---
title: "Lucky Road Rally Participants Survive Brutal, High-Speed Crash in a McLaren 720S"
description: "The driver and passenger originally escaped the carnage and were transported to a nearby hospital."
date: "2018-05-16"
modified: "2018-05-16"
authors:
  - name: "Jerry Perez"
    job_title: "Deputy Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/jerry-perez"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/20888/lucky-road-rally-participants-survive-brutal-high-speed-crash-in-a-mclaren-720s"
categories:
  - "McLaren News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "720S"
  - "Car Crash"
  - "Coupe"
  - "Las Vegas"
  - "mclaren"
  - "Mclaren 720s"
  - "McLaren Automotive"
  - "News"
  - "rally"
  - "Supercar"
---

# Lucky Road Rally Participants Survive Brutal, High-Speed Crash in a McLaren 720S

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Two people who were participants in the Corsa Rally West were involved in a high-speed crash while at the wheel of [a new McLaren 720S](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/20861/heres-the-onboard-video-of-that-mclaren-720s-crashing-into-a-new-audi-r8>). The massive wreckage was found near the Lake Mead recreational area in Nevada, about 25 miles southeast of Las Vegas.

The Nevada Highway Patrol was the first one to release the image of the destroyed McLaren on May 11, claiming that both passengers were alive thanks to using their seatbelts. While seatbelts definitely kept the occupants in place, it was [the quality and efficacy](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/20883/mclaren-releases-new-brand-lifestyle-smartphone-application>) of McLaren's monocoque and driver cell that truly saved two lives that day. With a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 that produces an astonishing 710 horsepower, the 720S is a supercar through-and-through, and more than a handful if things were to go south.

https://twitter.com/_/status/995094311065694208

The Corsa Rally West is just another one of the [dozens of rallies](<https://www.thedrive.com/polizei144/5655/cannonball-run-founder-dies-new-cannonball-run-spits-on-his-grave>) designed for wealthy supercar owners and vloggers to get together and apply stickers to fancy rides as they make their high-speed runs from one destination to another. As this [video](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvh2eWVn_Vw>) by *DailyDrivenExotics* shows, the participants typically travel at high rates of speed on public roads and, in this case, even drive in the wrong direction down a highway access ramp after missing an exit.

Despite the news of this accident making national headlines, it's still not clear who the owner of the McLaren is, and if it was the same person who was behind the wheel [at the moment of the accident](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/20376/this-crash-between-a-mclaren-720s-and-a-parked-audi-r8-will-not-be-cheap>). One thing is for sure: That McLaren is headed straight to the boneyard.

https://youtube.com/embed/Lvh2eWVn_Vw

## Author
Jerry is responsible for upholding The Drive's ethos as an audience-first, enthusiast-driven car blog that serves up industry-leading news, reviews, culture, and motorsport coverage. Overseeing a staff of writers and editors from his home base in Indianapolis, he helps curate the site's daily rundown, as well as its medium- and long-term content strategies. Jerry joined The Drive in 2018 as a writer and worked as news editor and managing editor before becoming the deputy in 2023. As a lifelong car enthusiast and racing fan, Jerry believes that all cars are cool, but the people behind the machines are even cooler. This belief often gives The Drive a slightly different focus from most other car sites, where we explore the humanity behind the machines. When he's not obsessing over the day's biggest stories or hanging out at a race track, Jerry can be found behind the wheel of a car, most likely sharing a laugh with his teenage son or daughter.

### Author social links  
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