Motorsport OMG / WTF moments - Racing Funnies, Fails, Crashes, And Randomness

[Earth]

^ Thats amazing driving

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I can't find another angle of that last car, though.

 

[Sleek Stratos]

^ That last one was genuinely scary

Perhaps racing in the other direction would suit them better, they wouldn't build enough speed for that to happen by the time they're at the crest.

Good thing that doesn't happen on GT5, Cape Ring would be a massacre.

Here's my contribution. I remember watching this race, looking at it now though I gotta say, HANS device or not, I can't imagine what Servia's neck may have felt like when it happened.



*sigh* I miss the ol' CART series.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

The circuit does actually have multiple configurations:

Normally, the cars go clockwise, running around the perimeter before turning back in and going through the infield. However, there is a second route that they can follow where they take the inield first, then turn onto the perimeter course using that right-hander halfway along the second straight.

 

[Furinkazen]

Why the Ring is to be feared.

 

[mattythedog]

Damn you badly placed trees! Couldn't see a thing, but looked nasty from the aftermath.

 

[phil bell]

Havent seen this but safety car fail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrs---_dVDc
Dangerous as heck on the back straight, go to 2.19.

 

[phil bell]

EDIT: How about some team killing:

I'll raise you an FPR Falcon taking out his stablemate, and the following carnage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msQpDsWfkZs

 

[DQuaN]

JV and Salo...?

How many other ex F1 drivers are in V8 Supercars?

 

[LancerEvo7]

^For the Surfers races they invite international drivers as codrivers for the race.

 

[Liquid]

6:35 - Driving Through A Smokescreen

The danger here is incredible. Keep watching when they show the OBC. Ratzenberger could have hit any of those Sierras!

 

[Lizard]

^ Bit like the Honda Monaco 04.

 

[Furinkazen]

One I found by pure accident.

09:30 - could have been a Zanardi crash...

 

[Sleek Stratos]

6:35 - Driving Through A Smokescreen

The danger here is incredible. Keep watching when they show the OBC. Ratzenberger could have hit any of those Sierras!

Did they frisk Ratzenberger for IR goggles after the race? That was some wacky driving.

 

[Liquid]

Nasty moment for Robb Gravett in the Sierra Cosworth.

 

[Furinkazen]

Despite how serious it looks, no-one was badly injured.

 

[Jubby]

I know NASCAR isn't as horrific as an F1 doing this, but still...

 

[daan]

They should have to do this at every hairpin!

 

[phil bell]

They should have to do this at every hairpin!

I just saw the full race via download, so epic! I thought FPR were gonna take it for sure but I was wrong.
Here's something similar, didn't go so well and nearly took out the championship contender:

 

[tribolik]

They should have to do this at every hairpin!

Great driving and even more suprising is that he won that race.

 

[sar593]

They should have to do this at every hairpin!

Reminded me of this:

 

[Pupik]

I know NASCAR isn't as horrific as an F1 doing this, but still...
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVlj7F8OJCY">YouTube Link</a>

Yeah, I remember seeing that telecast live, and thinking...well, he's dead, this sucks.

That car stopped very short from impact, which made it all the more amazing. The corner workers weren't quite sure which way any of the car was facing, either.

 

[Roush_fan_99]

They should have to do this at every hairpin!

that's what amatuer short track racing is for

Bump to pass cars @ WVSO (may have expletives, I didn't check the whole video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xDG9MT92sY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

One night they did a race where they chained fiberglass boats to them and a figure-8 thru the grass too

Edit: like this except in a figure-8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaJNTNDMo7Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

And the air is filled with fiberglass, everyone in the pits had to cover their faces with their shirts

 

[SuperShouden]

Yeah, I remember seeing that telecast live, and thinking...well, he's dead, this sucks.

That car stopped very short from impact, which made it all the more amazing. The corner workers weren't quite sure which way any of the car was facing, either.

Yeah, that car turned from a car into a hunk of metal. This is why there usually aren't any openings that close to the track. Major tracks nowadays use tunnels to get fans to the infield which is much safer...but...yeah, that's generally what happens when a car hits one of those openings:

Case in point: same thing happened to a Late Model car in Hagerstown, MD:

 

[squirlybmx]

They should have to do this at every hairpin!

The awkward moment when I'm watching this video, and I hear the exact same sounds coming from my family room. My grandpa was flipping through channels and this happened to be on so he kept it on and we had a good laugh about it.

 

[Peter.]

Looks like Schumacher had a Hill to climb..

 

[Christhedude]

Onboard of my qualifying lap from yesterdays VLN race at the nurburgring + nordschleife.

I set pole position in the Porsche GT3 Cup class but look what happened at the end of the lap...

 

[Northstar]

Nice save.👍

 

[Roo]

A video RocZX posted in the Imports thread. From 7:15. Quick thinking that man.

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

Nice save.👍

Yeah, i'd probably be throwing up OK signs too, all the way to the bathroom. Balls of steel, well kept!