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Roadkill Episode 1.10 727 Cubic Inches and Australian Tire Smoke!
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Roadkill Episode 1.10 727 Cubic Inches and Australian Tire Smoke!

Episode Premiere
November 30, 2012
Genre
Drama
Production Company
BBC Studios, All3Media
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/roadkill/
Episode Premiere
November 30, 2012
Genre
Drama
Period
2020 - Now
Production Co
BBC Studios, All3Media
Distributor
PBS
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/roadkill/
Main Cast
  • Hugh Laurie as Peter Laurence
  • Helen McCrory
  • Sidse Babett Knudsen
  • Saskia Reeves
  • Sarah Greene
  • Patricia Hodge
  • Ophelia Lovibond
  • Iain De Caestecker as Duncan Knock
  • Katie Leung
  • Oliva Vinall
  • Pip Torrens
  • Millie Brady
  • Danny Ashok

On this episode of Roadkill, there's endless burnouts and powerskids as David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan of HOT ROD magazine are on the loose in Australia with 727ci of Sonny Leonard hemi-headed madness. The massive big-block makes 1,275 horsepower between the fenders of a 2006 Holden HSV VE Clubsport R8. In American, that's like a Pontiac G8. This display of overkill is the product of "Gup," the promoter of the Powercruise series of events in Australia, New Zealand, and Minnesota (USA) where tire smoke is the rule. On the show, you'll see tire fire from Gup's infamous "Elvis" '74 Holden HQ, from his 727ci Clubbie, from a 1,500ci diesel semi truck, and from Downunder's most throttle-happy petrolheads on both coasts. The miracle is that Freiburger and Finnegan aren't still in an Aussie jail. Of course, that might have been less punishing than the 30-hour flight home