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How to Crash and Finish a Race at the Same Time

You’re a few meters away from the finish of an off-road race - your car is screaming, dust is flying off everywhere and you already feel like pleased by the fact that you’ve gone through another challenge. However, just in front of you there’s a bump and you decide to take it at full speed and jump high as you cross the line.
The landing doesn’t quite go as planned, and despite your best efforts to bring the car back on track, you go spinning through the air in a very spectacular crash. The end? You land back on wheels, with both you and your codriver walking away with no injuries.

This is what happened to to Mike Klensin, a driver that took part in this year’s edition of King of the Hammers. For the record, he started the race in position number 59 out of 150 racers and managed to climb up to 9th place.
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About the author: Andrei Tutu
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In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist.
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