{"id":51900,"date":"2018-08-15T16:44:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T15:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/?p=51900"},"modified":"2018-08-15T16:44:37","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T15:44:37","slug":"stunt-driving-car-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/features\/stunt-driving-car-chase\/","title":{"rendered":"Living the sideways dream"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ploughing through a stack of boxes to escape the bad guys, endless drifting through a car park, angering a fist-shaking market stall owner in pursuit of an escaping criminal; that\u2019s the stunt driving dream.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

For a lot of people it remains a dream but not for Irishman Sam Maher-Loughnan. With a background in martial arts and karting, the move to the world of stunts was an obvious one.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maher-Loughnan started out racing karts in Ireland before competing in a scholarship that got him a drive in the UK. From there his career took an even more international turn, he says: \u201cI picked up a test and development drive with F2 in America in 2006, which helped me refine my on-track skills. Afterwards, the recession hit so when I came back to the UK sponsorship had dried up. While I was happy doing club racing, I knew I needed something else.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Having made a name for himself in the club racing scene Maher-Loughnan was known for his car control skills. While simple instructing seemed like a good route to a steady income, it didn\u2019t excite him enough. \u201cI Googled who was the best stunt driver in the world,\u201d he says. \u201cA handful of schools came up but it was Bobby Ore that really jumped out at me. I attended his stunt school at Sebring in Florida for a week and we really hit it off.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t