Z06 crashes into a M3

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VIDEO: Corvette Z06 Slams BMW M3 During "Reality TV Series" Rally - But Wait, There's More to This Story...




Found on Youtube, is this video of a Corvette Z06 losing control and ferociously crashing into a BMW M3 E36 parked on the side of the road during the amateur "Robin Hood Rally" in Tuxedo, NY on June 25/26, 2010.

According to the poster, even though there were plenty of spectators at the scene, and despite the fact that the driver of the BMW was inside the car at the time of the crash, no one was seriously injured. End of story? Not quite, as there is more to this story than what meets the eye.

First of all, the rally is pitched by the organizers as a reality show with amateur racers driving "on closed public roads in the heartland of America", which will air on television in Fall 2010.

A search on "The Robin Hood Rally [website]" returned some very interesting findings, including another serious crash during the first race of the series in May, and more intriguingly, a report from NBC stating that promotional material from "Robin Hood Rally" falsely claimed that the series would air on NBC...

In detail and starting with the first incident, WMUR-TV reported on May 24 that one person was airlifted to the hospital after a serious race crash in Berlin, New Hampshire, during the first race of the "Robin Hood" amateur series. You can read about that incident on the station's website here.

The most interesting discovery is of course the news clip from NBC on January 4, 2010.

According to the report, the organizers of "The Robin Hood Rally" were promoting the race as a series they "may film" and "may produce as a reality-like infomercial" which "may or may not air on NBC", and that it costs $1,000 to apply for the series plus another $4,000 if you're accepted. The reporter stated "Robin Hood is just a fairy tale here on NBC" [see news video below].

A promotional email signed / sent by "Kevin Sweeney, VP Business Development, Robin Hood Rally" made its appearance last year on a bunch of forums including "Stlbmwcca", "Grassrootsmotorsports", "E90Post" and " Pelicanparts", while we also found it on a Facebook page.

In the most recent press release dated June 8, 2010, the organizers of the "Robin Hood Rally" state that the reality TV series "will air on VERSUS twice weekly beginning on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. ET. Encore presentations will air on Mondays at 5 p.m. ET."

Leaving aside the NBC-incident that speaks for itself, the fact that each of the first two races of the amateur rally series was marked by a serious accident that could have cost lives [just watch the video with the 'Vette below to see what we mean], is something that should trouble both the organizers and the authorities.

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[radz28]

Ouch...

[Abington Rally]

Hi everyone. I found Camaro5.com when searching about this crash.

I'm not a Camaro or Chevy guy per se. I have an s10 , but I was glad to see that other car people outside the real rally community have found this video and think it is as unsafe as I do.
Real rally is organized much better than this, with a much higher emphasis on the safety of the drivers, codrivers, workers, spectators and EMS personnel. We are worried that people will come to associate rally with this irresponsible race series. To that end, we are trying to get Robin Hood Rally, to remove the word 'rally' from their name. We don't want to be associated with them when, not if, someone gets seriously hurt or killed.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, and if you want you can join our Facebook group dedicated to getting 'rally' out of Robin Hood Rally.

Dan McGinn

[LOWDOWN]

Another exceedingly dangerous, lame attempt to "capture" the rush of the original "Cannonball Run" and "One Lap of America", both created by the inimitable Brock Yates. Yates' events, throughout 8 Cannonballs and 27 One Laps, have yet to experience an "airlift" injury, let alone the carnage these "cheap" imitators produce. The possible liabilities and the real-world reality of conducting such an event over public roads these days is absolutely insane...which, to me, might be it's sole "redeeming social value"...

[AdamCzap]

OWNAGED!

[Brokinarrow]

Originally Posted by Abington Rally

Hi everyone. I found Camaro5.com when searching about this crash.

I'm not a Camaro or Chevy guy per se. I have an s10 , but I was glad to see that other car people outside the real rally community have found this video and think it is as unsafe as I do.
Real rally is organized much better than this, with a much higher emphasis on the safety of the drivers, codrivers, workers, spectators and EMS personnel. We are worried that people will come to associate rally with this irresponsible race series. To that end, we are trying to get Robin Hood Rally, to remove the word 'rally' from their name. We don't want to be associated with them when, not if, someone gets seriously hurt or killed.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, and if you want you can join our Facebook group dedicated to getting 'rally' out of Robin Hood Rally.

Dan McGinn

Hey, thanks for chiming in, I'm sure it really eats at you guys to see stuff like this. I'll be sure to check out the Facebook page once I get home

[2010 SSRS]

that hurt

[Epitaph]

I think it's completely stupid how a lot of races similar to this lack safety. I know it's the bystanders problem if they get hit, it just sucks knowing there are people that stupid on the road.

[Sax1031]

To much car, not enough talent.

Or brains.