Illegal Street Racer Totals Car In Arizona Desert Race

Pretty regularly, YouTube channel 1320video goes and documents organized illegal street races in different parts of the United States. While many question why YouTube allows that kind of obviously illegal content to be uploaded and therefore arguably glamorized, we find it a fascinating look into a subculture most people would never see firsthand.

Lamborghini causes a huge crash.

But in those illegal races there are accidents, like this one in an undisclosed part of the desert in Arizona. As cars pair up and blast down a dark highway in the middle of nowhere, one of them veers onto the sandy shoulder at speed and rolls.

The result isn’t pretty and serves as a reminder that racing is dangerous. At a sanctioned drag strip, there would be emergency crews ready to assist in this kind of crash, but out in the middle of nowhere with some guys looking for illegal thrills, it’s a different story.

We question if anyone who wrenched the guy out of his wrecked ride has medical training. We don’t, but we also know you can make some injuries worse by moving victims in certain ways. This is why we prefer to have medics on hand who know what they’re doing, not just some bros with good intentions.

As one of the guys in the 1320video crew notes after the wreck, the car rolled several times. There’s a question if the driver “came out of his harness a little bit” which might have been why he was so badly injured.

Suddenly, safety checks at legit tracks don’t seem so cumbersome and intrusive, do they?

Actually, we expect this crash will deter few of the illegal street racers. A lot of them seem to not care about their safety (let alone the safety of others) or appear to believe they’re impervious to harm.

What would these guys have done if their “friend” were killed or the car went up in flames? Do they even think about that sort of thing? This is just one of the reasons why street racing is just plain stupid.

Image via 1320video/YouTube