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

[Roo]

Cup cars in NASCAR run so low that they frequently get stuck if they end up off track. In the past they would need to be towed out, but from this season they now have an air suspension fitted that can lift the cars up via a small air tank carried by the safety crews, saving time and allowing the cars to get back to the pits more quickly. The system was demonstrated on Casey Mears' car after a spin in the first Duel race earlier this week.

Watch for about 25 seconds to see it in action and hear it described.

 

[Pete05]

Cup cars in NASCAR run so low that they frequently get stuck if they end up off track. In the past they would need to be towed out, but from this season they now have an air suspension fitted that can lift the cars up via a small air tank carried by the safety crews, saving time and allowing the cars to get back to the pits more quickly. The system was demonstrated on Casey Mears' car after a spin in the first Duel race earlier this week.

Watch for about 25 seconds to see it in action and hear it described.

Watched this yesterday. It's a brilliant idea.

I'm all for anything that reduces the chances of, and/or, the amount of time wasted circulating behind a Pace/Safety Car.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Luke Browning ended up on the wrong side of the barriers at 130r, walked away unharmed.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Luke Browning ended up on the wrong side of the barriers at 130r, walked away unharmed.

Onboard video

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/s/PTI9yHBcWa

 

[Pete05]

From the video, it looks like the car ended up upside down, preventing Luke from getting out of the car without help.
A fuel leak in that situation would be utterly terrifying.

 

[Twisteddrift]

From the video, it looks like the car ended up upside down, preventing Luke from getting out of the car without help.
A fuel leak in that situation would be utterly terrifying.

Seems like that's the only downfall of the halo.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Red Bull Showrun came to San Francisco last weekend. Scott Speed crashed one of the Red Bull RB7s and the other RB7 caught fire while Yuki Tsunoda was doing donuts.





Here are some of the photos I got of the fire

 

[Pupik]

From the video, it looks like the car ended up upside down, preventing Luke from getting out of the car without help.
A fuel leak in that situation would be utterly terrifying.

The almost immediate deceleration after impact looked very frightening. Those kinds of sudden stops can break necks or skulls.

 

[DG_Silva]

The almost immediate deceleration after impact looked very frightening. Those kinds of sudden stops can break necks or skulls.

Luke Browning said that the HANS system saved his life.

 

[RACECAR]

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This is unintentionally the most badass Yuki has ever looked.

 

[Pete05]

The almost immediate deceleration after impact looked very frightening. Those kinds of sudden stops can break necks or skulls.

As @DG_Silva says above, was a time when that kind of crash would have led to a broken neck, or a lot worse.
Thankfully, the HANS has no doubt saved a lot of lives, and kept people walking instead of dealing with a life changing disability.

 

[Roo]

2016 Trans Am at Sebring. Tristan Herbert has a brake failure going into turn 7, crashes through a gate onto the public highway outside the circuit, narrowly avoids a utility truck and takes a tour of a hotel car park before eventually finding his way back to the bridge into the paddock.

I couldn't find a non-clickbaity thumbnailed version, alas.



10 years later at this year's 12 Hours last weekend the #48 Winward Racing Mercedes had a failure - not brakes this time - and brought the car back to the paddock the same way:

 

[Pete05]

2016 Trans Am at Sebring. Tristan Herbert has a brake failure going into turn 7, crashes through a gate onto the public highway outside the circuit, narrowly avoids a utility truck and takes a tour of a hotel car park before eventually finding his way back to the bridge into the paddock.

I couldn't find a non-clickbaity thumbnailed version, alas.



10 years later at this year's 12 Hours last weekend the #48 Winward Racing Mercedes had a failure - not brakes this time - and brought the car back to the paddock the same way:

They really, really need to do something about this before it costs a lot more.
Two times they've been extremely lucky and I really wouldn't want to be at the wheel with a stuck throttle.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

Scott McLaughlin had a wild ride in practice for the IndyCar race at Barber with his car going under the catch fence. He managed to walk away from this.

 

[RACECAR]

Just the slightest touch in the dirt was all it took, and going into a downhill turn as well.

 

[Pete05]

Luckily for Scotty Mac the inadequacy of the run off area and the fence worked in his favour this time.

 

[Liquid]

11 minutes of off-air ITV footage prior to the 2005 United States Grand Prix. Jim Rosenthal, Mark Blundell, Louise Goodman and Ted Kravitz try to wrap their heads around what was about to unfold. Features a quick interview with Paul Stoddart but not his famous expletive-laden rant on Dutch television that occurred during the race.

 

[Veinz]

A post race demo derby

 

[Pete05]

A post race demo derby

Park them all for 500 miles and demonstrate to them that a personal Demo Derby is no way to deal with other on track issues.

 

[05XR8]

Could have killed the official in the middle.

 

[Jimlaad43]

The most disgusting thing about that is the tweet saying "didn't disappoint" like it's something to approve of???

 

[Pete05]

The most disgusting thing about that is the tweet saying "didn't disappoint" like it's something to approve of???

Unfortunately, some Neanderthals have been taught to type.