Anyone see the wreck at Oldsmobile on 2/20/2010? It was pretty crazy. Here are some crappy pictures from my phone. It was a wheelie gone bad. Not sure if this has been posted yet or not but I figured I would put it up. Click to view attachment

what shoved that roof in so far ? tim

Um....confused by the pics


What happened and most importantly, was anybody injured?

Hope they were OK. Seems to be too many wheelies gone bad there lately. All in the name of show, doesn't seem worth it.

the bars that extend out to the back of the lid on the light bar bent into a v and pushed the lid down, not sure who got hit with the lid. But someone was really bleeding bad on their head from it. It was hard to tell who was driving by the time I got up there everyone was out.

to try to help with the picture confusion, it landed on the drivers side with the lid facing up oldsmobile, and then they pushed it back over after everyone got out because it was leaking gas.

and what happened, was he was doing some wheelies starting on the left side of olds towards the top. and he was doing well. but then he held one a little too long and in about the middle section of olds, it kinda has a gradual up hill(sorry im trying to explain it is best as i can), and he set it down on that and it compressed the suspension and just launched the car into the air, landed sideways and then flipped.

Wow,
I have never seen a light bar do that, pretty scary.

definitely makes me want to invest in helmets.

Makes me happy for my 3/16" roof....

Glad to hear they walked away
<<<---- doesn't do wheelies for show. Known too many people to get hurt by showing off.

there were 2 people in it. only one guy walked away, the other one was taken away on a stretcher with a very serious head wound.

I was going to say the same thing!!!!!!

Looks like Adam from Wired For Sounds old car. Extreme DTD I think. Not 100% sure

yes it is a dtd. it was an awesome looking car. from the looks of it, there wasn't tooooo much damage. i just hope the person injured is doing well.

FIRST AND FOREMOST I am glad everyone is ok. Guardian Angels working overtime on this one

but I also hope this goes to show that wheelies are meant for perfect riding conditions and the fact he was side hilling while wheeling (possibly taking out quads and other rails going the RIGHT direction up hill), shows just how much whit this driver really had...

just cause you can afford it doesnt mean you can drive it...

That Sucks ... I hope for a speedy recovery.

LOOK AT ME!!!! I'M DOIN A WHEELIE ACROSS THE HILL!!! oh now look at me. hope no one was hurt bad. Also hope there was some lessons learned.

the guy who owned the car was camping with me and some buddies . we had a great dune ride for about a hour as we came from geko to the hill . the owner of the car let his 16 year old kid drive the car with a friend in it . the sand that morn was wet and very grippy . the kid was trying to do some wheelies across the face of the hill for some reason i dont know . like 2 sec before it happend his dad said i better get him back down hear and whammo !!! flipping down the hill . he wheelied into the roller in the middle of olds and launched him over . no one was hurt bad . and the car held up good , just sheet metal , lights , a couple wheels , and some tears from the son

Hope everyones ok.

so what happened to the guy with the head wound?

went to brawley , and got cleaned up and some stitches

WHEN ARE PEOPLE GOING TO LEARN?
A 16 YEAR OLD DOING WHEELIES OR ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER PUTTING EVERYONE ELSE AT RISK, COME ON!!!!!!!!
I DON'T GET IT!!!!!!!

Glad they are ok.

X2...WTH

never understand why people go up sideways and in both directions.

let alone wheelie going across, with no vision, I know the kid was havin some fun
but if he were to hit one of my family doing somthing stupid, I dont know if he would have walked away.

OUCH.... That one is gonna hurt.. Sucks, but glad everyone is ok..

I came up on this after it had happened. here are a couple more pic's.
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Really?????

Twin turbo big car+16 year old driver= questionable decision at best.
Twin turbo big car+16 year old driver+putting his buddy in the car with him to run up and down Olds= reckless.

^^^^^^AGREE

Glad to hear they are OK. My guess is a helmet could have made a big difference. Maybe no injury at all. I wonder how much experience the 16 year old had in the car. Takes a long time to work up to long wheelies and feel what the car is doing. I bet that poor kid is going to fell horrible about this.

Why do people feel the need to go against 99% of the up and down traffic on Old's? Wasn't what happened a couple of weeks ago sobering enough?

there looks like alot more damage then just sheet metal looks like the whole trailing arms twistedn a little the tabs bent then the shocks are bent and a few other parts

Dad was probably pretty proud right up till the moment he thought I'd better bring him down. I have never understood why there's always someone who insists on running the face. Hope everyone is OK...

Glad everyone is ok. BUT..... WHY????? Would anyone let a 16 year old drive a car like that. Especially after the crash and death from a car going across the hill that happened 2 weeks ago????

Glad everyone is ok. BUT..... WHY????? Would anyone let a 16 year old drive a car like that. Especially after the crash and death from a car going across the hill that happened 2 weeks ago???? We were there shortly after the crash 2 weeks ago and saw this one happen... WHY??

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and I suck at them lol. . . but I suck at them because I have known a few peeps get trashed showing off.

glad the car did its job

Glad to hear no one was seriously injuried.

The chasis held up good. I was looking at the pics of the lightbar, looks like the V support was anchored about the middle of the roof?

I know I'm one of the 10% (maybe) that wears a helmet (I know TNTDuner does) in the sand car, pretty much each ride. Ever see the thread with the rolled Buckshot where the dude had a dozen staples in his head when the shocks exploaded..

Get the helmet.

abc

Thats just crazy. I wouldn't even think about letting my 19 year old drive my car at Olds, let alone doing wheelies across it. Friggen retarted!

I think if your gonna have a light bar, the prudent thing for any chassis builder should include some bracing to prevent the lights from crushing the roof. That chassis could have ended up 100% OK, and still killed 2 people.

Adendum.. You ever see ABC doing crazy show-off wheelies, tune to Channel 8 (Checkers) and you'll hear me corresponding with my spotter. I never.. show off... without him.

abc

Bump for HELMETS!.. I just ordered $500 worth of tinted shields for my helmets. (Picture from Summer trip, Little Sahara, Utah)

I guess I'm the only one who was allowed that kinda leeway at that age around here.

Kids should have been wearing helmets, but there are plenty of kids that age that can really drive and take just as much care with their surroundings as many of those twice their age.

Andy mcmillin was likely driving class 1 cars around at that age, did just fine, made him a great driver early. Probably the same story for Paul Tracy and every other great driver out there. I was given similar opportunities myself, and I don't think I came out half bad as a driver

Everyone makes mistakes, just need to learn from them and hope no one gets hurt.

is this car for sale? might be interested..

i have never been a fan of lightbars for that exact reason

Involved in minor fender bender. Needs some body work

Come on...

"Fresh Paint, Wifes car"...

I dont even know what my dad would do if I did a wheelie SIDE HILL in his rail and I am 21, I probably wouldnt make it back to camp . in my honest opinion its about respect, and the lack there of for other duners. If you are in the middle of no where then I can see doing this but I cant see it on OLDS or any major hills, the fact is even if the hill is clear, how many of us drop in on olds from behind? I rarely take the wash road.


Maybe its because I came from ATV's and I still ride mine more then I drive my buggies. But when people hop in these giant cars they dont realize the speed they build, the power they carry and just how many other people (then themselves) they risk. EXAMPLE, I am going down the drags on my cheetah banshee (which can hit 70 if I get the right line) if I wreck I can take out about 3 or 4 people, I know that... and it sucks when you really think about it. Now I am carrying the same speed in a 2500 pound car, I can easly take out 15...

wasnt it Robbie or Coobie that posted the picture of the mom who flipped her car presidents weekend? And if I got the info right, the only reason that happend was she broke a rear trailing arm... EVERY CAR MADE has the chance to do that, and I dont believe more then 5% of these big cars get any sort of prep like they deserve... people just drive till something breaks.... well when I am pounding sand at 80 mph I dont wanna be waiting for sh!t to break...

again, I am glad the kids are okay, but I would ask the father if he would stick his 16 year old in a sports car and send him around town.

I want to also state that I am not claiming everyone with a big car is a dip, I am just saying that every season I meet new duners who "came out with a buddy once" and now have a ls1 long travel car... the learning curve is a steep one these days. Its not like back in the day when you had a 1600vw then a 2.0 vw and then a v6.... alot of people will never even know the joy you have when you make it to china hill with a stock 1600 LOL.

okay

^^^^^Agree^^^^^

It amazes me how so many people in society lack "common sense".