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Brian Gillespie crashed his Honda Insight hybrid at 178mph. He survived unscathed. His car very much didn't. Watch 2013's biggest crash here

As Brian Gillespie will attest, things can turn very nasty, very quickly when closing in on 200mph.

Earlier this month, at an SCTA race event in Southern California, he was attempting to get his plucky first-generation Honda Insight past the 200mph barrier. That was until something went wrong at 178mph.

A small sway to the right sent the Honda into a full-on broadside slide, anchoring the wheels into the lake bed and then into a violent set of high-speed tumbles.

Most of the car was destroyed, but the beefy roll cage remained. This, as well as the stringent SCTA safety regulations (mandated head-and-neck restraints, side-to-side head support and arm restraints to keep hands inside the car) saved Brian's life.

He remained conscious throughout the crash and was cut out of the car and airlifted to hospital with a collapsed lung and bruising. He has since been discharged and is back at work. Brian is clearly made of stern stuff.

We'll be filing this it our ‘BIG ONES' cabinet

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Brian Gillespie crashes his Hasport Hondata Insight at El Mirage dry lakes meet Nov 10th, 2013. The safety equipment worked as designed, and he escaped with relatively minor injuries. The car was the season's points champion, and was running between 180-190mph when it turned in. I contacted Brian before this posting and he agreed to YouTube it, later he will be creating something more detailed.

[Gerard Roelofsen]

Dat is een zwaar klap.



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