Racing Wrecks

There were two Lexus LF-As entered into last week’s Nurburgring 24 Hour race prepared by the Gazoo Racing Team. This is what happened to one of them, car #15, about two hours from the end of the enduro.

Information courtesy of Autoblog.

Here’s a Lamborghini Diablo crash caught on video.

The damage done to the truck looks to be light, but the damage to the front of the Diablo and more importantly, to the driver’s ego, is gonna be a whole lot more expensive and time consuming to fix. Is it any surprise this overly confident tool leaves the scene so quick?

Information is courtesy of Jalopnik.

The one-of-a-kind exhibition drag-racing “Cool Bus,” built by Ken Nelson, crashed at last month’s O’Reilly Thunder Jam. Luckily, Ken was uninjured. Let’s take a closer look at the “Cool Bus” and video of the crash… there’s two more videos after the jump.

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How much abuse will the engine in a Nissan GT-R take? Not a 150 shot of NOS on top of 600 wheel HP, that’s for sure.

Video and information courtesy of Jalopnik.

AJ Carlisi, a 13-year-old from Dalton, GA, flips and rides down the front stretch wall at Huntsville on April 11, 2009. The car was destroyed, but AJ walks away.

This video was courtesy of the Georgia Stock Car Racing Newsletter.

It looks like someone either forgot to tighten some suspension bolts, or this thing is making way more horsepower than the rear end can handle.

Video courtesy of FailBlog.

In-car camera and track-side footage shows Jari-Matti Latvala of Finland in a Ford Focus WRC flip his car in a corner and roll 500 feet a hillside during last weekend’s Rally de Portugal.

Info and video from Jalopnik.

Those of you familiar with Fifth Gear have undoubtedly enjoyed Tiff Needell and Jason Plato’s powersliding shootouts, and at this weekend’s British Touring Car Championship, Plato had the opportunity to show off his sideways skills at Brands Hatch.

At the beginning of the second lap, Plato was leading in his Lacetti as Jonathan Adams in the #12 BMW came up strong behind him. The two drivers entered the Paddock Hill Bend and Adams, who apparently misjudged the braking pointing, slammed into the left side of Plato’s bumper, causing the Lacetti to rotate nearly 90-degrees. Plato kept the throttle planted, had the steering at full lock and was able to recover from the slide with the kind of minimalist drama only a seasoned veteran (in a front-driver) can deliver.

The BTCC organizers eventually penalized Adams four seconds, delivering the win to Plato. Check the video of Jason’s epic save after the jump…

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While not strictly a “racing wreck”, we thought this was interesting enough to post.

The inevitable has happened, someone has crashed a 2010 Chevy Camaro, ripping it’s nose off. It happened near its birthplace in Oakville, Ontario. Nobody was seriously injured in the accident — except the Camaro.

The details are thin, but the crash happened March 20th on Dundee Road in North Oakville. We don’t know who was behind the wheel but we wouldn’t be surprised to learn it was someone from GM at the helm. It makes for a pretty decent metaphor about General Motors right now: just as they start building really good cars, a confluence of unrelated and unpredictable events act together to destroy a good thing.

Video and all information are courtesy of Jalopnik.

Video was courtesy of Fail Blog.