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Watch: Brazilian racer cheats death

Published: 07 Jul 2011

If Brazilian Stock Car Championship drivers compiled a list of things they'd rather didn't happen, we wager Car Bursting Into Flames For No Obvious Reason figures pretty near the top.

Unfortunately for Tuka Rocha - a driver in said championship - his Chevrolet did just that, forcing him to kick open the door and perform a Knievel-style daredevil exit from the moving car.

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At this point, we'd probably sit down and have a nice cry. But Rocha chooses to perform a happily little dance, wave around a bit then collapse on the ground.

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