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If one absolutely must crash out of professional rally event, one might as well do it with style. At least that seems to be
Petter Solberg's philosophy. The Norwegian rally driver bowed out of the Rally of France Alsace on Saturday when he left the course, drove through a vineyard, rejoined the course briefly, drove through a second vineyard and struck a power pole. As if that weren't bizarre enough, the impact sent the pole crashing to the ground, narrowly missing spectators and sending power lines arcing across parked vehicles in the area.
Solberg started the day in fourth place overall, but ended his bout for the podium on the first stage. Fortunately, no injuries were reported as a result of the off. You can take a closer look at the scene
in the video below. Trust us, you'll want to watch this one a few times.
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Video: Petter Solberg crashes through vineyard, into utility pole at French WRC event
