This weekend’s Border Wars No-Prep event, held at the Edinburg Raceway in Edinburg, Texas, wasn’t particularly kind to a couple of racers. As we reported earlier, our good friend Mike Murillo walked away from a crash on Thursday evening that did considerable damage to his popular SCT-backed LaFawnduh Mustang; then, on Saturday, racer Rick Garcia emerged unharmed from this wild accident that was caught on film from a very unique angle aboard his opponent’s car.
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Video credit: Javier Padron
Garcia, driving a nitrous oxide-assisted Chevrolet S-10 pickup, got loose near the 1/8-mile finish stripe on a run opposite of a potent-looking big-tire Mustang, nearly striking the pony car in the process before swinging back across the race track and going into and over the metal barrier. Amazingly enough, after the truck catapulted itself out of the confines of the strip, it somehow remained on all four wheels.
Garcia was checked out by emergency staff and, while obviously dejected about the whole ordeal, appeared confident that he’d be back. As you can see, the front of the truck took a pretty good beating, and the passenger side had a fairly hard lick with something in the grass that crushed the door and rocker panel in.
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Video credit: Henry Thomae
No-prep racing has gained considerable popularity over the last handful of seasons for its close ties and similar style to street racing, but it’s fallen under the microscope of many in the racing community of late after a rash of frightening incidents, including those of Street Outlaws star “Daddy Dave” Comstock, Murillo, and others.
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