BMW Rally Car Crashes, Flips Over, Drives Off

Photo credit: Videos Nettirabbi
Photo credit: Videos Nettirabbi

From Road & Track

Rally drivers are a unique bunch. In the face of even the most disastrous situations, they remain unfazed. The driver and co-driver of this BMW E36 are no exception, as they keep racing even after a rollover crushes in their roof and destroys their front end.

Last weekend at the Vetomies Rally (a side event for the WRC's Rally Finland), the number 115 BMW 3-Series of Veli-Matti Havelin and Karri Korkeamäki rolled coming into a right-hand sweeper, crushing the rear of the car's roof and mangling the front fascia. After a crowd of helpful onlookers flipped the car back onto its tires, the duo was able to get going again, and drove off like nothing happened.

The video below gives a few clips Havelin and Korkeamäki flying through the rest of the stage post-crash, drifting and jumping as if they hadn't just suffered a near-disastorous wreck. There really isn't much that can stop a rally driver.

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