Kid was 16 or 17, trying to keep up with those of us WELL more experienced, including the car he was following...a ferrari 355 F1 that came along with us that trip. This kid lost it in an s-turn when the rear got loose and he oversteered, overcorrected, and went off the edge. Dropped about 20-30ft, rolled 2 or 3 times, hit a tree. He got out, and so did his co-pilot. Car soon after caught flame and lit up.

The other guy that went off in the red rabbit (if I remember right) is WELL experienced. I've been up there a few times with him. He ended up just losing the rear due to...I can't remember if he said he had his tire pressure set wrong, or he was in minor need of an alignment...something like that. Good driver, great car, just still slipped up on the sand/gravel, I think. His car was salvageable, though, and to the best of my knowledge, he rebuilt it and is back on the road.

My wreck happened because I was 17 (or 18) and inexperienced up there. I wasn't used to driving, nor had I experienced brakes being so hot they didn't work. My car was DECENTLY well built for the run (I ran the mountain several times after with the same setup perfectly fine). I was too pedal-happy on the gas and brake. I came around a turn and couldn't slow at the same rate as the car in front of me. Tried to steer my way out of it, weight transfer worked against me, then hit gravel, spun a 360 and slammed sideways into the mountain/ditch. Car was pulled out via my fellow runners, and we limped it to a gas station to her get her up and running, again.

No matter how you look at it, these runs are always risky. It's just a better idea to eliminate as many of the elements as you can.