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@@NathanDavis-io2nm I don't know if we should say "thanks for dale" more like "in spite of dale" since the reason he died was because he didn't like the hans device and resisted any safety changes nascar wanted to make. Yes his death ushered in a bunch of safety, but really he could still be alive if he embraced safety himself.
@@NathanDavis-io2nmDale died from a basilar skull fracture from not wearing a HANS device, wearing an open faced helmet and the track not having “Safer” barriers, car design played no role in his death, and car design has not contributed to a racer’s death in NASCAR in nearly 60 years.
@@iornlazer04 I thought from the context that moonshine maybe is some kind of drug they were hiding from the police and this then became a police chase. But no I am not sure about that. I dont know the word Hillybillys but it sounds like idiots or atleast not nice, and "to sneak moonshine" also was for me not really clear.
If you listen to the end of an earlier one with the 12 red car getting spunned, the announcer mentions this spin and how they are similar and but with the roles reversed regarding the drivers.
Took my kids to see Talladega Nights, the scene of the racing on foot to the finish they loved. I told them if that ever happened in real life it will be a Dega. Made even funnier that we know Carl, we from Missouri too. Leave it up to a Hillbilly to recreate a great movie scene.
NASCAR cars are made to protect the drivers. That is the number one goal. The new Gen 7 car is super safe. Blow-overs happen maybe once or twice a year. Drivers are allowed to make contact with each other and show displeasure with each other but flat out crashing someone could get you suspended for a week or two. NASCAR is a dangerous sport but the drivers know what they are signing up for.
Hasn't been a death in NASCAR since 2001 with Dale Earnhardt Sr., but there have been injuries 5:55: Austin Dillon: Only complaint was being really sore after this, also a hand full of fans were examined, some refused treatment, others got it at the care center at the track, while one did go to the closest hospital to that track and was treated and released 6:17: Rusty Wallace (Retired in 2005): Only suffered a concussion here 7:45: Brad Keselowski: He was fine here, but that was an intentional wreck done by the #99 Carl Edwards as payback for Brad wrecking him earlier in the race. (only that was an accident due to cars in front of Carl checking up and him having to slow down, but Brad didn't see that and ran into the back of Carl) Also this was one of many run ins these two had, 12:00 being one of them, but this incident got Carl Edwards parked for the rest of the race, fined, and lost points towards the championship 9:35: Hello again Rusty lol: This was a few months after his wreck at 6:17, and while he escaped that one with only a concussion, here though, another concussion with the addition of a broken wrist 10:30: Ryan Newman (Retired in 2023): Was knocked out and suffered a concussion, was able to walk out of the hospital a few days later holding the hands of his two daughters 11:10: Ricky Rudd (Retired in 2007): Suffered a concussion and bruised ribs Everyone else was fine
Newman’s wreck was about the closest thing to a fatal crash we’ve had recently which is a testament to the advances in safety as 20 years ago Newman might not have survived that.
@horsecrazyviking7121 To add to this comment, Ryan Newman was saved in part by a roof support in the car that he himself helped designed that is called the Newman Bar.
In NASCAR, rubbing is racing. You can bump any other car at any time. Most of the accidents you are seeing in this video are at the super speedways, Talladega or Daytona. These are the fastest tracks, the engines have restrictor plates in the air intake to limit the power output of the engines. This slowed the cars individually, but it made pack racing with drafting and bumping to gain a little bit of track space. I have seen almost all of these accidents live on TV. Many of them are so scary to watch. Almost all of these have no real injuries to any of the drivers. NASCAR has changed the cars, the cockpits and the safety features of the cars to save the drivers from injury. NASCAR had done a ton to keep the cars on the ground. The wings (spoilers) on the back of the car do a great job keeping the rear drive wheels on the ground when the car is moving in the forward direction. When they are bumped wrong and they spin, that spoiler that produces down force becomes an uplifitng wing that wants to make the car lift off the ground and fly. NASCAR had made it mandatory to have roof flaps and hood flaps that deploy if the car is turned around that open and force the car down onto the track to keep them from flying and tumbling like you see in many of these wrecks. Many of these wrecks you are seeing are from the time just before the newest safety features have been added. Most of this has been almost eliminated now.
Plus when they saw issues like with the 4th or 5th Gen cars they fix it quickly. Those had the rear wings instead of spoilers and they caused the cars to lift despite all the things designed to keep them on the ground.
NASCAR pit stops allow you to refuel. However that is extra time on pit road, so if you take less fuel, you get a faster stop. The downside is that you have less fuel for the run. It's always great to see people react to NASCAR, especially those who know motorsports, but not NASCAR, specifically! (Also, the cars have changed a fair bit since the CoT era - the era from the first flip.)
A few things to know about the cars and the safety equipment: The cars are actually built to tear apart like you see. This is a purpose built design because when the cars tear apart they lose weight which actually helps to slow the momentum during the accident. It might seem counterproductive, but it’s actually safer. Also, with regard to cars turning over, that generally occurs when a car gets sideways. The cars are aerodynamic, but only from front to rear. Of a car gets sideways and lifts, they can go airborne. If you notice the flaps on the tops of the cars, which only raise when the car goes backwards, they break up the airflow over the top of the car to help prevent overturning. With regard to the drivers protection, their seats are body molded. They also have a five to seven point harness to keep their bodies in the seats. Their heads are essentially help into place with a Head And Neck System (HANS) device to reduce the motion and g-force of head in an accident. This was widely adopted in 2001 following the death of Dale Earnhardt Sr. The cars are ridiculously safe. A couple of notes on track safety. The fencing you see around the track is essentially multilayered chain link fence designed to keep cars and debris from leaving the track and entering the grandstand. Also, there is a type of wall called a “Safer barrier” that has been installed at several tracks which puts a layer of padding, for lack of a better term, between the track and the concrete barriers. This reduced the shock from crashes as well.
Really good reaction video. I’ve been to a few NASCAR races but certainly am no expert. These cars are going up to 200 miles per hour so when they get backwards they get airborne. It is a very entertaining sport and family friendly.
The last time somebody died in our sport was 2001. " Dale Earnhardt " was & still is one of our all time great drivers. The fans loved him & his son joined Nascar also, although he did retire. I think you would like our sport. I encourage you to learn more. 🏁
@@Chrisb.reacts there also there more like exo skeletons like there fake pictures of headlights on the car for example which makes them lighter. i think people forgot to mention that in the comments
Minor correction the main reason they don’t have headlights (or taillights I believe) isn’t simply to reduce their weight but instead to prevent glass and other small hard to stop and potentially lethal debris from being launched at high speeds into the crowd. It’s also why the few windows the cars do have are basically high grade bullet proof glass so as to prevent shattering during an accident.
An interesting thing for you, that last wreck with the 99 car, after it stopped moving, the driver got out, and RAN across the finish line on foot, so he could finish the race.
My formative years as a NASCAR fan was in the 70s when they still had a lot of the OEM bodies. Back then "layin' on the chrome horn" was how you got a slower driver out of the way. Just bump them until they moved.
You have these cars hitting up to 200mph & going around the track inches apart. I'm not a NASCAR fan but I do have the utmost respect for the drivers & their crews!
In the old days, those cars could get up to around 210, and the cars were not build with a lot of the safety measures the current gen cars have. Deaths happened every now and then. I think the last death in the cup series was Dale in 2001. Say what you will about how NASCAR runs their races, but the safety measures they have implemented are incredible and deserve a lot of praise. There's more than a few big name racers from NASCAR that would be dead today without those changes.
You have a comp of wreaks , but this don't happen in every race AMD these men are very safety consious they have roll bars engineered inside and out by the best engineers in the business ! Although my favorite driver got killed Dale Sr I haven t heard if any others im sure there have been a couple but ?? Dale Sr. Was a very famous driver and I stopped watching after that 🙏
@@Chrisb.reacts These big wrecks tend to happen on "superspeedways", particularly Talledega and Daytona. All the cars run nearly the same speed in big packs, and the intentionally bump into and push the driver ahead to overcome aerodynamic drag. Even a slight mistake and it tends to take a lot of cars out at once. They usually run most of the race safely, but the last 10-20 laps and they get aggressive, so you get these big wrecks, many times over and over every few laps.
To add to the supperspeedwat madness Atlanta can and has gotten wild when it comes to to crashes over the years some of the craziest crashes I’ve seen in person have happened at Atlanta
Around the 10:30 mark, Ryan Newman almost didn't walk away from that crash. He was literally saved by a crash bar that was previously named after him from another crash
Ryan Newman is actually trained as an engineer and is the one who told NASCAR that they needed that roll bar for safety and it in turn saved his own life.
Welcome to NASCAR my friend. Im glad you took some time to aee what it has to offer When the cars flip and pieces go flying in all directions, its actually more safe. The flips and discharge of parts take away energy in the accident. Thats all energy the driver doesnt have to absorb. A fast roll awill sonetimes result is severely bloodshot eyes, but the driver is usually uninjured .
In nascar there is a famous quote “you gotta learn to wreck someone without wrecking yourself” What’s interesting about nascar is that it’s perfectly acceptable to “move someone” meaning you intentionally push their car out of the way. Generally drivers will give warning bumps once or twice if you’re slowing them down before they’ll move you. The thing is, nascar is a self policing sport for the most part. You take back what you give. There are drivers that always race clean and for the most part they are Hartley ever moved or wrecked on purpose. There are other drivers who literally don’t care and make enemies of everyone and they get hunted down by cars acting like heat seeking missiles. If you want the best example of this, and also one of the most impressive intentional wrecks of all time, check out the last lap of Ross chastain’s win at COTA (yes, we also race road courses in nascar) it happened 2 years ago and in case you had any doubts about if nascar cared…. Well they posted the video of the replay with a title praising the move and the announcers also are nothing short of amazed at Ross being so precise with his ability to wreck people.
@Chrisb.reacts in the 1920's alcohol was made illegal in the United States, but only lasted a couple of years. People in the rural hills would make moonshine (a type whiskey) and deliver it to the towns and cities in their cars. The cops would chase the hillbillies, so they started to modify their cars to outrun the cops. Alcohol became legal again but moonshine was still illegal because the makers didn't pay taxes and/or didn't followed safety procedures established by the government. The moonshine drivers started getting well known for having fast car, and started racing each other in dirt fields to see who had the fastest car. In 1947 Bill France Sr. started NASCAR to established a rule set and legitimize the sport of stock car racing. In the beginning the cars were stock, like how they were deliver to the car dealerships, and that's how a NASCAR racecar got its name of a stockcar. By the early 1960's the cars got so fast that NASCAR open the rule book in the name of safety and the stockcars became full racecars but still had the body of a production car. By the late 1990's there was no more connection to a production car only stickers to make it looks like a street car. The current generation stockcar (came out in 2022) resemblems it street counterpart now.
The bootlegging that led to NASCAR has little to do with Prohibition. Booze was already illegal in most of the South before the 18th amendment and remained illegal there after the amendment was repealed in 1933. That’s the main that NASCAR is such a southern thing. That part of the country remained “dry” for a couple of decades after the rest of the United States, so bootlegging was still a thing. The real impetus for NASCAR was the end of World War II. We started building new cars again, so used cars from before the war were cheap and plentiful.
@@PaulMcElligott Moonshine is illegal because they haven''t paid taxes on it or undergone safety checks for contamination. George Washington had to put down the Whisky Rebellion when he was President. They just don't like paying taxes.
"In the beginning the cars were stock, like how they were deliver to the car dealerships" They were not. They were modified just like the moonshine cars.
They call the cars lifting up “blow overs” it happens when air rushes under the car at higher speeds and picks the car up, the way the cars are shaped when going forward they’re meant to push the car down into the track when they turn backwards the opposite effect happens.
Oh boy... That first clip... The so-called "Car of Tomorrow"... The rear wing on that thing was found to lift the car when it got backwards, when the car was going forwards, it was fine, but you spin in that thing, you were almost guaranteed to go for a ride. 7:35 has a much clearer view of that. The car that hit the fence at 5:38 was driven, by i believe Austin Dillon, he ended up WALKING away from that, the crash was at the finish of the 2015 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona.
They get airborne and flip so much because they traveling upwards of 200 miles per hour ( 322 kph ). But more often than not , the driver climbs out of what's left of his car with few or no injuries. The whole car is designed to crumple except where the driver sits , which is a steel roll cage.
@@Chrisb.reacts no problem homie! you from germany? my great x4 grandpa was german on my dads side lol so i guess thats pretty cool. he was born there and moved over here anf fought in the american civil war on the union side
I know im a bit late but answering a few questions: -Contact is okay in NASCAR. Intentionally wrecking is not. Its okay to rub, and sometimes people get spun due to misjudgements or poor calls by the spotter. -NASCAR racecars are heavily reinforced with roll cages and foam on the driver-side. The seats are custom fitted for the driver to ensure minimal movement, amd the drivers themselves also wear harnesses that limit head/neck trauma. -The reason cars flip is due to how air behaves when the car is going backwards. The rear spoiler (the vertical piece sticking out the end) works similar to an F1 wing. As air hits it, it forces the rear of the car downward. However, if the car is turned, it hits the opposite side, creating a lift force. This paired with the increase in air rushing under the car is enough to lift it. Newer cars feature lower rear ends and roof flaps that pop open to push the car down, but flipping still happens from time to time
Most of these videos are at Daytona and talledega where the speeds are incredibly high(195-200) and the packs are tight. The reason they flip is the cars are designed to be pushed into the ground when going forward. So when they spin backwards it has the opposite effect
Been a nascar fan for the past 3 years now and its addictive, not every track has a wreck but sometimes they do run out of fuel or a tyre blows but the passion between the racers shows through way more than f1. (I live in Northern Ireland)
The wrecks where cars flip over and over again are rarely serious, much less fatal. The rolling bleeds off kinetic energy slowly and the drivers are strapped into those cars very tightly. It’s the wrecks like Dale Earnhardt’s, where the car goes from 180mph to zero in the blink of an eye, that used to kill drivers a lot more often.
I'm sure others have answered most of the questions you asked in the video, but I'll type out some info while I watch. "You have to save fuel?" - NASCAR races are anywhere between 300 miles to 600 at the maximum. The fuel cells are nowhere near big enough to make that distance, so drivers are forced to refuel during most pitstops. However, sometimes the race distance gets broken up by yellow flags (which means full course caution pacing for NASCAR, unlike F1 where they only do full blown pacing rarely.) If the distance is broken up just right, the checkered flag might be 60 laps away and you have 57 laps of fuel - So you lift, coast, clutch, whatever you have to in order to save those 3 laps. We don't have fuel gauges, all mileage is calculated and estimated by the crew chief. "Do they have special Safety measures?" - Yes, each NASCAR stock car has a rollcage, as well as several additional support beams that prevent the car from crumpling where it shouldn't, while still crumpling enough to absorb impacts. Additionally, on top of the 5 point harness they wear, each driver has to wear the HANS device, which holds their head in place and prevents basilar skull fractures. There has not been a fatality in the top 3 series of NASCAR since Dale Earnhardt in 2001, and his death was due to his refusal to wear the HANS device before it became mandatory. "Is spinning other cars legal" - It's not illegal, but it isn't common for someone to blatantly wreck another driver on purpose. A lot of the wrecks you saw in this video (though, not all) were a result of the drivers getting aggressive and misjudging. If you do wreck someone on purpose, you can bet good money he'll get you back next week. So they tend to keep one another in check.
Texas here!! watching the meaning of the star spangled banner and then watch whitney houston sings the star spangled banner will be VERY emotional. big hugs from Texas!
One of the best NASCAR videos I’ve ever seen is on an episode of Top Gear, where Richard Hammond visits a NASCAR weekend, and it’s a really good dive in/explanation of what the sport is
So a lot of the times you see the cars getting turned around, they are either bump drafting, or attempting to bump draft. You commonly see such a technique used a super speed ways like Daytona and Talledega. The idea is you catch the draft of the car in front of you and bump them forward with a burst of speed by hitting your front bumper off of their back bumper. This could cause cars to get loose and turn around if not done right. Essentially it can be a PIT maneuver. NASCAR, unlike other racing series, does allow for some contact and like F1, uses a points system, though the points are a bit more straight forward. In the race, there are 40 cars. First place gets 40 points, last place gets 1 point. Second place for example gets 39 points, and you count down from there. The races are broken down into 3 stages. You get points in stages 1 and 2 by placing in the top 10. First place gets 10 points, 10th place gets 1 point, and it goes in a decending order from 1st to 10th. These are some general things about NASCAR in its current state. I definitely missed stuff as I'm a new fan myself.
That's how the points worked in 2016. It's still 40 for a win, but 2nd is worth 35 points, with one point less per position down to 1 point for 36th-40th. That's of course not considering stage points and playoff points, but that stupidity just makes things confusing for the sake of "entertainment".
it should be mentioned that the stage points and the top ten points from the race add up to determine who will race in the playoffs at the end of the season. good explanation on bump drafts
Nascar has been improving their safety rules and procedures over years, the fence was installed after a horrible wreck years ago and some spectors were unalived due to that wreck. The cars have reinforced roll cages installed incase of the car rolls and the seat reinforced as well. The wheel can also be removed at any time a wreck happenz as well by the driver so they can immediately get out of the car. Also these cars go 200mph or over in these races. Also when the drivers are 'tailgating' they're actually 'drafting' which allows them to fly the front car once able to go around that car. Also I'm not a Nascar fan, but my son's uncle is a huge fan, I just learned a lot since knowing this man. 😂😂
You should see the Ryan Preece Flip at Daytona from Last year! But welcome to nascar my friend! Once you get the strategy and understanding of the cars down its awesome to watch! It’s a team sport! They race on all types of tracks!
Nascar does 4-8 pitstops per race for fuel, tires, repair damage, and make adjustments to cars. Also these are superspeedway races. Only make up 6 of the 36 races in the season
I was actually at the race for the very last crash shown. I saw him flying backwards with his nose pointed down and thought for sure he was going over the fence.
The content is great BTW. The science that go into the safety of these cars is insane. I highly recommend checking out a video on the evolution the safety precautions. from the walls, to the suits, to the impressive roll cage, and who could forget the Hans device. Also a huge difference in f1 and nascar is nacar's are designed to shred apart very differently then an f1 car it usually makes these spectacular wrecks. as for the rules for wrecking, they are more like guidelines, lol no its not legal per say to wreck each other but contact is inherent with oval racing so it becomes a judgment call on the officials. I did also want to note I've seen all these crashes flipping is normal in most crashes that end in the grass in big tracks specifically, but as far as I remember NO DEATHS, BUT a huge amount of injuries. DM me if you want some info, or I know a few really good channels to watch to learn more in depth.
also, if they show multiple angles of crash they are ok. if they say before replay: "we are going to show you the replay but, if you don't want to see it look away now." also the announcers will sound concerned
The nose of the car is really close to the ground but the rest of the car is higher so if they get turned sideways or backwards it's easier for air to get under the car and flip it
Racecars are designed to having downforce when moving forwards, more speed means more downforce. So when a car starts to go either sideways or backwards at high speed, all that downforce becomes lift. Reason why doesn't happen with F1 cars is because they are very draggy compared to NASCAR race cars.
@@horsecrazyviking7121road courses don’t carry near as much speed and momentum as ovals, that’s the entire reason you rarely see crazy roll over crashes unless a car gets sideways and digs into some grass.
I'm a huge Nascar fan, and yes, contact is allowed unless it is deliberately malicious. This happens very fast at 180mph average speed. There are many dangers in stock car racing, but safety has improved dramatically since Dale Earnhardt was killed in the 2001 Daytona 500
In NASCAR, there’s no such thing as “hitting” another car. It’s called rubbing, and rubbing is racing over this way. We are very competitive, and we aren’t afraid to piss off the competition. Lol
These are just from superspeedways where the cars are flat out all the time, the smaller tracks are the more authentic/traditional way but they're much slower - one thing I should mention is almost EVERYWHERE in the rural parts of the US we have 1/8th and 1/4 mile paved and dirt ovals with weekly races that people build their own cars for. It's a really crazy strong grassroots scene!
If there is something you should check out when it comes to NASCAR, it's not only the wrecks but the finishes or strangest occurrences in NASCAR. You should definitely watch them, or at least check them out, i've been a NASCAR fan for years
I noticed you were asking if the vehicle has anything to prevent flipping. They do, if you look on the hood and on the roof of the cars you can see there are these flaps that move up when the car spins and those are supposed to prevent flipping. However the type of cars that were in the last clip were very prone to flipping over. The current cars have another one of those flaps underneath the rear bumper. P. S. This is the first video I’ve seen of yours and I enjoyed it a lot. Well done.
these are very old races. the cars are now built so they don't fly around very much anymore with hood and roof flaps to catch the wind and that's what prevents the car from flipping over.
A lot of these wrecks happen at superspeedways, where the cars are all close together and running in a pack. Though intentional wrecking can be penalized in the modern rules, pushing is encouraged due to the type of racing. Sometimes though, the cats can become unsettled traveling at 180+ mph, and spin around. At that point, any part of the car making downforce when going forwards creates lift going backwards. Also, the modern race cars an are built on spec chassis, so they are a lot stronger than the road cars they are made to look like, and have protective equipment to protect the drivers. Great video.
The sad truth about NASCAR is that it's a dangerous sport. Drivers have indeed DIED in the past. Thankfully, No one has died in NASCAR since 2001, because losing one of their most popular drivers at the time, Dale Earnhardt, shook NASCAR to its core & forced them to take more extreme safety measures so that Dale's tragic passing wouldn't be in vein. To this day, Dale Eaenhardt remains as NASCAR's last driver fatality, and they want to do what they can to keep ir that way.
Meh, Dale wrecked himself trying to get a 1,2,3 finish for his team. He almost wrecked Sterling Marline several times in the laps leading up to the lap where the checks he had been writing came due.
you should watch some video from inside the cars to see how much they are sliding around in the corners and how one car drafting in the wrong spot can take traction away from another car because of the change in airflow around the car can cause a car to go into a spin. these guys are insanely talented at feeling what the car is doing.
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NASCAR stock cars truly are 200 mph tin cans, they are a lot better in downforce than they used to be but you still are skating a box around a bank track, they're absolute tanks when it comes to durability but to race one takes a lot more skill than people give them credit for. Either way a great fun video, loved your reactions. It's always fun looking out and experiencing new things.
Excellent video. I used to be a Nascar fan. It was everything. When Dale Earnhardt Sr. Was killed in an accident that didn't seem so bad. On that day at Daytona, Nascar died for me. They used to call Dale Sr the "intimidator." This happened in the nineties. I haven't been to a live event since then. Nascar usually runs a field of 35-40 cars? When the cars took the green flag & you were in the stands. Your body could actually feel the cars driving by. I can't explain it. You have to be there & experience the feeling for yourself. I've been to the Idianapolis 500 several times & those cars remind me of the little "Hot Wheels" toy cars. It's all about personal preference.
Yeah, it is. However, cars have gotten much safer as the years have gone on, with their latest change being in 2022 with the next gen car. Also, you only saw crashes with major flips in them. Very rarely are there flips at tracks. Only tracks you really see them are Daytona and Talladega, which are the majority of tracks you saw. Those tracks are called restricter plate tracks where a different "package" is used that makes the care go bumper to bumper,and if you lose the draft, man are you screwed. Check out other races as well because their is so much more to see that just flips at like 2 different racetracks.
And that was part of the thrill, tickling the nose of death and walking away from it. As morbid as it sounds, part of the reason for the decline in NASCAR is because it got safer.
These cars have really good rollcages and seats, paried with a harness. They're moving more with the car then moving inside the car while the roll cage protects you from damage.
There was a wreck that hit the fence and the motor and all kinds of stuff flew into the fans severly hurting people..but that is super rare! I've been to a few races and the noise and vibrations from these cars literally shake you! But that's what i love about Nascar..been watching for 40 years now and it still surprises me how these guys just get out of these mangled cars..the always put their window nets down to show that they are ok..some of them jump out and will fist fight directly after they wreck! There's been some really good ones! Check out Nascar fights..that will blow your mind too! Perhaps your next video! They race for points for the last race for the Championship! Please keep watching you will love it! You did a great job! Women love this sport as much as men do!
Most of the multiple car wrecks where it seems a quarter of the field had wrecked occur at just two race tracks, Daytona and Talladega. Both are at least 2.5 mile triovals with over 30 degrees of banking. These cars can go 200 mph around the track without needing to apply the breaks with the accelerator pedal mashed all the way to the floorboard. They only lift the pedal to avoid hitting the car in front of them because of the draft. When in the draft shadow, the car behind is faster than the car in front. That’s why so many cars are packed so close together. The closer the cars race together, the larger the wrecks. Rubbing is racing in NASCAR. As long as it is not obviously retaliation contact is legal. In the last decade, at these two tracks, cars running bumper to bumper, the second car pushing the first car, because of reduced wind resistance, both cars go faster. As long as the cars are aligned, they go faster, but if they get misaligned, the second cars turns the first car. It is very high risk racing when they race nose to tail.
Great job Chris. Most of those wrecks are old, but the cars are very safe. There is a steel cage around the drivers. The cars today have flaps that extend and while the cars lift up that stop them from taking off into the air. On the large tracks they are are running at 298+kph, so one little mistake causes a disaster. We sometimes think that some drivers must be dead but most of the walk away uninjured.
@tylerbarse2866 what you described is about downforce. Do see guard rails still on F1 tracks? The answer is yes. Do you see a SAFR Barrier at F1 tracks? The answer is no.
Bump drafting is when you get super close to the car in front of you. They are cutting the air for you, reducing the amount of throttle you have to use to make power. So now you put your front bumper to their back bumper and push them to go faster, if it's a teammate, or, push them out of the way so you can pass. Sometimes if doesn't go as planned.
I am a pitcrew chief for a nascar sanctioned late model stock car race team. The cars have full roll cages with cross bracing and breakaway chassis with tethers holding car parts together. The cars lift up and flip over because they're going 180 mph and when they turn sideways or backwards they lose all aerodynamic downforce.
Fun fact: NASCAR isn't just about oval tracks, they always have at least ONE road course scheduled per year. Some older tracks are something called a "Roval", basically an oval with a road course integrated in the middle. Some examples include the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The roval at IMS barely gets used anymore, but it's still one of my favorite tracks...
barrel rolling and flipping as bad as it looks, Its a good thing as the energy is being dissipated away instead say hitting a wall and stopping. One the hardest crashes to see how safe Nascar cars are look at "michael mcdowell crash 2008". He was qualifying in his 2nd race, got loose going in to turn at 190mph, lost it nearly head on into the wall doing ~180mph. He was able to get outta the car and walk to the ambulance without help.
One thing to remember is that the these cars are made SUPER LIGHT so they can go as fast as possible. That’s why they seem to lift into the air. They are as light as possible to allow them to have less friction on the ground. Less mass = faster.
All the major race series have phenomenal safety innovations. I would argue NASCAR is the safest of them all, but that has more to do with the type of cars they use. The open wheel cars don’t have a margin for error, IMO. Just for NASCAR: the car innovations, the head and neck restraints, better helmets, better seats, more contact points on the seat belts, even better suits for the drivers; the safer barriers on the walls at the tracks, the catch fences being improved all the time to keep cars and debris from going into the crowd, so much has gone into making it arguably the safest form of racing. The wrecks are spectacular, so you get all the excitement as a fan without all the catastrophic injuries to the drivers.
1. The fuel thing at the beginning is a result of waiting as long as possible to refuel, so as to not lose position in the race. 2. The lifting off the ground in the second clip was due to getting the back of the car airborne. Once that happened, the speed of the car was enough to lift it up and over. Also, the driver was likely okay, NASCAR has some of the most advanced safety systems in the world built into their vehicles, and mandated by their rules. 3. The frequency of the cars leaving the ground, which you mention during the fourth clip, is caused by the cars being as light as possible. They mostly stay on the ground because their aerodynamic geometry is optimized for downforce when moving forward, you'll notice the most dramatic flips occur when the cars spin to face against the direction of the race. All that downforce suddenly becomes lifting force, and at 190-290 kph the force is easily enough to lift the car. The big surprise is that they stay on the ground at all. 4. Intentional contact is illegal, but proving intent is difficult. 5. The cheers you hear after the wrecks, and during the replay footage, are cheers for the wrecked driver/s getting out of their vehicles and showing they are uninjured.
"How? He was totally on the ground" To answer that we have this thing in the U.S. called air and when enough of it gets under a car doing 150mph "That's a lot of kmh for you" the air will pressurize and lift the car off the ground. And yes he did survive and race the following week.
NASCAR ran a heavily modified stock car at the 2023 Le Mans race. The driver team was Mike Rockenfeller (2x Le Mans winner), Jenson Button (1x F1 champ), and Jimmie Johnson (7x NASCAR champ). It was quite the sight (and sound!) on the track.
The aerodynamics of the cars are such, and they are on the ragged edge of traction versus speed (downforce=traction=slower), that when the car isn't going forward it looses the forces that keep it on the track. The panels on the roof that you see flip up when they get turned around are 'supposed' to help keep the car on the ground. Notice that the older videos, the cars don't have the panels that are designed to produce drag.
The thing about NASCAR is that the cars are moving so fast that if their fender comes off the ground, the wind resistance from them plowing through the air at that speed alone is often enough to flip them over spectacularly. It's almost like they're creating their own tornado-force winds by traveling through the air at 200mph, which effectively means that air that is standing still is now traveling at 200mph relative to your car.
so interesting thing about turning someone in nascar, most people have found out ways to trick the system to make it seem like they didnt mean to, but also all those cars lined up in formation going 180mph+ is a recipe for disaster to begin with, thats what makes it so exciting, the fact hell can break loose in the blink of an eye
also another thing with the cars flipping alot, the back end of the car creates like a wedge of air between the ground and the car since the back is slightly angled up, causing the car to go flying, the flaps on top help prevent that though
Idk if you still check this but in case you do - There are several ways they can spin, typically either they come down on another car trying to avoid cars above or below them on the track, or they do what is called bump drafting where the air flows over both cars instead of just one in doing this they also pull the down force off of the rear of the car in front of them which can make them loose traction on the rear wheels also causing them to spin. Also a dirty track, oil slick, running the wrong line, incorrect trackbar adjustments, loosing tire pressure and track temp, to name a few more, also can cause them to spin. Keep in mind this happens because they are doing 180 - 190mph basically nose to bumper and door to door racing and no they are not supposed to fly. That is what those roof flaps are for is to prevent them taking flight but it doesn't always work. The safety features on these cars is kind of insane, you should watch a video on it. Also that fence that runs around the track is called a catch fence and is specifically there to catch cars that do fly to keep them from going into the stands. Its nothing like Formula 1 that is for sure haha. They fly because the bottom of them is relatively flat and at 150+ MPH they have enough speed that if enough air flow gets under the car it basically turns the car into a wing with enough speed for take off. The roof flaps, as well as now they have hood flaps, were designed to deploy and disrupt this airflow (specifically when the car spins backwards as that is when they are most likely to leave the ground) and prevent them from taking flight - Similar to an airplanes spoilers they use when landing - This however has only lessened the probability they will take flight and has not stopped it completely.
The big wrecks they show are mostly at Talledega Superspeedway & Daytona. The cars have restrictor plates which limit speed, but means the majority of the field is racing at full speed just inches apart. The smaller tracks don’t have the same issues as the 2 big tracks.
A friend of mine was hurt in the last wreck. She was in the stands and was hit by debris. She is lucky she is alive. Has a great family now and is a flight medic.
Just in case no one has stated this, cars flipping, I'm sure you noticed that the flip normally occurs from the rear or when the rear catches air from the bottom. This is because the weight of the vehicle is located in the front motor compartment (the motor is the weight). The final on the rear of the vehicle is designed to use air flow to keep the wheels making contact with the track, while adding minimal weight and contact friction. So, once the vehicle gets sideways, or turned, the airflow is no longer engaged with the final to keep the rear down, but flows under the vehicle, raising the rear. My father engineered airplanes and raced midgets as a hobby, which meant I spent most of my childhood at race tracks. I have always thought that someone would have created a device which would reduce this problem... I've even designed a few possibilities, which would reduce, if not eliminate this hazard, without effecting speed.
The 2 flips that Rusty Wallace had brought in the roof flaps in 1994 to keep the cars on the ground. It helped but when you're going 190 to 200 miles an hour, then you get tapped those flaps don't work all the time. The wing on the car had to be taken off because of the cars getting airborne.
The best way to describe it to Europeans, is imagine a two ton rocket, going 200mph. Every turn has to be entered and exited at specific speeds and angles on the oval tracks, which is mentally exhausting. If just one turn is wrong at these speeds, against opponents, your day is over. It is more like piloting than driving at times. The track conditions change as the race goes on too. The engines do not last like in F1 either. The vehicle weight to horsepower ratio is terrifying. None of these videos can accurately show the speed. It has to be seen in person.
American/life-time racing and Nascar fan here. This video seems to be a compilation specifically for wrecks/flips. This does happen since the cars are built to go very fast in the right direction. When the go very fast backwards the air gets under the car and turns it into a crashing airplane. I would suggest watching an actual race live if possible as these types of wrecks happen, but not consistently. I would also react to best Nascar finishes or even an "about Nascar" video as well. This is entertaining for sure, but certainly does not give you the full picture of what Nascar is. p.s. Bumping is legal. There are very few intentional wrecks, but it happens and is "part of racing" in Nascar.
There have been F1 drivers who also raced in NASCAR... They describe the way these cars drive, as never being locked in and stable. You are constantly fighting to keep the car on the road, as you are on the limits of the traction and downforce. And bumping and aggressive driving are ok, so long as you are not deliberately trying to cause a crash. Dale Earnhart's nickname back in the day was "The Intimidater", because of how agressive he would be in a race. He would get other drivers to back off and let him past.
Rubbin's racin' baby! You gotta remember too, these cars are going 200mph. They are designed to go straight and left super fast. Any other direction of aero is basically a brick wall. The safety systems built into these cars are crazy. Short of your car ripping in half and another car smashing into you, most drivers will survive collisions
From what I recall, the flipping and movement makes it safer for the drivers so the energy can disperse. Some of the most dangerous parts of accidents is the deacceleration, same as if anyone of us are driving. You would rather slide to a stop rather than come to a complete instant stop.
these cars do have a lot of racing-based features for performance & safety. it's crazy how safe the sport is, no death in the top-3 divisions has occurred since 2001, although just last week at talladega a driver (erik jones) suffered a compression fracture in the back so they'll have to sit through the next race @ dover this sunday, and probably many more over the next month or few months. nascar is just plain dangerous. spinning another car on accident doesn't result in time penalties like in f1, nascar is lenient on that front. there have been circumstances of intentional crashes but nascar has been inconsistent with them, too, unfortunately, like in 2012 when jeff gordon got merely fined for destroying a championship contender's hopes at the championship in the penultimate race, whilst in 2015 matt kenseth was suspended for two races for junking joey logano at martinsville. the inconsistency can be jarring for those who watch f1 before watching nascar on a regular basis. in fact, at short-tracks, bumping (not turning) someone is actually encouraged. it's called doing a "bump-and-run" when you do it right, and it's a culture that's been around for decades. nascar can be a lot of fun to watch once you know the intricacies!! it's the biggest motorsport here in the us by a wide margin over f1 (no i'm not joking) so it's a big deal over here haha
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NASCAR is a lot different than Formula 1.
Fun fact about nascar the races are on advantage 250 miles and the races last alteat 3 hours and can last up to 4 to 5 hours
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We turn left and most of them don't die
in Nascar, contact is okay as long as you aren't blatantly trying wreck someone
Even then, Nascar will probably ignore it most of the time
@BigMattXXL no they sat out Chase Elliot for 1 race for intentionally wrecking someone.
Yup rubbing is racing
@@all4amd344 True, but it's still somewhat rare, and the punishments are usually a poke on the wrist at most
@BigMattXXL With the new car and SMT data, it's not. Bubba Wallace was parked for right hooking Larson into the wall too
NASCARS are actually the safest built racecars on the planet. And have been for the past 20 years
All thanks for dale
@@NathanDavis-io2nm I don't know if we should say "thanks for dale" more like "in spite of dale" since the reason he died was because he didn't like the hans device and resisted any safety changes nascar wanted to make. Yes his death ushered in a bunch of safety, but really he could still be alive if he embraced safety himself.
@@davidkellyjr2092🖕🏻 Dale told me to do it.
@@NathanDavis-io2nmDale died from a basilar skull fracture from not wearing a HANS device, wearing an open faced helmet and the track not having “Safer” barriers, car design played no role in his death, and car design has not contributed to a racer’s death in NASCAR in nearly 60 years.
@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 dale changed it so the hans device required
I like how NASCAR was started off the foundation of Hillbillys running from the cops trying to sneak moonshine around.
Really? 😂
Yes.
This is a fact for the Nation Association Stock Car Auto Racing. (NASCAR) Found in 1948.
@@Chrisb.reactsyou don’t know what that means, do you😂
@@iornlazer04 I thought from the context that moonshine maybe is some kind of drug they were hiding from the police and this then became a police chase. But no I am not sure about that. I dont know the word Hillybillys but it sounds like idiots or atleast not nice, and "to sneak moonshine" also was for me not really clear.
In the last clip, Carl Edwards, driver of the 99, got out of the car and jogged across the finish line.
If you listen to the end of an earlier one with the 12 red car getting spunned, the announcer mentions this spin and how they are similar and but with the roles reversed regarding the drivers.
@@davidkellyjr2092 thing is though, the the last clip was on accident, the one with Brad in the 12 car was intentional on Carl Edwards' part
Took my kids to see Talladega Nights, the scene of the racing on foot to the finish they loved. I told them if that ever happened in real life it will be a Dega. Made even funnier that we know Carl, we from Missouri too. Leave it up to a Hillbilly to recreate a great movie scene.
Cool story bro
NASCAR cars are made to protect the drivers. That is the number one goal. The new Gen 7 car is super safe. Blow-overs happen maybe once or twice a year. Drivers are allowed to make contact with each other and show displeasure with each other but flat out crashing someone could get you suspended for a week or two. NASCAR is a dangerous sport but the drivers know what they are signing up for.
Great game for this video: take a drink every time they say Ryan Newman
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Or Joey Logano.
I'm now in the hospital
@@jayclean5653 Oh no get well soon
or a car with that actual wing on the back. that car was known to flip
Hasn't been a death in NASCAR since 2001 with Dale Earnhardt Sr., but there have been injuries
5:55: Austin Dillon: Only complaint was being really sore after this, also a hand full of fans were examined, some refused treatment, others got it at the care center at the track, while one did go to the closest hospital to that track and was treated and released
6:17: Rusty Wallace (Retired in 2005): Only suffered a concussion here
7:45: Brad Keselowski: He was fine here, but that was an intentional wreck done by the #99 Carl Edwards as payback for Brad wrecking him earlier in the race. (only that was an accident due to cars in front of Carl checking up and him having to slow down, but Brad didn't see that and ran into the back of Carl) Also this was one of many run ins these two had, 12:00 being one of them, but this incident got Carl Edwards parked for the rest of the race, fined, and lost points towards the championship
9:35: Hello again Rusty lol: This was a few months after his wreck at 6:17, and while he escaped that one with only a concussion, here though, another concussion with the addition of a broken wrist
10:30: Ryan Newman (Retired in 2023): Was knocked out and suffered a concussion, was able to walk out of the hospital a few days later holding the hands of his two daughters
11:10: Ricky Rudd (Retired in 2007): Suffered a concussion and bruised ribs
Everyone else was fine
Actually, Newman also suffered one or two fractured vertebrae in his back in that wreck at Daytona.
@@FH99 ah
Newman’s wreck was about the closest thing to a fatal crash we’ve had recently which is a testament to the advances in safety as 20 years ago Newman might not have survived that.
@horsecrazyviking7121 To add to this comment, Ryan Newman was saved in part by a roof support in the car that he himself helped designed that is called the Newman Bar.
Why does no one remember Carlos pardo the driver that sadly died in 2009 Mexico series
In NASCAR, rubbing is racing. You can bump any other car at any time. Most of the accidents you are seeing in this video are at the super speedways, Talladega or Daytona. These are the fastest tracks, the engines have restrictor plates in the air intake to limit the power output of the engines. This slowed the cars individually, but it made pack racing with drafting and bumping to gain a little bit of track space.
I have seen almost all of these accidents live on TV. Many of them are so scary to watch. Almost all of these have no real injuries to any of the drivers. NASCAR has changed the cars, the cockpits and the safety features of the cars to save the drivers from injury.
NASCAR had done a ton to keep the cars on the ground. The wings (spoilers) on the back of the car do a great job keeping the rear drive wheels on the ground when the car is moving in the forward direction. When they are bumped wrong and they spin, that spoiler that produces down force becomes an uplifitng wing that wants to make the car lift off the ground and fly. NASCAR had made it mandatory to have roof flaps and hood flaps that deploy if the car is turned around that open and force the car down onto the track to keep them from flying and tumbling like you see in many of these wrecks. Many of these wrecks you are seeing are from the time just before the newest safety features have been added. Most of this has been almost eliminated now.
Yes thank god. I was at the 500 when Newman had that big one a couple years ago where his car came to rest was right in front of me
Plus when they saw issues like with the 4th or 5th Gen cars they fix it quickly. Those had the rear wings instead of spoilers and they caused the cars to lift despite all the things designed to keep them on the ground.
NASCAR pit stops allow you to refuel. However that is extra time on pit road, so if you take less fuel, you get a faster stop. The downside is that you have less fuel for the run.
It's always great to see people react to NASCAR, especially those who know motorsports, but not NASCAR, specifically!
(Also, the cars have changed a fair bit since the CoT era - the era from the first flip.)
A few things to know about the cars and the safety equipment:
The cars are actually built to tear apart like you see. This is a purpose built design because when the cars tear apart they lose weight which actually helps to slow the momentum during the accident. It might seem counterproductive, but it’s actually safer.
Also, with regard to cars turning over, that generally occurs when a car gets sideways. The cars are aerodynamic, but only from front to rear. Of a car gets sideways and lifts, they can go airborne. If you notice the flaps on the tops of the cars, which only raise when the car goes backwards, they break up the airflow over the top of the car to help prevent overturning.
With regard to the drivers protection, their seats are body molded. They also have a five to seven point harness to keep their bodies in the seats. Their heads are essentially help into place with a Head And Neck System (HANS) device to reduce the motion and g-force of head in an accident. This was widely adopted in 2001 following the death of Dale Earnhardt Sr. The cars are ridiculously safe.
A couple of notes on track safety. The fencing you see around the track is essentially multilayered chain link fence designed to keep cars and debris from leaving the track and entering the grandstand. Also, there is a type of wall called a “Safer barrier” that has been installed at several tracks which puts a layer of padding, for lack of a better term, between the track and the concrete barriers. This reduced the shock from crashes as well.
Really good reaction video. I’ve been to a few NASCAR races but certainly am no expert. These cars are going up to 200 miles per hour so when they get backwards they get airborne. It is a very entertaining sport and family friendly.
Thank you so much for your nice words :) Okay then I am glad, that it seems like nobody gets seriously injured
@@Chrisb.reacts Ryan Newman got hurt pretty good in that one wreck at daytona where his car hit by another car while he was upside down and airborne
The last time somebody died in our sport was 2001. " Dale Earnhardt " was & still is one of our all time great drivers. The fans loved him & his son joined Nascar also, although he did retire. I think you would like our sport. I encourage you to learn more. 🏁
@@Chrisb.reacts there also there more like exo skeletons like there fake pictures of headlights on the car for example which makes them lighter. i think people forgot to mention that in the comments
Minor correction the main reason they don’t have headlights (or taillights I believe) isn’t simply to reduce their weight but instead to prevent glass and other small hard to stop and potentially lethal debris from being launched at high speeds into the crowd. It’s also why the few windows the cars do have are basically high grade bullet proof glass so as to prevent shattering during an accident.
An interesting thing for you, that last wreck with the 99 car, after it stopped moving, the driver got out, and RAN across the finish line on foot, so he could finish the race.
"If you ain't rubbing, you ain't racing."
My formative years as a NASCAR fan was in the 70s when they still had a lot of the OEM bodies. Back then "layin' on the chrome horn" was how you got a slower driver out of the way. Just bump them until they moved.
You have these cars hitting up to 200mph & going around the track inches apart. I'm not a NASCAR fan but I do have the utmost respect for the drivers & their crews!
In the old days, those cars could get up to around 210, and the cars were not build with a lot of the safety measures the current gen cars have. Deaths happened every now and then. I think the last death in the cup series was Dale in 2001.
Say what you will about how NASCAR runs their races, but the safety measures they have implemented are incredible and deserve a lot of praise. There's more than a few big name racers from NASCAR that would be dead today without those changes.
This is no where near an every race occurrence though, it’s fun to watch when you start understanding the strategy and all involved
Yeah, that was the same for me with F1, once I understood, when to go on which tire it was soo much more exciting.
You have a comp of wreaks , but this don't happen in every race AMD these men are very safety consious they have roll bars engineered inside and out by the best engineers in the business ! Although my favorite driver got killed Dale Sr
I haven t heard if any others im sure there have been a couple but ?? Dale Sr. Was a very famous driver and I stopped watching after that 🙏
No deaths in NASCAR Cup Series since Dale died in 2001
@@Chrisb.reacts These big wrecks tend to happen on "superspeedways", particularly Talledega and Daytona. All the cars run nearly the same speed in big packs, and the intentionally bump into and push the driver ahead to overcome aerodynamic drag. Even a slight mistake and it tends to take a lot of cars out at once. They usually run most of the race safely, but the last 10-20 laps and they get aggressive, so you get these big wrecks, many times over and over every few laps.
To add to the supperspeedwat madness Atlanta can and has gotten wild when it comes to to crashes over the years some of the craziest crashes I’ve seen in person have happened at Atlanta
Around the 10:30 mark, Ryan Newman almost didn't walk away from that crash. He was literally saved by a crash bar that was previously named after him from another crash
Ryan Newman is actually trained as an engineer and is the one who told NASCAR that they needed that roll bar for safety and it in turn saved his own life.
Welcome to NASCAR my friend. Im glad you took some time to aee what it has to offer
When the cars flip and pieces go flying in all directions, its actually more safe. The flips and discharge of parts take away energy in the accident. Thats all energy the driver doesnt have to absorb.
A fast roll awill sonetimes result is severely bloodshot eyes, but the driver is usually uninjured .
Yes NASCAR’s greatest finishes would be a great place to start. Have to get the best as well.
In nascar there is a famous quote “you gotta learn to wreck someone without wrecking yourself”
What’s interesting about nascar is that it’s perfectly acceptable to “move someone” meaning you intentionally push their car out of the way. Generally drivers will give warning bumps once or twice if you’re slowing them down before they’ll move you. The thing is, nascar is a self policing sport for the most part. You take back what you give. There are drivers that always race clean and for the most part they are Hartley ever moved or wrecked on purpose. There are other drivers who literally don’t care and make enemies of everyone and they get hunted down by cars acting like heat seeking missiles.
If you want the best example of this, and also one of the most impressive intentional wrecks of all time, check out the last lap of Ross chastain’s win at COTA (yes, we also race road courses in nascar) it happened 2 years ago and in case you had any doubts about if nascar cared…. Well they posted the video of the replay with a title praising the move and the announcers also are nothing short of amazed at Ross being so precise with his ability to wreck people.
And that's why Ross is the intimidaitor 2.0. He makes moves and races so much like dale senior he is definitely fun to watch
@Chrisb.reacts in the 1920's alcohol was made illegal in the United States, but only lasted a couple of years. People in the rural hills would make moonshine (a type whiskey) and deliver it to the towns and cities in their cars. The cops would chase the hillbillies, so they started to modify their cars to outrun the cops. Alcohol became legal again but moonshine was still illegal because the makers didn't pay taxes and/or didn't followed safety procedures established by the government.
The moonshine drivers started getting well known for having fast car, and started racing each other in dirt fields to see who had the fastest car. In 1947 Bill France Sr. started NASCAR to established a rule set and legitimize the sport of stock car racing.
In the beginning the cars were stock, like how they were deliver to the car dealerships, and that's how a NASCAR racecar got its name of a stockcar. By the early 1960's the cars got so fast that NASCAR open the rule book in the name of safety and the stockcars became full racecars but still had the body of a production car. By the late 1990's there was no more connection to a production car only stickers to make it looks like a street car. The current generation stockcar (came out in 2022) resemblems it street counterpart now.
A lot of moonshine is still being made in these hills I call home
The bootlegging that led to NASCAR has little to do with Prohibition. Booze was already illegal in most of the South before the 18th amendment and remained illegal there after the amendment was repealed in 1933. That’s the main that NASCAR is such a southern thing. That part of the country remained “dry” for a couple of decades after the rest of the United States, so bootlegging was still a thing. The real impetus for NASCAR was the end of World War II. We started building new cars again, so used cars from before the war were cheap and plentiful.
@@PaulMcElligott Moonshine is illegal because they haven''t paid taxes on it or undergone safety checks for contamination. George Washington had to put down the Whisky Rebellion when he was President. They just don't like paying taxes.
"In the beginning the cars were stock, like how they were deliver to the car dealerships" They were not. They were modified just like the moonshine cars.
IIRC, the engine blocks are the only stock part on the cars.
They call the cars lifting up “blow overs” it happens when air rushes under the car at higher speeds and picks the car up, the way the cars are shaped when going forward they’re meant to push the car down into the track when they turn backwards the opposite effect happens.
Oh boy... That first clip... The so-called "Car of Tomorrow"... The rear wing on that thing was found to lift the car when it got backwards, when the car was going forwards, it was fine, but you spin in that thing, you were almost guaranteed to go for a ride. 7:35 has a much clearer view of that.
The car that hit the fence at 5:38 was driven, by i believe Austin Dillon, he ended up WALKING away from that, the crash was at the finish of the 2015 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona.
They get airborne and flip so much because they traveling upwards of 200 miles per hour ( 322 kph ). But more often than not , the driver climbs out of what's left of his car with few or no injuries. The whole car is designed to crumple except where the driver sits , which is a steel roll cage.
lmfao i fucking love nascar. midwest/southern man here. (kentucky) love your vids keep posting brother!
Thanks so much :)
@@Chrisb.reacts no problem homie! you from germany? my great x4 grandpa was german on my dads side lol so i guess thats pretty cool. he was born there and moved over here anf fought in the american civil war on the union side
@@chrisvibz4753 Yes I am from Germany ;)
I know im a bit late but answering a few questions:
-Contact is okay in NASCAR. Intentionally wrecking is not. Its okay to rub, and sometimes people get spun due to misjudgements or poor calls by the spotter.
-NASCAR racecars are heavily reinforced with roll cages and foam on the driver-side. The seats are custom fitted for the driver to ensure minimal movement, amd the drivers themselves also wear harnesses that limit head/neck trauma.
-The reason cars flip is due to how air behaves when the car is going backwards. The rear spoiler (the vertical piece sticking out the end) works similar to an F1 wing. As air hits it, it forces the rear of the car downward. However, if the car is turned, it hits the opposite side, creating a lift force. This paired with the increase in air rushing under the car is enough to lift it. Newer cars feature lower rear ends and roof flaps that pop open to push the car down, but flipping still happens from time to time
Most of these videos are at Daytona and talledega where the speeds are incredibly high(195-200) and the packs are tight. The reason they flip is the cars are designed to be pushed into the ground when going forward. So when they spin backwards it has the opposite effect
Been a nascar fan for the past 3 years now and its addictive, not every track has a wreck but sometimes they do run out of fuel or a tyre blows but the passion between the racers shows through way more than f1. (I live in Northern Ireland)
Awesome! I am a NASCAR fan but I also love to watch F1. Love it! Keep it up man! I subbed ❤
2:29 in NASCAR, they have roll cages to protect the driver. You can slide at high speeds on your roof, and come out ok.
The wrecks where cars flip over and over again are rarely serious, much less fatal. The rolling bleeds off kinetic energy slowly and the drivers are strapped into those cars very tightly. It’s the wrecks like Dale Earnhardt’s, where the car goes from 180mph to zero in the blink of an eye, that used to kill drivers a lot more often.
Usually NASCAR cars don’t flip, they only flip on superspeedways because they are going like 190 mph. We don’t usually flip on normal speedways.
I'm sure others have answered most of the questions you asked in the video, but I'll type out some info while I watch.
"You have to save fuel?" - NASCAR races are anywhere between 300 miles to 600 at the maximum. The fuel cells are nowhere near big enough to make that distance, so drivers are forced to refuel during most pitstops. However, sometimes the race distance gets broken up by yellow flags (which means full course caution pacing for NASCAR, unlike F1 where they only do full blown pacing rarely.) If the distance is broken up just right, the checkered flag might be 60 laps away and you have 57 laps of fuel - So you lift, coast, clutch, whatever you have to in order to save those 3 laps. We don't have fuel gauges, all mileage is calculated and estimated by the crew chief.
"Do they have special Safety measures?" - Yes, each NASCAR stock car has a rollcage, as well as several additional support beams that prevent the car from crumpling where it shouldn't, while still crumpling enough to absorb impacts. Additionally, on top of the 5 point harness they wear, each driver has to wear the HANS device, which holds their head in place and prevents basilar skull fractures. There has not been a fatality in the top 3 series of NASCAR since Dale Earnhardt in 2001, and his death was due to his refusal to wear the HANS device before it became mandatory.
"Is spinning other cars legal" - It's not illegal, but it isn't common for someone to blatantly wreck another driver on purpose. A lot of the wrecks you saw in this video (though, not all) were a result of the drivers getting aggressive and misjudging. If you do wreck someone on purpose, you can bet good money he'll get you back next week. So they tend to keep one another in check.
Texas here!! watching the meaning of the star spangled banner and then watch whitney houston sings the star spangled banner will be VERY emotional.
big hugs from Texas!
One of the best NASCAR videos I’ve ever seen is on an episode of Top Gear, where Richard Hammond visits a NASCAR weekend, and it’s a really good dive in/explanation of what the sport is
So a lot of the times you see the cars getting turned around, they are either bump drafting, or attempting to bump draft. You commonly see such a technique used a super speed ways like Daytona and Talledega. The idea is you catch the draft of the car in front of you and bump them forward with a burst of speed by hitting your front bumper off of their back bumper. This could cause cars to get loose and turn around if not done right. Essentially it can be a PIT maneuver. NASCAR, unlike other racing series, does allow for some contact and like F1, uses a points system, though the points are a bit more straight forward. In the race, there are 40 cars. First place gets 40 points, last place gets 1 point. Second place for example gets 39 points, and you count down from there. The races are broken down into 3 stages. You get points in stages 1 and 2 by placing in the top 10. First place gets 10 points, 10th place gets 1 point, and it goes in a decending order from 1st to 10th. These are some general things about NASCAR in its current state. I definitely missed stuff as I'm a new fan myself.
That's how the points worked in 2016. It's still 40 for a win, but 2nd is worth 35 points, with one point less per position down to 1 point for 36th-40th.
That's of course not considering stage points and playoff points, but that stupidity just makes things confusing for the sake of "entertainment".
it should be mentioned that the stage points and the top ten points from the race add up to determine who will race in the playoffs at the end of the season. good explanation on bump drafts
I love the fact he is just "Oh no, oh mein god are they okay?" And im over hear like "THATS SOME REAL RACING!!!! GO FOR THE PIT!!!!"
The crash that broke the fence down, then the car got hit again, that driver walked away without assistance! These cars are extremely durable!
Nascar has been improving their safety rules and procedures over years, the fence was installed after a horrible wreck years ago and some spectors were unalived due to that wreck. The cars have reinforced roll cages installed incase of the car rolls and the seat reinforced as well. The wheel can also be removed at any time a wreck happenz as well by the driver so they can immediately get out of the car. Also these cars go 200mph or over in these races. Also when the drivers are 'tailgating' they're actually 'drafting' which allows them to fly the front car once able to go around that car.
Also I'm not a Nascar fan, but my son's uncle is a huge fan, I just learned a lot since knowing this man. 😂😂
All drivers in this compilation have walked away from their accidents
You should see the Ryan Preece Flip at Daytona from Last year! But welcome to nascar my friend! Once you get the strategy and understanding of the cars down its awesome to watch! It’s a team sport! They race on all types of tracks!
Nascar does 4-8 pitstops per race for fuel, tires, repair damage, and make adjustments to cars. Also these are superspeedway races. Only make up 6 of the 36 races in the season
Too many road courses has led to a steep decline in NASCAR popularity.
I was actually at the race for the very last crash shown. I saw him flying backwards with his nose pointed down and thought for sure he was going over the fence.
"8 Things You (probably) Didn't Know About NASCAR" by S1apSh0es
Agreed slap is good
That video of his shoulder be mandatory watching for those that have never seen a NASCAR race.
The content is great BTW. The science that go into the safety of these cars is insane. I highly recommend checking out a video on the evolution the safety precautions. from the walls, to the suits, to the impressive roll cage, and who could forget the Hans device. Also a huge difference in f1 and nascar is nacar's are designed to shred apart very differently then an f1 car it usually makes these spectacular wrecks. as for the rules for wrecking, they are more like guidelines, lol no its not legal per say to wreck each other but contact is inherent with oval racing so it becomes a judgment call on the officials. I did also want to note I've seen all these crashes flipping is normal in most crashes that end in the grass in big tracks specifically, but as far as I remember NO DEATHS, BUT a huge amount of injuries. DM me if you want some info, or I know a few really good channels to watch to learn more in depth.
also, if they show multiple angles of crash they are ok. if they say before replay: "we are going to show you the replay but, if you don't want to see it look away now." also the announcers will sound concerned
Okay good to know.
The nose of the car is really close to the ground but the rest of the car is higher so if they get turned sideways or backwards it's easier for air to get under the car and flip it
Racecars are designed to having downforce when moving forwards, more speed means more downforce. So when a car starts to go either sideways or backwards at high speed, all that downforce becomes lift. Reason why doesn't happen with F1 cars is because they are very draggy compared to NASCAR race cars.
that and F1 cars are rear-engined, which makes it much harder to flip when they turn backwards.
F1 cars also don’t race on ovals and it’s far less likely for an airborne crash at road and street circuits.
@horsecrazyviking7121 why does an oval track matter? Nascar has road courses too
@@catcat71gaming94 read the whole comment.
@@horsecrazyviking7121road courses don’t carry near as much speed and momentum as ovals, that’s the entire reason you rarely see crazy roll over crashes unless a car gets sideways and digs into some grass.
I'm a huge Nascar fan, and yes, contact is allowed unless it is deliberately malicious. This happens very fast at 180mph average speed. There are many dangers in stock car racing, but safety has improved dramatically since Dale Earnhardt was killed in the 2001 Daytona 500
In NASCAR, there’s no such thing as “hitting” another car. It’s called rubbing, and rubbing is racing over this way. We are very competitive, and we aren’t afraid to piss off the competition. Lol
We?
@@alteredaustin1 Americans. Especially when it comes to racing. Look into Dale Earnhardt Sr.
These are just from superspeedways where the cars are flat out all the time, the smaller tracks are the more authentic/traditional way but they're much slower - one thing I should mention is almost EVERYWHERE in the rural parts of the US we have 1/8th and 1/4 mile paved and dirt ovals with weekly races that people build their own cars for. It's a really crazy strong grassroots scene!
If there is something you should check out when it comes to NASCAR, it's not only the wrecks but the finishes or strangest occurrences in NASCAR. You should definitely watch them, or at least check them out, i've been a NASCAR fan for years
I noticed you were asking if the vehicle has anything to prevent flipping. They do, if you look on the hood and on the roof of the cars you can see there are these flaps that move up when the car spins and those are supposed to prevent flipping. However the type of cars that were in the last clip were very prone to flipping over. The current cars have another one of those flaps underneath the rear bumper.
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This is the first video I’ve seen of yours and I enjoyed it a lot. Well done.
these are very old races. the cars are now built so they don't fly around very much anymore with hood and roof flaps to catch the wind and that's what prevents the car from flipping over.
A lot of these wrecks happen at superspeedways, where the cars are all close together and running in a pack. Though intentional wrecking can be penalized in the modern rules, pushing is encouraged due to the type of racing. Sometimes though, the cats can become unsettled traveling at 180+ mph, and spin around. At that point, any part of the car making downforce when going forwards creates lift going backwards. Also, the modern race cars an are built on spec chassis, so they are a lot stronger than the road cars they are made to look like, and have protective equipment to protect the drivers. Great video.
The sad truth about NASCAR is that it's a dangerous sport. Drivers have indeed DIED in the past. Thankfully, No one has died in NASCAR since 2001, because losing one of their most popular drivers at the time, Dale Earnhardt, shook NASCAR to its core & forced them to take more extreme safety measures so that Dale's tragic passing wouldn't be in vein. To this day, Dale Eaenhardt remains as NASCAR's last driver fatality, and they want to do what they can to keep ir that way.
Meh, Dale wrecked himself trying to get a 1,2,3 finish for his team. He almost wrecked Sterling Marline several times in the laps leading up to the lap where the checks he had been writing came due.
you should watch some video from inside the cars to see how much they are sliding around in the corners and how one car drafting in the wrong spot can take traction away from another car because of the change in airflow around the car can cause a car to go into a spin. these guys are insanely talented at feeling what the car is doing.
if you like American sport we have plenty of them
a few suggestions
MLB 15 longest home runs
NFL here comes the boom
NBA best slam dunks
NHL glass-breaking moments.
Wow Okay thanks for those recommendations, I will definitly come back to them at some point :)
NASCAR stock cars truly are 200 mph tin cans, they are a lot better in downforce than they used to be but you still are skating a box around a bank track, they're absolute tanks when it comes to durability but to race one takes a lot more skill than people give them credit for. Either way a great fun video, loved your reactions. It's always fun looking out and experiencing new things.
You can make contact, but you cannot intentionally crash someone. They are just running so close these things happen just like F1
Excellent video. I used to be a Nascar fan. It was everything.
When Dale Earnhardt Sr. Was killed in an accident that didn't seem so bad. On that day at Daytona, Nascar died for me. They used to call Dale Sr the "intimidator." This happened in the nineties. I haven't been to a live event since then. Nascar usually runs a field of 35-40 cars? When the cars took the green flag & you were in the stands. Your body could actually feel the cars driving by. I can't explain it. You have to be there & experience the feeling for yourself. I've been to the Idianapolis 500 several times & those cars remind me of the little "Hot Wheels" toy cars. It's all about personal preference.
damn it, it looks so freaking dangerous, I literally could never... 🙀
Yeah, it is. However, cars have gotten much safer as the years have gone on, with their latest change being in 2022 with the next gen car. Also, you only saw crashes with major flips in them. Very rarely are there flips at tracks. Only tracks you really see them are Daytona and Talladega, which are the majority of tracks you saw. Those tracks are called restricter plate tracks where a different "package" is used that makes the care go bumper to bumper,and if you lose the draft, man are you screwed. Check out other races as well because their is so much more to see that just flips at like 2 different racetracks.
And that was part of the thrill, tickling the nose of death and walking away from it. As morbid as it sounds, part of the reason for the decline in NASCAR is because it got safer.
You need to see American top fuel drag races, speeds to 340 miles per hour in 1000 feet !!
These cars have really good rollcages and seats, paried with a harness. They're moving more with the car then moving inside the car while the roll cage protects you from damage.
I absolutely love seeing videos of non NASCAR fans react to NASCAR it's very entertaining to see their reactions to this sport lol
There was a wreck that hit the fence and the motor and all kinds of stuff flew into the fans severly hurting people..but that is super rare! I've been to a few races and the noise and vibrations from these cars literally shake you! But that's what i love about Nascar..been watching for 40 years now and it still surprises me how these guys just get out of these mangled cars..the always put their window nets down to show that they are ok..some of them jump out and will fist fight directly after they wreck! There's been some really good ones! Check out Nascar fights..that will blow your mind too! Perhaps your next video! They race for points for the last race for the Championship! Please keep watching you will love it! You did a great job! Women love this sport as much as men do!
As a pro NASCAR fan, we don't gasp at these, we cheer! (especially if its Denny Hammlin getting wrecked)
Or joey lagono
@Donvon2.0 YES
Most of the multiple car wrecks where it seems a quarter of the field had wrecked occur at just two race tracks, Daytona and Talladega. Both are at least 2.5 mile triovals with over 30 degrees of banking. These cars can go 200 mph around the track without needing to apply the breaks with the accelerator pedal mashed all the way to the floorboard. They only lift the pedal to avoid hitting the car in front of them because of the draft. When in the draft shadow, the car behind is faster than the car in front. That’s why so many cars are packed so close together. The closer the cars race together, the larger the wrecks.
Rubbing is racing in NASCAR. As long as it is not obviously retaliation contact is legal. In the last decade, at these two tracks, cars running bumper to bumper, the second car pushing the first car, because of reduced wind resistance, both cars go faster. As long as the cars are aligned, they go faster, but if they get misaligned, the second cars turns the first car. It is very high risk racing when they race nose to tail.
You should also watch NHRA Drag racing, cars now are reaching 300 MPH In 1/4 Mile.
I can respect someone who gives nascar a chance even if its for content, you got my subscription
Love your videos keep up the good work Ralf from Vancouver Island Canada
Great job Chris. Most of those wrecks are old, but the cars are very safe. There is a steel cage around the drivers. The cars today have flaps that extend and while the cars lift up that stop them from taking off into the air. On the large tracks they are are running at 298+kph, so one little mistake causes a disaster. We sometimes think that some drivers must be dead but most of the walk away uninjured.
The safety in NASCAR and their tracks makes F1 appear to be in the Stone Age.
@tylerbarse2866 what you described is about downforce. Do see guard rails still on F1 tracks? The answer is yes. Do you see a SAFR Barrier at F1 tracks? The answer is no.
"No, he didn't slam into you, he didn't bump you, he didn't nudge you. He rubbed you, and rubbing, son, is racing."
Bump drafting is when you get super close to the car in front of you. They are cutting the air for you, reducing the amount of throttle you have to use to make power. So now you put your front bumper to their back bumper and push them to go faster, if it's a teammate, or, push them out of the way so you can pass.
Sometimes if doesn't go as planned.
For the first Newman flip, it was the wing acting like an airplane wing and it provided lift instead of downforce
I am a pitcrew chief for a nascar sanctioned late model stock car race team. The cars have full roll cages with cross bracing and breakaway chassis with tethers holding car parts together. The cars lift up and flip over because they're going 180 mph and when they turn sideways or backwards they lose all aerodynamic downforce.
Fun fact: NASCAR isn't just about oval tracks, they always have at least ONE road course scheduled per year. Some older tracks are something called a "Roval", basically an oval with a road course integrated in the middle. Some examples include the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The roval at IMS barely gets used anymore, but it's still one of my favorite tracks...
barrel rolling and flipping as bad as it looks, Its a good thing as the energy is being dissipated away instead say hitting a wall and stopping. One the hardest crashes to see how safe Nascar cars are look at "michael mcdowell crash 2008". He was qualifying in his 2nd race, got loose going in to turn at 190mph, lost it nearly head on into the wall doing ~180mph. He was able to get outta the car and walk to the ambulance without help.
One thing to remember is that the these cars are made SUPER LIGHT so they can go as fast as possible. That’s why they seem to lift into the air. They are as light as possible to allow them to have less friction on the ground. Less mass = faster.
"these cars are SUPER LIGHT" They weigh almost 3700 pounds. They are anything but "SUPER LIGHT".
All the major race series have phenomenal safety innovations. I would argue NASCAR is the safest of them all, but that has more to do with the type of cars they use. The open wheel cars don’t have a margin for error, IMO. Just for NASCAR: the car innovations, the head and neck restraints, better helmets, better seats, more contact points on the seat belts, even better suits for the drivers; the safer barriers on the walls at the tracks, the catch fences being improved all the time to keep cars and debris from going into the crowd, so much has gone into making it arguably the safest form of racing. The wrecks are spectacular, so you get all the excitement as a fan without all the catastrophic injuries to the drivers.
1. The fuel thing at the beginning is a result of waiting as long as possible to refuel, so as to not lose position in the race.
2. The lifting off the ground in the second clip was due to getting the back of the car airborne. Once that happened, the speed of the car was enough to lift it up and over. Also, the driver was likely okay, NASCAR has some of the most advanced safety systems in the world built into their vehicles, and mandated by their rules.
3. The frequency of the cars leaving the ground, which you mention during the fourth clip, is caused by the cars being as light as possible. They mostly stay on the ground because their aerodynamic geometry is optimized for downforce when moving forward, you'll notice the most dramatic flips occur when the cars spin to face against the direction of the race. All that downforce suddenly becomes lifting force, and at 190-290 kph the force is easily enough to lift the car. The big surprise is that they stay on the ground at all.
4. Intentional contact is illegal, but proving intent is difficult.
5. The cheers you hear after the wrecks, and during the replay footage, are cheers for the wrecked driver/s getting out of their vehicles and showing they are uninjured.
"How? He was totally on the ground" To answer that we have this thing in the U.S. called air and when enough of it gets under a car doing 150mph "That's a lot of kmh for you" the air will pressurize and lift the car off the ground. And yes he did survive and race the following week.
NASCAR ran a heavily modified stock car at the 2023 Le Mans race. The driver team was Mike Rockenfeller (2x Le Mans winner), Jenson Button (1x F1 champ), and Jimmie Johnson (7x NASCAR champ). It was quite the sight (and sound!) on the track.
The aerodynamics of the cars are such, and they are on the ragged edge of traction versus speed (downforce=traction=slower), that when the car isn't going forward it looses the forces that keep it on the track. The panels on the roof that you see flip up when they get turned around are 'supposed' to help keep the car on the ground. Notice that the older videos, the cars don't have the panels that are designed to produce drag.
The thing about NASCAR is that the cars are moving so fast that if their fender comes off the ground, the wind resistance from them plowing through the air at that speed alone is often enough to flip them over spectacularly. It's almost like they're creating their own tornado-force winds by traveling through the air at 200mph, which effectively means that air that is standing still is now traveling at 200mph relative to your car.
The driver's seat in a NASCAR, is one of the safest places on earth. The roll cage around them are virtually indescribable.
One race i recommend watching as your first nascar race is Atlanta 2024. It had everything and you will learn a lot as well as be entertained.
so interesting thing about turning someone in nascar, most people have found out ways to trick the system to make it seem like they didnt mean to, but also all those cars lined up in formation going 180mph+ is a recipe for disaster to begin with, thats what makes it so exciting, the fact hell can break loose in the blink of an eye
also another thing with the cars flipping alot, the back end of the car creates like a wedge of air between the ground and the car since the back is slightly angled up, causing the car to go flying, the flaps on top help prevent that though
Idk if you still check this but in case you do -
There are several ways they can spin, typically either they come down on another car trying to avoid cars above or below them on the track, or they do what is called bump drafting where the air flows over both cars instead of just one in doing this they also pull the down force off of the rear of the car in front of them which can make them loose traction on the rear wheels also causing them to spin. Also a dirty track, oil slick, running the wrong line, incorrect trackbar adjustments, loosing tire pressure and track temp, to name a few more, also can cause them to spin. Keep in mind this happens because they are doing 180 - 190mph basically nose to bumper and door to door racing and no they are not supposed to fly. That is what those roof flaps are for is to prevent them taking flight but it doesn't always work. The safety features on these cars is kind of insane, you should watch a video on it. Also that fence that runs around the track is called a catch fence and is specifically there to catch cars that do fly to keep them from going into the stands. Its nothing like Formula 1 that is for sure haha.
They fly because the bottom of them is relatively flat and at 150+ MPH they have enough speed that if enough air flow gets under the car it basically turns the car into a wing with enough speed for take off. The roof flaps, as well as now they have hood flaps, were designed to deploy and disrupt this airflow (specifically when the car spins backwards as that is when they are most likely to leave the ground) and prevent them from taking flight - Similar to an airplanes spoilers they use when landing - This however has only lessened the probability they will take flight and has not stopped it completely.
The big wrecks they show are mostly at Talledega Superspeedway & Daytona. The cars have restrictor plates which limit speed, but means the majority of the field is racing at full speed just inches apart. The smaller tracks don’t have the same issues as the 2 big tracks.
A friend of mine was hurt in the last wreck. She was in the stands and was hit by debris. She is lucky she is alive. Has a great family now and is a flight medic.
Just in case no one has stated this, cars flipping, I'm sure you noticed that the flip normally occurs from the rear or when the rear catches air from the bottom. This is because the weight of the vehicle is located in the front motor compartment (the motor is the weight). The final on the rear of the vehicle is designed to use air flow to keep the wheels making contact with the track, while adding minimal weight and contact friction. So, once the vehicle gets sideways, or turned, the airflow is no longer engaged with the final to keep the rear down, but flows under the vehicle, raising the rear.
My father engineered airplanes and raced midgets as a hobby, which meant I spent most of my childhood at race tracks. I have always thought that someone would have created a device which would reduce this problem... I've even designed a few possibilities, which would reduce, if not eliminate this hazard, without effecting speed.
I was at that Daytona night race that Dale Earnhardt Jr won, wild wreck at the finish.
The 2 flips that Rusty Wallace had brought in the roof flaps in 1994 to keep the cars on the ground. It helped but when you're going 190 to 200 miles an hour, then you get tapped those flaps don't work all the time. The wing on the car had to be taken off because of the cars getting airborne.
The best way to describe it to Europeans, is imagine a two ton rocket, going 200mph. Every turn has to be entered and exited at specific speeds and angles on the oval tracks, which is mentally exhausting. If just one turn is wrong at these speeds, against opponents, your day is over. It is more like piloting than driving at times. The track conditions change as the race goes on too. The engines do not last like in F1 either. The vehicle weight to horsepower ratio is terrifying. None of these videos can accurately show the speed. It has to be seen in person.
American/life-time racing and Nascar fan here. This video seems to be a compilation specifically for wrecks/flips. This does happen since the cars are built to go very fast in the right direction. When the go very fast backwards the air gets under the car and turns it into a crashing airplane. I would suggest watching an actual race live if possible as these types of wrecks happen, but not consistently. I would also react to best Nascar finishes or even an "about Nascar" video as well. This is entertaining for sure, but certainly does not give you the full picture of what Nascar is.
p.s. Bumping is legal. There are very few intentional wrecks, but it happens and is "part of racing" in Nascar.
There have been F1 drivers who also raced in NASCAR...
They describe the way these cars drive, as never being locked in and stable.
You are constantly fighting to keep the car on the road, as you are on the limits of the traction and downforce.
And bumping and aggressive driving are ok, so long as you are not deliberately trying to cause a crash.
Dale Earnhart's nickname back in the day was "The Intimidater", because of how agressive he would be in a race. He would get other drivers to back off and let him past.
Rubbin's racin' baby!
You gotta remember too, these cars are going 200mph. They are designed to go straight and left super fast. Any other direction of aero is basically a brick wall. The safety systems built into these cars are crazy. Short of your car ripping in half and another car smashing into you, most drivers will survive collisions
From what I recall, the flipping and movement makes it safer for the drivers so the energy can disperse. Some of the most dangerous parts of accidents is the deacceleration, same as if anyone of us are driving. You would rather slide to a stop rather than come to a complete instant stop.
these cars do have a lot of racing-based features for performance & safety. it's crazy how safe the sport is, no death in the top-3 divisions has occurred since 2001, although just last week at talladega a driver (erik jones) suffered a compression fracture in the back so they'll have to sit through the next race @ dover this sunday, and probably many more over the next month or few months. nascar is just plain dangerous.
spinning another car on accident doesn't result in time penalties like in f1, nascar is lenient on that front. there have been circumstances of intentional crashes but nascar has been inconsistent with them, too, unfortunately, like in 2012 when jeff gordon got merely fined for destroying a championship contender's hopes at the championship in the penultimate race, whilst in 2015 matt kenseth was suspended for two races for junking joey logano at martinsville. the inconsistency can be jarring for those who watch f1 before watching nascar on a regular basis. in fact, at short-tracks, bumping (not turning) someone is actually encouraged. it's called doing a "bump-and-run" when you do it right, and it's a culture that's been around for decades.
nascar can be a lot of fun to watch once you know the intricacies!! it's the biggest motorsport here in the us by a wide margin over f1 (no i'm not joking) so it's a big deal over here haha