When I was 16 I built a Kyosho Javelin. I don't even remember what motor I put in it, but the old man "Joe" at the hobby shop sold me a Trinity motor that he said would "make it go crazy fast". On about my 3rd pack through the buggy I was coming towards myself and the car took a bounce and angled slightly towards an old rusty 55 gallon drum used to burn trash. I turned to avoid it, but with the buggy coming towards me, I turn the wrong way. The car stuffed itself through the rusty side of the trash can. I pulled it out, covered in burnt garbage and shook it off like nothing happened.
That buggy was also launched off the top of a high school gymnasium. It landed about the 4th row from the floor, bounced to the gym floor where I proceeded to leave spikey rubber streaks all over the basketball court