British Guy Reacts to Indycar Biggest crashes of All time *First Time Reaction*
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At 8:32 the driver who got hit his an Italian driver called Alex Zanardi. He lost the lower part of both his legs but went on to compete at both Rio de Janeiro and London Paralympic games where he got 4 gold medals and 2 silver medals for Italy. He's an example. 👍
Horrible horrible incident! Amazing he has gone in to achieve them things! Inspirational!
@@TheBeesleys99 btw, he also got in an accident where he got hit by a truck in an Paralympic cycling race in like July 2020
@@TheBeesleys99 and @Vitor Barreto And it's not like his legs got amputated afterwards, but his legs got sheered off on impact. one of the medical doctors fed three I.V.'s into his body to manage the blood loss. Now that kept him alive, but the diluted blood lacked the vital oxygen needed to feed his brain. I have no clue how he lived. He pretty much survived being sheered in half
Indycars have a top speed of about 235 miles per hour
Wow rapid!
I think at one point during the Cart era they were hitting 240-250mph
@@brandanhall9943 I think a race at Texas was cancelled because the speed was too high and drivers almost blacked out in the corners due to high g-forces. I think the average speed was over 240mph (390 km/h)
@@petereriksson3084 Like its insane how fast they were back then.
In1996 Lyendike win the pole w a 4 lap average of 237 mph..he did one lap in practice at 239 mph. That was about the peak. If your averaging 235 to almost 240 then yes on strait aways your touching around 250 because even on turns if your not letting off the throttle your not going to be as fast. It's insane how fast that is and how little the margin of error is.
The worst NASCAR crashes are rarely fatal. The worst Indycar crashes are always fatal.
I think the last time a fatality happened in IndyCar was in 2015 at an oval called Pocono. What happened was a car spun out from the lead and there was so much debris that one of the drivers behind the crash hit the flying nose of the wrecked car on his head and instantly killed him. Just last year in 2020 they added a windscreen to the cars so that accidents like that one would not happen.
Ahh ok that makes sense! Such a tradgic and awful event! Amazing safety precautions are coming in to prevent it though!
The driver was Justin wilson. The crash you seen at 2:38 was justin wilson hitting that yellow car which eventually cause the big one
2011 and 2015 were the last times a driver was killed but multiple drivers have been injured since
You're right. In indycar there isn't a lot of wrecks, but when it does go wrong, it goes fucking wrong. Also you should react to the Alex zanardi story. His crash was in that video. Hell of an inspiration
Awesome will do mate!
One more suggestion for the fastest cars on the planet, except for salt flat cars,react to the NHRA drag racing crashes. There's a few videos on them. Keep this in mind,NASCAR cars have up to 900 horsepower. NHRA top fuel dragster,and nitro funny cars have an estimated 12,000 horsepower. 0-330+ mph in under 4 seconds!
8:32 That guy actually lost his legs in that crash. Thankfully he lived to tell about it
Omg! Thats horrible! But yes the main thing is he lived another day!
And he even raced with a specially built car in WTCC if I remember correctly. Alex Zanardi is his name. He later won 4 gold medals in the paralympics but sadly this summer he crasched while training on an open road with his handbike and suffered a serious head injury. Still alive tho, but in bad condition.
@@TheBeesleys99 well,last year while in a hand bike accident(oh yeah,hes an Olympic gold medalist now)....he got hit by a fucking truck.
and survived that too.
look up Alex Zanardi. incredible dude.
James, single seat race car, open wheels, nuff said!
Ain't 5:45 Hinchcliffe's big one that almost killed him? A piece of the suspension impaled him through both legs and trapped him in the car. You should look for his interviews about it, it was pretty gnarly.
Oh wow that is horrible and shows how dangerous this sport is!
Luckily, he made a full recovery. He started driving again the next year.
@@TheBeesleys99 He literally lost his pulse in the elevator in the hospital
@@JayDee185 almost won dancing with the stars too.
That’s right! I forgot about that! Where’d he place again? Second?
Think I might have mentioned this before but 52 deaths over the years with this, not to mention the crippling injuries. Shits insane
Apologies for either missing or forgetting that! That is insane and absolutly horrible!
@@TheBeesleys99 Dude I didn't even know that death toll number til I looked it up. No need for apologies it's just an insanely lethal high risk sport. Damn
52 must be just counting certain iterations of Indy racing bodies. Indianapolis has had 73 fatalities alone, almost all of them in/around the Indy 500.
@@jeffreyolenick4132 Yeah that was just F1 car death numbers, honestly I'm surprised it's not higher
Dan Wheldon, was a British IndyCar driver who was killed in 2011 in a race at the Las Vegas track. He was only 33 when he died and he won the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 and 2011. There is a video on TH-cam and the name of the video is, Dan Wheldon Fatal Crash Death Announcement and Salute -Live. The video is 16:51 long.
Oh wow such a shame! Horrible to here that not good at all! Will check that video out!
@@TheBeesleys99 the laps before it would drive you insane especially the Tagliani-Briscoe touch.
IndyCar is an American sport that centers around the Indianapolis 500, which has been held since 1911. In the past, IndyCar has raced in venues around the world but today only races in North America in a combination of ovals, road courses and street circuits. Compared to NASCAR, IndyCar has more international drivers with only about half of the competitors being American. While IndyCar as a whole doesn't have as large of an American fanbase as NASCAR does, the Indianapolis 500 is the most attended single-day sporting event in the world with around 300,000 attending in 2019.
The two most recent driver deaths have been Justin Wilson in 2015 and Dan Wheldon in 2011. IndyCar is inherently very dangerous (reaching 230+ mph on a closed circuit in an open cockpit car) but is constantly seeking to improve safety. Motorsports safety innovations which had their origins in IndyCar are SAFER barriers, a dedicated driver paramedic team that travels to every race and, yes, even rearview mirrors. 2020 saw the introduction of the aeroscreen, a device designed to protect the drivers' heads and prevent small and large objects from penetrating into the cockpit.
Also just a fun fact for those of you that don’t know the whole reason why indycar is called indycar is because it is named after the Indianapolis motor speedway and the indie 500
The best thing about Indycar isn't the crashes, it's the racecraft. Unlike say F1, for the most part, the cars are the same. Meaning closer racing and more dependent on driver skill. That's the thrill of Indycar
Although the compartments are smaller than NASCAR, the drivers cage is built very much the same. Obviously, the big difference is the head unprotected. Justin Miller died, a few years ago, when a part from another car flew into his head.
The thing you have to remember about some of the older crashes is that while some of them don't look that brutal they happened before the invention of the SAFER barrier, which means that they're hitting a full on concrete wall at high speed. The wall doesn't absorb any of the impact, the car and the driver absorb it all.
8:33
Guy lost his legs in that crash. Absolutely brutal. And he lived, and still races on and off. He uses hand controls.
Horrible outcome! So so brutal! Amazing he lived and can continue his passion!
The cars are designed to crumple around the driver and absorb the G-Forces of the impact, leaving the drivers cage (hopefully) intact.
There is a loop behind the drivers head to take the weight of the car of turned over, which would break their necks other wise, but they do get hit on the helmet, mostly by debris. The most common injuries, on a hard front end impact is the legs, which are tucked in just behind the front axle. And, of course they are wearing Nomex fire suits. For some really explosive action, check out NHRA drag racing crashes.
Indy Cars came out out development around the Indianapolis 500 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. It began running in 1911, is arguably the most important car race in the world, and is the biggest single day sporting event in the world by attendance. For the 100th running a few years ago there were estimated to be 400,000 people there. That is the track you see in this video that is kind of flat and rectangular in shape. Definitely something to experience once if you like sports at all.
Indycar with it's open wheel aspect and high speeds lends to incredible launches. The tubs (driver's cockpit) are virtually impenetrable; everything else breaks away and the solid tub insulates the driver.
I've been watching Indycar since 1975 and can honestly say that several of these don't belong on this list and there are MANY moore that should be.
You should check out fan perspectives of NASCAR and Indycar crashes.
Sounds like a great shout!
Yes
@@TheBeesleys99 I’d also recommend checking out the “wtf indycar moments” playlist, it’s pretty entertaining
Yo Beesley, in your free time, take a quick look at Kenny Brack’s Texas crash. It was not in this video. To this day, it stands as a record for human survival. A 214 G-Force accident. Just to clarify, *6g* can be fatal for an extended period of time. Kenny Brack survived *214g*
I'd recommend you see driver Smiley's crash. You will most likely never a worst crash then this 1.
Wow you got around to this pretty quickly lol. Loved it man, very entertaining! IndyCar is something else, isn't it?
Yeah 100% especially after seeing the comments. A very very mental F1 ahah! Cant wait to watch more!
Can’t wait ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks babe!
Also bees when you see preece you gone be like how did he not die
The wreck that nobody mentioned on here was Dario Franchitti's wreck toward the end of the video. Another career ending injury.
That one replay of the gold arrow car at IMS with that half flip.. the driver nearly bled out because of a from suspension component skewering him.
You asked where Indy Car started. It’s named after the Indianapolis 500, which is a 2.5 mile Quad Oval, where the first race was held in 1911
Even though it’s an Open-Wheeled race series, they still hold at least half their races on Ovals, the remainder are held on Street Circuits and Road Courses
They approach 240 mph at Indy
Awesome appreciate it mate. I assume they race all around america now then?
@@TheBeesleys99 oh yeah, the Road & Street circuits are in Wisconsin near Canada, to Texas, Florida, Californian and New York, and many States in between. Same with the Oval tracks, with includes Pocono in Pennsylvania which is a massive Tri-Oval
Of course the Indianapolis 500 is the biggest event of the year for Indy Car, and over 300K spectators usually show up.. but, of course not this year.
This video was missing quite a few insane ones.
But I like the content!
Everyone survived those crashes. At 6:20 Mark Blundell was out of brakes and that crash as on the 100G Impact Force, At 5:30 James Hinchliffe Suffer i belive a Tyre Failure and was Severe Injury like Puncture Lung was the Rescue Team saved him by Using Whats Called The Zananrdi Kit
He didn't have any punctured lung but he did have a massive wound and he would have bled out if not for the crew. He describes it the suspension rod went in his leg, out above his hip, and into the other side of the tub.
Indycar has its origins in the Indianapolis 500 and the American dirt oval tradition. Check out “dirt oval” or “outlaw oval”
5:25 the driver had a suspension bar go through his leg and stuck in the other. In the hospital the nurse lost his pulse in the elevator, luckily he is ok and is a part time driver.
Edit: he hit something on the track to make it go into the wall. He was doing 230+ in that corner, to answer your question
Amazing use recovered and an still part time drive! Thanks for the insight mate!
He’s full time this year with Andretti
Based in America but is far more international than NASCAR.
many drivers from all over the world compete in IndyCar.
unfortunately the last 2 deaths have been British drivers. Dan Wheldon in 2011....and Justin Wilson in 2015...JWil has about the most unlucky death ever. Hit in the head by a nose cone from another car.
also, that one wreck at 11:39 was another British driver, Mike Conway. he was beat up bad in that crash but hes still an active driver today as a Toyota factory driver.
there's only 2 Brits in IndyCar now tho. Jack Harvey...a very talented young driver who is also a super nice guy....and Max Chilton...a shitty F1 washout who is basically traffic.
I worked at many of the Indianapolis 500 races more than 300,000 too 400,000 fans my job was to keep them in line, LOL
3:41 That spin into the side slap on the wall is always brutal. You have to figure in centrifugal force along with angular momentum! It's worse for stocks cars (especially pre 2008) because they end up hitting drivers side. And given how close the Drivers are Sat to the door back then alot of time they would end up smacking their head on the wall. I.E Dale jr at dover in like 2007 I think
8:45 Here. Debris and one of the tires flew over the fence killing one or two spectators and injured several others.
As from this season IndyCar has a visor protecting the driver head.
Fantastic that safety precautions are being put in place!
But it took the death of Justin Wilson to really get the ball rolling on the visor.
Rest In Peace Justin Wilson
Yay he did it
You can breathe now mate ahah!
I'm surprised neither of Ryan Briscoe's big ones were here
Or Kenny Bräck's crash, which is probably the most brutal non-fatal accident I've ever seen
@@xPERSHI it technically is.
You would be wrong on the bumping they don't openly promote it but its definitely not like F1 where if you bump someone you get penalized or something
As of this year IndyCars have an areoscreen it's acts as a roof and roll cage
Just saw an other comment you already heard about that but its called an areoscreen
Awesome mate! Still appreciate letting me know!
Something that may not have been mentioned is when your seeing the fire 🔥 it may be due to what is actually burning atm. The fuel on the cars actually can catch fire but not be visible. There unfortunately are times the drivers are in real danger and you can tell because they are getting burned and you can't see the flames!
This hasn't been true since about 2007, but some of these clips do predate the switch to Ethanol. The old invisible fire fuel being Methanol for those who didn't know.
"I don't want to pause too much"... Pauses every 7 seconds
Nascar crashes are worse, but these are more dangerous. I remember Dan Weldons crash... that shows the potential for what Indy crashes can do
100% agree!
Wrong in every way Nascar crashes are bigger as in number of cars involved indy car is bigger as in the speeds they run at and how they crash not to mention more indy car drivers have been killed and or injured in the last 10 years then Nascar and F1 combined
@@VIKINGKING95 That's what I was saying. That NASCAR Crashes are worse in size, but that Indy is more dangerous. With the structure of the two cars, Indy can't protect it's drivers like NASCAR can.
At 5:45 that's James hinchcliffe and he get badly hut. He will get surgery but will make a full recovery and will go back to indycar
The big thing in American racing is oval racing. High speeds, limits pushed and virtually no reaction time to accidents from a spotter. Open wheel racing on superspeedways might be the ballsiest racing out there.
Worst IndyCar crash I've seen live was Dan Wheldon in 2011 it wasnt in this video because it was fatal
Horrible mate. Such a tradgic moment and such a shame!
Look up gordon smiley
@@thatonenigeriansformula and Greg Moore
These cars are almost built like F1 cars. The air intake above the driver's head has a roll bar built in to prevent the driver's head from hitting the ground if the car flips.
btw, why do none of those biggest crashes videos have literally the biggest crash anyone has ever survived in Indycar? Texas Motor Speedway, 2003, Kenny Bräck. Flies into the fence and car gets ripped to shreds. It's still the world record for highest G-force survived at 214Gs. Crash an F1 car into a tire wall at 250km/h you might get 50-60Gs. Just to put it into perspective. Not even a crash like that could kill the Swedish viking.
IndyCar has been around a lot longer than NASCAR. Ever hear of the Indy 500? The race,and the track are over 100 years old! F1 and Indy car do look a lot alike. But trimmed out,basically all wings flattened out with little down force on tracks like Indy and other big ovals( they don't run a NASCAR'S Daytona, or Talladega ,,,yet!) But on road courses the wings are set up for maximum down force! At the Indy race many F1 drivers come and try,some succeed, most don't! These cars are capable of speeds of over 230 mph,much faster than F1!
Awesome! Completely new to this and generally had no clue! Appreciate the insight!
Actually the overall sanctioning body of NASCAR is older than the current IndyCar body and I think nascar is the older sport as it happened because of Prohibition
@@mountain6215 no no and no first off indy car has gone by many names over the years and the first indy car race took place in 1911 Indianapolis used to be call the brick yard because it was paved with bricks some of witch are still there just not on the running surface Nascar never really got its start until the mid 30s and into the 40s and never really took off until the mid 50s
Lewis Hamilton said he’d never race Indy cause of the excessive speeds.
It is in America but the drivers are from different countries
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees ive been wanting this!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good video ! :)
Appreciate it mate!
You should check out midget and sprint car crashes. These are the cars that the greats like AJ Foyt and Mario Andretti started their careers in.
They do it in Portland Oregon
Excess of 200 mph, well past, more like 230’s
Geez that must be a terrible feeling, as a pro driver with years of experience under your name. Then you reach that point where you are no longer in control (spinning, being hit etc) ..... F that
100% f that! Horrible mate!
Check out some dirt sprint car wrecks they are wild.
12:26 think about all the debris hitting driver going underneath in helmet with no halo.
Gordon Smiley crash at the Indy 500 in the early 1980's was the worst racing crash I have ever seen in my 50 plus years. It isn't on this vid.
Blue angels 2021 high show...thought you might like it
“Near 200 mph”
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Beesley , the race will be ran at the end of the month of May: The Indianapolis 500 is held in May each year since 1911, the track opened in 1908. British drivers who have won are Graham Hill and Jimmy Clark. It has been a international race for 100 years. 350,000 race fans watch this race, many races have copied it but have never came close; th-cam.com/video/TUnclQ2uFnQ/w-d-xo.html
I live 40 miles west of Indianapolis motor speedway
There are some bad injuries here
Check out the Australian/soccer league called the A-League
IndyCar today is essentially a mix of NASCAR & F1, where you have cars that look like their European cousins & tracks on the schedule that NASCAR races on. Unfortunately the 2021 IndyCar schedule is absolute trash but it does feature a couple of ovals, the first being Texas Motor Speedway and the second being the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I can't say the 2021 IndyCar driver roster will be trash, however, because drivers from virtually every from of motorsport will be at one point or another, competing in 2021. 7-time NASCAR Cup Series champ Jimmie Johnson, as you might've heard before, will be doing the road courses this season. Former F1 names like Takuma Sato compete full-time in the series, while Romain Grosjean is rumored to join the 2021 grid. Australian Supercars champ Scott McLaughlin will race full-time as well, not to mention there are dirt-track racers & sports-car drivers competing in the series this season as well.
The Indy 500, which is the series' biggest event, is looking to make up for the disaster that was the 2020 running of the race, as the entry list is looking to be stacked full of talent, and fans may be coming back to the race for the first time in two years.
The cars themselves are safe as ever, as an "areoscreen" as it's called, offers up head protection for the drivers. The aeroscreen is essentially a mix of NASCAR's standard windshield & F1's halo. The cars are also capable of speeds upwards of 230+ miles an hour, making them essentially bullets on wheels.
IndyCar in the UK is on the Sky Sports F1 channel for 2021 I believe, as the season begins in March or April. You'll have to watch content from the individual I'll talk about in a second, down below, to see whenever the season gets under way.
Here are two videos about IndyCar that I highly suggest you to watch. The first one I'll recommend is made by a person by the name of David Land. Although he makes content that covers all forms of racing, he primarily talks about IndyCar, and with that being said you HAVE to subscribe to him. He's set to make a lot of racing content this year you'll not want to miss. Anyways, here are videos from both him & racing TH-camr Black Flags Matter that highlight the dangers & tragedy of IndyCar that once again, I suggest you react to:
David: th-cam.com/video/d82H-OTn9XY/w-d-xo.html
BFM: th-cam.com/video/0eFeHdVFbV8/w-d-xo.html
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Can ou react to f1 crashes
These. Cars. Average. Speed. Is. Almost. 240. Miles. Per. Hour
Do some research and look up how many deaths have happened there they have been racing here since 1911 and let me tell you there is nothing like 500,000 people having a good time watching the greatest special in racing the Indy 500
What about Kenny Bräck.
please watch arca racing crashes and goodys dash seires crashes
How come there is only one dislike lmao
Ill take it aha. Im sure there will be more at some point though
Look up Indianapolis motor speedway we r racing capital of the world we r largest single day sporting event
2nd comment
why are you talking?
Not the best video to react to ngl
Will 100% be checking out more IndyCar. Let me know which ones you want me to react to!
Formula 1 has more injuries. These guys are protected in a cage with safety head bars...
Not too sure mate. Again not too exposed to indy car but going off the comments... a lot of fatalities in this and a lot of mega injuries. F1 has crashes but with HALO there isnt too many (what I can remember) recently which have been too bad!
@@TheBeesleys99 ignore this guy people like him want to start a oval vs f1 argument
You talk to much
That's how I react mate. Apologies that you dont like it!
@@TheBeesleys99 i didn't say i like it im just be a dick