Dad pulls son out of rally car path at last second

A spectator has coolly grabbed his son and cheated death as an out of control rally car slid toward them during a race in Poland.

The father and son were watching the Rally of Rzeszow when a Ford Fiesta slid off the road after losing control on a bend.

As you can see in the video above, the Fiesta slid sideways along a grassed section toward a large group of spectators, who immediately fled to the left of screen.

But the father and son, who may have had their view blocked by the other fans, were left standing in the path of the out-of-control vehicle.

In a heart-stopping moment, the father took his son by the hand and lurched to the right, the car missing them by centimetres.

It's not the first motorsport mishap we've seen in recent times. Take a look at these other close calls and near-catastrophes: