Heart-Stopping Vid Shows Race Car Cartwheeling Down Mountain and Drivers Emerge Unscathed

Posted on August 14, 2012 at 12:29pm by Liz Klimas
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Drivers racing in the the Pikes Peak Hill Climb over the weekend, according to The Colorado Gazette, were lucky if they even reached the finish line — no matter their finishing speed — as a slew of crashes and other malfunctions took place.

One of these was of Jeremy Foley and co-driver Yuri Kouznetsov who cartwheeled down the hill after losing control on a tight curve. Foley and Kouznetsov were rescued and taken to the hospital. According to Autoblog, the two have been released with really no more than the expected bumps and bruises and a dislocated shoulder, which is surprising given the footage captured of the crash.

Jeremy Foley and Co Driver Yuri Kouznetsov Uninjured After Pikes Peak Hill Climb Crash

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

Watch as the exterior of the Mitsubishi Evolution 8 they were driving gets demolished as it bounds down the slope:

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Motor Authority reports Foley writing on Facebook that he and Kouznetsov were “a little beaten up but nothing major.”

(H/T: Daily Mail)

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Comments (21)

COFemale
Posted on August 14, 2012 at 6:11pm
This is an annual race held during the 4th of July weekend. Since we were battling a major wildfire during this time, the Pikes Peak Hill Climb as postponed until 12 August.

This is not an easy course and anyone who has driven the course just on a normal trip up to the summit will tell you there are so many sharp turns would make normal stomachs churn. You are also subject to get altitude sickness. Until this year the last few miles were unpaved, so you drove on dirt going up. As I understand it now the road is paved to the summit.
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TexBork
Posted on August 14, 2012 at 5:50pm
“Hey Jake…“ ”Yeah Elroy?“ ”I gotta pull off.“ ”Ok.”
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Aceofshades
Posted on August 14, 2012 at 4:07pm
I can hear it now “sweeping right into a hard left.“ ”hard left.. HARD LEFT, HARD LEFT!“ ”Sh*t, SH*T.. F*** here we go SH*T”
I agree with GOODSTUFF, I have drove up it myself and its something pictures and words cannot describe. Body parts of brass and a little bit of no fear
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Tickdog
Posted on August 14, 2012 at 2:23pm
sunday drivers..
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GoodStuff
Posted on August 14, 2012 at 2:17pm
Driving up and down Pikes Peak going 20 mph is scary enough. These guys are bat-sh*t crazy.
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docfix
Posted on August 14, 2012 at 1:35pm
Stupid is as stupid does
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- Dustoff
  Posted on August 14, 2012 at 3:04pm
  Ahhhh come on. Little bondo & paint. It will look great
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THX-1138
Posted on August 14, 2012 at 1:20pm
That almost looked deliberate. WTH were they doing that far outside to begin with? Any clue why someone drives off a perfectly good curve in a working EVO 8?

This video confuses me.
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- proliance
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:03am
  Its called “racing.” You should look into it.
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Tex Expatriate
Posted on August 14, 2012 at 1:07pm
The Pikes Peak Hill Climb is a very old race with a history of very few wrecks, and as far as I can recall, no fatalities. I could be wrong there but both wrecks and fatalities are a part of racing and all race drivers know it.
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facilitiesmgr
Posted on August 14, 2012 at 12:58pm
It has to do with the way God designed us as men. That’s a good thing too because if we are going to protect, and die for if need be, those we are responsible for it require courage, strength, willingness to risk. A real man likes and welcomes a challenge. We want to know what we are made of and whether we have what it takes.
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realistic_01
Posted on August 14, 2012 at 12:57pm
I hope they make them pick up all that crap strewn over that beautiful mountain now.
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- DrunkGOP_Hack
  Posted on August 14, 2012 at 1:08pm
  jÅchÅ$$
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tweetybird
Posted on August 14, 2012 at 12:37pm
What is it with guys and the need for speed.
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- Psychosis
  Posted on August 14, 2012 at 12:50pm
  the part where they are “ guys” …………………..minus of course todays metrosexual pantywaists
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- johnjamison
  Posted on August 14, 2012 at 12:53pm
  Being that Pike Peak is a race it’s not a need for speed it job that demands speed to accel. That being said i use to play Grand Turismo and Pike Peak was one of those Nightmare courses.
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- DrunkGOP_Hack
  Posted on August 14, 2012 at 1:10pm
  Cause women take our lives and ruin them by making us PÅ$$iess and we have to be MEN.
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- DrunkGOP_Hack
  Posted on August 14, 2012 at 1:10pm
  Why do women like purses and shoes?
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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on August 14, 2012 at 1:21pm
  What is it with women who feel the need to nag men who are only having fun? (BTW, I’m a woman) Tweetybird, Why don‘t you grab some of your man’s cash and go to the mall and get yourself something pretty. Wait, the way you rag on men, you probably don’t have a man. And if you do, I feel really sorry for him.
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- jungle J
  Posted on August 14, 2012 at 3:27pm
  to ask the question is assinine
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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on August 14, 2012 at 4:39pm
  You type waaay too fast for my taste.
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