It doesn’t matter if it’s a racing accident or one involving an overcorrecting pickup truck and your garage, accidents can be challenging experiences if you are the one involved. When it comes to the destruction of your vehicle, making repairs can be costly and frustrating. One thing that we often don’t think of, particularly because of the aggravation surrounding the event, is what this can really mean. We don’t typically plan for something terrible to happen to our vehicle, but if it does why not stop and consider your options before just going back to the same old look.
Accidents prove to be an opportunity for change
Video: Watch the near-disaster Hot Wheels world record practice jump you’ve never seen
If you were tuned in to the Indy 500 this year, you probably saw Tanner Foust, also known as the rather ambiguous Yellow Driver, set a new world record by flying 332 feet through the air from ramp-to-ramp in a custom-made pickup truck. This Hot Wheels-sponsored event was a pretty spectacular feat, and it went off without a hitch.
Well, at least the actual, official record-setting jump went off without a hitch.
As you’ll see in the video after the break, not all of Foust’s practice runs were nailed with such grace and perfection. As a matter of fact, at least one of them nearly sent both truck and driver end-over-end. We’d say equal parts of luck, driver skill and safety precautions ended up keeping Foust and the specially prepared truck from an impromptu test of the roll cage.
See for yourself in the video after the break.
Monster Truck Back Flip
He’s Going To Feel That In The Morning
Melted or Grinded Down?
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I can’t see any rational purpose in doing this to your truck… you can’t haul anything with it… it doesn’t even look like it could be driven on anything but an absolutely flat road.
Your Ferrari Just Needs A Little “Pick-Up”
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The Ferrari was cold and pulled this truck over it to keep warm.
A Spyder Falls…
A Ferrari F430 Spyder fell from the top level of a delivery truck at Ernie Boch’s luxury car dealership outside of Boston. The only funny part? Watching the windshield wipers running in the video.
Watch the video — then cue the “Yeah, that’ll buff right out” comments in 5,4,3,2…
Courtesy of Jalopnik
(while not a “racing wreck”, this is still noteworthy of mention here)
VIDEO: Johnny Greaves jumps stadium truck over 300′ to set world record
Only ten days ago Jonny Greaves jumped his closed-course race truck from one dirt ramp to another — those ramps being separated by close to 300 feet. Greaves ended up going 301 feet, and set the record for the longest ever jump in a 2WD truck. It’s even more fun to watch than to read about, if only because his engine makes his Toyota sound like it’s powered by demons and banshees.
Source: Autoblog
Oh yeah, no wreck to speak of here… just some awesome footage of a truck that can flyyyyyyyyyy!
Lamborghini Diablo Crashes In Front Of Crowd
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.
Truck Roll (not to be confused with a jelly roll)
Australian racer Murray Rogers rolls his class 4 truck after a jump
