RX-7 Crash Shows Why You Shouldn't Use Drag Radials On The Street

Recently, the three-rotor Mazda RX-7 of Rob Dahm set a new rotary half-mile record. Unfortunately, the heavily-modified sports car was crashed just a matter of hours later.

As described by Dahm himself in the video below, he was driving home in the RX-7 with the ultra-sticky drag radial tires still fitted when the heavens unexpectedly opened.

The moment was captured on the dash cam of Dahm’s support car immediately behind and shows the RX-7 losing traction at the flick of a switch, darting it into the adjacent lane before spinning almost a full 720-degrees around and bouncing off the highway guardrail.

Luckily, the contact was only minor and the car escaped the ordeal with nothing more than a scratched and dented front bumper.

We’re waiting to see the first Dodge Challenger Demon crashes caused by its drag radials…