The perils of being a motorsport fan…

“Damn kid, why the hell don’t you look where you’re going… oh, it’s me that’s supposed to do that? … right… (drives off sheepishly)”

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Motoring’s equivalent of a missed open goal…

How can you fail so spectacularly to drive your car into a car wash? It puts us in mind of Diana Ross’s missed penalty-kick at the opening ceremony of the 1994 World Cup.

Or, in the words of the great Larry David, he/she (hmmm, don’t want to come across as sexist, but we guess it was a she… damn, we came across as sexist) faaaaaaacked up.

Meet Grid Crasher’s hero of the day

Mad props to the inebriated racing fan who managed to get himself arrested twice during the same Nascar event, at Pocono on Sunday. The Citizens Voice takes up the story:

“Donald Swisher Jr., 28, was first arrested for summary charges of disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after an argument with his wife in their Victory Circle seats, police said.

“Police said officers arrested Swisher a second time around 5 p.m. on misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after receiving a call he was being disorderly again.”

Why doesn’t F1 have such high-quality fans?

[Deadspin]

There can be only one

This is one of the most stupid things we have ever seen - and we’ve seen some stupid things in our time. What, did the driver suddenly forget that he was at the wheel of a huge articulated truck? “Gosh, and I thought I took the SmartCar today…”

FAIL, in a big ole’ way.

They almost killed Kenny

Kenneth Anderson is one lucky redneck.

Redneck + jet ski + Jacuzzi = why?

This is has to be one of the most pointless uses of a Jet Ski we’ve ever seen. And who has a pole-dancing pole set-up next to a hot tub… oh wait, now that is a decent idea.

Mirror, signal, manouevre…

“Holy shit, how could I forget about the huge motorhome behind me? I only came in to discuss my overdraft…”

This happened in… you guessed it… the US of A.

Sound advice and entertainment, all in one post

Hindsight is great, but we could have told this volunteer that such a stunt was going to end in tears - and a trip to hospital.

Ouch factor: high to potentially fatal (the guy survived to learn the titular lesson)