Terrifying moment a racing car flips five times and is catapulted 22ft over race track fence
Yet miraculously driver Austin Williams walks away from the California accident without a scratch
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By Danny Collins
14th June 2016,10:19 am
Updated: 14th June 2016,11:52 am
A DIRTCAR flips FIVE times before flying over a seven-metre race track fence – and the driver still walked away unharmed.
Austin Williams will be thanking the racing gods after the terrifying crash in California on Saturday.
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Speedway racer Austin Williams slides his car around the bend of the California dirt track in a qualifying run on Saturday evening
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But disaster strikes when his dirt car begins to topple at high speed as he turns around the bend. The vehicle is sent into a terrifying series of spins
But incredibly Williams pulls himself out of the upturned car and trots off as if he had been involved in a minor bump.
The track confirmed Williams was unharmed in the smash – which was first time in the history of the circuit that a car had flipped over a safety fence.
Footage of the crash has been viewed more than 1.3million times after it was uploaded to Facebook.
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The vehicle is then catapulted over the race track’s giant 22ft fence, landing on its roof as rescuers race to the scene to save Williams
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But Williams miraculously hops out of the car and walks away without a scratch. The race track confirmed he suffered no injuries
Most were glad to see the driver walk away from the accident.
One commented: “Glad your okay Austin! You’ve got to admit, that was pretty sweet.” (sic)
But another joked: “Glad to see driver walk away but I really think someone should sign him up for Olympic pole vault.”
