The runaway bus!

Each team at the 1974 World Cup had a BMW bus bedecked in their nation's colours to take them to matches. So proud were the organisers of these buses that all sixteen actually did a lap of Munich's Olympic stadium running track before the final!
However, the Zaire team's attempt to take their bus home after the tournament came to nothing as they were prevented from leaving German soil by authorities. A representative from the company loaning the bus had arrived at the Zairian hotel to reclaim the vehicle, only to be told that it was currently heading up the autobahn with the team in it!