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THE TRACK -- Rally races are the urban bike downhill races of the sports car world.
They both involve cars and speed, but one is on a closed circular track, and the other is typically a point-to-point race with all sorts of different terrains, turns and risks.
Rally races have planned routes and racers don't go in blind, but it still seems like an out-of-control battle royale when compared to the most popular organized sports. It conjures up visions of melee like Super Mario Smash Bros. or what would happen if you penned up dozens of toddlers who are all hitting the peak of a sugar high.
In the end, rally car races feel like a no-holds-barred affair because they pretty much are. It turns out racers can even get non-cheering help from the fans.
In this video, rally racer Marcin Szatanik slides around a sharp, snowy corner in his Fiat 126p and slides right into a ditch. The car lands on its side with wheels in the air; ain't no one coming back from that.
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The fans at the turn quickly jog over to the car, but they don't take much time to check to see if the driver and co-driver are OK. In fact, when Szatanik tries to exit the car, they shove him back in. The crowd then rallies around the car and drivers to physically lift the car out of the ditch. Then Szatanik speeds away.
It's a triumph for the human spirit, human physicality, and the heart of true fans. May this be a lesson to all couch quarterbacks -- this is how fans actually contribute to winning a game.
Jokes aside, no one will ever get tired of seeing people (or superheroes) lift cars. It will always seems like they are doing the impossible.
