Pure Adrenaline

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Don't care if it's a repost.

Check out this idiot driver. Baseball cap and no safety gear but cool racing gloves... one handed steering. His line is off. No wonder he crashed.

http://www.streetfire.net/video/how-...vo_2185406.htm

justnspace

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I think he forgot to brake....

v6cord2k5

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that was hilarious!

Fibonacci

Awesome skillzzzzzz!!! Shame he had such a wide open overrun.

I want to see the after pics.

DaChef320

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the Evo might be too fast for him

'01White3.2CL

next time, I wont be so quick to tell the young idiot drivers "take it to the track"...but then again, on the road that would have been an innocent person.

This guy should stay off the damn track...I bet his friend got the footage and put it online! lol

And he headed back out on the track after the crash? what a dipshit!

onebadna1nsx

CLpower

I will give him credit for putting it right back into gear and going back out!

Aman

Even Ayrton Senna crashed. Just because he wrecked doesn't make him an idiot.

Now the no helmet and driving gloves... that's funny.

Will Y.

He didn't crash-- he overran the course.

This must have been a private track or unsanctioned event if he is driving with no helmet, too.

speedemon90

He may not be an idiot, that may to be to strong, but like OP said his line was not good. He turned int to early, I think. And no helmet just shows this guy is not meant to drive on the track with his friend. He needs an instructor. He's really lucky there was such a huge runoff and he still used all of it!

I know my first time I hit the track I'll be sure to do it with an instructor. No matter how good a driver I think I am, I'm not as good as the instructor sitting next to me. And his words of wisdom will keep me on the track I hope.

Costco

He did turn in too early.... but he was going WAY too fast. I don't have audio but the speedo needle didn't even drop much.

Aman

Looks like he tried just diving for the corner and mashing the brakes. Didn't work out well.

On another point, 99% of the tracks out there require you to run with an instructor if you're new, and even autocrosses require a helmet? How did this guy get to drive without an instructor or a helmet? Where was this?

Crazy Bimmer

ouch.

Bearcat94

Bet he doesn't try that again.

neuronbob

at no helmet. He's a doofus for that.

Everyone screws up on a track at some time. He just didn't brake in time. Probably didn't know the lines on that track.

lightjak_tsx

Pure Adrenaline

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Well, let's see. There was the sudden stop when he ran into the berm going backward. There was the thud. Then he says "I don't have a rear bumper anymore."

How is that not a crash?

knight rider

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I say he's an idiot for driving on the track with one hand.

CLtotheTL32

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One handed on a track ftl.

I've always wanted take my car to the track for a day but I've never driven on one and I'm scared shit like that will happen. Then again I'll probably be driving like a grandma

mattg

I bet the guy in the VW got a kick out of that.

justnspace

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*checks rear view....."oh shit an evo is coming up fast!!!"
*slows down for turn and watches Evo slide past ftw!

iforyou

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guys it's a evo with AWD...it's designed for rally races....I bet this guy was just trying to see how good his rally car is......

majin ssj eric

He took an awful line into that turn too, besides just coming in too hot. He turned in way too early....

princelybug

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His line was definitely off, and BOTH occupants should've had helmets on.

But, drivers going off course is a very common occurrence at the track.

CCColtsicehockey

Ridiculous they have no helmets on for sure.

Hoping to hit up some track days this summer actually but need to find a local performance driving school first before I want to take my own car to the track.

skh

but it's EVO, and it's all-wheel drive so it should NEVER crash or go off course...

Will Y.

I turned off the volume a couple of seconds into the video and missed the rear bumper comment.

OTOH, it's a crash if the car collides with something or rolls over; going over a berm doesn't qualify as a "crash" to most racers-- the car got "loose," lost traction and went off the course, but luckily he didn't "crash."

Rockstar21

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i bet he called him nemesis and started doing an evil laugh.

Bearcat94

You can take your car down to Carolina Motor Sports Park. It's about an hour south of Charlotte. You'll be required to have an instructor (and a helmet) until you gain experience (a few track days) AND pass their "solo" requirement.

For other HPD schools, check the Lowes Motor Speedway website - I think Skip Barber and a couple of others do schools out of there.

Flipster23

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O shiiiit he went
Blooocakohaaaaa

that sucks

Pure Adrenaline

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Meh, tomato, tomahto, I guess.

I race, too, and if you lose control, hit something and break your shit, you just crashed. If he had stopped short of the berm without hitting it, then he would've just "gone off the track", a practice I'm unfortunately all too familiar with.

stangg172004

No no no no, people. He is an idiot for running around a track with no helmet. Even if it was private. Idiotic.

MarbleGT

...what the hell kind of track lets you on without a helmet...

Either way...that guy is a giant doucher. Theres probably a system in the trunk constantly pumping out something to the tune of Eminem.

Bearcat94

I saw some track day video from Canada and they didn't require helmets and let as many people ride with you as you wanted.

I've heard in the UK, at many tracks, they'll open 'em up, you drive up and pay your 5 or 10 pounds and off you go - no helmet, no inspection, no check ride, nothing. Pretty much the same for the Nurburgring - pay your money and off you go.

OTOH - I don't know of any track/track-day in the US that would allow a track day without a helmet. (not that I know of many, but of those I've looked up - helmet required).

I'm guessing this was Canada.

majin ssj eric

I wish track days were less restrictive here as in Europe. If you don't wanna wear a helmet why should they make you? If you get hurt or killed it would be your own fault (in a common sense world anyway). I wish tracks here would let you show up, pay your money, and run the track without all of these stupid restrictions. Damn lawyers....

princelybug

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Why would the driver ever post this?

TheMirror

Yah I'm not going to be so forgiving, that's utterly talentless driving. Taking a wrong line and going off-track is one thing, but this was misjudging corner entry speed by like 50% and flying through all of the runoff into the berm. Seriously, that's the kind of incident you create on video games when you're trying to crash for fun.

Dude needs to sell what's left of the Evo, buy something slower that still handles, and use the difference to go to Skip Barber or Bondurant; for his sake and the sake of the driving community at large.

Majofo

Brakes are for Pussies.

Aman

I think helmets are mandatory at tracks for the same reason seat belts are on the road. They're uncomfortable, but you'll be damn glad they were required when you wreck.

That being said, I disagree with the whole pay and you go, with no inspection. The last thing we need on racetracks is people who don't have common courtesy, don't know when to yield, proper passing zones, etc. Teach them how to drive, then let them loose. Probably have a racing license of some sort.