Top 10 Craziest Real Life Car Stunts

The ultra-quick and demandingly precise motorsport style known as Gymkhana received an extra boost of octane during this closed course run in France in 2010. The late legendary driver Ken Block navigated the steep banks of L’Autodrome, with ease, at speeds exceeding anything we feel safe in, making this video a must for car nuts. The drifting is insane in this one, with some wild circling and swooping. There are donuts galore, some off-roading into the grass and enough craziness to fuel that need for speed in all of us.

It’s Loveday Adventure Park in Australia that serves as the setting for our next crazy stunt, an insane example of getting air with a Big Rig. This privately owned park provided plenty of space in 2013 for Ash Nichols in a semi-truck to do a HUGE jump that just feels earth-shaking. Heck, the camera jostling alone from the cab-cam is enough to turn our stomachs. Meanwhile, one can feel the power and speed as this truck gains enough to hurtle itself into the air over a huge dirt mound. It’s honestly awesome to watch.

There’s both style and substance behind this next stunt, a Jaguar E-Pace that manages to do an ill corkscrew barrel roll, while in the midst of a massive jump. No big deal, right? Well, at least not for Britain’s Terry Grant, a stunt driver with multiple world records under his hood. This video clip from 2013 wastes no time in letting the rubber meet the road, as Grant takes off in style and executes a perfect jump ,with a beautiful barrel roll to finish it all off. It’s breathtaking, exciting and Grant somehow makes it all look easy. Hello Guinness Book of World Records!

The stunt team over at Top Gear were definitely on top of their A-game when they attempted (and succeeded) at doing a seven-hundred-and-twenty degree double loop. The stunt took place during a 2012 show in Dublin, Ireland, and the team utilized a four wheeler that did two loop-the-loops in quick succession. The Top Gear lads make it look easy, as the car hits both loops unscathed, but it’s the head-cam footage that really underlines how dangerous this could be for other stunt drivers attempting to replicate this stunt behind the wheel of a similar car.

We know that Nancy Sinatra said that her boots were made for walkin’, but are semi-trucks made for drifting? We’re not so sure, but that didn’t stop Mike Ryan from doing just that during this insane stunt video. Ryan had plenty of movie stunt coordinating under his belt prior to attempting this trick, but it doesn’t make the end results any less insane. The sight of this massive truck drifting around smaller cars is a sight to behold. It’s the sort of precise driving that only experienced masters like Ryan can pull off, and the end results just sort of speak for themselves, really. When it comes to truck stunts, size matters.

There is a WHOLE lot of testosterone going on in this 2014 stunt video from the people at Monster Energy. Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” sets the stage, alongside some bikini-clad women and a cute dog, for “Ballistic” B.J. Baldwin to rip it up in Ensenada, Mexico. The urban setting adds an element of unpredictability as Baldwin tears through streets, past a group playing ball and into sheer madness. The control Baldwin possesses as he navigates turns and corners is a sight to behold, and the entire affair feels as if it might fall off the rails at any moment. This is despite the obvious control Monster has over the layout and stunt as a whole: it’s just a fun watch, from beginning to end.

The Lotus Formula 1 team outdid themselves with this stunt, defying the laws of gravity and making the hearts jump within our collective throats. Humongous eighteen-wheelers like this one probably weren’t designed to jump over comparatively tiny cars, right? Yet, here that exact situation takes place, and we still can’t believe our eyes. The video clip plays out like a chase, building suspense until that final, hand-over-mouth moment. The F1 motorsport car in the lead thankfully doesn’t get crushed by the eighteen-wheeler, and the end results actually look kind of, well, graceful, if we’re being honest.

This next stunt is yet another example of a car doing something that cars just weren’t intended to do, especially MINI cars. We gotta admit, though, that watching this absolute feat of vehicular magic makes us want to raise our fists and yell. French rallycross driver Guerlain Chicherit takes a Mini Cooper into the Alps to perform a non-assisted backflip, and the results are as breathtaking as you’d imagine. The slow-motion photography is graceful and beautiful, frankly, making the whole experience feel like a Hot Wheels toy. But nope, that actually is Chicherit performing the impossible, and doing a beautiful reverse flip amidst a gorgeous and snowy backdrop.

Travis Pastrana is no stranger to danger, having carved a career out of doing some of the most extreme motocross, supercross and rally racing stunts in the world. Pastrana really outdid himself in 2010 with this No Limits jump taking on the record for distance in a rally car. The stunt is simply stunning in every way, with Pastrana truly putting the pedal to the metal. The rally car gets some huge air before it crashes into the safety wall, and Pastrana emerges, having jumped 269 feet! Talk about dangerous daredevil action.

We mentioned the iconic toy line “Hot Wheels” earlier in our list, so it’s sort of fitting that we end this ranking with a car representing that brand. Driver Tanner Foust hosted the American iteration of “Top Gear,” so it sort of makes sense that he’d be the man responsible for breaking yet another world record. Here, it’s for distance in a four-wheeled vehicle, as Foust is released from an incline resembling one of those classic “Hot Wheels” tracks. The car then feels like it’s suspended mid-air forever, before it finally hits the ground. The audio inside of the car-cam is eerily quiet as Foust accomplishes the trick, but it doesn’t make the end results any less thrilling.

You should never ever attempt these stunts, but let us know in the comments which ones rocked your world!