Racing Wrecks

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.

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.

#353, Leigh “Flipper” Morgan decided to check out the safety of her TOR/Volkspower Racing car and flipped it over. She and the car were both ok… just minor damage to the roof.

Picture is from the Volkspowerracing website.

Escaping all injuries after taking a series of barrel roll during the practice session at the Chili Bowl was Conner Pullen.

2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Champion Tony Stewart takes his first of two flips series during the Chili Bowl weekend. This crash happened during the first lap of Wednesday’s hot laps.

Taking a high flier during the Chili Bowl was Seth Wilson.

Joe Zierolf slams hard into the wall during Saturday’s Chili Bowl show and takes a hard series of flips. He walked away uninjured from the crash.

These photos were all taken by Hein Brothers Action Photographs, and were found here.

Information is from the Competition Plus website…

Clay Millican, the four-time defending IHRA Top Fuel champion at the time of this photo, experienced a complete blowover in his semifinal round against Bruce Litton. Millican was traveling at over 200 miles per hour when the front wheels of his ‘05 Hadman Dragster lifted off the ground at half track and did not stop. He ended up blowing all the way over before skidding well past the finish line before coming to a stop upside down.

IHRA safety personnel arrived at the scene within seconds and Millican climbed out of the car almost immediately. He was talking with the safety crew and the track doctor and was reportedly cutting up with the paramedics en route to the hospital, where he was taken as a precautionary measure.

The photo is by Paul Arch, and was found here.

Driver Bill Schemonia flips during a sprint car race. The photo was taken by cmakin.

This picture was found on xanga here.

It’s amazing this driver didn’t get hurt. Watch how hard his head and body are jarred during the in-car-camera part of the video.

This looks almost like the car has been flung like a frisbee.

This picture was found on Michael Colegrove’s website.