Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., GMC
Would-be racer destroys GMC driving wrong way on track
According to Tacoma, Washington station KOMO 4, a man was driving his 1993 GMC "Astrovan" the wrong way around Pacific Raceways near Auburn, Washington when he collided with a guard rail on a straightaway, violently distributing his wanna-be racecar around the track in several pieces. For the record, we're not exactly sure what an "Astrovan" is, but our guess is they were referring to the Safari, GMC's rebadged version the Chevrolet Astro. Regardless, the man's dog riding shotgun was thankfully thrown free of the crash and emerged uninjured. His owner, thought to be an electrician working at the site earlier in the day, however, is seriously injured.
As entertaining as one might think it'd be to drive an ill-suited vehicle around a track, here's yet another reason why racing takes so much training!
[Source: Komotv.com]
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gbh 9:16PM (5/14/2006)
Glad to hear the dog is unharmed.
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ShureF00t 9:20PM (5/14/2006)
That's why when it comes to racing, keep it on the streets!
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speedboy 9:29PM (5/14/2006)
Actual eyewitness stated that the Dog was doing the driving .
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Tim 10:41PM (5/14/2006)
Natural selection at work again.
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That One Person 12:00AM (5/15/2006)
#2...yea so he could have possibly hit another car, kid, old lady, building, etc.?
People are getting dumber by the day...
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Someone Smart 12:35AM (5/15/2006)
YA #5 Learn to take a joke, or maybe lookup what sarcasm means.
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Ric 1:22AM (5/15/2006)
Gee,do ya think maybe alcohol was involved?
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donald douglas 2:22AM (5/15/2006)
the thing that strikes me as odd is it seems there is a astro van in the pic and has ladder on the roof rack (think electricians truck) and looks totally unharmed or undamged, guess it was a co-workers van ? is it just me or ? if ya wanna post a sensational news article about anything show the damaged goods !
Dont tell me a plane ran off a runway and then show me a pic of a nice plane i wanna see blood and gore dammit ! lol
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Bob 3:40AM (5/15/2006)
IF HE SPLIT THE VEHICLE IN TWO WHEN HE HIT THE RAIL--
HE HAD A "HALF ASTRO VAN "
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Corey W. 4:01AM (5/15/2006)
Uh, where's the van, guardrail..etc??
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Poe 8:57AM (5/15/2006)
He's gonna be real bummed when his insurance company tells him he's not covered because he was on a race track (and/or when his employer fires him for the same reason).
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