Racing Wrecks

Travis Pastrana spent New Year’s Eve preparing to drive his Red Bull Subaru WRX STI off of a ramp, over 250-or-so feet of water, and onto another ramp floating on a barge. In earlier practices for the jump, at first he didn’t stick the landing, then he skipped the landing part entirely. The New Year’s event would be for keeps, though.

[Source: Autoblog via ESPN via YouTube]

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.

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Two rally cars crash on the same stretch of road when both hook a tire into a ditch. The 2nd car does a great imitation of a circus performer…

Splish, splash, I was takin’ a bath… right out of ole’ turn 3!

We’re assuming “Saxo” is the model of car, since we’re not familiar with many Citroens here in the USA. Someone please correct us if we’re wrong. Thanks.

Apparently the wheel comes off and then hilarity ensues…

Is that Yoda over there on the sidelines?

This photo was taken by Michael Ward, and is from the Wales Rally GB 2007.

If you liked this one, be sure to check out the sprint car levitation picture, too.

Although not techically a “racing wreck”, this is still pretty spectacular.

Ken Block jumps his rally car 171 feet in November 2006 for Discovery Channel´s show “Stunt Junkies”