Getting to see a race car up close is something that not everybody is lucky enough to experience. But apparently that wasn’t enough for one person in Charlotte who decided to do something that usually only racing drivers get to do: wreck a race car.
The driver of an Acura MDX seemingly got distracted by Austin Dillon’s car during an event in uptown Charlotte on Tuesday, as they didn’t see a Charlotte Motor Speedway show car pull out in front of them. As a result, the SUV broadsided the stock car and briefly drove over the car’s front-left wheel arch before plopping back down on the ground.
Caution is out at the @NASCARHall. @ashstro and I are like 👀. #LapsUptown #RubbinIsRacin pic.twitter.com/VoCm3h6t8h
— Shaun Donithan 🇺🇸🎥📺 (@ShaunDonTV) October 3, 2017
We admittedly didn’t see enough of the buildup to the accident to definitively say who was at fault. But considering how small the mirrors on stock cars are, the SUV driver definitely should have driven more defensively than usual.
Thanks for having us #Charlotte! See you this wknd in #Concord for #BoA500! #LapsUptown #WhereRacingLiveshttps://t.co/11Yv03Qbm5 pic.twitter.com/5NRYF2rlzL
— Explore Cabarrus (@ExploreCabarrus) October 3, 2017
Brad Keselowski clearly enjoyed being a spectator of a crash for once, though his enthusiasm could have been because the accident involved a Toyota, not a Ford.
Just as we started speaking with @keselowski, a street car crashed into a show car.
"We just saw a car wreck!" -BK pic.twitter.com/IPXbIIUzOU
— Matt Weaver (@MattWeaverRA) October 3, 2017
We wonder if the incident will make the Charlotte Metropolitan Police Department hesitant to allow Charlotte Motor Speedway to host the Laps Uptown event again next year. To be fair, the driver’s did follow the rules the police gave to them.
"No burnouts, no crazy driving" says the CMPD in their safety briefing to the #LapsUptown drivers. pic.twitter.com/vdV4GuDOa8
— JD Motorsports (@JDMotorsports01) October 3, 2017
Good thing the police already were on hand at the time of the collision.
