Jay Leno walked away from this terrifying rollover crash

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Jay Leno got an even wilder ride than he bargained for when he strapped himself in the famous Hemi Under Glass drag racer.

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Chevy Camaro crashes at Cars and Coffee, Mustang fans laugh

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A drag-prepped first generation Camaro goes headlong into a cyclone fence after a failed burnout leaving Reno Cars and Coffee.

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Chevy Camaro crashes at Cars and Coffee, Mustang fans laugh originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 20 May 2016 12:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aussie Ford Falcon GT shows its rear end to Lamborghini Gallardo

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Screencap from video of a drag race between a Ford Falcon GT and Lamborghini Gallardo in Australia.

When Ford Australia announces, as it did recently, that it wants to celebrate the end of its Ford Performance Vehicle division with a Falcon FPV GT-F that celebrates big-bore origins of the nameplate, it's talking about the kind of car in this video.

At some point the classic Falcon GT - said to be an XY series - was invited to a test of acceleration against a Lamborghini Gallardo. At the very least, the Falcon GT had a 351 cubic-inch motor and 300 horsepower, but whatever this guy's got under the hood of his yellow sedan makes has him so confident that he his passenger doesn't even move his elbow from its resting place on the door.

You'll find a reminder of Ford Australia's heyday, a raucous exhaust note and some NSFW language in the short video below.

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