--- title: "6 Russian Races We Want" description: "Motorsports in the Motherland are homespun and terrifying." date: "2016-02-09" modified: "2016-02-09" authors: - name: "Ben Keeshin" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/ben-keeshin" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/2098/6-russian-races-we-want" categories: - "News" - "Racing" tags: - "russia" --- # 6 Russian Races We Want ![]() *\www.thedrive.com* In the last Democratic debate, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton were asked to rank several countries in order of their threat to the United States. Bernie pointed to a “paranoid and isolated” North Korea, while Hillary gestured at a “belligerent” Russia. We’re inclined to side with HRC on this one, both because she is a former Secretary of State and because Russia is a zone of lawless speed and intense competition and unbridled testosteronicity. Raw. No, Mother Russia is not a nurturing, soft thing. She is a fur-encased flag woman, urging her native sons and daughters to race just about anything that moves. Dashcams and home videos don’t lie. Boats, trucks, police cars, turbine-powered snowmobiles: These vehicles look absolutely terrifying. And fun. Here are the six Russian races we’d like to try. Maybe we’d even live to tell the tale... https://youtube.com/embed/gIAE0pfzyYo https://youtube.com/embed/N9qbHEboEac https://youtube.com/embed/Ck-yGntqn6k https://youtube.com/embed/Y4VLFCrTH9U https://youtube.com/embed/5TOBL0g5ows https://youtube.com/embed/qA0MPOEAhmk ## Author Ben Keeshin is a former staff writer for Maxim, and before that, contributed writing to the digital sides of Road & Track and Vanity Fair. ### Author social links [Twitter]()