Watch this Dodge Viper spectacular crash that took place at a recent drag race event in the US. It’s never cool to see a racecar wipe out, but this Viper went out in a blaze of glory. The driver of the white car can be seen taking it easy off the start line, probably to save the transmission of the Viper. You can then see when he gives it full beans by how hard the car squats over its rear axle.

Click here to watch a high-speed F3 crash at the Macau Grand Prix.

A split second later you see the motor blow up in a cloud of smoke. Fluids escaping the engine are then set alight by making contact with parts of the car that were hot. The slippery stuff gets onto the rear wheels and causes the car to crash heavily into one wall, then the other, narrowly missing his opponent in the left lane.

Thankfully the driver got out of the car, though he seems to be limping, as he made a hasty retreat over the wall to escape any further fire hazard.