We’re going to get Friday off to a smashing start, literally. One of our European forum members tipped us off to video clips of a wheel-stander, The Little Green Wagon, drilling the guardrail and rolling during a run at a strip across the pond. If there’s one thing that wheel-stander drivers and gymnasts have in common it is the need to stick their landings. This one, not so much.
We cannot tell if the wheels were turned when the truck touched down or if something went away in the front end due to the impact of coming back to Earth, but the results were super un-good for the driver. He climbs out of the truck eventually, which is good, but the ol’ Dodge is way wrecked.
This video is a good illustration of why many strips have abandoned the linked Jersey-barrier style walls. You can pretty clearly see here how they get compromised during a big impact.
Thanks to BangShift.com forum member Gerrit for the tip!
There’s a little foul langage in this one. Jump to :25 to skip to the action.
This one is clean. Again, jump to :25.:
Yet another view:
Here’s the truck on a better day:
