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

[Jimlaad43]

There was a (light) plane crash at Bathurst?

 

[Pete05]

There was a (light) plane crash at Bathurst?

Simply could not believe what I was watching.

Talk about over hype it with a stunt!

 

[zjn]

Final laps in IMSA and the #1 car goes light off for a while.
Link in Italian, but still worth watching

 

[MagpieRacer]

Marc Marquez rips a tear-off but it falls beneath his bike and comes to rest under the rear wheel, totally ruining his start.



Still went on to win the race.

 

[Rossell2]

This one just came round on the feed.

 

[Dylan]

The pace car has crashed into the barrels at the start of the pit road wall in the NASCAR championship race.

 

[PaMu1337]

Not so much racing, but a good video from the Williams rebuild after ge Brazil GP

 

[Har1MAS1415]

The Pacific team's 1995 F1 Season Launch

How long does it take to open a bottle of champagne?

 

[Har1MAS1415]

A lesson in reversing your vehicle with Mahaveer Raghunathan (correct spelling?)

 

[Pete05]

A lesson in reversing your vehicle with Mahaveer Raghunathan (correct spelling?)

How in the hell did this fool qualify for a racing licence?

 

[Har1MAS1415]

How in the hell did this fool qualify for a racing licence?

How indeed?

 

[TheCracker]

How in the hell did this fool qualify for a racing licence?

I'm surprised he even managed to get a road licence with that level of ineptitude.

* edit * - he has some outstanding race stats for anyone who cares to look them up.

 

[Har1MAS1415]

I'm surprised he even managed to get a road licence with that level of ineptitude.

* edit * - he has some outstanding race stats for anyone who cares to look them up.

Didn't even win anything in any form of Motor Racing until 2017 in the BOSS GP Series (Where, incidentally, he won the Formula Class title!)

(I've looked it up!)

 

[MagpieRacer]

Didn't even win anything in any form of Motor Racing until 2017 in the BOSS GP Series (Where, incidentally, he won the Formula Class title!)

(I've looked it up!)

Beating well known talent such as 'Peter'. And was also the only driver to race every round 😅.

 

[Har1MAS1415]

Beating well known talent such as 'Peter'. And was also the only driver to race every round 😅.

With only 1 outright victory to boot.

 

[Scaff]

I'm surprised he even managed to get a road licence with that level of ineptitude.

* edit * - he has some outstanding race stats for anyone who cares to look them up.

He was outstandingly rubbish in every way.

 

[TheCracker]

He was outstandingly rubbish in every way.

I was looking at some of his F2 results. In races where Nicolas Laffiti and Nikita Mazepin were competing at the sharp end, he was 5 seconds off the pace

 

[Har1MAS1415]

In more recent times, we've had Niels Koolen, not all Dutch drivers can be Max after all...

 

[Pete05]

In more recent times, we've had Niels Koolen, not all Dutch can be Max after all...

They're both proof that some people have more dollars than sense.

I'm kind of shocked that a class as prestigious as F2, doesn't enforce a minimum qualifying time of 105% of the pole position.

In addition, the fact Koolen was allowed to wobble around 3 seconds per lap off the pace at Monza, also proves just how far out of his depth he really is.

I'm not sure if they still do, but even NASCAR used to enforce a minimum lap speed, to stop those that cobbled together a car for a participation medal.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Ott Tanak crashed out of rally Japan in spectacular fashion at the weekend. However the shocking OMG moment comes later, as Martin Jarvejoa is retrieving documentation from their car, Heikki Kovalainen crashes in the same spot, landing on the Hyundai. Jarvejoa is able to get clear in time to avoid a serious incident.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Ott Tanak crashed out of rally Japan in spectacular fashion at the weekend. However the shocking OMG moment comes later, as Martin Jarvejoa is retrieving documentation from their car, Heikki Kovalainen crashes in the same spot, landing on the Hyundai. Jarvejoa is able to get clear in time to avoid a serious incident.

The onboard from both crashes is insane to watch. Massive airborne crashes

 

[Har1MAS1415]

Since the race just ended, I’ll put the results in the spoiler tab, but some context is needed for what went down here.

Spoiler: Spoiler

A lot of complicated NASCAR Championship format things but the short version, Ross Chastain had to beat Denny Hamlin in the race to be eligible to race for the championship in next weekends season finale if Christopher Bell won. On the final lap, Chastain was 5 places behind Hamlin. So in the final corner, in a move a pure desperation, stuck the car in high gear, kept it pinned, and rode the wall all the way thru 3 & 4. And he came off the corner side by side with Hamlin and beat him to the line.

 

[Har1MAS1415]

Ott Tanak crashed out of rally Japan in spectacular fashion at the weekend. However the shocking OMG moment comes later, as Martin Jarvejoa is retrieving documentation from their car, Heikki Kovalainen crashes in the same spot, landing on the Hyundai. Jarvejoa is able to get clear in time to avoid a serious incident.

The onboard from both crashes is insane to watch. Massive airborne crashes

HO-LY COW!

(Apologies for the profanity of my initial reaction.)

 

[Jimlaad43]

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

Indycar's not much better.

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

Digging up this old conversation because of this article at Motorsport.com that goes through some properly evil sponsorship race names.

https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/strange-funny-and-absurd-nascar-race-names-to-remember/10684466/

 

[Pete05]

Digging up this old conversation because of this article at Motorsport.com that goes through some properly evil sponsorship race names.

https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/strange-funny-and-absurd-nascar-race-names-to-remember/10684466/

This read is all the proof you'll ever need, to know that NASCAR has no shame at all. None. Not a trace.

 

[ScottPuss20]

Digging up this old conversation because of this article at Motorsport.com that goes through some properly evil sponsorship race names.

https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/strange-funny-and-absurd-nascar-race-names-to-remember/10684466/

Crown Royal Presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 at the Brickyard Powered by BigMachineRecords.com​

Wow wee.

 

[Carbonox]

And I used to think the syllable record held by the 1-866RBCTerm.com 200 couldn't possibly be bested.

 

[PaMu1337]

And I used to think the syllable record held by the 1-866RBCTerm.com 200 couldn't possibly be bested.

It doesn't even get halfway 😮 (13 vs 27 if I counted correctly)

 

[Pete05]

It doesn't even get halfway 😮 (13 vs 27 if I counted correctly)

12 not 13 unless you're counting the dash between the 1 and the 8, which I'm sure the majority of us don't do.

 

[Jimlaad43]

By the way F1 has that record all beaten in 2024 with:
Formula 1 MSC Cruises Gran Premio del Made in Italy E Dell'Emilia-Romagna 2024
A whopping 33 syllables