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This weekend, the third round of the World Rally Championship kicked off in Mexico, and boy was it a wild one. The dust-filled stages made for some interesting action, and to top it all off, the race leader went off-course into a parking lot a few turns before the finish line, nearly throwing away the overall win.

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It all started when Kris Meeke, driving his Citroën C3, went wide through a right-hand sweeper through the tall brush into a spectator parking area. Confused with where to go, Meeke veered left into the field of stationary cars looking for a way back onto the stage.

Eventually, he was able to get back on course, but not after convincing his co-driver the excursion had cost them the rally. You can watch the panic develop in the on-board video below as they pull past the finish line.

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Ultimately, Meeke took the win by a mere 13.8 seconds in front of defending champion Sebastian Ogier. A buzzer beater if we've ever seen one.

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