Rally Car Cartwheels at 60 MPH — Driver and Co-Driver Walk Away
- Posted on June 20, 2012 at 5:54am by
Liz Klimas
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Rallying is considered one of the most challenging– and dangerous — motorsports in the world. A recent crash at the Rally de Catamarca in Argentina only serves to affirm this sentiment for the sport.
Earlier this month, Nicolas Diaz and his co-driver, Luis Allende, were speeding along a dirt road at 60-plus miles per hour when their Ford Fiesta experienced brake failure. This caused the vehicle at a turn to go completely off the road, somersaulting and flying back up into the air several times before finally landing in a shallow creek.
Amazingly, no spectators were injured in the incident and both the driver and co-driver walked away. Motor Authority states this fact “highlights the incredible level of occupant protection of modern rally cars.”
(Image: YouTube screenshot)
(Image: YouTube screenshot)
(Image: YouTube screenshot)
(Image: YouTube screenshot)
Watch the dramatic scene for yourself and hear from the drivers (Note: Language is in Spanish):
Here is the footage from a slightly different angle:
Here is video showing the aftermath:
Rallying is considered one of the more dangerous motorsports not only because it involves speeding along from point A to point B — instead of on a closed circuit — but because it involves a variety of road conditions where the co-driver, also known as the navigator, has to assess “pace notes” and alert the driver to the conditions of what is before them.
Drivers in rally races can face all sorts of weather conditions and frequently compete on non-traditional terrain including roads “covered in snow, ice, gravel, asphalt, mud or rocks.”
(H/T: Jalopnik)
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G-WHIZ
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 12:12pmThis is what wearing your seatbelts(restraint-system) looks-like! Glad They Were!
Report Post »nappy
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:48amthat car.. in its current condition.. will soon turn up on california freeways with 8 people in it.
Report Post »D-Fence
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:58amI love rally and F1 racing. Having said that, I wouldn’t be standing near where a car just wrecked as others could follow. Also, did you like the mullet on that woman, or was that a guy? NICE! LOL
Report Post »Onodacops
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:03amWho has an AAA card ? We might need a wrecker :)
Report Post »contkmi
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:17amPretty common event in rally.
Report Post »Openentrollment
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:05amWhere are all of the environmentalist wackos about this race endangering the three-legged seven toed crickets that is native to area… Oh wait a minute, the wreck was Bush’s fault.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:29amInteresting.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 6:56amAfter years of dirt track racing, Formula One and NASCAR…This was a yawner.
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 6:40amThe spectators standing on the side of the road all along the area where he went nuts are damn lucky.
Report Post »OutOfTheAether
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:33am’tis exactly what I was thinking as well. An extreme stroke of luck that no one was hurt
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