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.

A “Subaru roll” is not to be confused with a cinnamon roll, by the way.

Colin McRae had a tremendous run at the ESPN X Games 12 in Los Angeles. He made massive jumps when entering the arena and in the last run of the inaugural rally events at the X-Games, he rolled his car. And what is even more amazing, his car rolled back on its tires and he was still able to complete the race and seized the silver. He could have easily won the gold if he hadn’t rolled his car.