---
title: "Watch Pat Doran Crash a Ford RS200 Evo 2 Rally Car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed"
description: "Would've been a sweet drift if he held it, though."
date: "2017-06-29"
modified: "2017-06-29"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/11974/watch-pat-doran-crash-a-ford-rs200-evo-2-rally-car-at-the-goodwood-festival-of-speed"
categories:
  - "Ford News"
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tags:
  - "Crash"
  - "Ford"
  - "Goodwood Festival of Speed"
  - "Hillclimb"
  - "race car"
  - "rs200"
---

# Watch Pat Doran Crash a Ford RS200 Evo 2 Rally Car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

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The [Goodwood Festival of Speed](<https://www.thedrive.com/start-finish/11673/goodwood-festival-of-speed-2017-will-celebrate-bernie-ecclestone>) is just about the only place on Earth where you can watch cars [from every corner of the automotive world](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/10619/goodwood-festival-of-speed-introducing-first-ever-drift-competition>) rocket up the same stretch of asphalt. That also means it's just about the only place on Earth where you can watch cars from every corner of the automotive world miss an apex and crash.

The festivities have just begun, but the famed hill climb course has already claimed its first victim—a [1986 Ford RS200 Evo 2.](<https://twitter.com/MarkNPaulson/status/880413895973851137>) British rallycross legend Pat Doran was flying up the slope when he cut in too early approaching the Molecomb corner and lost control. For a second, it looked like he might be able to hold the slide, but he quickly ran out of room and stuffed the mid-engined rally rocket into the hay bales.

Though the "soft" landing spared Doran from any injury, it sure didn't do the RS200 bodywork any favors. The impact tore the rear hatch off the car and the event was red flagged so officials could pick up all the pieces. Doran was a good sport about it, though, bowing for the crowd as he climbed out of the wreckage.

https://youtube.com/embed/LA7PEH9m0XI

It helps that he's in good company, as the Molecomb corner has claimed more victims than just about any other part of the course. Below is a compilation of several other entrants losing it on the turn a few years ago—everything from a Mazda 767B to a NASCAR stock car to an R34 Nissan Skyline.

https://youtube.com/embed/6t0XBdVQUQI

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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