Right. Who hasn’t blown down a public mountain at 140. I mean reallly.

I think the fatal long-distance ejection victim was actually the driver’s wife. The driver was ejected but survived with severe injuries. I’ve read that they had five-point harnesses (it was a prepped car) but, when they crashed at an estimated 180 mph, the car came apart.

Reminds me of that crash years ago at the Silverstate Classic, where they close a highway in Nevada. A Ferrari Testarossa did that and ejected the driver 300 feet.

When I lived in LA, I went on a few drives with local car clubs - there were a few exotic Ferraris and Lamborghinis, but mostly RS and S Audis, Porsches, BMW M models. All fairly new German performance cars. People were typically pretty respectable. I remember one time meeting up for a drive in the valley early on a…

What frustrates me about these ‘road rallies’ is that posh track days are now very much a thing. There’s opportunities in most every major US state and major area unless you live somewhere like BFE Montana. Not only because it’s now so ridiculously expensive to rent major racing facilities for any reasonable racing…

At least they called it an “incident” in their statement, and not an “accident”. Accidents are not preventable. This was, simply by not driving in the manner that they were.

Drivers from this event almost killed me and my wife. We have a rental in the Norwood area and were down there checking on it. We were going out of town for a hike when several exotics with some sort of livery zoomed towards us at a zillion miles an hour passing others and heading right for us head on. I braked, they…

My first thought: How can a crash throw you out of a rally car??? 

Seeing the back end so crushed, I wondered to myself, “Self, where is the engine?” Then I saw it, “Oh, there it is, disembodied”.

ehhh just because they died doing something incredibly stupid and reckless doesn’t mean they weren’t people who also had positive qualities,  as well as loved ones that’ll miss them. Two things, can be true, after all. A fatality can be both a sad event, and a product of incredible stupidity.

I just drove this exact stretch of road last weekend on my way back from Flyin’ Miata’s Summer Camp and at no point would I have felt comfortable doing a 140mph on any stretch of that road in any vehicle. The problem is that cars are too fast, speed is too accessible, and people are way to dumb to be responsible with…

So, I don’t understand how some jamoke working at a dealership got access to the employee purchase website and was able to generate EP control numbers without some inside help from actual Stellantis employee(s) with a password to the Employee Advantage website.

Not the first nasty, even fatal crash from one of these stupid rallies. Years ago another 911 Turbo in one of these rallies (the infamous Gumball) hit and killed a couple in a passing car. The rich douchebags who organize these things for other rich douchebags just get away with it by telling participants “Obey the…

140 mph, on a country road, in a ‘rally’ that wasn’t regulated or approved for those speeds.

Crown Rally, a copycat of Gumball?

I’m glad they only hurt themselves and not anyone else. Everything about these events epitomizes the idea of a douchebag. It’s incredibly unsafe, braggy for the point of being braggy, wholly inconsiderate of the safety and well-being of anyone else, and generally gives the vibe of “I am the coolest fucking person on…

I agree in principle but as a cynic, the point of a Ferrari is this:

I’m going to mindlessly blame the driver for reasons I’m pulling straight out of my ass.

9pm so dark

I find it funny you decided to criticize unknown things, like what the victim was wearing. You should be able to wear whatever clothing you want and not fear being struck and killed by a vehicle.  For all we know she was lit up like the Times Square Ball.