Driver Andy Lally was unable to finish the 24-hour Rolex 24 race after hitting an opossum early Sunday morning. Later, his team found the deceased animal in the front trunk of Lally’s Porsche 911 GT America.
This is what happens when a race car hits an opossum
WARNING: Gross images of a dead opossum in this post.
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This broke through the splitter & tub and then into the front of the car.. By the way we are out of the race pic.twitter.com/2b6UpcUdyC
— Andy Lally (@AndyLally) January 25, 2015 For the record, he hit the opossum hard enough for the radiators to bend.
HUGE testament to the PWR radiators.. BENT it,, and still held water. pic.twitter.com/DY7c9uGwqE
— Andy Lally (@AndyLally) January 25, 2015 Lally’s crew posthumously named the opossum “Ballast,” according to For The Win. Let us remember Ballast in happier times:
@jeff_gluck Here's the possum alive by the wall yesterday before the Rolex 24 started. Took this while running the 5k pic.twitter.com/dHsFdAxBpv
— MikeeV5 (@MikeeV5) January 25, 2015 — Andy Lally (@AndyLally) January 25, 2015 Please watch out for opossums out there, everyone. For your sake, as well as theirs.
