Make no mistake, drag racing is an incredibly dangerous sport, despite how ‘easy’ it may look from the comfort of your couch – and, during an event in the United States recently, a driver and spectators experienced this fact first hand.
As the driver of an extensively modified Ford Mustang accelerated off the line, the immense power of the muscle car almost immediately tipped it onto its rear wheels.
Without a wheelie bar, the Mustang’s front-end continues to soar higher and higher into the sky before it lifts off, flying 300 feet down the drag strip and coming to a brutal crash landing against the concrete barrier.
Despite the horrific incident, the driver managed to escape the vehicle just after it caught fire. The car didn’t fare so well. The high-speed wreck utterly destroyed it and the subsequent fire helped to scorch the engine and windshield.