The NASCAR circus went short track racing this weekend at the Dover International Speedway in Delaware. The one thing that every driver was commenting on leading up to the race is that in order to be competitive at the Monster Mile you must commit 110% into every corner on the concrete racing surface. Being one of the shorter tracks on the NASCAR calendar, this all out commitment can be challenging, because when things go wrong, as they usually do in racing, this leaves the drivers with very little escape room, and tremendous multi car pile ups are almost certain to be on the bill for the day.
Unfortunately for the young driver, Joey Logano, his race ended just 32 short laps after it began; but that is when the ride began. After being bumped from behind by Tony Stewart going flat out, the number 20 Home Depot car slid across the flat part of the track before getting back onto the banking in turn 3 taking out three other cup cars along the way. Then Joey hit the inside wall and began to flip side over side seven and a half times before coming to rest with all four wheels on the ground after teetering on its side for an extremely long moment. Thanks to NASCAR’s Car of Tomorrow, Joey Logano and the rest of the drivers involved in the racecar mangling spectacle at the Monster Mile this past Sunday.
Remember those Corvette ZHZs – all 500 of them - that Hertz decided to add to their rental fleet a while back?
Well, that number is down to 498.
We don’t know the entire details surrounding this one but it looks like the driver of the Corvette ZHZ was going a little too fast with his rented ride and ended up losing control of it, resulting in the Vette crashing into and over a rock wall where it ended up nose first on the other side. This, of course, comes two months after the first Hertz Corvette ZHZ made an unexpected pit stop inside a local Dallas restaurant.
It has to be comforting for Hertz to know that one of their premium rentals are being crashed one after the other. Then again, maybe this will be a nice lesson for the car rental agency. If you ever decide to bring in a 430 HP rear-wheel-drive sports car to have rented, then maybe you ought to expect one too many eager – and reckless - drivers dropping by and renting them out.
High-speed driving always invites danger and unfortunately for this poor fellow, his Ferrari F430 ended up paying a steep price for his joyride.
Driving at speeds of over 180 mph in his F430, the man was probably feeling the wind slamming into his face, not a car in the world. Just as he was on the verge of feeling invincible, a sharp crack woke him up from his daydream and sensing that something was terribly wrong, immediately started slowing down. Unfortunately for him, the damage had already been done.
At around 120 mph, the F430’s right rear tire exploded and, mind you, this wasn’t a standard blowout because as soon as tire burst, it ended up completely destroying the F430’s rear quarter panel.
Now, tire blowouts normally don’t do this type of damage to a car but then again, cars running at over 180 mph are probably stretching the limits of their tires a little too thin. Thankfully – and we’re saying this relative to the alternative – it wasn’t any of the front tires that blew out because if that would’ve happened, it would’ve been a lot worse for the driver and his ride.
A few days ago, we reported on that brand-new Mercedes SLR McLaren – it was a day old – getting smashed into smithereens after it’s driver, a 23-year old guy that had too much bravado for his own good, engaged in a street race with a Ferrari 599 GTB.
We all know how that turned out.
The SLR was sent careening into the opposite side of the road where it ended up colliding with several oncoming cars. Fortunately for all parties concerned, nobody was seriously hurt, although the SLR did have a young kid in the passenger seat that suffered minor injuries.
As for the idiot driver, he reportedly fled the scene of the crash and didn’t show until 17 hours later because he ‘took the kid’ to the hospital.
No matter how expensive your car may be, it’s safety and well-being is still not exempt from people’s stupid decisions.
Take this guy from Poland for instance. A day after his father bought a 2008 Mercedes McLaren SLR, the 23-year old crashed the day-old vehicle into three other cars. While details surrounding as to how it happened are a mystery, the guy reportedly saw a Ferrari 599 GTB out on the road and decided to challenge the 599 to a good old fashion street race. Well, judging from the photos, we all know how that went.
It’s bad enough that the car costs around $700,000, but to make things worse, the schmuck was driving with a young child in the passenger seat. The poor kid ended up getting hurt from the vehicular mishap while the driver of the SLR went AWOL for almost 17 hours before showing up again.
We feel terrible for the SLR but in this particular case, our hearts go out to the young kid who got hurt because somebody was being an irresponsible adult.
A week ago, we showed you photos of the Green Hornet’s ride, the Black Beauty, crashing into a small concrete wall. While speculation was rampant that it was merely a stunt, this video we got from TMZ seems to show that the car did lose control and crashed into a cop car first before hitting the concrete wall.
The clip shows the Black Beauty doing a scene where it effortlessly navigates through the scene unscathed. Then the same scene was shot again but this time, the Black Beauty apparently loses control, hits the police car, and crashes into the barrier.
Now, there’s a thin line between a scripted scene and an actual accident, especially in Hollywood, but the more we watch the video, the more it looks like the accident was neither planned nor was it intentional.
We normally don’t come across a lot of celebrity news around here, except of course when we’re snooping around to find out which A-class celeb purchased what exotic supercar. But then again, this piece of news we found cortesy of photos shared by Just Jared were just too good to pass up.
As you may very well know by now, Hollywood is buzzing in anticipation of the Green Hornet movie that is currently under production. One of the things a lot of us pistonheads are excited about this movie is the Hornet’s ride, the Black Beauty Crown Imperial.
Unfortunately, while the crew was filming a scene with the Black Beauty, the car ended up crashing onto a cement barrier of the CAA building in Century City with rescue workers scrambling into the scene to check for any injuries. Now, we don’t know if this was a real accident or just part of the script, but judging from the photos, the scene looks more and more likely to be an unscripted one.
Sometimes, taking matters into your own hands can often lead to disastrous consequences.
Take the case of one Mr. Robert Caton. After purchasing a bed from Tesco Direct, Caton was livid when he found out that the bed he ordered was delivered without a mattress so just like any short-tempered consumer who lives and dies by the credo ‘the customer is always right’, Caton resorted to the dirty old trick of crashing his car through a window of a Tesco store.
That’s not the juicy part. The car he chose as his battering ram was no less than a finely-conditioned 1983 Rolls Royce Spirit. In all fairness to him, he did warn everybody inside – the security guards included – that if he wasn’t going to get his beloved mattress, he was pushing the pedal to the metal.
Canton’s stuntman act came after he blew his top off when store managers of this particular Tesco store told him that they couldn’t do anything about his complaint since the order was purchased online at Tesco Direct.
So in an act of rage, Canton drove his beautiful Rolls Royce straight through the store.
We don’t know who we’re going to pity most with this story: Canton, Tesco, or the Rolls. But knowing us, we’re most likely turning blue seeing a Rolls Royce being reduced as a battering ram by its cuckoo owner.
We won’t fault you if you can’t. This charred remnant was once a 2005 Dodge Viper and if there was ever any car accident that you don’t want to be in the middle of, this should take the cake. The driver of the car was cruising along the streets of Laurel, Mississippi when he lost control of his Viper while passing another car. As a result, his rear end gets dislodged, loses control of his vehicle and goes off to the side of the road.
If that wasn’t enough, he crashes his Viper into a tree, after which, it catches fire. The photo of the once-proud American muscle car is a gruesome sight, unrecognized beyond despair.
Now you’re probably wondering what became of the poor man behind the wheel of this car. Well, judging from the severity of his crash and burn – literally speaking, of course – he suffered two broken ankles and a broken right arm. Considering the extent of the crash, three broken bones in his body would probably be considered a blessing in disguise because quite frankly, it could have been much worse.
Sometimes, there are just pieces of video that are so unbelievable; you have to see it first to believe it. Take this particular video that a group of tourists shot while they were cruising along a highway somewhere in Israel. These tourists, enamored by the sight of three galloping horses in the opposite lane of the highway, decided to record this extraordinary – at least for them – occurrence without knowing that it would turn out to become a video worthy of the YouTube Hall of Fame.
Not long after they started recording, an incoming car came into view and was headed straight for the galloping stallions. Two of the horses managed to get out of the way while the last horse, with no time to move out of the car’s path, decided to take on the vehicle head-on by trampling all over the hood and windshield before continuing on its merry way.
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