“Stone Cold” Steve Austin ran into some trouble during his latest off-road race after finding success in his first two events.
The WWE Hall of Famer was unable to finish the Stomping Grounds 300 in Yerington, Nevada, on August 22 after a mistake on the course resulted in significant damage to his vehicle.
Austin, who has taken up off-road racing as a serious hobby with his Broken Skull Racing team, had finished first in the stock-mid category in each of his first two races. He placed eighth and 13th overall in those events, respectively.
Following Saturday’s race, the 61-year-old shared a photo of his car on its side and confirmed that neither he nor his co-driver were injured in the incident.
“Made a mistake on the course and knocked us out of the race on Saturday. Myself and Co-driver @reddogschopshop are both 100%,” Austin wrote. “The car took some pretty good damage and we are working on getting it ready for VC-Tonopah next race.”
Austin noted that his goal heading into the season was to finish every race, but he plans to learn from what happened and carry those lessons into future events.
“We put the car back together good enough to drive back to main pit on the back roads. This has been a great season of racing and the H2 is a helluva car. We set out to finish every race. And my mistake cost us a finish,” Austin wrote. “I have learned many things from it that I will take into future races.”
