I don't normally click the thumbs-up for videos involving death at the tracks. Some of them are done in poor taste, and I don't watch all of them. But yours, good sir, was done in good taste. I think the family members of those 40 souls would agree with me, and that's what really matters.🏁💔🇺🇲
I was actually there as a competitor when Michael Davis Jr.'s fatal wreck happened. The event was KartWeek 2001, and our class was running at Daytona Municipal Stadium. My mom and dad were there with me when one of our friends ran up with some terrible news. We all piled into his car and made for the Speedway where we saw a bunch of people gathered around one of the karts on the infield road course. The next night they had his parents come over to the Stadium and say a few words to all the teams and drivers there. It was a really horrible and very sad moment.
NASCAR or the HOF or somebody owes you recognition for this video. Classy, respectful and very well produced. Thanks to you. This race fan appreciates your effort.
Man I cannot imagine living in the 50’s going at almost 180 miles per hour on a racetrack with no car safety or body safety features. THIS DUDES WERE CRAZY INSANE!🤯😯
I grew up in Cuyahoga Falls - was best friends with Randy Glenn's (23:22) younger brother Gary. They were steeped in racing and the Akron Soap Box Derby. Randy was a bigger than life kind of guy who loved to go fast. Great tribute - thanks for sharing this tribute.
As a promoter and racer myself, that's a really heavy video, man. Gives me goosebumps just watching. But I really appreciate you making it. Good insight to the many lives taken way too soon. Today, the cars and safety gear are better and more accessible than ever. No matter what we do, we'll never eliminate all the dangers from motorsport. But thankfully, serious injuries and deaths are quite rare these days.
Man this is awful, necessary but awful. One death after another. Here comes the next before you stop thinking about the previous one. Very respectfully done sir...
Although there were some pronunciation errors, I commend you for all the research and work you put into this video. I had no idea so many people had died at Daytona.
I had no idea that so many people have died at Daytona speedway. The one thing that got me was that three other people died in the same year as Dale Earnhardt and his car number was three. Thank you for making this video. GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL WHO READ THIS AMEN.
Fantastically well done video. As a racing fan since 1964 and having lived not too far from DIS this not only brought back many memories but it introduced me to names that I wish I had known before. God bless 'em all.
Following the death of Fireball Roberts, Smokey began to apply his mechanical skills to improving car and track safety. It is a little known fact that Yunick actually developed an early version of what we now call the SaFER barrier (Steel and Foam Energy Reduction). His early version was made from old tires sandwiched between plywood sheets. Although Smokey’s plywood prototype showed definite promise in tests, the concept was rejected by auto racing sanctioning organizations and track owners of the day - mostly because of the added expense. Daytona would have been one of the places where the cushioned wall would have doubtless saved many lives.
GOD BLESS EVERY SINGLE ONE of those who lost their life doing what they love doing. I lost a good friend not too long ago who won the '89 DAYTONA 200, JOHN ASHMEAD. Rest In Peace JOHN #37.
@@Ronaldl2350 hey Ronald, I had only recently learned John had passed away. Was deeply saddened also. I have a Michelin Tire hat John had signed years ago. Last time we spoke I told him I had it and wanted to give it back to him. John said he was surprised it was still around. It's one of my prized possessions. It's in my trophy case. Also had one of his green helmets. I gave it to my car builder at the end of one of my racing seasons. I have nothing but fond memories of John. GOD BLESS JOHN.#37
My friend won us tickets to the 94 500. Neil Bonnet was a home town hero. I was looking so forward to watching him race. We went to the race but it wasn't the same. Irvan took out #3&4. Marlin was running very well as well as the 3.
Just to clarify something on Jimmie Adamo. He didn't loose control, his brakes failed which led to him hitting a barrier at high speed. I was right behind Mattson when he crashed into the upper guardrail in 97. A wet track was a contributing factor.
Thank you so much for making this video! If you ever make another video, could you include Harold Haberlings' (Habe-er-ling) favorite car number 340 written upside down. He flipped so much it was said they would see his number right side up more often, haha! Thank you for including my grandma's name too, she had to raise my mother and sister by herself after he passed. Nascar and Habes' friends did help, but only for a couple months after, then it was all her.
Great that you highlighted these folks as they should not be forgotten...we who do not race long for the thrill and rush of what these drivers do . The ultimate price of speed is always present and unfortunately it rears its ugly head now and again....and folks think pocono is dangerous!!!???...Daytona holds the fatality gold medal.
Such an amazing video man, its genuinely surreal knowing how vast and varried these crashes can be. It shows you never underestimate that motorsports is likely one if not the most dangerous professional sport. 🏁 I love the music too, really moody ❤
Then go into the other heavy use tracks like Watkins Glen, Road America, even tracks that have gone crappy like Texas Motor Speedway or death traps forced to close due to deaths like Riverside.
I’m glad someone made a documentary to honor these drivers! I appreciate it and we remember them all. Most of these drivers were as much daredevils as race car drivers. We all owe a debt of graduate for their sacrifice !However, I can’t give a thumbs up to videos about lose of life.
My family and i knew Rick Shaw personally. We were shocked and saddened when we heard of his passing. My dad was corner working turn one when Rusty Bradley died. We were the races when Jimmy Adamo died also. So tragic.
Wierd i race motorcycle and my birthday is oct.17th....same day those 2 riders lost their life in 2013.. ride in peace brothers.. GOD SPEED TO ALL WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIFE TO RACING..
Amick was a USAC racer not chump car that was responsible for the 1980's splt and a very slow painful death of a open wheel series! this doc is amazing going outside of just NASCAR ! well done !
This was excellent and the first of it's kind, that I'm aware of. Pertaining to Tad Prince, I never knew anyone from Cullman Alabama even raced at Daytona, let alone lose their life there. My entire family on my Father's side going back generations, live in and around Cullman Alabama.
What is not told is the loss of Neil Bonnet and Rodney Orr during the beginning of the 1994 NASCAR season! A tire war broke out between Goodyear and Hoosier. It is my opinion as well as many top racers that a Hoosier tire blew out to cause Neil and Rodney’s death. The real cause of the wreaks remain controversial. May there never be another tire war again! RIP Neil and Rodney!❤❤❤
@@badassbuick86 Sure, that’s what they officially said but when a tire blows out, sometimes the shock mounts blow out too! NASCAR was just protecting Hoosiers good name! Like I said in the earlier comment, it is my opinion as well as many top racers including Dale Earnhardt that the Hoosier tire blew out!
That was a great tribute. As a retired racer, I had tears in my eyes watching this. What stood out is the continuing danger our 2-wheel warriors are constantly in even to this day. The '60s were not the most dangerous decade and the speedboat death. Also as with the window net/seat belt death getting Nascar to change the rules, Dale Earnhardt's death caused them to ban open face helmets(they already were banned for new drivers but the older ones got to keep wearing one if they preferred them), implement as manditory the HANS device and change seat construction. His death was his own doing. He was turned sideways because he was blocking two lanes in the banking so his son could win the race. When he changed from the top lane to the bottom, the car in that lane had a head of steam on him and ran right into his backend turning him right up the track into the wall. He had refused to wear the HANS device and he wore his shoulder belts loose which is what ultimately killed him. The sad thing about it all was that the crash was very surviveable.
All these years later, I never knew I shared a birthday with "The Intimidator".....I saw the crash on television and figured he would be fine. I went home only to find out he was gone. R.I.P. Dale.
Daytona is the Olympus of racing. Yes it’s a place where a lot of happy memories are made, but 1 tiny mistake could cost you or somebody else a life. Even with all of our modern technology. Ryan Preece is an example that Daytona, is still ravenous.
@@ATK10155 what I mean is daytona isn't the Olympics of racing, not even nascar, there a lot harder tracks to race on, Bristol, Martins ville, Richmond etc, plus daytona is just USA motorsports
@@wozzer3wa You aren’t even close dude. Nobody has died at those tracks as much and none of them pay as good either. Indy won’t race it because it’s too dangerous, F1 would never, Motorcyclists have even lost their lives at Daytona. It’s the ultimate test of speed and endurance for 500 miles of 200 miles an hour. Bristol is my favorite track but it’s just bumper to bumper traffic for 360 miles.
@@saragrant9749 Almost three in four days. On the tenth, the day before Neil's wreck. Andy Farr, the driver for the ARCA team I was working with, was hit by an unexpected cross wind while qualifying. The wind changed direction quickly as I have noticed it can do. We had just changed the carburetor, and with the increase in speed, and the wind, It loosened the car and hit the apron like Neil's did. Basically Neil's and Rodney's wreck rolled into one. Our car hit the top of the wall, roof first also. Our car broke the wall. In Neil's wreck you can see the missing "D" on the repaired wall where our car hit the day before. I didn't see Neil's wreck, as I was on I-20 taking our car to the Museum at Talladega. Our driver walked away with only a slight crack in his sternum. It was taken there as an a testament to the strength of a modern day stock car. They had placed it with Michael Waltrip's Bristol car. It been years since I have been there. I hear it's been moved, but still at the museum.
How funny. I raced CCS GTU & GTO classes Daytona, Moroso, Homestead and North Jennings for many many years. Most of you will remember me as Jim "Jim Hiscott owner and operator of Cheetah Racing Bodies" #752 My FUSA number was was #60 I remember a lot of men in the photos❤
29:34 I know this is such a small nitpick, but since it's the town I was born in as well I felt it was my responsibility. Gatos is pronounced like "Gah-tos". Gatos is a plural for Gato which means Cat. Yes, the town is called "The Cats".
Very well done video! But Ray Paprota was a race car driver in the Dash series. Not a pace car driver. I remember watching that race with my dad. Somehow I was 24 then. I'm 45 now. Lol
People say about Talladega being a cursed place, Am i the only one to think that Daytona it's a real cursed speedway? For real, since 1959 people unfortunely died there. Talladega had two drivers killed there and couple of strange accidents, Daytona is way darker!
Richard Petty's Dad had a horrific crash at Daytona - he lived but he was never the same - he eventually succumbed - Also a family member of Richard's died in a pit accident I believe
Dale Earnhardt was not turned into the wall he was blocking for waltrip and Junior when he came down and touched the corner of Sterling Marlins car and that turned him into the wall. Rest in peace #3 intimidator. Lead, follow or get the fuck out of the way
I was ten years old and watching George Amick’s Indy car come out of the West banked turn onto the back straightaway. The front of the car lifted and it quickly rolled upside down. The flimsy roll bars they had back then were no match for that much energy, snapped off, and we could see Amick’s helmet and head come in contact with the track. You can guess the end result, but it was horrible for an impressionable boy to watch. Bill France, Mr. NASCAR, and owner of the track decided, rightfully so, that Indy cars were too fast for the track and not well enough advanced aerodynamically and those two short “demonstration” races were the first and last Indy cars to run at Daytona.
Who knows how good Ricky Notts could have been. In 13 of 16 ASA races he won twice one being the redbud 400. That was when the ASA was probably more taleted than Nascar. In that 400 win he started 14th, which is way in the back at Anderson, to defeat defending winner Mark Martin who started 2nd.
Marshall Teague was trying to get back into Bill France's good graces when he was killed. Long story, but he was on the outs with NASCAR and wanted back in. France wanted a new speed record at his new track. Smokey tells the whole story.
Some thing most people don’t know about Daytona only Indianapolis motor speedway has had more Driver fatalities Alan I knew and I was on track when his car caught fire most people are unaware of how many other races are held there during the year?
On one of the motorcycle ones instead of showing a Ducati you have a Honda rc51 with Nikki Hayden on it who sadly died in Europe on a bicycle training and was hit by a car his number was 69 on the bike in the video
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I don't normally click the thumbs-up for videos involving death at the tracks. Some of them are done in poor taste, and I don't watch all of them. But yours, good sir, was done in good taste. I think the family members of those 40 souls would agree with me, and that's what really matters.🏁💔🇺🇲
I was actually there as a competitor when Michael Davis Jr.'s fatal wreck happened. The event was KartWeek 2001, and our class was running at Daytona Municipal Stadium. My mom and dad were there with me when one of our friends ran up with some terrible news. We all piled into his car and made for the Speedway where we saw a bunch of people gathered around one of the karts on the infield road course. The next night they had his parents come over to the Stadium and say a few words to all the teams and drivers there. It was a really horrible and very sad moment.
NASCAR or the HOF or somebody owes you recognition for this video. Classy, respectful and very well produced. Thanks to you. This race fan appreciates your effort.
Man I cannot imagine living in the 50’s going at almost 180 miles per hour on a racetrack with no car safety or body safety features.
THIS DUDES WERE CRAZY INSANE!🤯😯
I grew up in Cuyahoga Falls - was best friends with Randy Glenn's (23:22) younger brother Gary. They were steeped in racing and the Akron Soap Box Derby. Randy was a bigger than life kind of guy who loved to go fast. Great tribute - thanks for sharing this tribute.
As a promoter and racer myself, that's a really heavy video, man. Gives me goosebumps just watching. But I really appreciate you making it. Good insight to the many lives taken way too soon. Today, the cars and safety gear are better and more accessible than ever. No matter what we do, we'll never eliminate all the dangers from motorsport. But thankfully, serious injuries and deaths are quite rare these days.
Man you really put that together good. Your tone throughout had respect for those who gave it all. Great Job 👍
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Man this is awful, necessary but awful. One death after another. Here comes the next before you stop thinking about the previous one. Very respectfully done sir...
I like this guy’s voice and commentary. It’s excellent and professional.
Although there were some pronunciation errors, I commend you for all the research and work you put into this video. I had no idea so many people had died at Daytona.
I also noticed a photo-editing error. One photo for a victim appeared in the following driver's biography.
I had no idea that so many people have died at Daytona speedway.
The one thing that got me was that three other people died in the same year as Dale Earnhardt and his car number was three.
Thank you for making this video.
GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL WHO READ THIS AMEN.
Fantastically well done video. As a racing fan since 1964 and having lived not too far from DIS this not only brought back many memories but it introduced me to names that I wish I had known before. God bless 'em all.
Never realized so many people died at Daytona in so many venues. Wow! RIP to all that perished. 😢
Following the death of Fireball Roberts, Smokey began to apply his mechanical skills to improving car and track safety. It is a little known fact that Yunick actually developed an early version of what we now call the SaFER barrier (Steel and Foam Energy Reduction). His early version was made from old tires sandwiched between plywood sheets. Although Smokey’s plywood prototype showed definite promise in tests, the concept was rejected by auto racing sanctioning organizations and track owners of the day - mostly because of the added expense. Daytona would have been one of the places where the cushioned wall would have doubtless saved many lives.
Interesting.
GOD BLESS EVERY SINGLE ONE of those who lost their life doing what they love doing. I lost a good friend not too long ago who won the '89 DAYTONA 200, JOHN ASHMEAD. Rest In Peace JOHN #37.
Same here. We knew John as well. We were greatly saddened when we heard of his passing.
@@Ronaldl2350 hey Ronald, I had only recently learned John had passed away. Was deeply saddened also. I have a Michelin Tire hat John had signed years ago. Last time we spoke I told him I had it and wanted to give it back to him. John said he was surprised it was still around. It's one of my prized possessions. It's in my trophy case. Also had one of his green helmets. I gave it to my car builder at the end of one of my racing seasons. I have nothing but fond memories of John. GOD BLESS JOHN.#37
You did such a good job with this. You’ve now got one more subscriber.
My friend won us tickets to the 94 500. Neil Bonnet was a home town hero. I was looking so forward to watching him race. We went to the race but it wasn't the same. Irvan took out #3&4. Marlin was running very well as well as the 3.
I always thought it was interesting that dale died within the same area as his good friend Neil.
it was a bad coincidence
it's crazy how every aspect of racing was practically included in this. Even boat racing like tf
Just to clarify something on Jimmie Adamo. He didn't loose control, his brakes failed which led to him hitting a barrier at high speed.
I was right behind Mattson when he crashed into the upper guardrail in 97. A wet track was a contributing factor.
Thank you so much for making this video! If you ever make another video, could you include Harold Haberlings' (Habe-er-ling) favorite car number 340 written upside down. He flipped so much it was said they would see his number right side up more often, haha! Thank you for including my grandma's name too, she had to raise my mother and sister by herself after he passed. Nascar and Habes' friends did help, but only for a couple months after, then it was all her.
Great that you highlighted these folks as they should not be forgotten...we who do not race long for the thrill and rush of what these drivers do . The ultimate price of speed is always present and unfortunately it rears its ugly head now and again....and folks think pocono is dangerous!!!???...Daytona holds the fatality gold medal.
Very nicely done. RIP to all the men in your video.
Such an amazing video man, its genuinely surreal knowing how vast and varried these crashes can be. It shows you never underestimate that motorsports is likely one if not the most dangerous professional sport. 🏁
I love the music too, really moody ❤
What a wonderful tribute. Thank you!
Hopefully we have learned alot and made safety changes that can keep many more from dying on the track. May there souls rip.
Magnificent video. Thank you for sharing this. You did an amazing job!
Thanks for including the Indy Car in the history. Indy winner Frank Lockhart died on the beach in the late 1920's.
this could easily be a series. Indianapolis is the obvious next choice. Talladega, LeMans, etc
Then go into the other heavy use tracks like Watkins Glen, Road America, even tracks that have gone crappy like Texas Motor Speedway or death traps forced to close due to deaths like Riverside.
@@caseysmith544one of the worst was ascot park in Los Angeles
LeMans, be warned. Same with Indy..
Outstanding work 🏁🏁🏁
I was here at the track for the last one. RIP Mark. Very sad day.
I’m glad someone made a documentary to honor these drivers! I appreciate it and we remember them all. Most of these drivers were as much daredevils as race car drivers. We all owe a debt of graduate for their sacrifice !However, I can’t give a thumbs up to videos about lose of life.
My family and i knew Rick Shaw personally. We were shocked and saddened when we heard of his passing.
My dad was corner working turn one when Rusty Bradley died. We were the races when Jimmy Adamo died also. So tragic.
Wierd i race motorcycle and my birthday is oct.17th....same day those 2 riders lost their life in 2013.. ride in peace brothers.. GOD SPEED TO ALL WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIFE TO RACING..
Rodger Reiman's home town was Kewanee (Key-wah-knee) Illinois. Reiman's Harley Davidson is still there.
Kewanee isn't far from me. I live in Davenport, Iowa
I'm in Davenport also. I had relatives in Kewanee. There is a page on the Kewanee Historical Society page about Rodger.@@jamiedoughty6703
I was going to say the same thing, but you beat me to it. I believe he mispronounced Rogers last name also.
@@jamiedoughty6703I've never been to Kewanee, but I've seen enough Good's commercials to have it burned into my memory!
Amick was a USAC racer not chump car that was responsible for the 1980's splt and a very slow painful death of a open wheel series! this doc is amazing going outside of just NASCAR ! well done !
God Bless all these souls who gave it all for racing at Daytona🙏
This was excellent and the first of it's kind, that I'm aware of. Pertaining to Tad Prince, I never knew anyone from Cullman Alabama even raced at Daytona, let alone lose their life there. My entire family on my Father's side going back generations, live in and around Cullman Alabama.
What is not told is the loss of Neil Bonnet and Rodney Orr during the beginning of the 1994 NASCAR season! A tire war broke out between Goodyear and Hoosier. It is my opinion as well as many top racers that a Hoosier tire blew out to cause Neil and Rodney’s death. The real cause of the wreaks remain controversial. May there never be another tire war again! RIP Neil and Rodney!❤❤❤
Except it was actually broken shock mounts.....
@@badassbuick86 Sure, that’s what they officially said but when a tire blows out, sometimes the shock mounts blow out too! NASCAR was just protecting Hoosiers good name! Like I said in the earlier comment, it is my opinion as well as many top racers including Dale Earnhardt that the Hoosier tire blew out!
Great documentary. Well done.
Very well done presentation.
Great video thanks for the work Neil Bonnett accident was in 1990
That was a great tribute. As a retired racer, I had tears in my eyes watching this. What stood out is the continuing danger our 2-wheel warriors are constantly in even to this day. The '60s were not the most dangerous decade and the speedboat death.
Also as with the window net/seat belt death getting Nascar to change the rules, Dale Earnhardt's death caused them to ban open face helmets(they already were banned for new drivers but the older ones got to keep wearing one if they preferred them), implement as manditory the HANS device and change seat construction. His death was his own doing. He was turned sideways because he was blocking two lanes in the banking so his son could win the race. When he changed from the top lane to the bottom, the car in that lane had a head of steam on him and ran right into his backend turning him right up the track into the wall. He had refused to wear the HANS device and he wore his shoulder belts loose which is what ultimately killed him. The sad thing about it all was that the crash was very surviveable.
Almost right, but I'm not going to start this all over again.
Is this my early birthday present from NBR
All these years later, I never knew I shared a birthday with "The Intimidator".....I saw the crash on television and figured he would be fine. I went home only to find out he was gone. R.I.P. Dale.
was here for the premiere but wanted to watch it before bed, love the vid man
You changed the quote at the end and really changed the feeling of what was said.
Another superb video. 👏
Thank you Sir. God speed to the lost 41
Daytona is the Olympus of racing.
Yes it’s a place where a lot of happy memories are made, but 1 tiny mistake could cost you or somebody else a life. Even with all of our modern technology. Ryan Preece is an example that Daytona, is still ravenous.
Nor really Olympus.
@@wozzer3wa What about stock car racing? 🤷🏻
@@ATK10155 that’s what I’m on about
@@ATK10155 what I mean is daytona isn't the Olympics of racing, not even nascar, there a lot harder tracks to race on, Bristol, Martins ville, Richmond etc, plus daytona is just USA motorsports
@@wozzer3wa You aren’t even close dude. Nobody has died at those tracks as much and none of them pay as good either. Indy won’t race it because it’s too dangerous, F1 would never, Motorcyclists have even lost their lives at Daytona. It’s the ultimate test of speed and endurance for 500 miles of 200 miles an hour.
Bristol is my favorite track but it’s just bumper to bumper traffic for 360 miles.
2001 was the first Nascar Race I watched. Heartbreaking really 🏁
2001 was an blood bath for Daytona
So was 1994. Two dead in three days.
@@saragrant9749 Almost three in four days. On the tenth, the day before Neil's wreck. Andy Farr, the driver for the ARCA team I was working with, was hit by an unexpected cross wind while qualifying. The wind changed direction quickly as I have noticed it can do. We had just changed the carburetor, and with the increase in speed, and the wind, It loosened the car and hit the apron like Neil's did. Basically Neil's and Rodney's wreck rolled into one. Our car hit the top of the wall, roof first also. Our car broke the wall. In Neil's wreck you can see the missing "D" on the repaired wall where our car hit the day before.
I didn't see Neil's wreck, as I was on I-20 taking our car to the Museum at Talladega. Our driver walked away with only a slight crack in his sternum. It was taken there as an a testament to the strength of a modern day stock car. They had placed it with Michael Waltrip's Bristol car. It been years since I have been there. I hear it's been moved, but still at the museum.
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“ was a blood…”
Every one that drives knows the danger raceing flying sking its all a risk.
There is no way I would get on a go kart that can go over 100 mph. Yikes.
The first time I drove a super cart I was shocked how fast things happened. Only time I spun and lost orientation.
Ralph Dale Earnhardt SR. 32:10
How funny. I raced CCS GTU & GTO classes Daytona, Moroso, Homestead and North Jennings for many many years. Most of you will remember me as Jim "Jim Hiscott owner and operator of Cheetah Racing Bodies" #752 My FUSA number was was #60 I remember a lot of men in the photos❤
Good documentary
29:34 I know this is such a small nitpick, but since it's the town I was born in as well I felt it was my responsibility. Gatos is pronounced like "Gah-tos". Gatos is a plural for Gato which means Cat. Yes, the town is called "The Cats".
Slick Johnson's shop did some cylinder head work for me. A really nice guy.
R. I. P All involved but the iom tt has an even worse record for fatalities.
Thank you. A Dale Earnhardt (3) fan😢
How ironic that Mark Mathys had the same birthday as Dale Earnhardt..
That's coincidence, not irony.
You should do one on Indianapolis, very nice video
They're on utube ,be warned , it's a lot harder to watch. A lot more, they go back all the way to back to 1911, not for the squeamish.
They went out with their boots on, doing what they loved.
We should all be so lucky.
Very well done video! But Ray Paprota was a race car driver in the Dash series. Not a pace car driver. I remember watching that race with my dad. Somehow I was 24 then. I'm 45 now. Lol
Bonnett's injury at Darlington happened in 1990, not 1991.
Not as deadly as another Daytona event. Since 2000, there have been more than 40 deaths at "Daytona Bike Week".
RIP to all.
Awesome job pronouncing saskatchewan you did an amazing job
Tire tests were a be-otch back in the day - Billy Wade's big Super Marauder bears witness
Excellent tribute
People say about Talladega being a cursed place, Am i the only one to think that Daytona it's a real cursed speedway? For real, since 1959 people unfortunely died there. Talladega had two drivers killed there and couple of strange accidents, Daytona is way darker!
Everybody that thinks about climbing in something fast needs to watch this
Great video!
I knew Jimmy Adamo from the days of Fast by Ferracci , hanging out at Laguna Secca. Cool guy.
Truly a Glorious Sport
The Freedom Practiced
The Human Achievement
The Comfort Of Man Know’s No Bounds
great video thank you
Richard Petty's Dad had a horrific crash at Daytona - he lived but he was never the same - he eventually succumbed - Also a family member of Richard's died in a pit accident I believe
Dale Earnhardt was not turned into the wall he was blocking for waltrip and Junior when he came down and touched the corner of Sterling Marlins car and that turned him into the wall. Rest in peace #3 intimidator. Lead, follow or get the fuck out of the way
I was ten years old and watching George Amick’s Indy car come out of the West banked turn onto the back straightaway. The front of the car lifted and it quickly rolled upside down. The flimsy roll bars they had back then were no match for that much energy, snapped off, and we could see Amick’s helmet and head come in contact with the track. You can guess the end result, but it was horrible for an impressionable boy to watch. Bill France, Mr. NASCAR, and owner of the track decided, rightfully so, that Indy cars were too fast for the track and not well enough advanced aerodynamically and those two short “demonstration” races were the first and last Indy cars to run at Daytona.
The infamous turn #4 has probably got the most of em on I'll bet
Can you do more videos like this but for different tracks like Talladega
2 people were killed at Talladega: Larry smith and Tiny Lund
@@MrSmith-cl3on pretty's crewman and other infield deaths have happened. Although, your two are the only drivers I can recall off hand.
Overstepped the boundaries ???? No, accidents just happen.
Well done 👍
Who knows how good Ricky Notts could have been. In 13 of 16 ASA races he won twice one being the redbud 400. That was when the ASA was probably more taleted than Nascar. In that 400 win he started 14th, which is way in the back at Anderson, to defeat defending winner Mark Martin who started 2nd.
Marshall Teague was trying to get back into Bill France's good graces when he was killed. Long story, but he was on the outs with NASCAR and wanted back in. France wanted a new speed record at his new track. Smokey tells the whole story.
No one asked
@@Dezert_Fox Don't you have anything better to do than comment rude things on 3 month old comments? Get a life.
Well done
Ole Joe Rusty must not have heard the saying "protect a $2 brain with a $2 helmet.
well done.
Go Carts that do 150 mph?! Are yall crazy?
Good video
32:07 And we finally get to the Intimidator.
From a 13 year superbike racer the cut off age for rading bikes and cars should be 40 to 45. Letting people on Daytona at age 62 is rediculous!!!!
Some thing most people don’t know about Daytona only Indianapolis motor speedway has had more Driver fatalities Alan I knew and I was on track when his car caught fire most people are unaware of how many other races are held there during the year?
Sounds like if goodyear ask you to test tires just say no
On one of the motorcycle ones instead of showing a Ducati you have a Honda rc51 with Nikki Hayden on it who sadly died in Europe on a bicycle training and was hit by a car his number was 69 on the bike in the video
I never found the video on Roy Holland Weaver.
don mactavish had to have the worst
I love Daytona but I'm from Alabama and Talladega is the biggest baddest fastest track in the Sport to me
Bless them all bless the famlies
Brutal!!