Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Rhino / Wea
• DVD Release Date: March 28, 2006
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ENC7PY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,773 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Chasing the Touge takes you inside the world of canyon racing where adrenaline junkies race through the "touge" or mountain passes pushing their cars and driving abilities to the limit. Follow drifters rally racers and tuners who run the canyons as they aspire to break into the world of professional motorsports. Experience the sights and sounds of pushing triple digits downhill on twisty mountain roads and get a taste of why these people risk their lives running the touge. From midnight runs to drifting and rally racing Chasing The Touge holds nothing back. It is all about you vs. the mountain. How far can you push it without going over the edge?Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 603497162529 Manufacturer No: 971625-2

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A worthy purchase for the price., March 17, 2007

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Jeremy (Tucson, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Chasing the Touge: The Story of Canyon Racing in America (DVD)

Admittedly, after watching Chasing the Touge for the first time I planned to get on here and give it a considerably bad review. After watching it I couldn't get scenes of dark, grainy, vibrating footage and boring interviews out of my head! The excessive attention to drifting and the fact that the end credits roll at 48 minutes (a far cry from the Amazon listed 90 minute run time) lead me to investigate [...] (a site I frequent and trust) claim that Chasing the Touge may end up being seen as a "classic" amongst automotive enthusiasts. I read their impressions of the video and started to realize that maybe I didn't give it enough attention and wasn't remembering the great things about it. I watched the feature again and found myself surprisingly enticed! Already being familiar with the pace, in my second viewing I realized that there isn't really a strong emphasis on drifting. In fact it's quite well balanced and overall the combination of footage and interviews is rather interesting and certainly informative with a nicely revealing look into the lifestyles of these people. Most of the footage is rather good considering the conditions they drive under and the documentary style of the video is a fresh change from inferior automotive lifestyle DVDs such as Grip Video. Along with a few fairly decent bonus features (hey, most videos like this don't have bonus features), Chasing the Touge is a worthy purchase. Though not of the quality of something like Best Motoring, it should be a nice addition to your automotive DVD library.

2.0 out of 5 stars Just Two Words..., November 26, 2008

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Che C. Phillips (Hawaii USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chasing the Touge: The Story of Canyon Racing in America (DVD)

Boring and crappy. Now you flip a coin to decide which is most appropriate. I guess I've been spoiled by the excellent, and no doubt expensive, production quality of Best Motoring and Hot Version videos. This DVD did not meet those standards. Nor did it live up to the slick cover art. Perhaps I was just expecting something different. What, though, I'm not sure; more camera angles and more exciting content, but this video just delivered none of that. The interviews were way more low key than I would expect, but I suppose they're realistic when you consider that the guys featured are trying to get their big break into racing. That, I guess, makes it a very serious pursuit for them. Unlike the Best Motornig drivers who have all had some level of success on the professional racing circuits. If you want a peek into the lives of some up-and-coming drivers and how they practice/train, this DVD may be the ticket. But if you want to be entertained, it didn't do it for me. I didn't like it. "Hate", however, is a strong word... and I've already used it once today.

4.0 out of 5 stars good stuff, October 1, 2007

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Ian Genelly - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chasing the Touge: The Story of Canyon Racing in America (DVD)

While the information provided was a little hazy, and the video quality didn't quite match up with the professional looking cover, this is a must buy for any fan of mountain roads.