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28 August 2017
Mike Schmidt has the hottest buns in motorsport. Because flames.
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There's a reason that racing drivers wear more layers than Lady Gaga during second encore – and South African racer Mike Schmidt just used up every one of them.
During practice for a sports car event at the Nezzi Circuit, near Durban in South Africa, Mike split a fuel line in his VW-engined enduro prototype during Friday practice, flames instantly filling the cockpit.
Moving faster than CarsGuide staff going after a communal birthday cake, Mike managed to wriggle free from the cockpit and escaped without injury.
“The engine died unexpectedly and the next thing I knew was that I was literally sitting in a fire pit with flames all around me,” Mike told South African website Wheels24.
What's even more remarkable is that his Bateleur Motorsport team managed to repair his car in time to race the next day.
Mike is now reportedly planning a holiday in a location where there is lots of snow and not a sign of an open fire anywhere.
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