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The Chrysler employees who entered the prototype Dodge Challenger in this year's One Lap of America may have taken the car's Vanishing Point theme a bit too seriously. Just like in the classic film, the stark white Challenger came face to face with a solid object. The car met its demise in Round 2's time trial event at Road America after getting loose through turn 1. It then left the track and came to a stop perched atop a tire-wall. This course of events departs slightly from the original movie plot, where the Challenger did not meet its destructive fate until the final frames. The film version also somehow managed to survive its own slew of off road adventures without much harm, proving that Hollywood doesn't necessarily mimic real life. Fortunately the Challenger driver, Erich Heuschele, came away from his off track excursion unscathed. The crew has reported that the car will be out for the remainder of events, though it was spotted leaving the track under its own power so a return might be a slim possibility. Check out the source link below for more images of the carnage.
[Source: Autoblog]

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wow. I live about an hour and a half from road america. Im suprised I didnt hear anything about this.

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LMAO....OWNED !!!! If you can't DODGE it RAM it....to bad he didn't have a truck, but the ol' saying still fits it.

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Poor Challenger...LOL! No really...

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Wow..... I bet that guy's face is red.

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joedabbs2001

Sure hate to see a muscle car meet an end like that. Knowing the car industry it will go to the body shop and be sold as new.

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Oh....that's sad! Poor Challenger.

Pacman131

Dam, looks like the really screwed that car up!

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