10 years ago my ex got me a nascar ride along for Christmas. It was insane going so fast with cars right next to you! My ribs were bruised from the g force pushing me into the cage! Best gift, and one of the best things I’ve ever experienced in 42 years on this planet
My ex got me the drive experience at Pocono raceway. I did a ride along for two laps then I got to drive the car myself it was one of the best things I ever did.
Earnhardt's crash is relatively tame compared to a lot of crashes you see on videos like this. It was just a bad set of specific circumstances that caused his death.
@@tuftyterror983 he also demanded his seat be installed a specific way, which wasn't safe, and the seat was an old design that didn't offer as much protection. Still a tragedy that forever changed NASCAR... and I wasn't a fan of his.
@@smothersfamilyracing5749 I ran dirt track race cars and demolition derby cars from high school to till about 8 years ago. if more kids did it, they would end up having to have a job to pay for parts and wouldnt have time to get into trouble. im 65 years old now. lol
On that very last one the driver crawled out of his car and physically ran across the finish line to “finish” the race. Crowd loved it. There’s 2 entire nascar videos of cars on fire. No one killed but it’ll stop your heart.
The crazy thing that each one of these cars is woorth hundreds of thousands of dollars. They have so much safety built in that the drivers usually don't get hurt, but still . . .
@12:52 - That's what fans call "The Big One", that one crash that wipes out the field. In NASCAR there are two tracks that are KNOWN for having them, Daytona & Talladega. ESPECIALLY TALLADEGA!! One "big one" claimed 22 cars at Talladega!!
We used to see a lot of these airborne crashes in NASCAR, because of the aerodynamic design of the cars. Going forward, they generated downforce, which helped them stick to the trick. But going backward, they generated lift. So whenever a car spun out, the back end would come off the ground, and you'd have these spectacular crashes. They've pretty much fixed that problem in the 21st century, so it's pretty unusual to see a crash like this, these days.
Statistically, the Next Gen cars from a few years ago flipped more than any other generation of NASCAR. So they actually made it worse in the 21st century for a brief time.
Up to 43 cars at times bumper to bumper inches apart going close to 200 mph fighting the air turbulence while packed together all it takes is a tire going down or a driver lifting off the accelerator too soon and Chaos begins.
The counterintuitive thing about most of these extended crashes with a car flipping or looking like it’s exploding throwing parts everywhere is that they’re actually safer. The cars are designed to come apart like that because it dissipates the energy into things attached to the car, leaving the roll cage holding the driver intact. With a crash, the longer it takes, the better - drivers are most often injured by extreme decelerating g-forces, and are reasonably protected from other stuff inside the shell of the car.
It’s amazing how most of the time the drivers get out and walk after these crashes. I’ve been to NASCAR twice in Ft. Worth, but thankfully there weren’t any major crashes. The sound is UNBELIEVABLY LOUD!
The car of tomorrow had a tendency to get airborne because the rear wing had enough lift to overcome the roof flaps. That second to last crash with the blue car was one of the key crashes that convinced NASCAR to remove the wing and go back to the spoiler.
Biggest air born crash in my memory was Elliot sadler back for sure when he was in the m&m car! Man it went airborn and flipped end over end endlessly and he walked away without a scratch! Talledega, Atlanta, Texas Speedways give the most spectacular massive multi car crashes!
As someone that's hit a large tree that didn't budge head on at 50mph (80kmh) and hit an interstate cable barrier at 70mph (112kph) and walked away from both, thankfully, the most scared I have ever been was doing 180mph without wrecking riding passenger in a Pontiac Trans-Am capable of even more knowing that I didn't have any protection at that speed, unlike NASCAR. It was truly terrifying on a public road at night.
Casey Atwood was my wife's nephew. He was driving the #27 at Daytona in his 1st year. Both me and my wife were watching at the time. She was flipping out with fear until his interview afterwards
@4:35 Sadler's wreck here is before Nascar implemented roof flaps. cars used to fly pretty regular at the super speedways. . funny thing is, Sadler survived this wreck only to go on and take one of the hardest hits Nascar ever recorded ( +60g's ) at Pocono. which he also walked away from. . @7:30 Cousin Carl flipped Krashawallski as pay back for several times that Brad had wrecked him previous. also, Brad had made the comment that "the more aggressive I drive, the more I get rewarded". so Carl decided to pay him back in full.
@@easiazyy funny, that's not the way Krash characterized it in his post race interview from Dega. . and that's also when Carl's attitude about Brad changed; when they went to Carl and told him about Brad's "the more aggressive I drive the more they reward me" quote. Carl was cool with Brad ( even after the Dega wreck into the fence ) before that. . and it's not as if Krash didn't have a well established history of Ross Chrashtaining guys on purpose well before that. that was the year he wrecked Hamlin multiple times in the Busch series and Hamlin never paid him back ( sorry, no, giving Brad a 360 spin and requiring 4 new tires isn't "payback" for having multiple cars destroyed ).
Never fully understood why so many European homes aren't built with windows that have factory installed windows that come with bug screens before new home sold and turned over to the new home owners. Most locations in North American they're required by local laws to come with factory pre-installed window screening so crawling and flying insects can't gain easy access to homes.
That last wreck; the engine, and lots of parts, went through the fence. I've seen Dale Earnhardt, Sr. flip I believe 30 times, get out of the car, walk around it, and get back in when he saw it still had wheels! It was spinning like a drill bit, it was so fast.
So I’m a big nascar fan and watching miss Beesleys face during the video she was like I will never get this time back!😂😂😂 don’t worry my wife feels the same way!😂
That last one, the announcer talked about stronger catch fences. I'm pretty sure that he mentioned one of several crashes in which one or more cars, or parts of cars killed spectators by flying into the stands. Wheels used to be a big problem. They'd break off in a crash and fly into the stands. Sometimes spectators would not be able to get out of the way in time.
Over here we also have professional drag racing. Its called NHRA (National Hot Rod Association). The vehicles do a 1/4 mile in 3 seconds!!!! The tires are literally bolted to the wheels or they would fly off. There was a famous drag racer named John Force. He won alot of races, usually upside down and on fire, but hey... whatever it takes. He is retired now and his daughter is following in his footsteps. Cheers from GA, USA :)
These airborne crashes tend to be safer as the cars expend energy as they tumble. The most severe accidents are the ones that look the most mundane but in which the vehicle stops hard and all the kinetic energy is absorbed by the car and worse, the driver, at once.
The Ryan Newman wreck at Daytona couple years ago was crazy. I was sitting (standing I should say) at start finish line, wreck was in front of us. I got a great video of it, just glad Newman was ok.
I worked for the safety crew at Charlotte Motor Speedway for 3 years. It was awesome to be able to be a part of getting the cars back to the green flag and racing.
Out of those crashes, there was one injury in the wreck at 5:07 Kyle Petty, the driver of car #42 suffered a broken femur in his leg and was sidelined for 3 months. Ernie Irvan, the driver of car #4 was blamed for causing the wreck and ended up standing up in front of all of the drivers and apologizing for causing the accident. You should check out the story of Ernie Irvan's career, it is remarkable.
The guy in the #38 that flipped, Elliott Sadler, actually finished 5 races, at the same track, on the hood of the car. He skidded across the finish line. Daytona Speedway, Talladega Speedway and Atlanta Speedway usually have the faster cars. There have been some scary wrecks in the last couple of years though.
Yep! NASCAR's are designed to crumple as much as possible in a crash everywhere except where the driver is. That's the most reinforced area. The reason is because the crumpling absorbs the energy of the impact and reduces the impact where the driver is. Same thing in normal vehicles, only they aren't designed to crumple as much! From what I recall, none were deaths. Maybe whiplash, and/or some small scratches and bruises, but the gear usually does its job well.
4:39 Elliott Sadler at Talladega, I was there sitting in the 21st row of bleachers and was still looking up at that car in the air. Cameras are really high up so it don't do it justice of how high it got. I wish there was footage from ground level. I'm not saying wrecks are good, but seeing that car upside down in the air still going as fast as the others when they came by was kinda cool looking.
Senior died. My dear friends has a tire from dales care before the crash and a photo that shows impact. It was heart breaking. Millions of us saw a man pass on live tv
This video did a great disservice to all of us for not including Davey Allison going through the blender at Talladega and Rusty Wallace doing the same at Daytona. Before the invention of roof flaps...they got turned backwards, so the spoiler effectively becomes a wing, and straight up they go followed by tumbling end over end and barrel rolls. Really disturbing to watch, but they walked away
I remember when I was a kid I was becoming aware of how cursed I was. Everything I liked, wanted, or desired would be taken away from me.. I was getting into Nascar back in 2000. Watched it, decided I'll follow Dale Jr. Since 3 was my lucky number. Then he died... I saw the crash.. Decided I'm never going to choose a favorite anything as long as a human is involved.
The "wings" on the back of the cars was something Nascar tried as a way to keep downforce for the vehicles while also giving the drivers better view + the fans a 'updated look'. Turns out, those wings acted like 'literal' wings when a car was spun 180 and lifted all of them up and over..... they were removed the following year.
NASCAR races at Daytona this Saturday night. Most of those crashes happened there or Talladega. It is super speedway pack racing. The cars run sometimes 3 wide right next to each other. They can be a few seconds between the lead car and tail end Charlie.
Geoff Bodine or Austin Dillon's crash into the fence (videos not shown here) were probably one of the worst crashes in which no one died. There were injuries in the grand stands though.
Lived in Mooresville, NC (Race City USA) for 15 years. Neighbor was a driver. He got in two wrecks like this. His GF (now wife) was beyond herself with worry about his safety in both of them. My mom was on great terms with her and helped with everything. He had a groundskeeper to help maintain their house and everything else because they are gone 4.5 days a week for races. He was watching one of the races at their house while they were away and he came over to my parents because of worry for his friend and boss. This stuff scared me big time, didn't know as a kid if my neighbor (who I knew more for basketball and fun pool parties) was walking out alive.
Those were not NASCRs most extreme airborne crashes by a long ways. Almost all of those crashes were after Jack Roush and co. Developed a suite of items (roof flaps and hood/cowl flaps the most obvious) to prevent the cars going airborne…. There are many more spectacular flying stock car crashes (and everyone lived…. But there were some broke bones)…
You never ever want a driver hurt ever you hold your breath until you see them get out of the car or hear over the radio that they are okay. Wrecks and flipping through the air are part of Nascar the drivers are willing to take the risk.
One thing to keep in mind. As spectacular as these crashes are, the longer it takes the car to come to a stop after the initial impact the greater the chances are of the driver surviving the crash. It's the sudden stops that unalive driver's. So all those flips look dangerous and may make them dizzy, but it's also probably saving them.
7:02 The reason it didn't want to stop is because those cars weigh 3,200 lbs, or 1,451 kg, and at the end of a back straight like that, they're easily going over 180/190 MPH, and on the really big tracks like Daytona, they can hit 200 MPH. So, heavy rolling object with immense inertia = they don't stop on a dime :P
Very cool! Good reaction. There are plenty of other cool crash-compilations out there. If you haven't seen the NHRA ones, those are spectacular! The amazing thing to me is that in most of these race-crashes, no matter how spectacular & insane they may seem ... most times the driver actually walks away with not much more than bruises! Maybe a sprain or maybe occasionally a broken bone! Mind boggling! P.S. - as you can tell from many of the comments, NASCAR fans can be pretty hard-core!
You commented on how mangled the cars were. The cars are made to crush easily to cushion the driver and are very light bodied except for the industrial-strength cage around the driver. So, the damage to the vehicle can look worse than you would expect, but it's very hard for the driver to get seriously injured. Cars today are even safer than the era you see in these videos.
The drivers say when the car is in the air, it’s as light as a feather. They don’t feel the car when they’re in the air. Maybe as the car is tumbling tho. Thankfully, NASCAR engineered the cars, since 2001, so safe that the drivers walk away from these scary wrecks.
Some of the wildest rides weren't on this video, Richard Petty had a wild ride at Daytona in 1988, Bobby Allison crash at Pocono in 1987, Davey Allison Pocono 1992, Geoff Bodine Daytona trucks in 2000 and Rusty Wallace Talladega crash in 1993 and Dale Earnhardt 1996 Talladega crash.
Decades ago the cars used in NASCAR were a lot different and were actually a lot different than each other both in engines and body styles. They had to have the basic features of engine size and body style of the "stock" cars sold to the public. As a result of the difference in performance in the different manufacturer's cars, the gaps between cars in races used to be a lot bigger, with smaller groups of cars running apart from each other as the race goes on. And you didn't have these massive pile-ups involving so many cars all the time just because one car blows a tire or get's loose in a corner. Over the years they made minor regulation changes to the cars and when in the 80s cars started to exceed 200mph they introduced restrictor plates on the carburetors to slow them down out of concern for safety. Other rule changes and engine limitations have resulted in cars that are effectively so similar that today the entire field of cars run very close together at speeds up to 200mph on the super speedways. It can take many laps for even a small gap in the pack of cars to develop. This means that when a crash happens it is much more likely to involve a lot more cars. As an older guy that remembers the competition of not just the drivers but also the manufacturers back in the 1960s and 1970s, who were building street legal racecars for sale to the public just to get them onto the racetrack (like the Daytona Superbird), I wish they would get back to those days. Back when it was fun to go to the racetrack and you had a reason to be a Ford, Chevy, or MOPAR guy.
Neil deGrasse Tyson just did a video called "Why Race Tracks Are Banked" on StarTalk about how the cars stick to the track at those angles (and what makes them go airborne)
The drivers are typically well seasoned on crashes. it really is like it is no big deal. The helmets and harnesses thet are on the drivers really dont move in these crashes. They typically walk out without injury.
Finally! Btw I'm the same Jacob that sent yall last year. I got my tickets for the Bristol Night race! I'm so excited! I wanna see some bump n runs, hot girls, and hot tempers!
I found your channel from a nascar reaction and have stayed since. Please keep these up. I recommend to check out “NASCAR Radioactive” videos. They do them every Tuesday for the previous race.
It has been a while. They're not easy to see but you know most came out just fine. Well those with sponsors come out a little better. I remember take to a couple of stock car guys telling me they would spend up to a year building a car up to go race and have some knuckle head clip them and reck their car making them have to start all over again.
Like the old joke goes, it isn't the fall that kills you it's the sudden stop. As spectacular and terrifying as they look, the wrecks with cars flying and tumbling around and body parts flying off in all directions are actually some of the safer crashes. All that extra motion bleeds off the kinetic energy of a 3400 pound car moving at 200 mph slowly without transferring much to the driver. If you watch the crash that killed Dale Earnhardt he got turned directly, head-on into the wall and all that energy had nowhere to dissipate except into the driver.
I want 3 or more vids from James /Millie a day....Sorry I know you both work, I still love ya both. I need my fix of James and Millie.😍 LOVE YA BOTH!!!! Old US man of 64!!!
We have a race car in our garage that my son has been working on. I see things like this and makes my heart drop!! I secretly hope he loses interest in finishing it!!
I know the feeling my son didn't race cars but he rode bull's. I couldn't watch well I did watch between my fingers but my heart stopped everytime that shoot door open!!
Most of these NASCAR airborne crashes involve two two and a half mile tri-oval super speedways with 33 degree banking, Daytona and Talladega. The race cars zip around these two racetracks at 200 mph plus pedal to the medal. This isn't a F1 follow the leader racetrack with sharp turns and significant braking of the race cars usually involving lots of blocking and passing only at the sharp turns...
General car crash videos are very popular on YT. Though some do indeed show videos not realizing people died in them. That said people enjoy them because... well... its the morbid curiosity most humans have. Nice little info here: Ever see a car accident happen and find yourself compelled to Google what happened? Dr. Mayer says this is also our survival instincts at work. "This acts as a preventive mechanism to give us information on the dangers to avoid and to flee from," he says. Once we go through this process and deem what we're witnessing a non-threat, psychiatrist Dr. David Henderson says that we continue to stare as a way to face our fears without risking immediate harm. "Witnessing violence and destruction, whether it is in a novel, a movie, on TV or a real life scene playing out in front of us in real time, gives us the opportunity to confront our fears of death, pain, despair, degradation and annihilation while still feeling some level of safety," he explains. "This sensation is sometimes experienced when we stand at the edge of the Grand Canyon or look through the glass at a ferocious lion at the zoo. We watch because we are allowed to ask ourselves ultimate questions with an intensity of emotion that is uncoupled from the true reality of the disaster: 'If I was in that situation, what would I do? How would I respond? Would I be the hero or the villain? Could I endure the pain? Would I have the strength to recover?' We play out the different scenarios in our head because it helps us to reconcile that which is uncontrollable with our need to remain in control."
European Indy and F1 fans like to poke fun at NASCAR given the oval racetracks. But I think they don't understand how the oval allows you to push the cars to the absolute limit of speed and controlability all while a crazy battle of fluid dynamics has cars slipstreaming eachother attempting to slingshot forward. And that doesn't even consider that unlike F1 NASCAR is a full contact sport with touching and shoving in the tight 200mph packs being common.
Gotta remember though that if these were normal cars, many of these people would be dead or in serious condition. These cars though are made to race and to protect the driver.
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10 years ago my ex got me a nascar ride along for Christmas. It was insane going so fast with cars right next to you! My ribs were bruised from the g force pushing me into the cage! Best gift, and one of the best things I’ve ever experienced in 42 years on this planet
That was nice of your ex. I am sure he was special. 🌈
bs if your ribs were brusied then you fucked up please challange me on this
My ex got me the drive experience at Pocono raceway. I did a ride along for two laps then I got to drive the car myself it was one of the best things I ever did.
Earnhardt's crash is relatively tame compared to a lot of crashes you see on videos like this. It was just a bad set of specific circumstances that caused his death.
Yeah. The head on impact without the HANs did not mix well.
@@tuftyterror983 he also demanded his seat be installed a specific way, which wasn't safe, and the seat was an old design that didn't offer as much protection. Still a tragedy that forever changed NASCAR... and I wasn't a fan of his.
@@tw56az yes indeed.
The best crash video on youtube is "Sprint Carnage". You havent watched any sprint car race car videos yet, you should check it out.
dirt racing en general is crazy
@@smothersfamilyracing5749 I ran dirt track race cars and demolition derby cars from high school to till about 8 years ago. if more kids did it, they would end up having to have a job to pay for parts and wouldnt have time to get into trouble. im 65 years old now. lol
@@kevinwallis2194 i race go karts on dirt and it’s cool and but you have be careful because if you catch dirt you’re done
On that very last one the driver crawled out of his car and physically ran across the finish line to “finish” the race. Crowd loved it. There’s 2 entire nascar videos of cars on fire. No one killed but it’ll stop your heart.
I miss Carl Edwards. He was a class act.
I am pretty sure that spectators were hurt, maybe killed, on the last crash scene involving Edwards
@@jeffinutah1 minor injuries. No one died.
IIRC the last NASCAR driver to die in a fire was Fireball Roberts in 1964 at Charlotte
More NASCAR more NASCAR more NASCAR 2022 watch all of the races from Daytona 500 to Watkins Glen
The crazy thing that each one of these cars is woorth hundreds of thousands of dollars. They have so much safety built in that the drivers usually don't get hurt, but still . . .
@12:52 - That's what fans call "The Big One", that one crash that wipes out the field. In NASCAR there are two tracks that are KNOWN for having them, Daytona & Talladega. ESPECIALLY TALLADEGA!! One "big one" claimed 22 cars at Talladega!!
We used to see a lot of these airborne crashes in NASCAR, because of the aerodynamic design of the cars. Going forward, they generated downforce, which helped them stick to the trick. But going backward, they generated lift. So whenever a car spun out, the back end would come off the ground, and you'd have these spectacular crashes.
They've pretty much fixed that problem in the 21st century, so it's pretty unusual to see a crash like this, these days.
Also helped that the eliminated a lot of large grassy areas at some tracks.
You mean they managed to make NASCAR even more boring?! That's a pretty incredible feat, honestly.
Unless you're Ryan Newman at the Daytona 500!
Statistically, the Next Gen cars from a few years ago flipped more than any other generation of NASCAR. So they actually made it worse in the 21st century for a brief time.
Up to 43 cars at times bumper to bumper inches apart going close to 200 mph fighting the air turbulence while packed together all it takes is a tire going down or a driver lifting off the accelerator too soon and Chaos begins.
As an American, Nascar crashes can be wild but I'm astonished at watching motorcycle races and sidecar races on The Isle of Man 😬🤯☠
I agree the isle of man is sketchy.
The counterintuitive thing about most of these extended crashes with a car flipping or looking like it’s exploding throwing parts everywhere is that they’re actually safer. The cars are designed to come apart like that because it dissipates the energy into things attached to the car, leaving the roll cage holding the driver intact.
With a crash, the longer it takes, the better - drivers are most often injured by extreme decelerating g-forces, and are reasonably protected from other stuff inside the shell of the car.
Rusty Wallace’s 1993 Daytona and Talladega wrecks where insane.
It’s amazing how most of the time the drivers get out and walk after these crashes. I’ve been to NASCAR twice in Ft. Worth, but thankfully there weren’t any major crashes. The sound is UNBELIEVABLY LOUD!
The car of tomorrow had a tendency to get airborne because the rear wing had enough lift to overcome the roof flaps. That second to last crash with the blue car was one of the key crashes that convinced NASCAR to remove the wing and go back to the spoiler.
I got the pleasure to do a drive along with Jeff Gordon it was amazing
I was sitting in a condo right above the McDowell crash at Texas. It was much scarier in person and I used to race when I was younger.
Biggest air born crash in my memory was Elliot sadler back for sure when he was in the m&m car! Man it went airborn and flipped end over end endlessly and he walked away without a scratch! Talledega, Atlanta, Texas Speedways give the most spectacular massive multi car crashes!
have to disagree austin or ryan newman crash at daytona
@@robertcollett7115 Can’t remember those two specifically but I’m sure I saw it. Before about seven years ago I was watching every weekend!
I love Nascar! I've only been to a handful of races, but I was never disappointed after the race was over! Just the best time ever!
As someone that's hit a large tree that didn't budge head on at 50mph (80kmh) and hit an interstate cable barrier at 70mph (112kph) and walked away from both, thankfully, the most scared I have ever been was doing 180mph without wrecking riding passenger in a Pontiac Trans-Am capable of even more knowing that I didn't have any protection at that speed, unlike NASCAR. It was truly terrifying on a public road at night.
Casey Atwood was my wife's nephew. He was driving the #27 at Daytona in his 1st year. Both me and my wife were watching at the time. She was flipping out with fear until his interview afterwards
Sure He Was LOL
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Sadler's wreck here is before Nascar implemented roof flaps. cars used to fly pretty regular at the super speedways.
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funny thing is, Sadler survived this wreck only to go on and take one of the hardest hits Nascar ever recorded ( +60g's ) at Pocono. which he also walked away from.
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Cousin Carl flipped Krashawallski as pay back for several times that Brad had wrecked him previous. also, Brad had made the comment that "the more aggressive I drive, the more I get rewarded". so Carl decided to pay him back in full.
Cousin Carl tried to kill Brad Keselowski because Brad accidentally spun him and Edwards threw a bad block at Talladega
@@easiazyy
funny, that's not the way Krash characterized it in his post race interview from Dega.
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and that's also when Carl's attitude about Brad changed; when they went to Carl and told him about Brad's "the more aggressive I drive the more they reward me" quote. Carl was cool with Brad ( even after the Dega wreck into the fence ) before that.
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and it's not as if Krash didn't have a well established history of Ross Chrashtaining guys on purpose well before that. that was the year he wrecked Hamlin multiple times in the Busch series and Hamlin never paid him back ( sorry, no, giving Brad a 360 spin and requiring 4 new tires isn't "payback" for having multiple cars destroyed ).
The roof flaps were implemented in 1994 after Rusty Wallace went for wild rides at both Daytona and Talladega in 1993.
I remember when I used to watch Nascar Ryan Newman was nicked named "Flying Ryan" because his car was always flipping whenever there was a crash.
Never fully understood why so many European homes aren't built with windows that have factory installed windows that come with bug screens before new home sold and turned over to the new home owners. Most locations in North American they're required by local laws to come with factory pre-installed window screening so crawling and flying insects can't gain easy access to homes.
That last wreck; the engine, and lots of parts, went through the fence.
I've seen Dale Earnhardt, Sr. flip I believe 30 times, get out of the car, walk around it, and get back in when he saw it still had wheels! It was spinning like a drill bit, it was so fast.
Check out "And They Walked Away"
So I’m a big nascar fan and watching miss Beesleys face during the video she was like I will never get this time back!😂😂😂 don’t worry my wife feels the same way!😂
That last one, the announcer talked about stronger catch fences. I'm pretty sure that he mentioned one of several crashes in which one or more cars, or parts of cars killed spectators by flying into the stands.
Wheels used to be a big problem. They'd break off in a crash and fly into the stands. Sometimes spectators would not be able to get out of the way in time.
You should see this happen in person. We used to do security at Pocono raceway and went to every race for 15 years it’s awesome.
Over here we also have professional drag racing. Its called NHRA (National Hot Rod Association). The vehicles do a 1/4 mile in 3 seconds!!!! The tires are literally bolted to the wheels or they would fly off. There was a famous drag racer named John Force. He won alot of races, usually upside down and on fire, but hey... whatever it takes. He is retired now and his daughter is following in his footsteps. Cheers from GA, USA :)
These airborne crashes tend to be safer as the cars expend energy as they tumble. The most severe accidents are the ones that look the most mundane but in which the vehicle stops hard and all the kinetic energy is absorbed by the car and worse, the driver, at once.
Perfect example the Dale Earnhardt crash.
You should get one of those electric fly swatter things, they look like a tennis racket but battery powered they work really well lol
The Ryan Newman wreck at Daytona couple years ago was crazy. I was sitting (standing I should say) at start finish line, wreck was in front of us. I got a great video of it, just glad Newman was ok.
I worked for the safety crew at Charlotte Motor Speedway for 3 years. It was awesome to be able to be a part of getting the cars back to the green flag and racing.
They left out a lot of good ones from the 80's & 90's.
Out of those crashes, there was one injury in the wreck at 5:07 Kyle Petty, the driver of car #42 suffered a broken femur in his leg and was sidelined for 3 months. Ernie Irvan, the driver of car #4 was blamed for causing the wreck and ended up standing up in front of all of the drivers and apologizing for causing the accident. You should check out the story of Ernie Irvan's career, it is remarkable.
The driver of the one at 11:00 was injured pretty bad
The guy in the #38 that flipped, Elliott Sadler, actually finished 5 races, at the same track, on the hood of the car. He skidded across the finish line. Daytona Speedway, Talladega Speedway and Atlanta Speedway usually have the faster cars. There have been some scary wrecks in the last couple of years though.
You would Never know that the trucks or Xfinity cars had even races the next day. The turf is fixed and they even have the walls painted white again.
Yep! NASCAR's are designed to crumple as much as possible in a crash everywhere except where the driver is. That's the most reinforced area. The reason is because the crumpling absorbs the energy of the impact and reduces the impact where the driver is. Same thing in normal vehicles, only they aren't designed to crumple as much! From what I recall, none were deaths. Maybe whiplash, and/or some small scratches and bruises, but the gear usually does its job well.
When watching these videos, ya have to remember that the cockpit of a NASCAR car is one of the safest places on earth.
Yeah. Combined with a fire suit, helmet and a HANS device, there is not better place to crash.
4:39 Elliott Sadler at Talladega, I was there sitting in the 21st row of bleachers and was still looking up at that car in the air. Cameras are really high up so it don't do it justice of how high it got. I wish there was footage from ground level. I'm not saying wrecks are good, but seeing that car upside down in the air still going as fast as the others when they came by was kinda cool looking.
Senior died. My dear friends has a tire from dales care before the crash and a photo that shows impact. It was heart breaking. Millions of us saw a man pass on live tv
This video did a great disservice to all of us for not including Davey Allison going through the blender at Talladega and Rusty Wallace doing the same at Daytona. Before the invention of roof flaps...they got turned backwards, so the spoiler effectively becomes a wing, and straight up they go followed by tumbling end over end and barrel rolls. Really disturbing to watch, but they walked away
I remember when I was a kid I was becoming aware of how cursed I was. Everything I liked, wanted, or desired would be taken away from me.. I was getting into Nascar back in 2000. Watched it, decided I'll follow Dale Jr. Since 3 was my lucky number.
Then he died... I saw the crash.. Decided I'm never going to choose a favorite anything as long as a human is involved.
The "wings" on the back of the cars was something Nascar tried as a way to keep downforce for the vehicles while also giving the drivers better view + the fans a 'updated look'. Turns out, those wings acted like 'literal' wings when a car was spun 180 and lifted all of them up and over..... they were removed the following year.
NASCAR races at Daytona this Saturday night. Most of those crashes happened there or Talladega. It is super speedway pack racing. The cars run sometimes 3 wide right next to each other. They can be a few seconds between the lead car and tail end Charlie.
Geoff Bodine or Austin Dillon's crash into the fence (videos not shown here) were probably one of the worst crashes in which no one died. There were injuries in the grand stands though.
Lived in Mooresville, NC (Race City USA) for 15 years. Neighbor was a driver. He got in two wrecks like this. His GF (now wife) was beyond herself with worry about his safety in both of them. My mom was on great terms with her and helped with everything. He had a groundskeeper to help maintain their house and everything else because they are gone 4.5 days a week for races. He was watching one of the races at their house while they were away and he came over to my parents because of worry for his friend and boss. This stuff scared me big time, didn't know as a kid if my neighbor (who I knew more for basketball and fun pool parties) was walking out alive.
The Austin Dillon Coke zero 400 crash is still the worst crash I have ever seen.
The fence is so high around the track to protect the audience because the cars have hit the fence before
So glad to see y’all back on some NASCAR
I want to see your reaction to hydroplane race boats. 200 MPH on the water makes for some interesting moments.
At the speeds they run control is iffy at best. So much money involved they are willing to bumpeach other. Crazy stuff.
10:48 The accident of Michael Waltrip is being called by his brother Darrell, which is why you hear so much concern in his voice.
No, the driver was Michael McDowell. Michael Waltrip did own that car, though, but wasn't the one driving.
That last one the guy got out the car and ran across the finish line so he didn't finish last lol
Those were not NASCRs most extreme airborne crashes by a long ways. Almost all of those crashes were after Jack Roush and co. Developed a suite of items (roof flaps and hood/cowl flaps the most obvious) to prevent the cars going airborne…. There are many more spectacular flying stock car crashes (and everyone lived…. But there were some broke bones)…
You never ever want a driver hurt ever you hold your breath until you see them get out of the car or hear over the radio that they are okay. Wrecks and flipping through the air are part of Nascar the drivers are willing to take the risk.
Look up Richard Perry's Superbird in the catch fence in the early 70's.
One thing to keep in mind. As spectacular as these crashes are, the longer it takes the car to come to a stop after the initial impact the greater the chances are of the driver surviving the crash. It's the sudden stops that unalive driver's. So all those flips look dangerous and may make them dizzy, but it's also probably saving them.
7:02 The reason it didn't want to stop is because those cars weigh 3,200 lbs, or 1,451 kg, and at the end of a back straight like that, they're easily going over 180/190 MPH, and on the really big tracks like Daytona, they can hit 200 MPH. So, heavy rolling object with immense inertia = they don't stop on a dime :P
Very cool! Good reaction.
There are plenty of other cool crash-compilations out there. If you haven't seen the NHRA ones, those are spectacular!
The amazing thing to me is that in most of these race-crashes, no matter how spectacular & insane they may seem ... most times the driver actually walks away with not much more than bruises! Maybe a sprain or maybe occasionally a broken bone! Mind boggling!
P.S. - as you can tell from many of the comments, NASCAR fans can be pretty hard-core!
You commented on how mangled the cars were. The cars are made to crush easily to cushion the driver and are very light bodied except for the industrial-strength cage around the driver. So, the damage to the vehicle can look worse than you would expect, but it's very hard for the driver to get seriously injured. Cars today are even safer than the era you see in these videos.
The drivers say when the car is in the air, it’s as light as a feather. They don’t feel the car when they’re in the air. Maybe as the car is tumbling tho. Thankfully, NASCAR engineered the cars, since 2001, so safe that the drivers walk away from these scary wrecks.
I recommend showing her the Dale Earnhardt “The Day” series. You’ve already reacted to it I think she should see it as well.
Should watch the wildest finishes. Plenty of compilations for those!
Subscribed a bit ago but have never commented. Just wanted to say that I truly enjoy your vids and commentary. Keep up the good work, y’all
You guys should watch Nascar's worst catch fence crashes
Some of the wildest rides weren't on this video, Richard Petty had a wild ride at Daytona in 1988, Bobby Allison crash at Pocono in 1987, Davey Allison Pocono 1992, Geoff Bodine Daytona trucks in 2000 and Rusty Wallace Talladega crash in 1993 and Dale Earnhardt 1996 Talladega crash.
Decades ago the cars used in NASCAR were a lot different and were actually a lot different than each other both in engines and body styles. They had to have the basic features of engine size and body style of the "stock" cars sold to the public. As a result of the difference in performance in the different manufacturer's cars, the gaps between cars in races used to be a lot bigger, with smaller groups of cars running apart from each other as the race goes on. And you didn't have these massive pile-ups involving so many cars all the time just because one car blows a tire or get's loose in a corner. Over the years they made minor regulation changes to the cars and when in the 80s cars started to exceed 200mph they introduced restrictor plates on the carburetors to slow them down out of concern for safety. Other rule changes and engine limitations have resulted in cars that are effectively so similar that today the entire field of cars run very close together at speeds up to 200mph on the super speedways. It can take many laps for even a small gap in the pack of cars to develop. This means that when a crash happens it is much more likely to involve a lot more cars. As an older guy that remembers the competition of not just the drivers but also the manufacturers back in the 1960s and 1970s, who were building street legal racecars for sale to the public just to get them onto the racetrack (like the Daytona Superbird), I wish they would get back to those days. Back when it was fun to go to the racetrack and you had a reason to be a Ford, Chevy, or MOPAR guy.
amen brother, i remember those days, a lot of the drivers after the race just throwed a tag on the car and drove it home
@@obiwanthor I cry a little every time a watch a car auction on tv and see the same model car I used to own go across the block for 6 figures.
Neil deGrasse Tyson just did a video called "Why Race Tracks Are Banked" on StarTalk about how the cars stick to the track at those angles (and what makes them go airborne)
I was at the race Edwards flew up into the fence on the last lap at Talladega
The drivers are typically well seasoned on crashes. it really is like it is no big deal. The helmets and harnesses thet are on the drivers really dont move in these crashes. They typically walk out without injury.
Finally! Btw I'm the same Jacob that sent yall last year. I got my tickets for the Bristol Night race! I'm so excited! I wanna see some bump n runs, hot girls, and hot tempers!
They don't steer too good when the wheels ain't on the ground
I found your channel from a nascar reaction and have stayed since. Please keep these up. I recommend to check out “NASCAR Radioactive” videos. They do them every Tuesday for the previous race.
alot of time they throw duck tape on it and tell them to get back out there and try to get a good finish lol
There’s been some new wrecks from this season that have been pretty bizarre. Check them out if you’d like
It has been a while. They're not easy to see but you know most came out just fine. Well those with sponsors come out a little better. I remember take to a couple of stock car guys telling me they would spend up to a year building a car up to go race and have some knuckle head clip them and reck their car making them have to start all over again.
Actually, the last person to die on a NASCAR track was Kevin Ward Jr. He was hit by Tony Stewart.
Like the old joke goes, it isn't the fall that kills you it's the sudden stop. As spectacular and terrifying as they look, the wrecks with cars flying and tumbling around and body parts flying off in all directions are actually some of the safer crashes. All that extra motion bleeds off the kinetic energy of a 3400 pound car moving at 200 mph slowly without transferring much to the driver. If you watch the crash that killed Dale Earnhardt he got turned directly, head-on into the wall and all that energy had nowhere to dissipate except into the driver.
There is very rarely any airborne crashes now, let alone especially bad ones in any of the 3 major series.
When you look at the mangled drivers rarely get hurt. at the drivers compartment. They maitain their shape b/c of the engineering and thats how the
I want 3 or more vids from James /Millie a day....Sorry I know you both work, I still love ya both. I need my fix of James and Millie.😍 LOVE YA BOTH!!!! Old US man of 64!!!
You should watch rally racing crashes too.
7:15 The reaction was fun to watch!! You two are so cute!
We have a race car in our garage that my son has been working on. I see things like this and makes my heart drop!! I secretly hope he loses interest in finishing it!!
I know the feeling my son didn't race cars but he rode bull's. I couldn't watch well I did watch between my fingers but my heart stopped everytime that shoot door open!!
Dale Earnhardt’s fatal crash was the most heartbreaking day in NASCAR history.
You’ve gotta check out on-board camera crashes
Thanks for sharing!
Most of these NASCAR airborne crashes involve two two and a half mile tri-oval super speedways with 33 degree banking, Daytona and Talladega. The race cars zip around these two racetracks at 200 mph plus pedal to the medal. This isn't a F1 follow the leader racetrack with sharp turns and significant braking of the race cars usually involving lots of blocking and passing only at the sharp turns...
There’s an episode of South Park that makes fun of this. You should check it out if you haven’t seen it
You guys should also watch sprint cars they race around dirt tracks sideways
You should watch some of the older races speeds was the same or higher but with none of restrictions or technology
You two have to come to Indy. You would love the whole 500 atmosphere'
General car crash videos are very popular on YT. Though some do indeed show videos not realizing people died in them. That said people enjoy them because... well... its the morbid curiosity most humans have.
Nice little info here:
Ever see a car accident happen and find yourself compelled to Google what happened? Dr. Mayer says this is also our survival instincts at work. "This acts as a preventive mechanism to give us information on the dangers to avoid and to flee from," he says.
Once we go through this process and deem what we're witnessing a non-threat, psychiatrist Dr. David Henderson says that we continue to stare as a way to face our fears without risking immediate harm.
"Witnessing violence and destruction, whether it is in a novel, a movie, on TV or a real life scene playing out in front of us in real time, gives us the opportunity to confront our fears of death, pain, despair, degradation and annihilation while still feeling some level of safety," he explains. "This sensation is sometimes experienced when we stand at the edge of the Grand Canyon or look through the glass at a ferocious lion at the zoo. We watch because we are allowed to ask ourselves ultimate questions with an intensity of emotion that is uncoupled from the true reality of the disaster:
'If I was in that situation, what would I do? How would I respond? Would I be the hero or the villain? Could I endure the pain? Would I have the strength to recover?' We play out the different scenarios in our head because it helps us to reconcile that which is uncontrollable with our need to remain in control."
In 2021 there were 137 crashes. There are 36 races per season.
Once the driver knows a crash is going to happen they let go of the steering wheel to avoid hand, wrist, finger and shoulder injuries
I recommend checking out a video by EmpLemon called NASCAR: The Art of Revenge.
European Indy and F1 fans like to poke fun at NASCAR given the oval racetracks. But I think they don't understand how the oval allows you to push the cars to the absolute limit of speed and controlability all while a crazy battle of fluid dynamics has cars slipstreaming eachother attempting to slingshot forward. And that doesn't even consider that unlike F1 NASCAR is a full contact sport with touching and shoving in the tight 200mph packs being common.
You need to watch it live… it so much more👍
Gotta remember though that if these were normal cars, many of these people would be dead or in serious condition. These cars though are made to race and to protect the driver.
If you read these comments, you need to go look at the Ricky Craven Talladega crash, Geoff Bodine Daytona crash & Rusty Wallace Daytona crash