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Sick Week Racer Crashes 3,000 HP Car, Refuses To Quit

Andrew Wolf — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 14:33:52 +0000

Drag-and-drive newcomer Stefan Rossi crashed his beautiful Nova at high speed, but soldiered on through that and other mechanical melee in a tireless effort at Sick Week 2022.

VIDEO: Driver Walks Away From INSANE No-Prep Crash

Brian Wagner — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 22:58:02 +0000

Sammy Tompkins experienced one of the most violent crashes you’ll ever see at a drag strip.
Thankfully Tompkins walked away from this wreck, but a spectator was injured.

The Need for Speed: Father And Son Busted After Lincoln Tunnel Crash

Andy Bolig — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:20:52 +0000

We all make mistakes and if we’re lucky, we learn from it and get to live and tell about it.
This father-son duo should serve as a lesson to us all.

Video: Watch Pro Mod Racer Jeremy Ray’s Wild Topeka Crash

Andrew Wolf — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:24:21 +0000

NHRA Pro Mod star Jeremy Ray was uninjured in a wild, single-car crash Sunday in Topeka.
Ray’s Corvette got loose and shot across the racetrack, nearly striking Erica Enders in the process.

Taking It To The Streets: Is Racing In “Mexico” Worth The Risk?

Brian Havins — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:21:30 +0000

Street Racing has been going on for decades and is extremely popular with racers and fans.
As these cars start pushing the limits of power and traction they can become a deadly force.

Video: Brutal 427 Corvette Sets Pole And Spins At Road Atlanta

Tommy Parry — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:00:49 +0000

Charged up on adrenaline, Jody O’Donnell shows us how to manhandle an 800-horsepower Corvette at Road Atlanta. On a committed qualifying lap, he saws at the wheel, spins the rears, snags pole—and then spins.

Car Show Goes Wrong: It Actually Wasn’t A Mustang This Time…

Jenna Schiebe — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:17:57 +0000

Watch as this car show goes from bad to worse. Surprisingly, it wasn’t a Mustang this time. It was a GTO and fourth-gen Camaro that kicked off these Mustang-like activities.

Corvette Damaged In A Florida Parking Lot

Lauren Camille — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 15:29:51 +0000

A defenseless C1 Corvette was damaged in the parking lot of a Englewood, Florida, Walmart last week. A Ford Taurus was the alleged attacker. Read more about the confrontation here.

Drive It Like You Stole It! Corvette Crashes Into Ravine

Garage Girl — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:51:17 +0000

If ever there was a situation that matched the catchphrase “drive it like you stole it” with perfection, this video epitomizes that sentiment. And we mean literally.

Video: Rare Ultima GTR “Pulls A Mustang” In Russia

Bradley Iger — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:00:57 +0000

The Ultima GTR is one of the fastest supercars that money can buy. But with a GM small-block V8 mounted in the middle that sends the thrust to the rear wheels through a manual gearbox, it can be a bit of a handful.

Video: Crashing At 195 MPH, And They Walked Away From Tangled Mess

Michael Harding — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 01:11:12 +0000

When Nacho and Louie teamed up to take their 1,800 horsepower Camaro out for a 195 mph run, a finish line rollover was not what they expected. It’s nothing short of a miracle they survived to talk about it.

Video: Camaro Z/28 Prototype Eats It On The Nurburgring

Chris Demorro — Fri, 13 May 2016 17:09:10 +0000

As is custom, GM has sacrificed one of its Camaro Z/28 prototype on the altar of the Nurburgring in the pursuit of building the ultimate performance car.

Video: Feelin’ the Burn, Literally – C3 Goes Up In Flames

Joshua Phillips — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:42:07 +0000

It’s not easy to deal with the loss of your beloved Corvette – especially right after you spent four years restoring it. TRIGGER WARNING – Not for the faint of heart.

Video: Compton Sideshow Spectator Struck By Corvette

Paul Huizenga — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 23:08:36 +0000

I, for one, welcome our new drone overlords, and look forward to the increased quality they will bring to the publicly-shared video record of humanity’s dumbest moments.

Video: Supercharged C6 Z06 Catches Fire After Half-Mile Run

Paul Huizenga — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:03:51 +0000

In this video, we see a supercharged C6 Z06 Corvette trip the beams at more than 180 miles per hour, then burst briefly into flames on the return road.

Sportsman Spotlight: Wade Kiefer Makes His Corvette Scream

Austin Coop — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:41:34 +0000

Since the day he got his first car, Wade Kiefer has been making a Corvette fly down the quarter-mile. After a crash in 2015 sidelined the car, the rebuild is almost finished, and Wade proves it takes a family.

C6 Corvette Test Drive Leads to Fatal Crash in California

Paul Huizenga — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 18:59:43 +0000

CarMax employee Warren Smale was fatally injured in a car crash while riding along during a test drive with Alex Demetro, who was booked on multiple charges by the Ontario police.

Man’s Z06 C7.R Edition That He Waited A Year For Gets Totaled

Joshua Phillips — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:15:54 +0000

Katy, Texas witnessed the very first death of a C7.R-edition Z06. A one-of-only-650 car release, this is a serious loss to the Corvette community – and to the owner, who hadn’t even received his car yet.

Wrecked Vette Wednesday: “Call to Schedule Your Test Drive Today!”

Paul Huizenga — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:26:16 +0000

If you want to test drive this Z06, bring your own steering wheel, because the original one melted.

Video: Proof Not all Canadians are Polite, or Smart for that Matter

Paul Huizenga — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:01:37 +0000

Alleged ne’er-do-ell Wilson Barrett was quickly identified as the impolite driver behind the wheel thanks to a flurry of attention to the videos on social media, despite reportedly selling the car the next day.

Video: 3,000 Horsepower Corvette Takes Flight

Paul Huizenga — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 07:40:02 +0000

We see what happens when you are “only” pushing 2,100 to the tires with a mild tune but still lose traction at better than 190 miles an hour.

C6 Goes Down In Flames – Yet Another Street Race Ends In Disaster

Joshua Phillips — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:58:10 +0000

Street racing strikes again, this time claiming the life of a built Corvette C6. Fortunately, nobody was injured, but the incident stands as yet another example of why to keep racing off public roads.

Video: C6 Z06 Loses a Wheel on The Nürburgring

Dave Cruikshank — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:19:35 +0000

Here’s a scary video for you. Check out this crash on the Nürburgring when a C6 Z06 loses a rear wheel. No one was hurt but we hear there’s a sale on torque wrenches…Maybe its time to look into one.

Video: Nasty Holden Commodore Ute Crash At Longford Revival Festival

Josh Kirsh — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:25:32 +0000

This unfortunate Holden Commodore Ute crash at the Longford Revival Festival in Australia could’ve been a lot worse. We’re glad it wasn’t. Click through to check out the video.

Video: C7.R Crash at 24 Hours of Le Mans Qualifying Session

Brent Davis — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:46:59 +0000

Probable mechanical failure leads to an early retirement of the number 63 GTE Pro Corvette, while being piloted by Jan Magnussen.

Video: Racer Unhurt In Brutal Legal Street Racing Crash In Oklahoma

Andrew Wolf — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 04:19:14 +0000

The driver of this supercharged Corvette was unhurt after a terrifying, high-speed crash on Saturday at the “Small Town Weekend” street racing event put on by the town of El Reno, Oklahoma.

Mustang Tries To Send A Message To GTO, Then Crashes Into Light Pole

Bobby Kimbrough — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:14:52 +0000

A Mustang and GTO get aggressive on a rain-soaked Texas street during the morning commute. The Mustang shows us why it pays to take weather into consideration when it comes to traction.

Video: C7 Z06 Goes For a Launch And Lands in the Weeds

Brent Davis — Sun, 31 May 2015 00:46:26 +0000

Armed with his cameraphone, one man catches his buddy launch his Z06 down an open, country road. Unfortunately, things turn real bad, real fast.

Video: GTO Driver Loses Control On Mulholland, Takes Out Motorcycles

Paul Huizenga — Wed, 27 May 2015 18:43:50 +0000

At least nobody was physically injured, and perhaps the GTO driver learned a lesson about not getting into a situation when you run out of traction, talent, and ideas on public roads.

Video: 5th Gen Camaro Driver Experiences Instant Karma – UPDATED

Paul Huizenga — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 20:02:22 +0000

Nobody turns the key and thinks, “I’m going to get to my destination thirty seconds faster than normal, or crash trying!” but yet it still happens. This time, it’s all caught on video.

Video: Proof Just How Tough “No Prep” Racing Really Is

John Gibson — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 16:46:53 +0000

Close calls don’t get much closer than this – check out the on-board videos from both cars as two mega-horsepower Firebirds almost trade paint…

WVW: Is This Matt Farah’s Wrecked Vette At The Nürburgring?

David Chick — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:45:59 +0000

This video, taken at the Nordschleife section of the Nürburgring, documents an unfortunate encounter with a C6 and a Renault Clio during the CarFriday event. How mad would you be if you were the Corvette driver???

Video: New Footage of Mike Brown’s Outlaw Street Car Reunion Crash

Brian Wagner — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 15:10:25 +0000

Another video has surfaced of Mike Brown’s horrific accident at Memphis during the Outlaw Street Car Reunion II. You can see from this point of view just how violent this accident was.

Video: 1,500 HP Twin Turbo Corvette Almost Wrecks on the Street

Paul Huizenga — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:02:07 +0000

Driving a 1,500 horsepower Corvette on the street is cool. Almost losing control and crashing into not one but two Nissan GT-R’s definitely is not cool.

Corvette Does Loop on Freeway

Randy Bolig — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 16:00:36 +0000

Let’s ride along in a car as we watch the C4 ahead of us do a 360 on the freeway.

Video: 4th Gen Camaro Donuts Go Bad, Exactly Nobody is Surprised

Paul Huizenga — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 20:09:26 +0000

What happens when you run out of room and talent at the same time, while doing donuts in a crowded parking lot? This video from 2012 shows you…

Video: Behind the Scenes of “Momkhana”

Paul Huizenga — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 18:06:53 +0000

In this behind the scenes video, we get a closer look at the movie magic employed to make “Momkhana,” as well as some of the mishaps that occurred during filming…

Video: Baffling Camaro Rear-End Collision Caught on Dashcam

Paul Huizenga — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 17:53:37 +0000

This dashcam video of a Camaro crash from 2013 has us scratching our heads, and perhaps you can figure out what’s going on.

Video: Stolen 5th Gen Camaro Used as a Weapon in an Armed Robbery

Josh Courter — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 17:42:27 +0000

Like something out of a heist movie, a group of robbers used a stolen 5th Generation Camaro to successfully (kinda…) rob a cash and loan van in Montgomery County, Texas.

10-Second Cadillac CTS-V Slams The Wall At Orlando Grudge Race

Andrew Wolf — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:36:10 +0000

The driver of this Cadillac CTS-V lost control on a cold race track and took a brutal head-on hit at more than 60 mph at the recent No Guts No Glory grudge race down in Orlando.

Video: “Crenshaw Takeover” Idiot Crashes Camaro, Doesn’t Stop

Paul Huizenga — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:22:06 +0000

This video from the so-called Crenshaw Takeover proves the adage, “play stupid games, win stupid prizes…” Fortunately, only the wheel on this 4th Gen Camaro had to suffer for the driver’s bad judgement.

Video: Grudge Car Sheers Off Rear Wheel Right Off The Starting Line

Andrew Wolf — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:26:06 +0000

Watch as this Pontiac Trans Am grudge car sheers off the wheel studs and left rear wheel and tire at the starting line and then gets smacked in the rear bumper by that very wheel and tire!

Video: Ray Litz Goes For A Wild Ride At The World Cup Finals

Brian Wagner — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:58:29 +0000

X275 racer Ray Litz went for a wild ride during his first round bye at MIR. A parts failure turned a normal run into a near disaster in the blink of an eye.

Video: Yellow Z06 Goes Backwards On A Freeway (Sort Of)

David Chick — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:43:14 +0000

This 2015 C7 has been dealt a bad hand, but is well on its way to getting better. The Detroit-bound supercar may have been the same one seen crashing at the Nürburgring recently.

Video: Corvette Slams Into Concrete Wall During Illegal Drag Race

Bridgett Davis — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:32:34 +0000

$70k Corvette slams into concrete wall while engaging in an illegal street race. Video captures driver losing control of the Vette as they learn a lesson the hard way.

Videos: What Might Be the First Z/28 Crash – OnStar is There to Help

Paul Huizenga — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:01:06 +0000

This might just be the first Z/28 crash in “civilian” hands – It’s definitely the first to be documented with so much video. But the best part is that OnStar is immediately on the case, trying to help the driver out

Video: An Easy Way to Decrease the Value of Your Vette

Douglas Forinash — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:49:25 +0000

What may have started as a short drive in their convertible C5 ended up as a trip to the repair shop. Probably not the best for resale value…

Wrong-Way Camaro Driver Kills Six on LA Freeway – UPDATED

Paul Huizenga — Fri, 23 May 2014 17:06:16 +0000

The driver of the 2013 Camaro is hospitalized in stable condition, and will face felony charges in the aftermath of the crash that took the life of her sister, a passenger in the car, along with five others.

Video: Camaro ZL1 Takes a Wild Ride to the Bottom of a Pool

Jesse Kleiber — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:19:02 +0000

Upon going on a cruise on a sunny Houston day the man behind the wheel wound up taking his Camaro ZL1 to the last place he would have expected… the bottom of a pool. Just what caused this incident?

Video: 1993 ZR-1 Spyder Recovered from Sinkhole – Hard to Watch

Paul Huizenga — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 17:58:46 +0000

Some of the cars swallowed up in the NCM disaster fared pretty well. Others, like this roofless ZR-1, not so much… If you have a sensitive spot for hurt cars, this video may be Not Safe For Lunch.