23 July 2009 - 12:00
When Fiestas go bad
Ever wondered what happens when an 800bhp Fiesta decides to take the, er, off-road route up Pikes Peak?
We've just stumbled across this amateur video (no, not that sort of amateur video) on YouTube showing the aftermath of Stefan Eriksson's Fiesta crash at Pikes Peak last weekend:
Sadly you don't see the Fiesta departing the tarmac, but it's clear by its impressively wedged position that Eriksson got it spectacularly wrong as he aimed to break the elusive 10-minute barrier.
The other Pikes Peak Fiesta, driven by rally legend Marcus Gronholm, did manage to complete the 12.42-mile hillclimb, but blew its turbo near the top of the course, crossing the line on fire.
The race was won for the fourth year in succession by Nobuhiro ‘Monster' Tajima.
Eriksson will just be thinking himself lucky that he lost it on a fairly flat section of the course, and not over one of Pikes' unprotected thousand-foot cliffs. And that he had the honour to be towed out of the ditch by Randy's ute. Yee-haw...
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I lol'd at the "Drive One" slogan. I bet he'd love to!
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Hey I found the video on youtube! Here's the link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ6wwQgRK0o&feature=related
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Well, the 6ft Spoilers didn't help. LOL
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scariest thing ive ever seen.
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fiesta having that power bloody ell
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toby1993 commented on this article
23 July 2009
found something in the related videos, it shows the crash :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WEn-305qWc&eurl=http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/fiesta-pikes-peak-crash-2009-07-23&feature=player_embedded have fun!!
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