toca los cojones , dixon was so soo lucky if the guard rail had impacted on him instead of the side of the car he would of been smashed into little peices they would of collected him with a broom and a plasitc black sheet
What i find most amazing is how quickly marshalls react. The crash is still going and they are already racing to the track. And look at Dixon's onboard, the suspension's arm go inside his cockpit, he is EXTREMELY lucky to be alive and with no harm.
becuase those kind of accidents that brutal usual ende mm on career ending injury or death. all 3: Howard, Dixon ans Castroneves got extremely lucky, specially Dixon
As a Kiwi. Scott Dixon is our most successville international driver in our motor sport history .- others - Denny Hulme 67, F1 world Champ & CanAm champ. Bruce McLaren ,66, LeMans winner, CanAm champ @ McLaren Racing.Paul Radisich 93-94 World Touring Car Winner,- Greg Murphy ,Jim Richards multiple Bathurst winners,.Brendon Hartley 017 LeMans winner & WEC ,FIA, World Endurance Championship.] ,Rod Millen multiple Pikes Peak winner.& Kenny Smith,and Richie McCaw,-Wille Apiata,- Ed Hillary, [legends],- Mad Mike [Red Bull],- Michael Pickens,Barry Butterworth, [speedway] Steve Millen [Stillen Racing] ;. Scott Dixon has not got a raz a mataz personality , but is the quite achiever & leaves his talking on the track.[ice man] But as time goes on and history will reflect,that he is a Legend, and one of the best of Indy car champions.!!! 5 x times sofar & still counting..lol .Extraordinary Kiwis - Scott Dixon Television Documentary. www.nzonscreen.com/title/extraordinary-kiwis-scott-dixon www.nzonscreen.com/title/trio-at-the-top-2001
It's STILL hard to believe he walked away from that one. Loved that as the car slid to a stop, with only one front wheel still attached, he began to try to steer the car with it. Coolest cat on the asphalt.
Usually I don't follow Indy, I did just for Alonso but when I saw this I instantly thought that these crashes are completely different from the ones in F1. Dixon was so damn lucky to be uninjured. In crashes like these you can meet death, no other words. He was so lucky
It was an incredible race, this crash, the one with 17 laps to go involving 4 or 5 other cars. A lot of fender benders knocking parts off of cars and 3 blown engines. But that last 11 lap race at the end was just incredible. Glad no one was seriously hurt, a good show and race from every one of those drivers out there. And a big congrats to Takuma Sato and his 1st Indy win.
I do not watch American races, but a friend said watch this video it does have a good ending....and I wanted to say I'm very glad that all involved are safe....and to the fans....KEEP CHEERING!!!!!!....luvs to you and yours all..🐈🙋💙
I just noticed the reaction time of that safety crew. Goodness. Crash is at 4:38 and the truck of the safety crew starts to roll one second later (4:39). Wow. Big respect to that reaction time. And thank goodness the heavy rear axis of the car didn't hit another car driving by (4:28). There was so much luck in that crash..
If you back it up to the beginning, it takes them about 16 seconds to get to the scene after Dixon's car stops at 0:06. That's remarkable reaction time
After watching this crash about 30 times, I am completely convinced that Dixon survived this crash due to his instinct to turn into Wilson's car at the last second. His initial contact trajectory would have sent him straight into the inside catch fence and we would have seen a Wikens scenario of carnage. What an incredible crash...and his first response is to apologize to Camping World lol
This crash happened right in front of me. It was like slow motion horror watching Scott's car just hang in the air. I was scared shitless hoping he wouldn't hit cockpit first like Greg Moore and Dan Wheldon. Of all the years I've been there this wreck was the one I've always feared. At first I didn't know who it was that went airborne then when I heard it was Scott I joined the rest of the fans in applause that he was ok. Scott, his wife Emma and their two daughters are the epitome of Indy family. Thank God he got through it.
Jesus Christ, I'm amazed they both walked away from that. When I first saw this they just showed the clip of the crash and I had very serious concerns for the safety of the drivers, they both took several massive impacts in that one. I rather suspect Helio Castroneves is going to be needing fresh underwear after getting through that, somebody was really looking out for all three of those guys in that one as it could have gone so many different types of horribly wrong in so many ways...
+Douglas 57647 Scott Dixon knew what was coming but Helio wouldn't have seen much of the crash as he was trying to avoid Howard's car so having Dixon's car fly over him must have scared the pants of him...
I doubt that... these guys are made of steel inside,,, they make me feel proud of them,,, look at Scott Dixon interview a few moments after the crash, he could not care less... his mood is like I want to race as soon as possible! Heroes!
Thanks for this! That was a very good video and analysis of one of the most horrific crashes I've seen, where both drivers not only survived, but without injury.
I was sitting just below the camera and was completing sick as I saw the whole thing and knew it was Scott. So awesome he and Jay Howard were able to walk away; it could have easily been different.
As a Kiwi. Scott Dixon is our most successville international driver in our motor sport history .- others - Denny Hulme 67, F1 world Champ & CanAm champ. Bruce McLaren ,66, LeMans winner, CanAm champ @ McLaren Racing.Paul Radisich 93-94 World Touring Car Winner,- Greg Murphy ,Jim Richards multiple Bathurst winners,.Brendon Hartley - LeMans winner & WEC ,FIA, World Endurance Championship.] ,Rod Millen multiple Pikes Peak winner.& Kenny Smith,and Richie McCaw,-Wille Apiata,- Ed Hillary, [legends],- Mad Mike [Red Bull],- Michael Pickens,Barry Butterworth, [speedway] Steve Millen [Stillen Racing] ;. Scott Dixon has not got a raz a mataz personality , but is the quite achiever & leaves his talking on the track.[ice man] But as time goes on and history will reflect,that he is a Legend, and one of the best of Indy car champions.!!! 5 x times sofar & still counting..lol .Extraordinary Kiwis - Scott Dixon Television Documentary. www.nzonscreen.com/title/extraordinary-kiwis-scott-dixon www.nzonscreen.com/title/trio-at-the-top-2001
I was sitting in turn one and we saw it happen. As we saw the car get airborne a collective gasp sounded through the stands and my heart sank. We thought could be fatal, we were so happy to see him almost immediately climb out when the safety crew got there.
Thais was a beathtaking crash, good to see that they walked away Congratulations to Sato, finally my favorite Driver wins the Indy500. Greetings from Germany.
CrashRacing I was at commentating this race myself yesterday at the hospital, and I saw this happened at turn 2. My favorite nurses that I met 2 years ago in the hospital came over, and I told them the whole thing.
As a Kiwi. Scott Dixon is our most successville international driver in our motor sport history .- others[ Denny Hulme F1 world Champ & CanAm champ. Bruce McLaren ,66,LeMans winner, CanAm champ @ McLaren Racing. Greg Murphy - multiple Bathurst winner .Jim Richards multiple Bathurst winner,.Brendon Hartley - LeMans winner & WEC ,FIA, World Endurance Championship.] ,Rod Millen multiple Pikes Peak winner.& Kenny Smith,and Richie McCaw,- Ed Hillary, [legends],- Mad Mike [Red Bull],- Michael Pickens,Barry Butterworth, [speedway] Steve Millen [Stillen Racing] ;. Scott Dixon has not got a raz a mataz personality , but is the quite achiever & leaves his talking on the track.[ice man] But as time goes on and history will reflect,that he is a Legend, and one of the best of Indy car champions.!!! 5 x times sofar & still counting..lol . .Extraordinary Kiwis - Scott Dixon Television (Full Length) - Documentary. www.nzonscreen.com/title/extraordinary-kiwis-scott-dixon .
This incident is still unbelievable. The way that Dixon's car launched and how high it was on the air + the way it landed... Amazing that he didn't get injured
You can talk about improved safety all you want- it's pure luck that he survived this. If the car lands in a slighty different angle on the barrier he has no chance of surviving this. But I guess that's just oval racing for you... they take some pretty big chances.
You are quite mistaken. Without the crumple zones, the carbon fiber tub, the HANS, the molded seat, the fuel cell, the soft walls, etc., the actual angle of impact here would have been quite sufficient instantly to have ended Scott Dixon's young life. That drivers almost always survive such devastating crashes today is the result of a conscious series of decisions to make driver safety a priority--decisions which required considerable expense and, more to the point, considerable moral courage, to overcome the kind of fatalism that says such tragedies are pure matters of chance, about which nothing can, or should be done.
Amil Eoj But what he was saying was completely accurate. If the car had rotated only a few more degrees, his head would have directly impacted the barrier. That would have instantly killed him.
vin russo agree, i was mystified when i saw this crash, ive heard that a driver called Tony Renna had a similar impact but he actually smashed with the floor of the car, he died instntly and was even trhrown away from the collpsed tube
Dixon is a lucky man of fate. A few feet difference of where the car hit the wall, and his head would have made contact with the wall. Truly thankful for this outcome. Cars going airborne are very scary, especially with these rough cheese grater fences that are around tracks!
Looks like Jay Howard was looking for someone else to blame for a wreck he caused...didn't appear that he was driven out of the groove by anyone.....the car to his inside was right on the white line.
We still don't see enough to disprove that. Even with the other car being right on the poleline, its possible he was driven out. But yeah, he was trying to blame someone else. Couldn't man up and accept he fucked up.
That's exactly what people are overlooking - the way he made out like Dixon is mainly to blame for this crash when Howard crashed the wall first and then drove up right in front of his ass causing a near fatal crash; I don't care what anybody says: *_Howard is a fucken disgrace to even drive in an Indycar with that arrogance!_*
The incident with Hunter-Ray occurred before he got anywhere near the wall. That was his excuse for getting out to the wall. That happened prior to this incident.
What’s ironic about these Amazing Drivers who display incredible driving skills is that statistically, they’ve been deemed the most reckless drivers when driving on normal roads with the rest of us. I read an interesting article on that once, which was actually pretty cool because regardless, they have a zero accident rate.
I was sitting right across from this and it was only my 2nd Indy 500 out of 23 I've been to that I saw a flying car. Most times, the crowd cheers the crashes but this time it was dead silent. A few people started to cry. The violence cannot be appreciated on TV. The fact both walked away was quite a happy moment! Lost in it at the track (until the replays at least) was that Castroneves was almost killed. Only a moment different and he'd have been crushed to death.
The safety crew is unreal. These guys are the quickest I've seen on all ends. Sometimes they're at the scene while the cars are still rolling to a stop. Check my man Alonso in P1 : )
Scott Dixon jumps out after that crash and feels gutted for the team, one brave guy. Its the biggest crash I have saw in 30 years of watching motorsport and it is truly remarkable that someone didn't get seriously hurt, at first I thought it was a 3 car crash but after seeing all the replays its the engine,gearbox and suspension that hurtles back across the track towards another car and some ungodly speed. Does anybody actually know what speed he was doing when he took off?
As a Kiwi. Scott Dixon is our most successville international driver in our motor sport history .- others - Denny Hulme 67, F1 world Champ & CanAm champ. Bruce McLaren ,66, LeMans winner, CanAm champ @ McLaren Racing.Paul Radisich 93-94 World Touring Car Winner,- Greg Murphy ,Jim Richards multiple Bathurst winners,.Brendon Hartley - LeMans winner & WEC ,FIA, World Endurance Championship.] ,Rod Millen multiple Pikes Peak winner.& Kenny Smith,and Richie McCaw,-Wille Apiata,- Ed Hillary, [legends],- Mad Mike [Red Bull],- Michael Pickens,Barry Butterworth, [speedway] Steve Millen [Stillen Racing] ;. Scott Dixon has not got a raz a mataz personality , but is the quite achiever & leaves his talking on the track.[ice man] But as time goes on and history will reflect,that he is a Legend, and one of the best of Indy car champions.!!! 5 x times sofar & still counting..lol .Extraordinary Kiwis - Scott Dixon Television Documentary. www.nzonscreen.com/title/extraordinary-kiwis-scott-dixon www.nzonscreen.com/title/trio-at-the-top-2001
Delivery Dashcam not necessarily, an impact at from 280 to 220mph in a few milliseconds can still be a lethal deceleration, then a slide to a stop e.g. Earnhardt sr, dan wheldon in glancing impacts into the wall.
The day we almost lost Scott Dixon. Sometimes I think about this wreck and wonder if it happened 100 times if even 5 would have lived. So thankful he walked away as they say.
Every time I see a wreck like this I am always left wondering why if it's possible to build a vehicle in a specialty shop that can hit a wall at over 200 mph and leave it's occupant uninjured, why is it not possible for the major auto manufacturers to construct a vehicle that can hit the same wall at 75 mph without killing everyone inside?
fg46 I might if it meant I'd be safe under any circumstance. I'd even put the little infant in a mini helmet and car-seat HANS device... Sure it would take about an hour to get ready to go anywhere but if we only wore it for say cross-country trips it would cut down on our risk factors significantly...
As a Scott Dixon fan, watching this was one of the worst things I've had to see on live TV. And then he got out, and I was happy. Still, painful memories...
Helio Castroneves drove over the grass underneath the fucking disintegrating flying car! From the last positions, driving under the flying death, passed by all those accidents to a second place! Not even Michael Bay would have made the dramatic race that guy had! ROFL!!!
Incredibly lucky to have survived that. Strong tub. Photographer also very fortunate. I don't get the crestfallen attitude of drivers who have a bad day. You're rich, successful and if you get out of the car intact, there's always another race. Disappointment should just be a statement, not an understatement.
Thank God his car didn't flip a few more feet around and cause him to land helmet first on top of that wall! I wish they had more structural protection over their heads. Exposed heads has killed multiple drivers over the years. Most recently Dan Weldon.
But in both Weldon and Bianchi's accidents, the impacts were severe enough that it tore the rear roll hoop completely off the car. You're not going to be able to build a closed cockpit that's going to protect in those circumstances unless you make it so massive that the driver can't see out
The most amazing part is after when Dixon regains his composure, he grabs the yoke again and tries to steer the car off the track with its one remaining wheel. A bit humorous, too, I might add, lol 😅
man he got so lucky, a slightly different angle and that would have been his head on the wall. As a kiwi kid he was my childhood hero growing up, i was so glad to see him walk away from that
As an F1 fan I think the oval races are quit boring but the other races are good also mad respect these guys probably face more crash than a F1 driver typically
I still don't get why Dixon suddenly decided to turn right moments before the impact, right into Howard's car. Couldn't avoid it either way but the impact would've been very different and arguably not as massive.
I think he did it to avoid a side crash with Howard, imagine he goes airbourne crashing into the side of the car, not the back. He could've hit dixon's head and kill him instantly.
The other explanation about why he turned right is when you're driving an open-wheel rear wheel drive race car you with the engine in the back to correct a miscalculated turn or to avoid a crash one must let go of the gas and steer it to the opposite way. Some of the drivers set up their IndyCars so it veers to the left since it is an oval track so the only way to try and save yourself from something worse is to correct the car that way with steering right but it was I also thought it was unusual.
Two drivers were lucky to walk away that day. . Scott Dixon And Castronaves in the #3 car who almost got squished. And let's not forget the camera guy. . Jesus! My first time noticing that after seeing this so many times.
Three things...........first the suspension and wheel assembly of the right front comes in his cockpit before he hits the wall while airborne ............that could have done serious damage to his hands/arms or hit his head and killed him..............then he hit the wall top of car first but missed hitting his head at such a strange angle and height against the top of the wall and/or fence..........and finally he had the presence of mind to take his hands off the steering wheel but only after he had already come off the wall which tells me he was conscious through the impact but he was really fortunate that his hands/arms weren't serious damaged from holding on to the wheel during the impact.......................in my opinion if this crash happens 10 time there is either serious injury or a fatality 8 or 9 time out 10 based on those 3 observations..........Dixy was very fortunate to survive this one......
Incredible how calm and collected Dixon is in the post crash interview... Talk about balls of steel...
Yeah, typical Kiwi.
toca los cojones , dixon was so soo lucky if the guard rail had impacted on him instead of the side of the car he would of been smashed into little peices they would of collected him with a broom and a plasitc black sheet
Buc_Nasty_509 me where the Jim bean plz
We're gonna be seeing a lot of this whenever major moments in Indy history come up. I have never seen a guy hit the *inside* catch fence.
StoneXL
Stay Fresh
@Damar Fadlan ? Uh you ok bud?
Greg Moore did and sadly, he died
@StoneXL How abbout Clay Regazzoni 1977 Qualifying Day Two?!
@Damar Fadlan hmmm that was 8 months ago i wonder if i was okay🤔
What i find most amazing is how quickly marshalls react. The crash is still going and they are already racing to the track.
And look at Dixon's onboard, the suspension's arm go inside his cockpit, he is EXTREMELY lucky to be alive and with no harm.
Absolutely
Tethers stopped it I think.
When the spotter - who has likely seen hundreds of crashes -- simply says...
"Jesus......."
It was a shooking crash
becuase those kind of accidents that brutal usual ende mm on career ending injury or death. all 3: Howard, Dixon ans Castroneves got extremely lucky, specially Dixon
Brent Bollmeier Scott has had the same support spotter for a while.
As a Kiwi. Scott Dixon is our most successville international driver in our motor sport history .- others - Denny Hulme 67, F1 world Champ & CanAm champ. Bruce McLaren ,66, LeMans winner, CanAm champ @ McLaren Racing.Paul Radisich 93-94 World Touring Car Winner,- Greg Murphy ,Jim Richards multiple Bathurst winners,.Brendon Hartley 017 LeMans winner & WEC ,FIA, World Endurance Championship.] ,Rod Millen multiple Pikes Peak winner.& Kenny Smith,and Richie McCaw,-Wille Apiata,- Ed Hillary, [legends],- Mad Mike [Red Bull],- Michael Pickens,Barry Butterworth, [speedway] Steve Millen [Stillen Racing] ;. Scott Dixon has not got a raz a mataz personality , but is the quite achiever & leaves his talking on the track.[ice man] But as time goes on and history will reflect,that he is a Legend, and one of the best of Indy car champions.!!! 5 x times sofar & still counting..lol .Extraordinary Kiwis - Scott Dixon Television Documentary. www.nzonscreen.com/title/extraordinary-kiwis-scott-dixon www.nzonscreen.com/title/trio-at-the-top-2001
Instead of commanding high or low Hélio Castroneves' spotter probably relating "Under!"
one of the best things about this is around 2:41 ...the safety crew is in motion before the crash is even done. love that.
Station to Howard and Dixon in 20 seconds
Incredible, I never noticed that before.
The IndyCar safety team is incredible, Dixon’s car hadn’t even come back to the ground yet and one truck was already rolling.
was lookin for this comment. true professionalism and wonderful work on their part
It's STILL hard to believe he walked away from that one. Loved that as the car slid to a stop, with only one front wheel still attached, he began to try to steer the car with it. Coolest cat on the asphalt.
Usually I don't follow Indy, I did just for Alonso but when I saw this I instantly thought that these crashes are completely different from the ones in F1. Dixon was so damn lucky to be uninjured. In crashes like these you can meet death, no other words. He was so lucky
It was an incredible race, this crash, the one with 17 laps to go involving 4 or 5 other cars. A lot of fender benders knocking parts off of cars and 3 blown engines. But that last 11 lap race at the end was just incredible. Glad no one was seriously hurt, a good show and race from every one of those drivers out there. And a big congrats to Takuma Sato and his 1st Indy win.
Alonso wins race if not for the blown engine
@@drewrockwell8000 sorry man, that's all a part of racing. How many others have lost for the same reason, plenty. At least he didn't crash.
@@Sargonarhes yes but Honda build a terrible engine for a two year period I am just saying it is inexcusable
I do not watch American races, but a friend said watch this video it does have a good ending....and I wanted to say I'm very glad that all involved are safe....and to the fans....KEEP CHEERING!!!!!!....luvs to you and yours all..🐈🙋💙
sarah sarah Thanks you too :]
Jraybay 🙋🐈ty.
I just noticed the reaction time of that safety crew. Goodness. Crash is at 4:38 and the truck of the safety crew starts to roll one second later (4:39). Wow. Big respect to that reaction time. And thank goodness the heavy rear axis of the car didn't hit another car driving by (4:28). There was so much luck in that crash..
These guys travel with the drivers, and they practice continually. They take take their work very seriously, as you can see
If you back it up to the beginning, it takes them about 16 seconds to get to the scene after Dixon's car stops at 0:06. That's remarkable reaction time
5:30
Lucky photographer!
how much do you want to bet tomorrow morning he'll be reexamining his choice in career?
Дмитрий Кузнецов well the good thing is that he is not dead.
That's exactly what I thought, after the initial shock, when he sees the replay he'll see how close to death he was.
Дмитрий Кузнецов yeah
Дмитрий Кузнецов ii
I’m not into raving at all but it’s amazing how someone could walk away without a scratch and calmly talk in an interview like that.. insane
After watching this crash about 30 times, I am completely convinced that Dixon survived this crash due to his instinct to turn into Wilson's car at the last second. His initial contact trajectory would have sent him straight into the inside catch fence and we would have seen a Wikens scenario of carnage. What an incredible crash...and his first response is to apologize to Camping World lol
This crash happened right in front of me. It was like slow motion horror watching Scott's car just hang in the air. I was scared shitless hoping he wouldn't hit cockpit first like Greg Moore and Dan Wheldon. Of all the years I've been there this wreck was the one I've always feared. At first I didn't know who it was that went airborne then when I heard it was Scott I joined the rest of the fans in applause that he was ok. Scott, his wife Emma and their two daughters are the epitome of Indy family. Thank God he got through it.
greg j Yep, it happened in front of me as well. Super slow motion. so bizarre to watch unfold. Glad is ok!
Jesus Christ, I'm amazed they both walked away from that. When I first saw this they just showed the clip of the crash and I had very serious concerns for the safety of the drivers, they both took several massive impacts in that one. I rather suspect Helio Castroneves is going to be needing fresh underwear after getting through that, somebody was really looking out for all three of those guys in that one as it could have gone so many different types of horribly wrong in so many ways...
gosportjamie And Dixon too.
+Douglas 57647 Scott Dixon knew what was coming but Helio wouldn't have seen much of the crash as he was trying to avoid Howard's car so having Dixon's car fly over him must have scared the pants of him...
I doubt that... these guys are made of steel inside,,, they make me feel proud of them,,, look at Scott Dixon interview a few moments after the crash, he could not care less... his mood is like I want to race as soon as possible! Heroes!
remember watching this live and this was the first 500 i watched in full
Scott Dixon: “we were a little short on downforce”
No kidding .....
lol mate
Amazing shot from the opposite angel camera at c. 2:40. Really shows how far Dixon flew.
Engineers be like: "Can we still use that left front wheel?"
Thanks for this! That was a very good video and analysis of one of the most horrific crashes I've seen, where both drivers not only survived, but without injury.
I was sitting just below the camera and was completing sick as I saw the whole thing and knew it was Scott. So awesome he and Jay Howard were able to walk away; it could have easily been different.
Holy SHIT!!!!!! Anybody catch the name of the guardian Angel that was riding with Scott??? THAT WAS ENTIRELY TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT!!!!
The chasis of Dixon's car was like,"Get this Honda engine away from me!"
As a Kiwi. Scott Dixon is our most successville international driver in our motor sport history .- others - Denny Hulme 67, F1 world Champ & CanAm champ. Bruce McLaren ,66, LeMans winner, CanAm champ @ McLaren Racing.Paul Radisich 93-94 World Touring Car Winner,- Greg Murphy ,Jim Richards multiple Bathurst winners,.Brendon Hartley - LeMans winner & WEC ,FIA, World Endurance Championship.] ,Rod Millen multiple Pikes Peak winner.& Kenny Smith,and Richie McCaw,-Wille Apiata,- Ed Hillary, [legends],- Mad Mike [Red Bull],- Michael Pickens,Barry Butterworth, [speedway] Steve Millen [Stillen Racing] ;. Scott Dixon has not got a raz a mataz personality , but is the quite achiever & leaves his talking on the track.[ice man] But as time goes on and history will reflect,that he is a Legend, and one of the best of Indy car champions.!!! 5 x times sofar & still counting..lol .Extraordinary Kiwis - Scott Dixon Television Documentary. www.nzonscreen.com/title/extraordinary-kiwis-scott-dixon www.nzonscreen.com/title/trio-at-the-top-2001
Castroneves goes under Dixon.
Almost wins race.
GC Spectral Umbreon probably the missing wing made him lose
@Gustavo Javarini no if he had the full aerodynamics he would have been able to pull of the race win but because he lost the wing he wasn’t as fast.
So glad that they're both ok, that was a huge ass crash.
MMGaming
Don't forget that photographer!
MMGaming did the crash have a huge ass , i missed that ?
jamesd lol
I was sitting in turn one and we saw it happen. As we saw the car get airborne a collective gasp sounded through the stands and my heart sank. We thought could be fatal, we were so happy to see him almost immediately climb out when the safety crew got there.
Thais was a beathtaking crash, good to see that they walked away
Congratulations to Sato, finally my favorite Driver wins the Indy500.
Greetings from Germany.
Holy Shit, that's incredible!! Lucky guys, man.
imagine the side of the car had not hit the wall, but if it had been head first instead :-s
I unrealistically apologize for such a long upload, my pc almost broken
No, no. Grateful to you for putting the complete package up.
"my pc almost broken"
Was it inside Dixons car? :-p
CrashRacing well you did not get the BSOD
I agree with AC Smith - thanks for the upload
CrashRacing I was at commentating this race myself yesterday at the hospital, and I saw this happened at turn 2. My favorite nurses that I met 2 years ago in the hospital came over, and I told them the whole thing.
What a WILD crash. Glad both drivers walked away!!! Does Scott have a Pilots License??
Andrew B no just a heavy right foot ....
LOL.. sure .. Scott had plenty of time to slow down and brake
Andrew B *Facepalm*
The fact he just walked away uninjured is even more surprising than the crash itself.
Having worked with and knowing Scott he Is the type of person who would say “that was fun”
"I'm bummed for the team", despite the fact you almost died.
First time watching Indy
As a Kiwi. Scott Dixon is our most successville international driver in our motor sport history .- others[ Denny Hulme F1 world Champ & CanAm champ. Bruce McLaren ,66,LeMans winner, CanAm champ @ McLaren Racing. Greg Murphy - multiple Bathurst winner .Jim Richards multiple Bathurst winner,.Brendon Hartley - LeMans winner & WEC ,FIA, World Endurance Championship.] ,Rod Millen multiple Pikes Peak winner.& Kenny Smith,and Richie McCaw,- Ed Hillary, [legends],- Mad Mike [Red Bull],- Michael Pickens,Barry Butterworth, [speedway] Steve Millen [Stillen Racing] ;. Scott Dixon has not got a raz a mataz personality , but is the quite achiever & leaves his talking on the track.[ice man] But as time goes on and history will reflect,that he is a Legend, and one of the best of Indy car champions.!!! 5 x times sofar & still counting..lol .
.Extraordinary Kiwis - Scott Dixon Television (Full Length) - Documentary. www.nzonscreen.com/title/extraordinary-kiwis-scott-dixon .
When your spotter says “oh geeeese” not good to hear
This incident is still unbelievable. The way that Dixon's car launched and how high it was on the air + the way it landed... Amazing that he didn't get injured
it's good that Dicxon was ok
You can talk about improved safety all you want- it's pure luck that he survived this. If the car lands in a slighty different angle on the barrier he has no chance of surviving this. But I guess that's just oval racing for you... they take some pretty big chances.
You are quite mistaken. Without the crumple zones, the carbon fiber tub, the HANS, the molded seat, the fuel cell, the soft walls, etc., the actual angle of impact here would have been quite sufficient instantly to have ended Scott Dixon's young life.
That drivers almost always survive such devastating crashes today is the result of a conscious series of decisions to make driver safety a priority--decisions which required considerable expense and, more to the point, considerable moral courage, to overcome the kind of fatalism that says such tragedies are pure matters of chance, about which nothing can, or should be done.
Amil Eoj But what he was saying was completely accurate. If the car had rotated only a few more degrees, his head would have directly impacted the barrier. That would have instantly killed him.
Even if it didn't hit his head, anything outside that tub had impacted at that angle, he would be lucky just to lose his legs.
Yup, but without all the other safety improvements he would have died as well, if this was the 2011 indy cars he would have been killed
vin russo agree, i was mystified when i saw this crash, ive heard that a driver called Tony Renna had a similar impact but he actually smashed with the floor of the car, he died instntly and was even trhrown away from the collpsed tube
Helio couldn't win because he used up his Luck going under Dixons Flying car.
I am so Happy they walked away.
Dixon is a lucky man of fate. A few feet difference of where the car hit the wall, and his head would have made contact with the wall. Truly thankful for this outcome. Cars going airborne are very scary, especially with these rough cheese grater fences that are around tracks!
Looks like Jay Howard was looking for someone else to blame for a wreck he caused...didn't appear that he was driven out of the groove by anyone.....the car to his inside was right on the white line.
We still don't see enough to disprove that. Even with the other car being right on the poleline, its possible he was driven out. But yeah, he was trying to blame someone else. Couldn't man up and accept he fucked up.
That's exactly what people are overlooking - the way he made out like Dixon is mainly to blame for this crash when Howard crashed the wall first and then drove up right in front of his ass causing a near fatal crash; I don't care what anybody says: *_Howard is a fucken disgrace to even drive in an Indycar with that arrogance!_*
Please show the quote where he blames Dixon?
He blamed Hunter-Ray not Dixon!!! You wanna Bitch, get your facts Right!!!
The incident with Hunter-Ray occurred before he got anywhere near the wall. That was his excuse for getting out to the wall. That happened prior to this incident.
luckily it didnt land on the catch fence like wheldon.
Or like Wickens
At least Wickens survived, hope to see him back on the track in 2020 or 2021.
Just before the Monaco GP, Button told Alonso he'd pee in his seat. Not sure if Button peed the seat, but Dixon probably did.
Douglas 57647 hello my fellow Thomas Fan
Wow, what a crash!!
gives me goosebumps lol
What’s ironic about these Amazing Drivers who display incredible driving skills is that statistically, they’ve been deemed the most reckless drivers when driving on normal roads with the rest of us. I read an interesting article on that once, which was actually pretty cool because regardless, they have a zero accident rate.
I was sitting right across from this and it was only my 2nd Indy 500 out of 23 I've been to that I saw a flying car. Most times, the crowd cheers the crashes but this time it was dead silent. A few people started to cry. The violence cannot be appreciated on TV. The fact both walked away was quite a happy moment! Lost in it at the track (until the replays at least) was that Castroneves was almost killed. Only a moment different and he'd have been crushed to death.
Both of them walked away from a horrendous crash. I'm glad for that.
The safety crew is unreal. These guys are the quickest I've seen on all ends. Sometimes they're at the scene while the cars are still rolling to a stop.
Check my man Alonso in P1 : )
Chris C interesting fact, this safety crew actually travels with the drivers, from race one to the finale. But yes they are very fast
No kidding! Look at 6:34. One of the trucks is already heading to the crash scene
Mclaren Racing last win in 93.
www.nzonscreen.com/title/trio-at-the-top-2001
Also have a look at 2:40. He is still Airborne and they started rolling!
Scott Dixon jumps out after that crash and feels gutted for the team, one brave guy. Its the biggest crash I have saw in 30 years of watching motorsport and it is truly remarkable that someone didn't get seriously hurt, at first I thought it was a 3 car crash but after seeing all the replays its the engine,gearbox and suspension that hurtles back across the track towards another car and some ungodly speed. Does anybody actually know what speed he was doing when he took off?
Scott C around 230 mph
As a Kiwi. Scott Dixon is our most successville international driver in our motor sport history .- others - Denny Hulme 67, F1 world Champ & CanAm champ. Bruce McLaren ,66, LeMans winner, CanAm champ @ McLaren Racing.Paul Radisich 93-94 World Touring Car Winner,- Greg Murphy ,Jim Richards multiple Bathurst winners,.Brendon Hartley - LeMans winner & WEC ,FIA, World Endurance Championship.] ,Rod Millen multiple Pikes Peak winner.& Kenny Smith,and Richie McCaw,-Wille Apiata,- Ed Hillary, [legends],- Mad Mike [Red Bull],- Michael Pickens,Barry Butterworth, [speedway] Steve Millen [Stillen Racing] ;. Scott Dixon has not got a raz a mataz personality , but is the quite achiever & leaves his talking on the track.[ice man] But as time goes on and history will reflect,that he is a Legend, and one of the best of Indy car champions.!!! 5 x times sofar & still counting..lol .Extraordinary Kiwis - Scott Dixon Television Documentary. www.nzonscreen.com/title/extraordinary-kiwis-scott-dixon www.nzonscreen.com/title/trio-at-the-top-2001
I swear I've seen a lot of stuff in my lifetime, but THAT WAS AWESOME. Sorry about your car man.
Could this be Possibly the worst Indy 500 crash in this modern era.
saw this live, he was a very lucky man to be alive and well today
I think the true hero here is the safety crew, INSTANTLY on the scene.
From their station to Dixon and Howard in 20 seconds. That’s an amazing reaction time
the thing that kills you in any car accident is the sudden stop. although this wreck was insane their was no sudden stop
Delivery Dashcam not necessarily, an impact at from 280 to 220mph in a few milliseconds can still be a lethal deceleration, then a slide to a stop e.g. Earnhardt sr, dan wheldon in glancing impacts into the wall.
The day we almost lost Scott Dixon. Sometimes I think about this wreck and wonder if it happened 100 times if even 5 would have lived. So thankful he walked away as they say.
Wow, his head narrowly missed the concrete barrier. He's incredibly lucky to have survived this crash. Glad he's doing okay.
Safety cell/tub by Dallara(they F1 cars too). Engine by Honda. Chassis by Andretti Motorsport. Safety has come along way. Good to see both are okay.
You wrong for the engine bud'
True testament to driver safety ten years ago would have been a different story thank god both drivers are safe and healthy!
Every time I see a wreck like this I am always left wondering why if it's possible to build a vehicle in a specialty shop that can hit a wall at over 200 mph and leave it's occupant uninjured, why is it not possible for the major auto manufacturers to construct a vehicle that can hit the same wall at 75 mph without killing everyone inside?
You can do much more if you strap people in using a six-point harness, a helmet, HANS, etc. But you and I don't want to drive around like this.
fg46 I might if it meant I'd be safe under any circumstance. I'd even put the little infant in a mini helmet and car-seat HANS device... Sure it would take about an hour to get ready to go anywhere but if we only wore it for say cross-country trips it would cut down on our risk factors significantly...
Jay Howard was completely out of his element out there that day.
He would've had a good run if it weren't for the car problems he had earlier
Dixon is a good guy - one of us Kiwis. He knows the game, and doesn't blame anyone. Howard is not to blame either. As he said, he was a passenger.
As a Scott Dixon fan, watching this was one of the worst things I've had to see on live TV.
And then he got out, and I was happy. Still, painful memories...
Very, very, lucky. This could have turned out bad.
It is amazing how he made it out alive!!! Thank goodness!!
How his back wasnt broken when he landed on the wall is a miracle
@1:59 if the impact area is the cockpit , then result would be a devastating one..!
Lucky driver.
Glad to hear that Scott Dixon was OK
Incredible crash but most important fact ... Alonso was first at this moment
Thank you Dallara
just glad everyone was ok
Scott Dixon a legend for that interview
Helio Castroneves drove over the grass underneath the fucking disintegrating flying car!
From the last positions, driving under the flying death, passed by all those accidents to a second place! Not even Michael Bay would have made the dramatic race that guy had! ROFL!!!
Incredibly lucky to have survived that. Strong tub. Photographer also very fortunate.
I don't get the crestfallen attitude of drivers who have a bad day. You're rich, successful and if you get out of the car intact, there's always another race. Disappointment should just be a statement, not an understatement.
このクラッシュで助かったのは幾つもの奇跡。
本当に無事で良かった。
Thank God his car didn't flip a few more feet around and cause him to land helmet first on top of that wall! I wish they had more structural protection over their heads. Exposed heads has killed multiple drivers over the years. Most recently Dan Weldon.
But in both Weldon and Bianchi's accidents, the impacts were severe enough that it tore the rear roll hoop completely off the car. You're not going to be able to build a closed cockpit that's going to protect in those circumstances unless you make it so massive that the driver can't see out
Great commentary
Whoa. That was nuts it's great they're okay that was nuts
These IndyCars always take off like a plane...
The fact that Dixon got out of his car before Howard...
I watched this on tv when it happened , I'm sure glad that no one was hurt real bad or was killed in this horrible accident !!!! 👍😧😞🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎
The most amazing part is after when Dixon regains his composure, he grabs the yoke again and tries to steer the car off the track with its one remaining wheel.
A bit humorous, too, I might add, lol 😅
man he got so lucky, a slightly different angle and that would have been his head on the wall. As a kiwi kid he was my childhood hero growing up, i was so glad to see him walk away from that
YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As an F1 fan I think the oval races are quit boring but the other races are good also mad respect these guys probably face more crash than a F1 driver typically
10 years ago Hamilton was asked about racing the Indy 500. He said it was too dangerous, not too boring.
Holy shit.. you would think they have enough time to slow down.. but from that driver view, these cars are flying by
I still don't get why Dixon suddenly decided to turn right moments before the impact, right into Howard's car. Couldn't avoid it either way but the impact would've been very different and arguably not as massive.
I think he did it to avoid a side crash with Howard, imagine he goes airbourne crashing into the side of the car, not the back. He could've hit dixon's head and kill him instantly.
The other explanation about why he turned right is when you're driving an open-wheel rear wheel drive race car you with the engine in the back to correct a miscalculated turn or to avoid a crash one must let go of the gas and steer it to the opposite way. Some of the drivers set up their IndyCars so it veers to the left since it is an oval track so the only way to try and save yourself from something worse is to correct the car that way with steering right but it was I also thought it was unusual.
#77 was involved in airborne fatality , Weldon I think.
Anyone notice how Dixon actually decided to steer TOWARDS Howard's car in the last moment before impact ?
5:32 look at the photographer right where Dixons rear hits the fence. 😱
You know, this might have cost Dixon's 2017 title.
Ya see that... that's how proper emergency track crews work.
Two drivers were lucky to walk away that day.
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Scott Dixon
And Castronaves in the #3 car who almost got squished.
And let's not forget the camera guy.
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Jesus! My first time noticing that after seeing this so many times.
Do you see Fernardo Alonso in the Leader? Yea boy
God watching over there man
Sure Damn Glad don't have to listen to this broadcast team anymore at the 500!
The on board camera scares me to death holy fuck
Three things...........first the suspension and wheel assembly of the right front comes in his cockpit before he hits the wall while airborne ............that could have done serious damage to his hands/arms or hit his head and killed him..............then he hit the wall top of car first but missed hitting his head at such a strange angle and height against the top of the wall and/or fence..........and finally he had the presence of mind to take his hands off the steering wheel but only after he had already come off the wall which tells me he was conscious through the impact but he was really fortunate that his hands/arms weren't serious damaged from holding on to the wheel during the impact.......................in my opinion if this crash happens 10 time there is either serious injury or a fatality 8 or 9 time out 10 based on those 3 observations..........Dixy was very fortunate to survive this one......
I love their accents! Thank God they both were o.k.
This crash still bothers me even though I know everyone is alright.