ll have to see to believe.