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

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I disagree. NASCAR requires a very different driving style to V8 Supercars. NASCAR - at least on road courses - is all about maintaining momentum through the corners, so the drivers take some very unconventional driving lines, like when they openly and intentionally run wide and use the tarmac run-off as an extension of the circuit. V8 Supercars aren't allowed to do that. They follow a much more traditional, conventional racing line.

I said it LOOKED like a V8 Supercar race with all the bumpin' and banging and sliding and spinnin' going on.
 
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From this angle you can clearly see he "just lost his rear". It happens...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGfD6EDUL8E">YouTube Link</a>

Wouldn't call it OMG nor WTF, but par for the course. That curb had the corner, but Pastor wanted it more.
 
James Hinchcliffe's dead-on Kimi Raikkonen impersonation:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=516350038391424

I said it LOOKED like a V8 Supercar race with all the bumpin' and banging and sliding and spinnin' going on.
Yeah, V8 Supercars is not a full-contact sport. They'll occasionally lean on one another, but some of those moves - like Keselowski nudging Ambrose - aren't permitted.
 
Seen that on the iRacing forums.

Great impression.
 
James Hinchcliffe's dead-on Kimi Raikkonen impersonation:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=516350038391424


Yeah, V8 Supercars is not a full-contact sport. They'll occasionally lean on one another, but some of those moves - like Keselowski nudging Ambrose - aren't permitted.

Whatever. It looked liked a "Touring Car" race then. geez. All the V8 Supercar races I've seen were crazy like the end of that Watkins Glen race. Sorry if I made the racing gods angry, but I don't pray to them.

EDIT: @Mac K's vid....WTF was that guy's issue? It seemed like he was mad at the kid for causing the crash, but...DUDE! It's auto race! If you don't want to see crashes like that, perhaps you shouldn't own a RACE TRACK! Seriously, that guy needs to be thrown in jail and someone who understands racing needs to take his place. Although, the kid was like "WTF dude? It's a race. You need to take a chill pill before you have a heart attack."
 
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Fernando Alonso being naughty at the Hungary F1 GP of 2007:


Formula 1 Taxi:



Mark Webber showing proof that Red Bull can actually give you wings:

 
Wouldn't call it OMG nor WTF, but par for the course. That curb had the corner, but Pastor wanted it more.

Well I went "OMG again? On a demo run? WTF were you thinking Pastor?"

There's no record of seismic activity but I'm pretty sure the sidewalk moved a little too...
 
No, it's not about contact. If anybody nudged another driver the way Keselowski did Ambrose, they'd be before the race stewards for sure.

Dont forget how Ambrose took the lead in the first place, by smashing Keselowski's rear bumper coming out of the outer loop
 
Dont forget how Ambrose took the lead in the first place, by smashing Keselowski's rear bumper coming out of the outer loop

That's because Brad slowed coming out of the corner and Marcos had nowhere to go but into the back of him. He did let off before that, so it's not like it was on purpose.
 
This happened during the Pikes peak hill climb. It was all over the news.

(first video already posted in thread, removed from post)

Here's a new view:


EDIT: And here's the onboard views. You can probably hear the drivers screaming as they fall, unless they are the spectators.

 
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They just had an interview on CNN a couple hours ago. Both of them were certain they would die. One of them was knocked unconscious for a few seconds because of the final impact. Both very lucky and happy to be here. One of the guys oddly seems to have bad luck and has had two prior terrifying accidents. One involving another Mitsubishi and an 18 wheeler?
 
They just had an interview on CNN a couple hours ago. Both of them were certain they would die. One of them was knocked unconscious for a few seconds because of the final impact. Both very lucky and happy to be here. One of the guys oddly seems to have bad luck and has had two prior terrifying accidents. One involving another Mitsubishi and an 18 wheeler?

Can watch the/a interview here:
http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/48687179
 
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