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Ford Fiesta crash at Pikes Peak - click above to watch video after the jump
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The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is not for the faint of heart. The 12.42 mile, 156 turn course has multiple surfaces, a (nearly) 5,000 foot elevation increase, not to mention dozens of unprotected cliffs that await a driver's slip-up.

We reported earlier that the #5 Ford Fiesta succumbed to the mountain during a practice session on Thursday, with Ford later informing us that the crash had been caused by a misfire and that the damage was repairable.

Thanks to the wonders of YouTube, we now have amateur footage of Andrea Eriksson sliding the Fiesta off course. An alert cameraman caught the mishap on tape, and was kind enough to post it online and share it with us all. Most of the video is post-crash, but if you skip ahead to the end of part two, you can actually watch Eriksson and his co-driver drive away in the car after it gets towed back onto the road. Hit the jump to watch both videos.

Gallery: Ford Fiesta Rally Car at Pikes Peak



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[Brindfan]

OUCH! Tough to tame 800 horses in a car that small.

 

[steve35svt]

Amazing, slide off like that and drive away after. Lucky it didnt roll when it went off.

 

[Drkknight614]

Yea, it seems like that crash could of been alot worse. If I was them and I didnt know the course I would be thinking, omg theres a like 100 foot drop on the other side of that. Luckly it was like less then 10 ft.

 

[Brindfan]

There are several drops well over 100 feet on that road.

 

[viney266]

And they drove it away..Nice that they took the time even to sign autographs etc. while it was being towwed up the embankment.