2015 PPIHC Pikes Peak Racing 2009 GTR driven by Randy Pobst

[@LEGIOXIIIG]

I just came here after the Vinwiki video. He's such an incredible driver, If I only had 1/4th his ability :)

[@octagonapuus]

"Take this thing off any sweet jumps?"

[@DVYoda]

That camera on the nose is one tough device... Glad Randy is OK, love his adventures and humor...

[@AdamExigentSolutions]

That could have been sooooo much worse. Lucky he didnt go rolling. Anywhere else that could of been a cliff

[@randypobstofficial]

Adam Austin SO true, Adam vry lucky it wasn't worse.

[@boyertb]

Couldn't have chosen a better corner to go off track.

[@d1sturb3d119]

Glad Randy's okay. Makes me wonder how safe it is wanting to race my bike at Pikes Peak. Crazy crazy course!

[@randypobstofficial]

vidurc I would, most likely, be dead. Consider carefully. Run a car.

[@d1sturb3d119]

Randy Pobst My car is no where as fast or exciting. Its mostly an autocross machine right now. 2004 Acura TL 6spd. Nice for tight courses but heavy and will lack power going up that road. All in good time I guess! Glad you're doing well buddy!

[@MrSlowestD16]

vidurc It's not safe at all. A motorcyclist just died there Thursday... Nobody will try to play PP off as something it's not, it's a regular road with little protection in some places. If you're not prepared to die you shouldn't race there, because there's many places in the 150 turns or however many there are where cars can die...and it takes much less to kill a motorcyclist.

[@d1sturb3d119]

That's any hillclimb though. I prefer a good hillclimb to racing on track though. To be fair I'm not very fast but it has been fun in the past.

[@randypobstofficial]

vidurc It's still relatively safe in a properly prepped car, but on a bike...

[@yonly65]

That's racing - stuff happens. Glad to see Randy was unhurt; the car can be repaired.

[@randypobstofficial]

Benjamin Sloss But other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play? Hi, Ben! Mistook one corner for another, oops. Very lucky it wasn't worse. Coming back next year, and gonna get more sleep all week! What an adventure.

[@randypobstofficial]

Benjamin Sloss Oh, and up 'til then, we were fast :-) Looking for the sliver lining. We'd been delayed 30 minutes while they worked to clean up some fluid spill on track. I went on course exploring the grip, which was not a factor in the off. I just misread the road.

[@k24hybrid]

+Randy Pobst thanks for the feedback. Keep on going!!!

[@v12tommy]

Too bad he wasn't sponsored by Red Bull. It gives you wiiiiiings!!!

[@randypobstofficial]

v12tommy That's FUNNY! Thx man, could use a laugh right now.

[@casefc3s]

Randy Pobst First, very glad you're okay. Second, I'm glad you've got the spirit to be able to chuckle about it! Lastly, could you give us some insight into what happened?

[@casefc3s]

whoops, just scoured the comments and saw what happened. that's rough, but these things do happen, especially when you're exhausted.

[@jaronjohnson9851]

Randy Pobst I have nothing to add. I read your article in MT the other day. You have a great writing style. I hope you do more. GOOD LUCK!!

[@randypobstofficial]

***** Thx BigJayDog g! Next year. More sleep, more oxygen, more caffeine.

[@Super73VW]

He spent too much time with the Roadkill guys!

[@randypobstofficial]

Jon Steel hahaha, yeah, it's Finn and Fry's faults!

[@richardramos141]

Randy Pobst Glad you're okay Randy i'm a huge fan!! :)

[@GTLTSlost]

Could only imagine what he was thinking as he went over. Glad he's OK

[@thomasratliff9278]

Like I have read previously, for a Pikes Peak race this was probably the ONLY place to "go over" and live to talk about it. We are so happy the you are well Sir. God was watching you at that time.......

[@HaloToday]

Glad to see you walk away from that one, looking forward to what you and the GTR can do next year! Keep up the great work you do for MT.

[@Tr3zn3r]

It was real Pretty up to the end. I am the new proud owner of 2015 GTR and I just love seeing you behind the wheel of any of the R35a. glad you are ok! It's just a car. Keep up the speed for those of us who can only dream of being a race car driver!

[@buttersnips1]

So calm and collected. Must take an insane amount of focus to maintain "control" of a situation like that. Kudos Mr. Pobst, you made that look far less painful/jarring than I imagined. Glad you're okay. Shame about the Godzilla, but there's plenty of them around.

[@joejay2876]

They actually rebuilt it.

[@rikk3434]

Randy and his team are a class act all around - great guy and superb wheel. The fact that these folks put this up and Randy admitted to a lapse is proof of that class act, one you rarely get between Driver and Car owner. Just superb - great to see him pick the softest spot on Pikes Peak to land! Cheers. BTW, his time up until then was terrific as usual and if you listen carefully, the car changed note dramatically prior to the off - possible mechanical yet to be discovered....

[@BrassStacks]

DAMN!!! When I heard you went off on the Sump and that there wasn't any wreckage to clean up, I envisioned a totally different scenario (I was in the Springs listening on the radio and watching the switchbacks through my spotting scope). Glad you're ok! That was a wild ride!!!

[@FullTimePRO]

Dang, was really looking forward to you putting the wood to that Porsche! Maybe next year man, glad you're ok!!!

[@randypobstofficial]

FullTimePRO We had 'im up until then, but to finish first, you must first finish. David Donner is a terrific and solid driver, and it was great racing him.

[@shazmaster]

Randy Pobst glad everything is ok, been following since you were added to the channel motortrend, big fan!

[@cmondragon0911]

Good run Randy! I am glad he is OK. Want to see more of his test drives videos on motor trend.

[@racerron27]

I remember Randy autocrossing at Pro Solos I attended when I was racing a CSP X1/9. He's such a good driver, but everyone is human and sometimes we make mistakes.

[@Fauxbra]

really expected an "Ohh ****!" there. Glad you're ok, I enjoy your videos

[@jamesdeyoung91]

Shame it had to happen like that. Pobst has to be one of my favorite drivers going. Goes to show that no one is invincible! Glad he is alrught. Always next year!

[@robertfontana1124]

Randy is a great driver. Glad he's okay and is ready to race another day. The GT-R platform is pure badass, and would have won. Looked like it got light up front and pushed. Oh well...next year.

[@macattack57]

Who is back here after watching the VinWiki Story?

[@jihadjoe]

🙋‍♂️

[@Shortstuffjo]

Wow that was a hell of a jump. I'm really glad to hear that you're OK Randy. Love your racing and especially watching you destroy Laguna Seca and the like on Motor Trend. Your team and yourself make up the best car channel in the world.

[@NizeIanson]

So many corners and braking points to remember - It's no surprise that even the best can make a mistake sometimes! Glad Randy walked away unhurt, cuz that's the most important point here, not how far he flew!!

[@RadMax8]

Just drove up the peak today. Saw your skids and told my wife, "someone went for a hell of a ride!" Didn't realize I was going to watch the video of it just now! Glad you're ok, Randy. Were you waving at fans at about 3:35?

[@DrDodge24]

Glad that you're OK Randy!

[@veno8mm]

Still a legend... Driving the wheels off of everything. Including mountains. 11/tenths hillclimb.

[@300ZCorradoVR6Z]

So glad Randy is fine. Cars and things can be replaced!

[@westfabrications]

Wow! That could have been really bad! Good luck putting it back together!

[@operationcwaI789789]

On the bright side, although it was a crash, it was a perfect reenactment of General Lee in pretty much every Dukes of Hazard episode.

[@jmancin]

Very, very glad to see you're ok! - Jay

[@JoMiMi_h]

Jimmy Broadbent: hits a rock Randy Pobst: crashes at the same corner

[@MrSlowestD16]

Ah, I saw that GTR wrecked when I was at PP this year. I didn't know Pobst was driving, that crash looked rough. Glad he's OK!!

[@nahword5604]

I did not see that coming

[@anynonymous1585]

On the bright side, that was an awesome jump

[@kickinbackinOC]

In my opinion, the GTR looks better after this off-road modification! Looking at the steering input, engine growl, and skid marks, just looks like you overcooked it going in. Glad you're ok, Randy!

[@kawasaki3070]

I'm glad he's ok & that when he crashed that looks like the best place & the best outcome from it.

[@ArcticBulletNation]

10/10 parking

[@Dethmeister]

@Pikes Peak Racing , If you edit and add "yt:crop=16:9" (without the quotation marks) into the Tags section then it will zoom in and eliminate the bars at the top and bottom and some at the sides during playback making the video fill more of the screen while retaining aspect ratio.

[@willthacker5182]

Cleared that little pond with ease. Looks like he had setup for that right turn to apex in a totally different spot. Its like he didn't expect it to keep twisting to the right. i see that happen alot on pikes. I wonder why it's not setup more like rally with either a co driver or gps map plotting, so the driver can anticipate what turn is coming, instead or relying on course memory.

[@OfficialistDave]

If it was easy we wouldn't do it. Consummate showman though waving to the crowd.

[@VictorPitstop]

I'm glad you're OK, Randy! We need you to not die, that'd be great, yeaaaaah.

[@DizzS2K]

Looking at it again i think what set him off was the double yellow line. If those are the like most then a little condensation on them makes them slick., cross at speed mid turn instant understeer.

[@WE.R.NOT.OK.W.U.TRMP_GTFO]

that was my very first thought, and it only takes that one moment of push on the front tires to have enough momentum to understeer(or "push" the front wheels(not everyone knows the term)) completely, he handled it like a solid pro imo. just happy he walked from it....seriously tho, could *NOT* have been a better place for this to happen!! omg! lol...I think we all have to admit, and ,ayube he would too, I'm not sure, but that *was* fast for that corner, perhaps the pressure of a sick time was on his mind more than a safe line, I doubt he would have set the wheel right on that double yellow if he was fully concentrating on what he was doing, I could be wrong, it's all just guess work. I can't even imagine what decisions I would make, or dangers I would fail to see if I were in that seat. Randy is just an awesome dude, and a pro by all accounts, I love his reviews, I love how he assists the car guys from the different shows, and respect what he's got to say about everything that's FAST :D, I just hope he's able to keep getting *THIS* lucky! lol

[@Manijay1]

Steering failure? At the end, view of the front wheel, you see it snapping to the left briefly

[@dhpress]

glad you're ok randy....wow, what an effing ride

[@abelincoln7473]

Is it just me or does the sound of the car change about 5-7 seconds before the crash? As in mechanical failure, or something flying off the car, causing the understeer.

[@ShadowMKII]

+Abe Lincoln If you're talking about how the pitch changes slightly and volume increases, it is just because of audio enhancement by the audio/video engineer that put together this video trying to enhance the sound so it is more "in your face" - so you get more auditory detail.

[@Culumbu]

That's a nice way to land, thanks to God you are ok

[@SamnissArandeen]

Mistook one corner for another, eh? I know GTRs are slightly understeery cars, but understeering right off a cliff? That's gotta be terrifying.

[@baloonia1]

Ahh man, I was just scrolling by to see some news about the Pikes Peak hill climb event to see who did what result and then I see a title saying Randy has crashed. I kept telling myself "pls God let him be OK, let him be OK". I hope that he escaped with small injuries and I'm looking forward to see him back next year with the rebuilt GTR. Also looking forward to his next Motor Trend episode and maybe Road Kill?

[@atmixx2776]

baloonia1 He escaped the crash with no injuries ;)

[@emmanbaylosis]

This GTR needs more aero. But it was hell of a fast run.

[@smellthebeansTX]

Randy you cleared the water hazard!

[@smellthebeansTX]

smellthebeansTX Glad your okay :D

[@sackdz]

eek! gald youre okay randy

[@HomeGuitarMods]

Should have used the Draguar; you could have avoided the whole situation with its pristine right angle visibility and boiling brakes! Glad you're ok Mr. Pobst.

[@toffe777]

Damn. Tough break.

[@aliassmithandjones9453]

this happened to me once but it was on a different road and not during a race. And I was sexting

[@corbinkanneman1653]

same but I jumped a culvert

[@americanAlienBoy]

Yep, I'm gonna stick to race tracks. There's still hard stuff to run into, but not as many sudden drops.

[@napsterbg]

Wow, it was good it happened there, there are much worse corners than that. Glad he is ok.

[@Bi-PolarBurnout]

that car was a rocket ship!

[@kevinbucher5672]

Did the brakes go out?!

[@bartholomew2278]

How can I do this for a living? What a lucky guy Randy is.

[@Infamouscoma885]

Keep er going.

[@LUNITICWILL]

if only he was in a draguar

[@JamesMcBride1]

I didn't know Pikes Peak was in Hazard County.... JK. Glad you are OK Randy Pobst!!!! Happy 4th of July.

[@gabrielmarcoux6489]

He was about 3 feet away from clearing the pond

[@tylerwalker2]

skip to 3:55 for the crash if thats all you're here for.

[@boyertb]

And miss all of the great racing footage?

[@konforzone]

he was like playing midtown madness

[@v8esprit]

Randy, GT-R owner here, didn't see you use the padels to shift... How were you shifting?

[@123etgwbvgdcfawsfr]

thats one of the reasons why i was against pikes peak going tarmac. if that was a dirt he would have gotten away with it with a bit of hand break and a spin out. luckily that spot wasn't too dangerous and he's all good

[@LUNITICWILL]

Matthew Ng unlike that one going off a cliff.

[@rawfootage38]

Sir, youre a lucky man.

[@Zsolti000]

I BELIIIVE I CAN FL.... could have been a nice run but shit can happen :( :)

[@redletterracing3465]

Randy went all Dukes of hazzard

[@kenimpzoom]

Gee Dad you must have jumped the GTR 50 yards...50 yards

[@7150285]

thank god it wasn't a steep cliff.

[@buca9696]

Now imagine if he had to change the gears himself.

[@lao4me]

Far out that was scary the speed he ran off! Was it mechanical failure or driver error? So glad he is A okay!

[@MikeEM1]

I believe he got confused on which part of the course he was at and took the corner faster than he should have.

[@randypobstofficial]

MikeEM1 Correct. My tired mind skipped forward to next corner, where the entry is flat out. Oops.

[@randypobstofficial]

lao4me 77 mph liftoff velocity, according to data from beleaguered crew chief Travis Smith at Pikes Peak Racing. Yikes!

[@randypobstofficial]

TesticleNightMare I don't recommend trying to crash better at Pikes Peak ;-)

[@MikeEM1]

Randy Pobst so glad you're ok Randy! Love your videos!

[@lucahoganyt4435]

This guy is the American Richard Hammond 😂 Incredibly talented driver, but likes to push the cars past their limits lol

[@siva939294]

hard braking during a while getting into a corner with decreasing radius

[@matthiasannaberger2469]

What happened? Just went of the throttle to hard?

[@dandiegidio7729]

He got the turns confused and thought it was a faster corner. That's why he was going too fast for the car to possibly complete the curve.

[@hungrytapir]

Vinwiki brought me here

[@floored3078]

he tried taking that curve going 100 lol

[@The_Angry_BeEconomist]

that was unexpected

[@mbrewer57]

I didn't see a horseshoe collar around his neck, may have had one, if so I didn't see it, and he kept his hands on the wheel. What was he thinking? You NEVER keep your hands on the wheel during a crash like that. I have seen many broken wrists, hands and arms from that. If you land on a front wheel it can turn that steering wheel into a buzz saw.

[@mattalhadeff408]

100% driver error... I guess Randy doesn't realize how much that car understeers. Wow.

[@Wolfmots]

Why do you guys with these mounted cameras like to look backwards so much? I really don't get it. This guy is tearing up the road and you are looking out the back window missing all of it. I guess next we get to somehow include the "shaky camera" technique mixed with the "looking out the back window" technique and we have a winner for those 1 in ten million who enjoy the view.

[@DJzSith]

I bet this guy will be really fast in a Tesla. Oh wait...

[@DEVUNK88]

jeez I thought he ded

[@bendavid84]

Watch Randy have some fun with the guys from Roadkill. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5TSfGt3gJ17p9Em38s

[@user-rc8nc5gm5s]

Next time drink a fucking red bull!

[@lilboikwon]

how about a fcking guard rail? you can spend that money on tarmac but not on guard rails huh

[@Carlitosway211]

3:50

[@MrSpartan117fan]

He wanted to crash it he always hated the gtr he gets some understeer and doesnt bother to turn the wheel more

[@ryanwolfe911]

Could you do better?

[@lordredrevolt8108]

+MrSpartan117fan He had a choice of multiple cars and he picked the GTR because it was the one he felt most comfortable with. He has said multiple times that he likes the car and he wouldn't have crashed the car he didn't even own on purpose. Also did you watch the damn video? He was going to fast for the corner and braked to late because he didn't expect that steep of a turn, so instead trying to jerk the car to the right and ROLLING the car he just put it straight down which was the safest option. If he would have tried to make the corner at that speed the back would have stepped out and he would have made it off the hill at an angle and would have rolled the car which may have killed him. Think before you speak dumbass

[@WizardofGOP]

The rear facing camera is only good when there are other cars behind. For a time attack, it's kind of useless and should be kept out of the video altogether.

[@Overlord277]

I bet I would do better in a Prius.

[@Luke-cb9qf]

exactly where all gtr's should be. Ina ditch

[@ShadowMKII]

+Luke Tobiasson lol.

[@mopar21]

Lol

[@Thedemonologists]

Meh, if it was still dirt he would have wiped out in first 15 seconds. It's just another boring solo road race now. Lame.

[@trulythebest4282]

should have been driving a carbon fiber car. this never would have happened with a higher quality car. can't skimp on proper racing equipment.

[@StreetFighterJoe]

ugly car

[@randypobstofficial]

PR Blanka ...after impact, my fault.

[@krashdown102]

Amateur