awwww hell, Ol Smokey, the 1949 Ford I've featured a couple of times, has flown off Pikes Peak, 175 feet down, and rolled 9 times, then came to a stop utterly wrecked and won't be rebuilt. Driver is fine, but the brakes weren't (and had no redundancy system)

during last weekend's Pikes Peak Hill Climb, Smokey had a complete brake failure Birdsall recalled in an Instagram post.

The truck flew about 175 feet down the cliff onto it's roof, and then rolled 8 or 9 times before it came to a stop in a snow drift.

the cage, safety belts, and helmet were perfect. 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ct-Xl0iuqCv/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=286abcdf-a67a-4f04-b8da-4fdfb6555c78

https://www.thedrive.com/news/pikes-peak-diesel-record-breaking-ford-pickup-destroyed-after-sailing-over-cliff

https://www.facebook.com/scottbirdsall

https://twitter.com/cospringsrunner/status/1673541174815236098/photo/2