Losing control of your car and smashing either into a wall or another vehicle while doing a quarter mile run on the track at full speed is fathomable, but having an accident in reverse during a warm up sprint is not…

Two drivers in hot hatchbacks were getting ready to race each other at a drag strip in the German town of Bautzen in eastern Saxon.

Before starting the race, the motorists revved up their engines and made a short dash to get their vehicle tires warmed up.

Upon returning to the starting line in reverse, however, the driver of the white-colored first generation VW Golf didn’t pay attention or he had some sort of mechanical failure and ended up crashing into a Honda CRX that was patiently waiting for its turn on the drag strip!

Watch the incident in the video that follows below.

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