Motorsport OMG / WTF moments - Racing Funnies, Fails, Crashes, And Randomness

[PaMu1337]

In honor of the Dutch GP, here's some traditional Dutch racing footage. Which is a bit... special

 

[Dylan]

NASCAR Xfinity series race last night at Darlington Raceway came down to 3 drivers giving everything they had for the win. Audio is from the radio broadcast of the race.

 

[Blitz24]

NASCAR Xfinity series race last night at Darlington Raceway came down to 3 drivers giving everything they had for the win. Audio is from the radio broadcast of the race.

GT7 would probably penalize all 3 of them there.

 

[Jimlaad43]

 

[Samus]

NASCAR Xfinity series race last night at Darlington Raceway came down to 3 drivers giving everything they had for the win. Audio is from the radio broadcast of the race.

Is the name of that event seriously 'Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200'?

 

[Jimlaad43]

2022 Dutch GP fans' headwear

 

[Blitz24]

Is the name of that event seriously 'Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200'?

There have been worse names than that, somehow.

 

[Liquid]

There have been worse names than that, somehow.

Every time I flick through Nascar seasons on Wikipedia, it is just pure cringe for me.

2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips At The Glen

 

[Jimlaad43]

Indycar's not much better.

2021 Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix
2017 Rainguard Water Sealers Grand Prix

 

[Panoz]

Here's a perfect case of a commentator's curse with a bizarre engine failure during a caution lap.

 

[Jimlaad43]

 

[Obelisk]

The durability of those roll cages never fails to amaze me.

 

[Liquid]

That looks like moon gravity.

 

[Jimlaad43]

 

[Pete05]

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And yet if there were sausage kerbs or bolts protruding from the red & white surface that ruined their tyres, they'd all manage to somehow magically stay within track limits.

The blatant abuse of track limits is one of my biggest hates about modern motorsport.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

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"When they tell the drivers the track limits are defined by the white lines"

 

[ScottPuss20]

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What track limits?

 

[24HuresdeLoL]

 

[Liquid]

Great vid but the TV direction is horrible. Just show the damn race. Even missed the lead car spinning out.

 

[Samus]

And yet if there were sausage kerbs or bolts protruding from the red & white surface that ruined their tyres, they'd all manage to somehow magically stay within track limits.

The blatant abuse of track limits is one of my biggest hates about modern motorsport.

I don't get it either. It's one of the simplest, core parts of almost all motorsport, driving on a predefined course and the first to complete a set distance on that course wins.

If you're just going to let people make their own courses, what is the point? They haven't driven the track. What other sports with similar defined areas of play allow people some leeway? None that I know of.

 

[Liquid]

I don't get it either. It's one of the simplest, core parts of almost all motorsport, driving on a predefined course and the first to complete a set distance on that course wins.

If you're just going to let people make their own courses, what is the point? They haven't driven the track. What other sports with similar defined areas of play allow people some leeway? None that I know of.

"And when the ball goes out of play, I can keep dribbling, right? I can knock it off the advertising boards and keep going?"

 

[Jimlaad43]

Everything about this lap hurts my brain

 

[DG_Silva]

Ignoring the mirror, Monaco makes for a much more interesting circuit in reverse.

 

[Twisteddrift]

Everything about this lap hurts my brain

I've now questioned everything.

 

[PaMu1337]

Everything about this lap hurts my brain

I had already seen it, but it still messes me up when I watch it.

 

[Liquid]

I found that very easy to follow and yeah, @DG_Silva is right, Monaco seems much more interesting backwards.

 

[Earth]

Unbelievable how close this was to tragedy

 

[TheElbows]

That's just dumb and dangerous.

 

[Twisteddrift]

The scary part was that the helmet fell off. It reminds me of when of Michael Andretti's pitcrew was run over the head but somehow survived. I can't remember what year what it but in the CART era I believe.

 

[PaMu1337]

Not the most typical place to crash at RBR