{"id":570692,"date":"2026-08-16T11:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T11:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/570692\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T11:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T11:34:11","slug":"ford-mustang-v8-supercar-shunts-during-red-bull-showrun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/570692\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford Mustang V8 Supercar shunts during Red Bull Showrun"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\u2018Wobbler\u2019:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe moment a Triple Eight Ford Mustang crashed at the Red Bull Showrun in Riga, Latvia.<\/p>\n

Fan footage has emerged from the showcase event where the #888 car ploughed into a water-filled plastic barrier and drove away without significant damage.<\/p>\n

Although it was not initially clear who was behind the wheel, Will Brown\u2019s co-driver Scott Pye has confirmed he was at the wheel.<\/a><\/p>\n

Pye was one of a handful of drivers tasked with driving the V8 for a series of demonstrations across Europe.<\/a><\/p>\n

Taking to his Apex Hunters United account, Pye made light of the moment that happened in front of thousands of spectators.<\/p>\n

\u201cCould you imagine being this guy? How embarrassing,\u201d Pye joke.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a f***ing wobbler. And then to think you can make it up with some donuts.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this point, I don\u2019t even think he\u2019s even going to remember doing the donuts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just could not imagine how he feels right now. What a wobbler, absolute wobbler.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ford Mustang is in the midst of an overseas tour, joining several Red Bull-affiliated events.<\/p>\n

The Supercar appeared at the latest meeting alongside a Red Bull RB7 and World Rally Championship cars from Audi and Ford, as well as several Red Bull-backed, drift-spec BMWs.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the second incident for the Triple Eight Ford Mustang after Arvid Lindblad clipped a DTM car during the Goodwood Festival of Speed.<\/p>\n

The Riga, Latvia event was the fourth event in the European tour after visits to the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix, Goodwood Festival of Speed, and Red Bull Drift Masters Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The moment a Triple Eight Ford Mustang crashed at the Red Bull Showrun in Riga, Latvia. Fan footage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,1058,213],"class_list":["post-570692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-slot1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}