We’ve all seen those sporting events where a contender gets too self-confident and blows thing apart just as he crosses the finish line. Well, such unfortunate incidents are obviously a part of the racing scene and we’re here to show you a Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera driver who learned this lesson the hard way.
The Gallardo we are talking about was playing the usual racing event game, namely racing a Nissan GT-R. It all took place at the Shift S3ctor, an event whose recent edition has supplied us with many delicious ultra high velocity scenes.
Alas, the question here is not the usual one (“who won?”), but rather regards the events that took place once the two supercars crossed the finish line of the half mile event.
Before we get to that, you have to understand these aren’t your usual supercars, if we can call them that. We are talking about heavily modified twin-turbo monsters here, which have no issue in climbing up to 2,000 hp. For the record, the Lamborghini features a Heffner twin turbo tune, with friends calling it "double trouble". The custom Lambo produces "well north of 2,000 whp".
The unfortunate event
Returning to the post-finish event, the Gallardo defied its rear-biased AWD and spun. The thing had crossed the line at 228 mph (that’s 367 km/h) and it didn’t manage to kill too much of that speed until the tête-à-queue occured.
The car went off the asphalt and onto the dirt, but fortunately it didn’t roll. Nobody was hurt in the incident, perhaps except for the driver’s ego. The race happened to be one of the semi finals for the event, so the audience was paying full attention to the event.
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