Ariel Atom Crash at 100mph +

[@mattgoodwin953]

If you can drive away with no problems it wasn't a crash, FYI I've had more violent crashes between my shins and the bathtub

[@theswaff699]

Matt Goodwin No, stepping on a lego

[@ali09gaming58]

small toe to a table aswell

[@BigInjun05]

Shins and a truck hitch

[@jacobb_.251]

Lol

[@shoutingraven9571]

I stubbed my toe so hard once the nail came off. Luckily it was only the little one so it wasn't very painful.

[@MrHow2fail]

This is a spin-out not a crash

[@MrTaterNubbz]

+MrHow2fail Yeah, we came to see death and dismemberment!

[@tbrowniscool]

+Chris Elmore I searched "Ariel Atom Crash" to see what that frame actually does in a crash...moving on

[@DrBreezeAir]

+MrHow2fail But it had Number Two!

[@antdx316]

The atom could be smartest car to use on all tracks because it doesn't have the mass momentum to keep going into the wall after it goes off road. It also doesn't cost as much as a GT3 Class vehicle and it can keep up I assume. I also assume it's cheap and easy to repair as everything is exposed.

[@silent_fluo6917]

MrHow2fail it's called clickbait

[@InfuriatedHawk]

That thing sounds vicious. Nice driving.

[@pokealong]

+InfuriatedHawk Nice driving? He spun out twice.

[@pokealong]

ΓΙΑ ΠΑΝΤΑ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ Not multiple times every time you drive.

[@pokealong]

ΓΙΑ ΠΑΝΤΑ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ It's a track day. If you crash multiple times on every track day you go to, you are a horrible driver.

[@howabouthetruth2157]

+ΓΙΑ ΠΑΝΤΑ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ It wasn't "the limits of the car", it was the limit of experience, talent & ability of THE DRIVER. He's coming into the throttle too much exiting the corner, instead of feathering into the throttle. You can't just stomp the gas pedal to the floor in a corner. Unless the car your driving happens to be a real dog & lacking power. But this car certainly has plenty of power, that's obvious, and exactly why HE spun the car out.......TWICE. At least he's out there learning. Meanwhile, your yacking away about something you obviously know nothing about.

[@JOXWb]

+MercilessHobo I would like to see you drive.

[@jerusdc]

Please stop resting your elbow on the frame, And invest in arm restraints. Also you are getting on throttle mid apex. Ease in on throttle..In slow out fast. Practice makes permanent, Get used to keeping both hands on the wheel. No more one handed steering. Looks like a good time. FYI I'm a certified race instructor with Porsche Cars NA

[@IslandPlumber]

Does he get on it early from any lag? Is that supercharged or turbo? Is he still early considering or is his real issue coming in so hot and drifting ?Just currious...

[@jerusdc]

Came into that turn too hot.

[@jerusdc]

Boost came on late causing oversteer on the second run

[@IslandPlumber]

jerusdc made me wonder if he was having that issue and was making him get on it sooner.

[@joaosoares3719]

I'm not sure the problem on that first spin was mid corner throttle, mate. I've seen the footage a couple of times and it seems to me that he realizes he's going too fast, lifts off quite aggressively and loses the rear. Either way, thank god for that gravel trap...

[@joshfinley1613]

when you look for a mini map in the corner

[@shanetrent3242]

Real Racing3?

[@Otherface]

Or mw 2012?

[@haziq5747]

@@shanetrent3242 My friend said that game is trash...

[@ThumberBulls6]

@@haziq5747 He big dumb. Only mobile racing game I prefer and recommend to everyone. But it has one big problem with service repairs that can annoy you on progressing at the start tho. If you're really annoyed by that and just want to race and don't care about multiplayer.. then.. umm... you can use some.. other sources to download a "certain version" of the game.. *cough*.. you know

[@jakubt3313]

@@haziq5747 it's the best fun game but not most wanted and that's why it's hated

[@whiteboiwyatt]

Glad to see you actually take her to the limits. Its sad to see people buy high performance cars like this and only creep around in them. But to you i say "Hail." Nice driving sir.

[@Toby_the_Glen]

Usually they are just doing "pulls" on the freeway.

[@alex46215]

2:10 thank me later

[@waelcartech]

don't be a kill joy , the whole video was very exciting :)

[@synretro]

3 years and I still haven’t thanked you :)

[@kerimca98]

Thanks keylock

[@302hobronco]

I was hoping for boobies

[@WyattWagner]

It’s been four years, thank you.

[@huntertobias2166]

Crash? No, excellent driving accompanied by a minor mishap. Click bait/misleading title

[@huntertobias2166]

Pero Perhan I only counted one.

[@sniktun1]

I'm not going to pretend like this is an easy car to drive on the limit or that I could do any better but it seems you are just a little too confident with your driving. I think being smoother would help alot but you are already clearly quite a good driver. Bit annoying you rest your arm on the side though and drive with one hand at times, definately not good enough for that and can be dangerous when near other drivers!

[@ryno4x]

Glad someone said it. Added bonus nice racing jeans

[@jackjerenore5736]

+sniktun1 There is always an internet expert. Oh look, this particular judge disapproves of the driver resting his arm on the side. What a violation of the rule that you cant post videos of enjoying yourself on a fun day out at the track...

[@jackjerenore5736]

sniktun1 Sorry, I cant hear you over your armchair, mr expert.

[@EpicDJTime]

+Jack Jerenore (johnrambo12765) Lol what are you on about? That is literally shit they teach in drivers ed in my state. Making it... say it with me, common knowledge. I take it you're either not quite intelligent or old enough to acquire your license though.

[@jackjerenore5736]

EpicDJTime I bet you just got out of your proud "drivers ed school" and think you can coach race car drivers? lol. Go back to your pc games kid.

[@minilogoguy18]

Sounds almost like you've replaced the supercharger with a turbocharger. Looks a lot faster too than a standard Atom.

[@SnipingxSource]

+Alex Ball He definitely did, you can hear the blow off valve and the obvious turbo whistle

[@elborix7]

A lot of people here have no idea how this car works. They are extremely challenging to drive because of how light they are. You let go of throttle on a turn and the car spins you hit throttle and the car spins...not easy. This guy was driving it like a man with massive balls..respect!

[@richmccallable]

Upon that last restart it sounded as if his rods were knocking.

[@rikweijgertse1685]

Its just the camera picking up sound from itself vibrating against roll cage i guess

[@richmccallable]

@@rikweijgertse1685 it's either that or the rods for sure lol

[@DJStrangeAl]

Could be a dry clutch like Ducatis have

[@richmccallable]

@@DJStrangeAl that could be a possibility. I would have thought of hearing more then once though

[@freekickerz]

great driving ;)

[@user-vv7cp7ln5d]

Holy fucking shit wouldn't expect to see you here haha.

[@quangminhnguyen849]

Damn

[@teflondon4963]

LOL yes freekickerz is a petrolhead

[@boldbasty6958]

freekickerz why are you guys here

[@JoeAchilles1]

Looks sooo much fun, bet you have balls the size of coconuts!!! Awesome :-)

[@AlexNicol2890]

Over confident driving. It really bugs me how you remove your left hand while drifting and you rest your left arm and loosen your grip of the wheel at times. When you going flat out you should never be using these ‘techniques’

[@mathiassagy7026]

Some says he is born with the helmet on. But all we know is he's called The Stig

[@MasterOfMisfortune]

Some say that The Stig never spins off twice in one race; all we know is, this is NOT The Stig... It's The Stig's Inexperienced Cousin!

[@jackjerenore5736]

+Fish Repellant Every great driver has made mistakes and its those which make who they are today. If the stig never spun out he would probably be a really shit driver!

[@AndreaRoll]

those are spins not crashes. You didn't hit nothing

[@RossiVop]

Andrea Roll so he did hit something? double negative sir.

[@skorpius2029]

haha grammar mistakes...

[@AndreaRoll]

you got me again damn KZbin Grammar Police -_-'

[@sandstau]

The GUY is having FUN people.

[@captainmorgan7737]

far out that looked fun, glad you didn't injure yourself in the crash.

[@Speedy_Cockroach]

That has to be one of the nicest sounding cars I've ever seen. Holy shit, what a beauty.

[@steamyhotpoo]

You never crashed.

[@BlazeVonWolfsburg]

I can feel the adrenaline through my phone. I’d have some fun in that thing

[@jeffhoch442]

No way he was going 100+ when he hit the dirt he almost immediately stopped

[@W0ND3RB0Y1]

He wasn't going that fast, no.. But it's the point of that dirt to stop fast moving vehicles.. I mean... Logically..

[@HenrikSkov-DK]

Well..... "the Atom won Autocar's 0-100 mph challenge as the new Ariel Atom 2 300 bhp supercharged edition achieved a time of 6.86 seconds".. (Don't know what this model is, but an Atom is quick...) He was at speed in the corner and then full throttle for 8 sec and then was breaking a bit down before sliding of the track.. The dirt is heavy and can stop a car pretty fast. Not saying he is driving 100+ mph. But its around that number.

[@LeViIain]

this car is also under 600kg, so it has was less momentum when going off road

[@jamestgilkey75]

He had to be close to 100 mph when he hit the dirt. That atom is quick and it's been changed from supercharged to turbocharged. Who knows how much power this one is pushing.

[@southspearmedia]

Nice driving mate, and good to see someone showing their mistakes too! We can all learn something from them and makes me feel a little more 'normal'!

[@tannerhudgins217]

That’s not a crash, that’s a one hell of a save.

[@TeamOdiffat]

Tanner Hudgins how is that a save if I spun

[@andymb601]

@@TeamOdiffat because he didn't crash, could've been a lot worse, although I still wouldn't call it a save, but whatever

[@ianbrown9082]

Coming off the gas and dabbing the brakes on corner entry shifts the weight onto the front tyres unloading the rear and that's how the first spin came about...Looks great fun to drive!

[@scarface75swe]

yes that´s right. and I have wrong gear into the corner that lap (it was a test) if look the lap before you see that.

[@ianbrown9082]

Using heal-and-toe downshifts would help enormously, stopping you from snatching the rear tyres on the downshifts which'll have you going backwards as well. I've never driven an Atom but the pedals should be ideal for heal-and-toe. I used this technique every day to work so it became second nature when I jumped into the race car. BTW...your driving's great, so ignore the retards who say otherwise!

[@dirtdiver59]

You may have lost control twice, but you got skills and balls!

[@gray_space_alien]

Seems like the tires were going away and the driver thought "I'm finally at the limit" wrong.

[@Thesaltyseafish]

Nice driving! Very aggressive, but you're really pushing the limit and that's how you improve! Lets be honest, an aggressive style is a lot more fun, but you've got to have balls and no children because hitting rails at high speed is never fun.

[@mitchlol5710]

A crash happens if you can't just drive out and go back on the track, this isn't a crash. If the guy lost a wheel or bent up the frame or something, then that would be a crash.

[@theanalogkid_4588]

honestly I'm glad it wasn't as bad as I thought. I never want to see a crash in something as open as an atom at that speed

[@kaydnburns5935]

Ariel atom is a rear wheel drive car, so you could have easily drifted that corner and saved it, I've drifted a corner before and somewhat saved it, however I ended up letting off the gas too soon and the wheels grabbed hard and I spun out anyways. With a little practice though, those kind of spin outs are easily recoverable

[@whiskeyactual.]

Atoms are so cool. Ultimate track toys!

[@Blackwolf-of5kx]

I didn’t know Richard Hammond was driving these

[@EvtheNev]

I wanted to dislike this for the misleading title. But that car doesn't deserve a dislike.

[@dyr_glpsn4209]

Do you need to rev-match the car on downshifts? Doesn´t look like it and I always thought this car needed it. Is it because you´re being conservative down the gears or is it because the engine autoblips the throttle by itself?

[@MJY5drives]

That was a spin,not crash Be thankful that wasn’t a crash because it could have been much worse

[@bernardomotard]

you put a turbo in this atom didnt you? how much horsepower is it making?

[@Lue30499]

+Bernardo Santos supercharger*

[@bernardomotard]

Lue 3099 its very clearly not a supercharger.

[@scarface75swe]

Precision xxxx? T3 e85 410whp

[@Lue30499]

I thought these things came with a supercharger? I must be wrong. Sorry.

[@bernardomotard]

Lue 3099 they do, but a supercharger has a whining sound, its very progressive as the revs increase. In this video, when the car is in low revs, you only hear the engine, and when the revs start to climb, you hear a very loud sucking noise, a whistle almost-turbo.

[@Kazi2812]

That car is absolutely rapid! What an animal. Looks like it puts the power down well too!

[@moldyavocado8317]

What I was taught on a track day is since the car is extremely light, coming off the power completely and letting it float around the corner will make it spin, or at least prone to losing control. Your atom goes like a bat out of hell though. Definitely wasn't moving that quick when I had a go

[@TheAlpsify]

God... Keep your hands on the wheel... stop putting your elbow on the window... Stop looking backward, you might crash more times at the beginning.

[@jamessmith84240]

What engine is in this car? I know some have civic engines but this sounds turbo charged too?

[@scarface75swe]

James Smith yes, it's a honda k20a with a turbo.

[@swimmer751]

Out of curiosity, looked like the last 3 turns before you spun out you were having some control issues. Any particular or specific cause? Looks like you had a blast! thanks for sharing.

[@premix3663]

Never trust a guy in purposely ripped Jean's

[@kaolor8496]

He spun out! Not crash

[@StevieRay9O]

kao lor Look closely; white full-face helmet (left overalls at home for casual track-day)? It's the Stig & he never crashes!

[@InfuriatedHawk]

StevieRay9O Except for that Koenigsegg CCX.

[@facelesscovers763]

@@InfuriatedHawk that's only because that Koenigsegg CCX was a mentalist with no weight under the nose.

[@stevenc5509]

Who else’s stomach drop when he almost hit the wall?

[@EF50404]

That turbo can catch you off guard especially in mid turn. Looks like mad fun though.

[@andrevvvvv]

Uhm, would you mind pointing out where that crash is occurring? All I see is see I two spins after some oversteer (neither of which were anywhere near 100mph by the way)

[@pauljs75]

A crash breaks the car or at least a good piece off of it, if not worse. I didn't see that happen at all.

[@Demondal]

It really bugs me how you rest your left arm on the side of the car so much. First off is similar to one of mine, too fast into the corner then a touch of the brakes and the back comes round. Second off was nice hitting the limiter lol.

[@akidim13]

2:12-2:13 - you can see he presses on the brakes while on the turn , that’s what caused the initial spin out , then he just locked them up

[@ChrisPBacon-zt8ko]

What engine setup? Sounds amazing! Also what are the wheel and tire specs if you don't mind me asking. They've always seemed small for the cars IMO and yours sounds like it's got a ton of power. sweet car!

[@scarface75swe]

+chris bacon Turbo 410whp, tire are toyo R888 streetlegal semislicks

[@sidewayssam]

Bonkers quick..if your not spinning, your not trying hard enough!lol

[@Snake2303]

gear was too high (6).

[@scarface75swe]

+Snake2303 Exelent !!! you are the first one to notice that. Normally I run that corner on the 5th gear. You see that on the lap before. It was a stupid test to see if I could run the corner on 6th gear.

[@Snake2303]

:)

[@kevinsal96]

MC is not the gearing is the V-Tec Kicking in yo!!!

[@kevinsal96]

scarface75swe I notice that the car acts like a old formula one car if you go into a very high gear or a very low gear the rear tires will have a different speed than the front tires so It causes the car to spun out but really nice driving the car looks fun.

[@vangledosh]

kevin salinas you mean no traction control??

[@ajmercado7797]

those crashes/slides are one of the most annoying things that is happening to me when I play video games

[@whatNtarnation90]

Because you don't understand throttle control or over steer.

[@dualinput601]

What version of the atom is this? Nice car control

[@DustinFox.]

Man those tires jumped off the cliff on that last lap

[@FEDVendetta]

HOLY CRAP - this is fucking AMAZING DUDE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tazman98ify]

Why so many dislikes? Dudes driving was impeccable. Had it been me I probably would’ve slid into a wall a long time ago.

[@MrSlowestD16]

Woo, that was fun to watch! That thing is brutal. Pushing something like that to 10/10 like that takes lots of balls and skill. Hats off to you, glad you didn't wreck.

[@thereaperishere]

2:11 You're welcome.

[@Ghostca]

man the armchair driving coaches are strong in the comments section for this video.. wow

[@davidusminimus]

The sky looks beautiful wherever this is.

[@HPDxxx]

great control, your car it's a little rocket with a very good balance. it's NA or supercharged one?

[@JOXWb]

This car must be super fun! I wanna drive it! :)

[@VentoVr61987]

Omg, this Sound! 😍😍

[@Synystr7]

I love how the guy is resting his left arm on the frame like its a windowsill

[@richbuckingham]

Nice driving! I'm surprised you can manage the counter steer one-handed though, looks like you're resting your left arm on the frame? (which I'm not sure is a good habit to get into.) More videos!! :)

[@SkyHeroII]

awesome sound & nice driving !!

[@happydappyman]

Should have caught yourself over-driving the car in the two corners leading up where you went off ;) Makes for a fun video though, thanks for the upload.

[@jamezz34]

Before u guys have a go at the driver, try getting into one of these and giving it a go....The car is flawed, the chassis is horrible and stiff, the track needs widening, the tyres are so damn narrow....it's unforgiving!!

[@ajlakanen]

Man, that is one violent piece of machine.

[@ashtonmurch2142]

dude this is awesome! I bet that thing is a riot to drive :D

[@ThaRealGecko]

Nice for the driver... but we want to see a crash o.O

[@TAnimations]

Naveed Sekender Wtf is wrong with you??? Who doesn't wanna see a crash?

[@TAnimations]

Naveed Sekender Haha you mad and gay 😂😂

[@MrSlowestD16]

While not quite crashes, scary none-the-less. Damn that thing is FAST, btw.

[@NDil97]

What camera do you use! That contrast looks amazing!!

[@scarface75swe]

+Nic D Gopro 3 black

[@march11stoneytony]

Screw all the haters! That was a sick vid! I hope I live near a track some day!

[@areyou0k98]

He's way to jerky with the wheel, he's gotta learn to make smoother turns.

[@mrmidnight32]

Why do these stayy everything you spin? Lack of oil pressure?

[@davejohnson8960]

Great driving. Looks like fun. But...I think you need some more down force. I've noticed that some Ariel's have wings and some don't. Any thoughts on adding them?

[@mwilliams82684]

Change your title to “spin out” don’t be a tool

[@jonathansteenstrup422]

Vet du hur stor skillnaden mellan bac mono och Ariel atom är? Och vilken av dem som är snabbast

[@scarface75swe]

orginal så är nog en gatreggad bac snabbare. men vill du köpa färdigt det snabbaste ariel har så är det nog Ariel Atom 3,5R med sec-låda du ska titta på. vill du inte lägga så mycket pengar som en 3,5R kostar så kan du köpa en orginal och kontakta mig så ska vi nog kunna få den så snabba att en BAC kommer skämmas 😀: BAC är också mycket dyrare är en atom ska tilläggas. Jag har kört mot många Bac, KTM Xbow av tyå dyraste versionerna och dom har inte ens vart i närheten av mig. men som sagt du måste fixa lite med en orginalatom, du behöver minst 350hk och du måste ställa in chassit ordentligt, då blir dom assnabba.

[@patto505]

Rev matching your down shifts will help keep the car a lot more balanced coming into the corner. Car sounds vicious.

[@zzvyb6]

Two things: The steering gain of the car is too low at the limit: Change the rack or the column joints to 'quicken' it up after 45 degrees of SW angle. The car becomes an understeering pig after 2-3 laps. You need to reconfigure the load transfer or find a better (bigger) set of tires. Otherwise it looks like its really just a fun-run car on this track. Same comments for the 'Ring play(s).

[@scarface75swe]

Yes it´s a 10 years old fun run car, how are 1,5sec/lap faster than a Porsche gt2RS 2018 :-) It´s one of fastes Ariel Atom in europe and I´m not going to invest more money in that car. Thanks for the info.

[@426F6F]

I'm glad it wasn't a head-on collision man! but were you just going too fast around the corner or did you turn too hard at the speed, or both?

[@YaBoiiiNikki]

Han's RX-7 in The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift sounded exactly the same.

[@alienboya]

+NikkiDiamond I was just thinking that too lol, totally has a Rotary sound.

[@daillyarran]

I’m not even mad that there wasn’t a crash, you’re a hella good driver!

[@ChadKenova]

I would love to drive one, i had a s2000 and that was fun as hell but nothing like that

[@OdrikT800]

before the spin you let off the gas, applied brake pressure, back on throttle, back on brake. you just upset the car balance way to hard. no wonder you spun out. thats not even a rookie mistake there.

[@samueljoseph9710]

How much does a new Atom cost? I cant seem to find the price online. I couldn't imagine it being more than $80,000 since their so small, meaning less construction.

[@jason123456789101000]

There base price is around 60,000

[@samueljoseph9710]

Okay cool thanks.

[@TwoAMBlacktop]

Atom 3S, turbo K24 iVtec starts at $89000 according to the Atom site.

[@rismo790]

That sound tho 😱 What exact model of atom is this ?

[@olavo1mc]

Awesome driving, I believe the spin was caused by applying the brake while turning at 2:11 because of the entry speed?

[@inox1ck]

You should rename this, something like "loosing the rear at 300kph"

[@ulle500]

You drive IRL like I do in sims lol. Not the fastest way but the most fun way. Love the sound of that thing btw

[@Christos_Angelis]

Was there any chance of saving if by not hitting the brake at 2:13?

[@mrschwifty5564]

You mean Ariel Atom spins out at 50 MPH

[@TrevorDennis100]

Right on the raged edge at the end there after the overtake. Heck he got past the other car. He just had to carry on as before the overtake. I'm thinking he knows he got untidy, and that it was going to end in tears. Still beautiful to see the pre crash footage. Wonderful control and every inch of track used. I thought it was going off at just about every corner!

[@JFR6962]

"Crash" I was hit by a car, totaling my motorcycle and knocking me out for a solid 20 minutes. This dude spun out. Wheels didn't even leave the ground. The fucking click bait on youtube is real.

[@An4rkistic]

Do you have a roll bar fitted?

[@JonPowersDrives]

Wow this was truly a pleasure to watch. Great driving and even greater Atom!!! That thing sounds like heaven on earth