Paul Tan on the Automotive Industry
This is a video account of race car driver Joey Hand’s BMW crash – his Matt Connolly Motorsports BMW M3 gets nudged off the track by a Pontiac GTO.R, and somehow ends up getting launched into the air by an elevated piece of land – he then spins around for 8 times before landing on the other end of the track. Click here for the driver’s account. Tip thanks to Shaolin Tiger. Video after the jump.
Video: Joey Hand’s BMW M3 Crash
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
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That's the most spectacular race crash I've seen. At the 6th spin, the car sommersaulted airborne; vertically more than 360 degrees. The fact that the driver escaped serious injury is a miracle itself. The M3 is a total wreck.
thank god the driver's alright..
OMFG, that was a horrific if not spectacular crash. Geez.
the momentum is just awesome..im certain joey hand gonna be pistoff berdarah with tht carl guy coz i would!
Awesome..The car has a good momentum.
Can enter guiness book of record? beating top gear?
That is a spectacular crash! The video just goes to show how safe the car is; all those crashes and the passenger compartment is still ok; only the front and rear end are damaged, lucky he's alright!
it's a race car with roll cage and eveyrthing
The most dangerous part of a touring car that can kill you is the side. Nissan BTCC driver Keith O'dor was killed tragically from a side impact and one Aussie V8 driver has already been killed this year.
That's why FIA has redesigned the position of the 'X' shaped roll cage on the door to be lower than your waist so that it doesn't protrude into the cabin and smash your body.
This information should be useful to those boyracers who race on the road and think that they are invincible…
'gymnasitc MODE' turned "ON"
Stupid circuit, how can you have a 'bump' beside a race track. No safety in mind.
Hmmm..VW Malaysia will meet the same fate as the rest of its cousins..Skoda, Fiat, Alfa and Ford…To survive in malaysia, the price has to be realistic. Honda and Toyota should be VW's closest rivals..