Racing Wrecks

Lexus LF-A supercar burns it up at the Nürburgring 24

There were two Lexus LF-As entered into last week’s Nurburgring 24 Hour race prepared by the Gazoo Racing Team. This is what happened to one of them, car #15, about two hours from the end of the enduro. Information courtesy of Autoblog.

Lamborghini Diablo Crashes In Front Of Crowd

Here’s a Lamborghini Diablo crash caught on video. The damage done to the truck looks to be light, but the damage to the front of the Diablo and more importantly, to the driver’s ego, is gonna be a whole lot more expensive and time consuming to fix. Is it any surprise this overly confident tool leaves [...]

Drag-Racing “Cool Bus” Crashes In Texas

The one-of-a-kind exhibition drag-racing “Cool Bus,” built by Ken Nelson, crashed at last month’s O’Reilly Thunder Jam. Luckily, Ken was uninjured. Let’s take a closer look at the “Cool Bus” and video of the crash… there’s two more videos after the jump. The “Cool Bus” is a one-of-a-kind exhibition drag racing vehicle, hand-crafted by its owner, [...]

Nitrous Shot Blows 600 HP GT-R Engine

How much abuse will the engine in a Nissan GT-R take? Not a 150 shot of NOS on top of 600 wheel HP, that’s for sure. Video and information courtesy of Jalopnik.

A J Carlisi Flips Over The Roof Of Cody Fernett’s Legend Car at Huntsville Speedway

AJ Carlisi, a 13-year-old from Dalton, GA, flips and rides down the front stretch wall at Huntsville on April 11, 2009. The car was destroyed, but AJ walks away. This video was courtesy of the Georgia Stock Car Racing Newsletter.

Drag racing Camaro gets a surprise when he drops the hammer

It looks like someone either forgot to tighten some suspension bolts, or this thing is making way more horsepower than the rear end can handle. Video courtesy of FailBlog.

Driver Flips Rally Car 17 Times On His Birthday, Lives

In-car camera and track-side footage shows Jari-Matti Latvala of Finland in a Ford Focus WRC flip his car in a corner and roll 500 feet a hillside during last weekend’s Rally de Portugal. Info and video from Jalopnik.

Jason Plato makes epic save during BTCC race at Brands Hatch

Those of you familiar with Fifth Gear have undoubtedly enjoyed Tiff Needell and Jason Plato’s powersliding shootouts, and at this weekend’s British Touring Car Championship, Plato had the opportunity to show off his sideways skills at Brands Hatch. At the beginning of the second lap, Plato was leading in his Lacetti as Jonathan Adams in [...]

First 2010 Chevy Camaro Crash!

While not strictly a “racing wreck”, we thought this was interesting enough to post. The inevitable has happened, someone has crashed a 2010 Chevy Camaro, ripping it’s nose off. It happened near its birthplace in Oakville, Ontario. Nobody was seriously injured in the accident — except the Camaro. The details are thin, but the crash happened March [...]

British Touring Car Wreck… watch the tire after it comes off the car

Video was courtesy of Fail Blog.