passing out from heat exhaustion is one of the worst feelings because it takes such a huge toll on your body but what makes it more excruciating is the cameras in their faces
I passed out multiple times during my rowing career, it’s really a scary feeling waking up on the floor or in a completely different place than you started. Plus when you wake up you feel so groggy and sometimes you can’t taste or hear very well, it’s not a fun time
I had a similar experience working commercial plumbing. Working in direct sunlight in 104 degree humid ass south carolina weather was just fucking insane. I ended up puking and having to go home one day. My coworkers kept telling me I should be used to it. They had no heat equipment and always doged OSHA. It was the most ridiculous bullshit and I quit after 6 months of nearly being killed by his ridiculous kids smoking pot on the job running power tools and fucking around rather than working.
I remember after playing a Ball game i had a bad feeling in my stomach and a very bad taste in my mouth then i broke down i felt like i was about to throw up really i was having one of the worsts moment in my life
@@cailloutoutmou1167 I've donated 40 times and been to a ton of drives. I'd say about 30-40% of first-time donors have issues with feeling lightheaded and passing out. It happened to me too. So don't feel too bad. Heck, I still don't watch the needle go in and I've got my 5 gallon pin.
Well.. I am a volunteer firefighter at infineon raceway. They have chilled body suits, as well as a helmet that is also chilled. They are tired because they didn't get enough sleep... or tried to fight their liquor demon the night prior. I enjoy nascar. But even some weekend warriors, have body chilling suits in hot weather. I guess what made me shake my head was the heat exhaustion comment. Do you even race bro? If you did.. you would obviously know, what you said is pretty funny.
Adventures with Endy! you don’t seem to know so much about NASCAR, they usually make changes to the cat that make it safer, like restrictor plate racing.
I'm surprised they didn't make Texas and Kentucky night races. Kentucky is already a summer race but Texas is going to be tough. It'll probably be damn near 100° outside
@@sergeantmasson3669 drivers deal with noxious fumes in the car no matter how well it's been dealt with over the years. You don't need a damaged car to inhale just enough to mess you up either in an instant or a bunch over time.
Yeah both times he definitely wasn’t “faking it” like some people have said. When you see someone pass out it’s like the life leaves their eyes and it scares the shit out of everyone.
Even though these cars and trucks are very safe, there's little we can do about how hot it gets inside of these cars. Like Austin Dillon, and the drivers in the video, exhaustion is super dangerous.
There is more that can be done to improve driver comfort, but teams are reluctant to do it because it will suck power, NASCAR will have to mandate driver cooling aids for there to be a big change.
@@JakeP2013 I wasn't aware that they didn't have a cool suit until now. I know in Supercars and others in Australia we use them. Makes a massive difference I guess because you don't see them getting this bad unless the cool suit fails
@Lynx No HANS device killed Dale. Idk if HANS can be safe with an open face helmet though. I think it can be, Rally Drivers in the WRC still wear open face helmets although with a mic built into the structure of the helmet.
It's one of the unfortunate things that come with being a race car driver is that sometimes a cool box quits and 130 degrees in there and stuff like this happens. But if anything let's use that opportunity to make us admire these athletes more because of how much willpower it takes to run race dehydrated from flag to flag all for our entertainment and their will to win to quote Kyle Petty that's incredible.
@@Ridinglawnmower145 The teams make the best possible cars within the time and budget they have (unless their Rick Ware) and to believe so otherwise factually wrong. The fact is that most of these clips happened either when the track is incredible hot or the cool box quit on them,which no matter how well made the car is will sometimes happen unfortunately. So while sometimes parts will failure or the team is being run by idiots (Petty) it doesn't change the fact that most of these teams want to get their millions back so the hire the absolute best mechanics,engineers,pit crew,crew chiefs and drivers they can to make that happen and to say so otherwise proves a lack of knowledge of the sport but at the very least not a lack of love for it and a concern for the drivers which I respect.
I remember in 1998 when Ricky Rudd won at Martinsville and it was 95 degrees. Second degree burns on his feet, legs and back. He was interviewed in victory lane flat on his back hooked up to oxygen. These guys are tough, no doubt!
You are far from being the only one. I’ve driven race cars a few times in my life, and I have a major respect for professional race car drivers. They are elite athletes. People who say they aren’t athletes have no clue what they’re talking about. Plain and simple. Extreme heat, major g-forces, heavy pedals and steering wheel(mind you some drivers also lose power steering during races). Every time I hear someone say they aren’t athletes, I can’t help but backlash at them. It’s kind of a trigger point for me.
Dale Jr and Truex Jr's driver change has always been my favorite change in the history of NASCAR. Think about it this way, had that been Bristol under the green flag, chances are they would only go three laps down, 2 to the stop, and maybe one for getting on pitroad. That's phenomenal timing when you put it in that perspective.
I feel like it's more for show honesty. Look at the cup drivers in the 50s through the 90s. There were some very out of shape drivers that did just fine sitting on their asses behind a wheel with much less pampering and bell & whistles. JS
@@Deacers didn't need 'em back then. Real men with beer guts to protect them lol. I'm only kind of joking. When figure skating is statistically more dangerous than NASCAR, we have a problem in my opinion. Just saying
I hope the idiots who say "Drivers aren't athletes" watch this video. By the way you could've included the race Harvick's arm fell asleep and he had to be replaced
@Retro Wow I didn't know that, and it's no fluke Jody beat them all, back then there was no power steering, the cars had ground effect which caused massive forces into the driver and they used to drive almost one-handed because they had to use the other to shift
DW always said Bristol took a lot out of you. Could you imagine your arm failing asleep and trying to turn a car at Bristol? Or that time Jeff Gordon's power steering went out at Martinsville halfway through the race. Those guys are athletes.
Bobby Hamilton had a bit of a moment after winning the 2001 Talladega 500 (footage is on TH-cam). The race ran caution free and he was exhausted. After getting out of his car in victory lane he had to immediately sit down and he gave his interview on the ground. After that he requested an oxygen tank and was presented the trophy (and took pictures) while still on the ground.
I remember when all the races used to be in the day with 12:30 PM starts and no cool boxes. I will never forget Junior Johnson standing on a block of ice in the pits as an owner as the Southern 500 when it was 100 degrees and the humidity approaching 90%.
NASCAR drivers: exhausted from racing hard Me: gets exhausted from getting out of bed to go downstairs and makeing myself a ham and cheese sandwich (Edit: it’s a joke so don’t come for me)
Yes, it's STILL very simple race series. You want to see real challenge with extreme exhaustion of people, on REAL racecircuits (with old kinds of turns)? Watch the fuckin 24hours Le Mans Series (Or - right now called WEC - World Endurance Champ)! Especially on famous "Green Hell" - Nurburgring.
@@itachi_k1ng_944 fact that no one asked, they are two completely differents sports, it is like comparing soccer and tennis and saying that soccer is better because it has a bigger ball, it's just out of place.
@@itachi_k1ng_944 It's not easier than f1 Nascar drivers also drives on road courses and dirt tracks Plus their temperature,smell,smoke,vibration etc Especially the dangerous gas
His crew giving him a slap on the elbow was hilarious. It’s like when a football player gets a concussion and his teammates slap him on the helmet lmao
@TurboTime yeah , football definitely takes a degree of skill and so does nascar , I personally just find it a bit boring ,watching them do the some 3 tuns for a good hour , but i'm not the millions of fans that do finde it intresting
I find Nascar more thrilling than F1. circuit racing to me just looks like hot lapping after the first few laps while with nascar everybodys always battling to get past each other. Just me though.
@@just_me1232 The little thing is what makes NASCAR thrilling, drafting to get to the lead, a big wreck, car getting loose. 3 wide at a short track. It's the little things that make NASCAR Fun and Thrilling, in my POV F1 is a lot of single file racing. But you can have you own opinion and POV. 😁
It’s amazing how the body works the adrenaline so high the body doesn’t notice it’s being over work then once it’s relaxing or relaxed the body shuts down (it sucks but it’s really amazing at the same time)
People: must be hard turning left in some normal car Intellectuals: they go 200 mph and go on road courses, they are obviously tired of doing that for 4 hours
Giga-intellectualls: This dumfuck USA-citizen thinks 4 hours "on left" - is crazy. But this fools even don't know about 24 HOURS(!) Le Mans Series (Now called WEC - World Endurance Champ), there - most extreme racecircuts is - Nurburgring aka Famous "GREEN HELL". Race series - there you racing 350+ km/h almost 24 hours! So yea, go cry about "reee actually NASCAR - is hard reeee"...
3:17 on a unrelated note to the video Jr wasn’t exhausted he was planning on getting out in the first place because of some 3rd degree burns he got from a fiery Sonoma crash either a week or a few weeks prior to the race and this lead to 2017 cup champion Martin Truex Jr getting his first cup start Jr also knew he was going to get out anyway from the burns effecting his overall body strength
had that happen to me once at a concert. was in the pit for just over 4 hours and started to collapse and some dude seen it and picked me up so I could surf my way out. Exhaustion and fatigue is a killer of men. Never got a chance to thank that guy for getting me out of there, someone stole one of my nikes on the way out though.
Im glad those doing interviews notice the drivers are gone and they step away and distract the onlockers as much as they can while the drivers get the time & help they need
yea something cause he bounced back way to quick to just be tired........ when ur tired ur done. there is no 5 min bounce back bs. ur just drained. takes good hour or 2 of fluids to even begin to come back.
I was attending the weekend, but I wasn’t at the race (I wanted to do Disneyland that day, but it didn’t work out the way I expected) and I got to meet two of the JGR team crew.. I mainly hung out with Denny Hamlin’s crew at the hotel we were staying at and saw Brad wreck Hamlin in the race, and the 11 crew saw me getting upset.. in the end, one of 11 crew members gave me his pit crew shirt..
I attended a Formula 1 race years ago and believe me in the summer heat surrounded by thousands of people if you're not well hydrated you can become very nauseated and exhausted in a matter of minutes, that may have been what happened to Tony, plus having that thick fire resistant racing suit on!
Can't believe Ricky Rudd's win at Martinsville from '98 isn't up here. Coolbox goes out in the first 100 laps of the race and still wins in the September heat in Virginia.
Hey, we've put on a few pounds inside the car to add safety features, and thankfully NASCAR seems somewhat on the up with new actually-promising rules packages, new leadership, and more...who's to say they won't be open to having some insane high-tech below-freezing freezer-blasting AC for everyone automatically in most or all races to make it actually feel more comfortable for the drivers inside there.
They have systems you can by that were made for racers to keep you sub cool that blast cold AC into your body without being run by the engine like conventional ACs I have to look up the company but they make them I was thinking of adding one to my Classic CRX and keep super cool on hit summer days.
I got nervous when Bubba got light headed this season because I was thinking about how much was on his plate and that he just didn’t need anymore on his shoulders
Hahaha. The woman in the beginning of this video driving the cart. Yelling move at the pit crew. Just hit the gas lady. They will Dodge your 5 mile an hour golf cart. It's kind of what they do for a living.
They should make it where they have to have a oxygen mask on these long races. for off-road trucks they run like a small filter machine so they can breath fresh air and not sand and other dangerous stuff. Inhaling carbon monoxide is so toxic for them.
f1 fan here, really weird to see a pitstop last for more than 3 secs, especially since this "isnt an endurance race" (like le mans etc). tho i have massive respect for the drivers going through that hell
multiple years ago, doing drag racing on a hot australian summers night. was in car, strapped in ready to run, but class before left oil on track, so i spent over an hour strapped in, because officials never said could get out. i had heat stroke and basically passed out, as you dont have water in drag cars, it wasnt fun
Remember it well, his back was blisteted from the water melt from the ice bags one tough driver drove with his eye lids taped open after a wreck the previous weekend.proud to be his fan
Ricky Rudd won a race at martinsville (I think), he did his interview laying on the ground because he was extremely exhausted and / or dehydrated. I think it was his cooling system stopped working and he had to resist extreme heat.
Yep. 90-95F heat, his rudimentary cool-air setup and cool suit both quit. They had another driver lined up but Rudd was leading and knew he had a potential race-winning car and didn't want to leave. Worst part was, they were shooting water from a hose down his suit on pit stops to try and keep him cool...the hose had been lying in the sun so the water was hot and just made things worse. He had actual burns on his back when he was done. 500 laps at Martinsville with no cooling in the brutal Virginia summer. AND HE WON. That's why Ricky Rudd was one of the toughest men ever to get in a stock car.
I don’t remember the year, but I remember Tony Stewart won at Watkins Glen and immediately went to his motor coach, after parking his car in Victory Lane.
When they do a driver change, who does the win go to if they end up wining the race? The driver who started the race, or the driver who was swapped into the car?
Yes, in the record books, the driver who started gets the points and credit for the win. That's why, even if they're sick, they'll always start the race and attempt to last until the first caution.
I've noticed a lot of these seem to be from dislodged crush panels allowing exhaust fumes inside the car. Starting to understand why some want Nascar to go electric.
@@goodguyty941 1. He could’ve had 4 or 5 Top 10’s if it wasn’t for random circumstances and bad pit calls thanks to Mike Wheeler. 2. He can actually run well, but needs to finish better. He’s not “terrible” as haters think. He’s decent in Cup. 3. It’s a new team, there’s going to be some struggles. 4. At least he has been bringing back the car in one piece, saving equipment which is good for the time team, and he’s been leading some laps. Long wait to go this season. 5. Name calling me wasn’t necessary, bro. That wasn’t very cash money of you
@@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT Was it name calling when you called me a bitch? Was that very cash money of you? Lmao keep making excuses. Jones is doing more in the 43 then Bubba is doing in the 23.
You have to wonder about endurance racers like at the Rolex 24 or Le Mans. I know they don't drive the full 24 hours, but those long shifts have to be just as brutal, if not worse.
I was a Navy Corpsman, and, I treated many cases of heat exhaustion aboard Ship, and, Shore exercises, each time a person has that condition their tolerance to Heat seems to lessen, and, symptoms seem more pronounced, not all react that way, but, many do.
Nicole'sGaming I believe it was in 2004. Dale jr had raced in the American Le Mans series one weekend when NASCAR was off. He crashed in what looked like a minor crash but something in fuel line/connection was compromised. So the car caught on fire and he was sent to the hospital with 2nd degree burns on his legs & neck. The clip in this video was Dale jr’s first race back. Since he was still recovering the whole crew knew they would be doing a driver switch and practiced during the week. That’s why they were able to do it in under 40 seconds.
when i saw kyle busch lying on the ground after that 2017 charlotte race was when i started to gain a little respect for him at the time and i feel like this year ive respected kyle more due to his lack of winning because of how difficult its been for him and i found that as a way to realize he isn't a machine hes as tough as everyone else in those cars if that makes sense
passing out from heat exhaustion is one of the worst feelings because it takes such a huge toll on your body but what makes it more excruciating is the cameras in their faces
I passed out multiple times during my rowing career, it’s really a scary feeling waking up on the floor or in a completely different place than you started. Plus when you wake up you feel so groggy and sometimes you can’t taste or hear very well, it’s not a fun time
I had a similar experience working commercial plumbing. Working in direct sunlight in 104 degree humid ass south carolina weather was just fucking insane. I ended up puking and having to go home one day. My coworkers kept telling me I should be used to it. They had no heat equipment and always doged OSHA. It was the most ridiculous bullshit and I quit after 6 months of nearly being killed by his ridiculous kids smoking pot on the job running power tools and fucking around rather than working.
I mean I understand the point here but also. When the cameramen realize they aren’t feeling well, they back off and that deserves more respect.
@@notsogreatsword1607 It's depressing to know that shady outfits like that usually only get shut down when someone dies.
I remember after playing a Ball game i had a bad feeling in my stomach and a very bad taste in my mouth then i broke down i felt like i was about to throw up really i was having one of the worsts moment in my life
I passed out once donating blood, I bet I couldn’t last 10 minutes in a hot car, I don’t know how these drivers do it
didn't know you could pass out while donating blood
They are LITERALLY in peak physical condition at all times.
@@buddee20 I've known several people who have passed out donating blood.
@@cailloutoutmou1167 I've donated 40 times and been to a ton of drives. I'd say about 30-40% of first-time donors have issues with feeling lightheaded and passing out. It happened to me too. So don't feel too bad. Heck, I still don't watch the needle go in and I've got my 5 gallon pin.
Well.. I am a volunteer firefighter at infineon raceway.
They have chilled body suits, as well as a helmet that is also chilled.
They are tired because they didn't get enough sleep... or tried to fight their liquor demon the night prior.
I enjoy nascar. But even
some weekend warriors, have body chilling suits in hot weather.
I guess what made me shake my head was the heat exhaustion comment.
Do you even race bro?
If you did.. you would obviously know, what you said is pretty funny.
We need a way to stop carbon monoxide from filling the car after crush panels break... Hope Next Gen fixes that
It’s gonna be tricky cause Carbon Monoxide can come in at anytime
@@ThatRacingKid1103 more safer than faster. That's why they implemented restrictor plate racing.
Need to put Carbon Monoxide sensors in the cars.
Adventures with Endy! you don’t seem to know so much about NASCAR, they usually make changes to the cat that make it safer, like restrictor plate racing.
Maybe we could Make crush panels mandatory? If your crush panel gets damaged in a crash the team could jump over the wall and put new crush panels in.
Carl legitimately puked in his car from the carbon monoxide. Woah
no more pre race subs for Carl
Have you watched the Rick Mast interview on Dale junior's show. Rick Mast tells a story about how carbon monoxide over the years almost killed him.
ESKOOOOO
@@likedislike5187 ain't that why he retired?
@@niktherabbit6747 yes
They still have to race at Dega, Texas, Indy and Kentucky. In the summer. This is not going to be pretty.
I'm surprised they didn't make Texas and Kentucky night races. Kentucky is already a summer race but Texas is going to be tough. It'll probably be damn near 100° outside
@@__boomer2__ they do Martinsville under the lights but not Talladega.
that's also surprising
@@twistedaxles9126 Talladega doesn't have lights
@@__boomer2__
oh, well that sucks.
I KNOW, ALL THE HEAT EXHAUSTION...everything....
The Kasey Kahne one is so sad. He couldn't enjoy his win, and the heat exhaustion ultimately led to the end of his career a year later.
It was more carbon monoxide ingestion than exhaustion. It's the same thing that forced Rick Mast to retire about 15 years earlier.
@@badbooking3221 I don't recall that Kasey Kahn's car was damaged, thus doubtful that there was a co2 problem. Primary problem was heat exhaustion.
@@sergeantmasson3669 drivers deal with noxious fumes in the car no matter how well it's been dealt with over the years. You don't need a damaged car to inhale just enough to mess you up either in an instant or a bunch over time.
@@badbooking3221 Not so much anymore because there's an air filter "cool-box' in the cars, Thus, the air tube that's connected to the helmet.
Man I wish Kahne would finish the 2018 season, he was such an underdog
5:35 he had that "the porch light is on but nobody's home" look.
Yeah both times he definitely wasn’t “faking it” like some people have said. When you see someone pass out it’s like the life leaves their eyes and it scares the shit out of everyone.
Even though these cars and trucks are very safe, there's little we can do about how hot it gets inside of these cars. Like Austin Dillon, and the drivers in the video, exhaustion is super dangerous.
There is more that can be done to improve driver comfort, but teams are reluctant to do it because it will suck power, NASCAR will have to mandate driver cooling aids for there to be a big change.
@@JakeP2013 I wasn't aware that they didn't have a cool suit until now. I know in Supercars and others in Australia we use them. Makes a massive difference I guess because you don't see them getting this bad unless the cool suit fails
Go back old school. Open face helmets . Dale Sr would approve
Jake Poulin all they gotta add is climate control all the lemans cars have em even the lmp1
Cars
@Lynx No HANS device killed Dale. Idk if HANS can be safe with an open face helmet though. I think it can be, Rally Drivers in the WRC still wear open face helmets although with a mic built into the structure of the helmet.
It's one of the unfortunate things that come with being a race car driver is that sometimes a cool box quits and 130 degrees in there and stuff like this happens. But if anything let's use that opportunity to make us admire these athletes more because of how much willpower it takes to run race dehydrated from flag to flag all for our entertainment and their will to win to quote Kyle Petty that's incredible.
I thought they had cooling systems
They wouldn’t have to do that if the teams would make the cars better but they don’t want to because it’ll take power
@@Ridinglawnmower145 The teams make the best possible cars within the time and budget they have (unless their Rick Ware) and to believe so otherwise factually wrong. The fact is that most of these clips happened either when the track is incredible hot or the cool box quit on them,which no matter how well made the car is will sometimes happen unfortunately. So while sometimes parts will failure or the team is being run by idiots (Petty) it doesn't change the fact that most of these teams want to get their millions back so the hire the absolute best mechanics,engineers,pit crew,crew chiefs and drivers they can to make that happen and to say so otherwise proves a lack of knowledge of the sport but at the very least not a lack of love for it and a concern for the drivers which I respect.
@@mikemedley7269 A box of ice and a pump can only do so much.
m.th-cam.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/w-d-xo.html
I remember in 1998 when Ricky Rudd won at Martinsville and it was 95 degrees. Second degree burns on his feet, legs and back. He was interviewed in victory lane flat on his back hooked up to oxygen. These guys are tough, no doubt!
when the minds finally get relaxed and all of sudden realize the body was done for too long ago
these drivers are super athletes
I've been heat exhausted at work many times. So I'm a "super athlete" too?
And this is why I get so pissed when I hear people say, drivers aren't athlete's. These guys are total athletes....
You are far from being the only one. I’ve driven race cars a few times in my life, and I have a major respect for professional race car drivers. They are elite athletes. People who say they aren’t athletes have no clue what they’re talking about. Plain and simple. Extreme heat, major g-forces, heavy pedals and steering wheel(mind you some drivers also lose power steering during races). Every time I hear someone say they aren’t athletes, I can’t help but backlash at them. It’s kind of a trigger point for me.
At talladega this Sunday the temp studs says it’s gonna be 92 and they gonna drive 500 miles at 200 MPH 😳
Jesus, may God have mercy on their souls...
And no practice with this new (well, modified) aero package. Good god.
Imagine if they raced Vegas in the summer, it gets to 120+
They outta get ac in those cars
oh my god that can go so wrong
Moments like these shape safety in racing communities worldwide. I am thankful. Great doc KKB!
Dale Jr and Truex Jr's driver change has always been my favorite change in the history of NASCAR. Think about it this way, had that been Bristol under the green flag, chances are they would only go three laps down, 2 to the stop, and maybe one for getting on pitroad. That's phenomenal timing when you put it in that perspective.
That was after the fire in the corvette which Dale Jr. Was hurt if I am right.
You're correct.
could you do best pit stop moments where the driver barely beats the pace car to stay on the lead lap?
Does that include Kyle Busch at Texas in 2010 when he did that but sped and had a penalty and told the official he was #1?
Does that include the Florida 500 with lightning mcqueen?
@@jasonbennett1466 Yes it does 😂😂
@@isaiahbenton8133 what about cole trickles close call?
I really need that.
A lot of people dont realize how fit u have to be to be a NASCAR driver
Right. Same thing with jockeys on a racehorse. But circuit racing is the ultimate killer.
I feel like it's more for show honesty. Look at the cup drivers in the 50s through the 90s. There were some very out of shape drivers that did just fine sitting on their asses behind a wheel with much less pampering and bell & whistles. JS
@@Saldivinorum they also didn't have all of the safety equipment that they have now
@@Deacers didn't need 'em back then. Real men with beer guts to protect them lol. I'm only kind of joking. When figure skating is statistically more dangerous than NASCAR, we have a problem in my opinion. Just saying
I hope the idiots who say "Drivers aren't athletes" watch this video.
By the way you could've included the race Harvick's arm fell asleep and he had to be replaced
@Retro Wow I didn't know that, and it's no fluke Jody beat them all, back then there was no power steering, the cars had ground effect which caused massive forces into the driver and they used to drive almost one-handed because they had to use the other to shift
Driver aren’t mathletes
I read that as his arm had to be replaced. 😂
DW always said Bristol took a lot out of you. Could you imagine your arm failing asleep and trying to turn a car at Bristol? Or that time Jeff Gordon's power steering went out at Martinsville halfway through the race. Those guys are athletes.
@@rad_ryno9684 mathletes?
Bobby Hamilton had a bit of a moment after winning the 2001 Talladega 500 (footage is on TH-cam).
The race ran caution free and he was exhausted. After getting out of his car in victory lane he had to immediately sit down and he gave his interview on the ground. After that he requested an oxygen tank and was presented the trophy (and took pictures) while still on the ground.
“I’m too damn tired to talk.”
500 non-stop miles of superspeedway racing would take such a physical and mental toll, I can't blame him one bit for wanting to sit down.
I remember when all the races used to be in the day with 12:30 PM starts and no cool boxes. I will never forget Junior Johnson standing on a block of ice in the pits as an owner as the Southern 500 when it was 100 degrees and the humidity approaching 90%.
NASCAR drivers: exhausted from racing hard
Me: gets exhausted from getting out of bed to go downstairs and makeing myself a ham and cheese sandwich
(Edit: it’s a joke so don’t come for me)
yeah thats just u
Go see a doc.
exusted
hahahaha so relatable 😑
Same
People really think Nascar is simple because you're just, "driving in a circle."
Yes, it's STILL very simple race series. You want to see real challenge with extreme exhaustion of people, on REAL racecircuits (with old kinds of turns)? Watch the fuckin 24hours Le Mans Series (Or - right now called WEC - World Endurance Champ)! Especially on famous "Green Hell" - Nurburgring.
@@ДаниилСтепанов-р1и ignorant
@@ДаниилСтепанов-р1и "StIlL vErY sImPlE rAcE"
Trash words
@@ДаниилСтепанов-р1и You're so ignorant.
@@ДаниилСтепанов-р1и Ok if its simple go drive that yourself for 500 rounds.
5:30 the fact that his response wasnt a single coherent word, he was out but his brain was fighting for consciousness. It was just gutteral noises.
These drivers sometimes faint due to the heat in the car
Warhawk Plane95 I’m worried that it’s gonna kill someone eventually like with the Austin Dillion situation
Yea
Earnhardt Sr. once fainted inside his chevy
Maybe I don't want to drive a racecar
@@twistedaxles9126 at darlington, i believe. Scraped the wall, that woke him up!
And they say turning left for 4 hours is easy
I mean it isn’t easy but definitely easier than F1 tho🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
@@itachi_k1ng_944 and who ask the comparation between nascar and f1
@@idontcare2312-v2v novody, I just said it as fact!!✌️
@@itachi_k1ng_944 fact that no one asked, they are two completely differents sports, it is like comparing soccer and tennis and saying that soccer is better because it has a bigger ball, it's just out of place.
@@itachi_k1ng_944 It's not easier than f1
Nascar drivers also drives on road courses and dirt tracks
Plus their temperature,smell,smoke,vibration etc
Especially the dangerous gas
Happens to Bubba a lot, makes me worried he might retire like Kasey did, who was also one of my favorite drivers.
Kasey Kane is about to pass out and the pit girl is just smiling like she won a million dollars 😂😂
that girl best thing in the whole video.......... imo
His crew giving him a slap on the elbow was hilarious. It’s like when a football player gets a concussion and his teammates slap him on the helmet lmao
I can imagine we’ll see a few drivers like this at talladega on Sunday, due to it’s gonna be at least 10-15 degrees hotter than it usually is
"racinGs noT a sPOrt anyOne caN Drive A cAr iN a CiRcle"
It is a.sport , but then again anyone can drive in a circle
@TurboTime yeah , football definitely takes a degree of skill and so does nascar , I personally just find it a bit boring ,watching them do the some 3 tuns for a good hour , but i'm not the millions of fans that do finde it intresting
I find Nascar more thrilling than F1. circuit racing to me just looks like hot lapping after the first few laps while with nascar everybodys always battling to get past each other. Just me though.
@@just_me1232 The little thing is what makes NASCAR thrilling, drafting to get to the lead, a big wreck, car getting loose. 3 wide at a short track. It's the little things that make NASCAR Fun and Thrilling, in my POV F1 is a lot of single file racing. But you can have you own opinion and POV. 😁
@@millsyy33 That's more of a modern F1 issue because of how the cars are now.
It’s amazing how the body works the adrenaline so high the body doesn’t notice it’s being over work then once it’s relaxing or relaxed the body shuts down (it sucks but it’s really amazing at the same time)
People: must be hard turning left in some normal car
Intellectuals: they go 200 mph and go on road courses, they are obviously tired of doing that for 4 hours
now imagine le mans drivers.
Giga-intellectualls: This dumfuck USA-citizen thinks 4 hours "on left" - is crazy. But this fools even don't know about 24 HOURS(!) Le Mans Series (Now called WEC - World Endurance Champ), there - most extreme racecircuts is - Nurburgring aka Famous "GREEN HELL". Race series - there you racing 350+ km/h almost 24 hours! So yea, go cry about "reee actually NASCAR - is hard reeee"...
3:17 on a unrelated note to the video Jr wasn’t exhausted he was planning on getting out in the first place because of some 3rd degree burns he got from a fiery Sonoma crash either a week or a few weeks prior to the race and this lead to 2017 cup champion Martin Truex Jr getting his first cup start Jr also knew he was going to get out anyway from the burns effecting his overall body strength
Makes the career of Truex even more worthy of a movie in my opinion!
had that happen to me once at a concert. was in the pit for just over 4 hours and started to collapse and some dude seen it and picked me up so I could surf my way out. Exhaustion and fatigue is a killer of men. Never got a chance to thank that guy for getting me out of there, someone stole one of my nikes on the way out though.
Steve C damn rip those nikes
I never loved nascar but i respect the drivers!
Im glad those doing interviews notice the drivers are gone and they step away and distract the onlockers as much as they can while the drivers get the time & help they need
I've always dreamed of becoming a NASCAR driver. But the HEAT, is probably unbearable!
Good one🤣
Bubba just jumped out the cart lol
yeah lmao
He really wanted to go see blaney
@6:45 That look on Kasey's face is the definition of questioning you're career choice lol
yes
8:03 - Actually I think Kyle Busch was suffering from the flu in that race...
Like many other videos he also had a crush panel knocked in and all that carbon monoxide got him.
yea something cause he bounced back way to quick to just be tired........ when ur tired ur done. there is no 5 min bounce back bs. ur just drained. takes good hour or 2 of fluids to even begin to come back.
I was attending the weekend, but I wasn’t at the race (I wanted to do Disneyland that day, but it didn’t work out the way I expected) and I got to meet two of the JGR team crew.. I mainly hung out with Denny Hamlin’s crew at the hotel we were staying at and saw Brad wreck Hamlin in the race, and the 11 crew saw me getting upset.. in the end, one of 11 crew members gave me his pit crew shirt..
0:09 “mOvE!”
I attended a Formula 1 race years ago and believe me in the summer heat surrounded by thousands of people if you're not well hydrated you can become very nauseated and exhausted in a matter of minutes, that may have been what happened to Tony, plus having that thick fire resistant racing suit on!
5:46 I’ve felt this once from running a race in incredible heat.
Burba cant hang with the big boys
@@Arttheclown1981 this aged well
NASCAR but everyone has asthma
When you have COPD it can be hard to breathe
@@need4speed5353 Like you do sometimes grandpa?
You have no idea how much I hate those commercials
need4speed5353 Can’t forget the: “Lets blow out da cahndels togetha 🇬🇧”
Watch out piggies!
I'm not a big fan of oval tracks but nascar has one thing way better than most. The drivers drive those cars. What a handful. Amazing skills.
When you car says: c’mon dude 1 more lap And you can’t do 1 lap 😔✊
You really respect these guys a hell of a ton more after all these.
Driving hundreds of miles in 130°F heat will do that to you.
“Anyone can drive a car in a circle, but not everyone has the willpower to tolerate the garbage that comes with it”
As an asthmatic, I can't imagine dealing with that
Can't believe Ricky Rudd's win at Martinsville from '98 isn't up here. Coolbox goes out in the first 100 laps of the race and still wins in the September heat in Virginia.
9:28 dream job bro nice with da fan
Even with that Gatorade sponsor, And all that working out, Jimmy Johnson still fainted
I've never seen Jimmie stressed out
I believe his cooling unit went out
Watch brickyard 400 in 2005.
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Hey, we've put on a few pounds inside the car to add safety features, and thankfully NASCAR seems somewhat on the up with new actually-promising rules packages, new leadership, and more...who's to say they won't be open to having some insane high-tech below-freezing freezer-blasting AC for everyone automatically in most or all races to make it actually feel more comfortable for the drivers inside there.
They have systems you can by that were made for racers to keep you sub cool that blast cold AC into your body without being run by the engine like conventional ACs I have to look up the company but they make them I was thinking of adding one to my Classic CRX and keep super cool on hit summer days.
As long as everyone uses the same ac system & it's a level playing field 👍
Heat is going to get worse..
and minimum amounts of beverage for the driver
Considering ac is kinda heavy and the number 1 thing is to make sure the car is fast and safe
Yeah I doubt it
I got nervous when Bubba got light headed this season because I was thinking about how much was on his plate and that he just didn’t need anymore on his shoulders
The pressure is on for sure.
Doing 300+ laps at a time is tough
*i would pass out and i dont blame them*
Hahaha. The woman in the beginning of this video driving the cart. Yelling move at the pit crew. Just hit the gas lady. They will Dodge your 5 mile an hour golf cart. It's kind of what they do for a living.
the work themselfs to hard i respect you guys so much :(
They should make it where they have to have a oxygen mask on these long races. for off-road trucks they run like a small filter machine so they can breath fresh air and not sand and other dangerous stuff. Inhaling carbon monoxide is so toxic for them.
Kasey kahnes brickyard win was a strung out mess I bet he was exhausted..
It's hard to be that badass, that's why.
f1 fan here, really weird to see a pitstop last for more than 3 secs, especially since this "isnt an endurance race" (like le mans etc). tho i have massive respect for the drivers going through that hell
why is this randomly in my recommendation??!!!
Because Bubba claimed a fake hate crime and Nascar backed it up for relevance and it worked.
@@blackishpariah bold of you to assume bubba reported it
@@NemechekFan87 he went along with it at the very least
m.th-cam.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/w-d-xo.html
@@DirtyBurger492 gg with that Rick rolling
These guys go through heat strokes in there cars.
Damn - respect from Canada 🇨🇦
Hi you make really good videos
A 300 laps race is brutal for any human
I give 5 Stars to the AMR Safety team ❤️❤️
10 million stars for AMR Safety Team from me.
Hamlin in 2019 at Dover
Exhaustion is the least of NASCAR’s worries
Exhaust Fumes mixed with a hot cockpit and the long hours and constant losing of fluids can lead to a bad bad situation in car.
Man... I Felt Bad For Darrell Wallace Jr...
Somebody Let Me Know.
multiple years ago, doing drag racing on a hot australian summers night. was in car, strapped in ready to run, but class before left oil on track, so i spent over an hour strapped in, because officials never said could get out. i had heat stroke and basically passed out, as you dont have water in drag cars, it wasnt fun
Ricky rudd winning martinsville with doctor punch doing the interview and helping him
Remember it well, his back was blisteted from the water melt from the ice bags one tough driver drove with his eye lids taped open after a wreck the previous weekend.proud to be his fan
Ricky Rudd won a race at martinsville (I think), he did his interview laying on the ground because he was extremely exhausted and / or dehydrated. I think it was his cooling system stopped working and he had to resist extreme heat.
Yep. 90-95F heat, his rudimentary cool-air setup and cool suit both quit. They had another driver lined up but Rudd was leading and knew he had a potential race-winning car and didn't want to leave. Worst part was, they were shooting water from a hose down his suit on pit stops to try and keep him cool...the hose had been lying in the sun so the water was hot and just made things worse. He had actual burns on his back when he was done. 500 laps at Martinsville with no cooling in the brutal Virginia summer. AND HE WON. That's why Ricky Rudd was one of the toughest men ever to get in a stock car.
@@Moose6340 i mean the water helped im sure anyways but yeah being burned def wasnt helping........ someone dropped the ball there.......
For part 2, you should include the following:
Ricky Rudd winning Martinsville in 1998
Tony Stewart winning the 2005 Brickyard 400
Also Bobby Hamilton Sr after he won the 2001 Talladega 500
Tony at Sonoma 2016 as well, he was tired as hell
I don’t remember the year, but I remember Tony Stewart won at Watkins Glen and immediately went to his motor coach, after parking his car in Victory Lane.
Keselowski flu win Atlanta 2019 i think
Same with Kyle Pettys last win at dover
Welcome to every post race, this however is when they are dang near passed out
When they do a driver change, who does the win go to if they end up wining the race? The driver who started the race, or the driver who was swapped into the car?
I think it’s the driver who started the race gets the credit
Yes, in the record books, the driver who started gets the points and credit for the win. That's why, even if they're sick, they'll always start the race and attempt to last until the first caution.
Kyle Petty, Dover 1995 always stood out to me. Very similar to Kasey Kahne in this video.
0:08 random person:MOVE
I've noticed a lot of these seem to be from dislodged crush panels allowing exhaust fumes inside the car.
Starting to understand why some want Nascar to go electric.
If anyone sees anyone on social media say "NASCAR is just turning left!" link them to this video.
This doesn’t change the fact that nascar is literally just turning left
Still turning left lmao
@@Wattsington
@Jomo plays
I'm happy that some people are brave enough to admit that they're fucking dumb lol
Clutch545 the fact that your favorite sport is the corniest out of all existing sports must be a hard pill to swallow
Jordyn Watts yes Watkins glen is only turning left big brain
Yeah NASCAR is no joke it's hectic.
“Believe in something if it didn’t happen” 😂😂
2:06 when did Mark Martin drive the 8 car? I do not remember that at all.
2008. He was part time with Almirola if I remember right.
For someone who doesn't win, Bubba sure stays exhausted
Bitch he was in a not so good equipment team. Plus its not easy racing 500 miles in the heat
@@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT lmao what's his excuse now? Hasn't even had a top 10. b-b-b-bitchhhh
@@SESKE_5 it’s okay, he doesn’t understand and is living rent free
@@goodguyty941
1. He could’ve had 4 or 5 Top 10’s if it wasn’t for random circumstances and bad pit calls thanks to Mike Wheeler.
2. He can actually run well, but needs to finish better. He’s not “terrible” as haters think. He’s decent in Cup.
3. It’s a new team, there’s going to be some struggles.
4. At least he has been bringing back the car in one piece, saving equipment which is good for the time team, and he’s been leading some laps. Long wait to go this season.
5. Name calling me wasn’t necessary, bro. That wasn’t very cash money of you
@@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT Was it name calling when you called me a bitch? Was that very cash money of you? Lmao keep making excuses. Jones is doing more in the 43 then Bubba is doing in the 23.
I had heat exhaustion / dehydration once ... it's such a terrible feeling. Its like sudden flu x 1000000000
They shoulf have a drink attached in the car just like f1
Drivers take water bottles during pit stops. Some have even thrown them onto the track to get a debris yellow.
@@ryanespinoza7297 wasnt it jeff gordon? Or was it jimmie johnson....
@@zacharyosvald251 I think Jimmie
A forgotten one is chase Elliott at Chicagoland in 2018 xfinity, it was like 110 with the heat index
See: Ricky Rudd Martinsville 1998
Yeah, where he won the race WITH HIS BACK ALL BURNT UP AND BLISTERED!
Rudd was a legend when it came to endurance!
You have to wonder about endurance racers like at the Rolex 24 or Le Mans. I know they don't drive the full 24 hours, but those long shifts have to be just as brutal, if not worse.
When I'm so early there's only 204 views
Im so late there is 27k views
Im so late there is 280k views
@@Kanyewestlover191 I’m so late there are 1m views
How come the crush panels are mentioned as factoring in the heat exhaustion?
Bowman at last year's Roval would've been a good one too
Yeah I was looking for it
Clint Bowyer too, he drove the last 50 or so laps without power steering
I was a Navy Corpsman, and, I treated many cases of heat exhaustion aboard Ship, and, Shore exercises, each time a person has that condition their tolerance to Heat seems to lessen, and, symptoms seem more pronounced, not all react that way, but, many do.
Bubba last week scared me a lot
It was for publicity.
Aryu Singhal bruh
Racist
@@kevinbushracing58 How?
@@beanman4531 haha it was publicity moron, good ol bubba smollett...
I forget, when did Truex drive relief for Junior at Loudon (3:05)?
Nicole'sGaming I believe it was in 2004. Dale jr had raced in the American Le Mans series one weekend when NASCAR was off. He crashed in what looked like a minor crash but something in fuel line/connection was compromised. So the car caught on fire and he was sent to the hospital with 2nd degree burns on his legs & neck. The clip in this video was Dale jr’s first race back. Since he was still recovering the whole crew knew they would be doing a driver switch and practiced during the week. That’s why they were able to do it in under 40 seconds.
@@jennyg.25 that's correct I remember that well as a huge jr fan
Ryan Newman had to sit down on the ground 1 or 2 times that I know of
For those people who say racer is just driver, watch this. Racing is one of the most dangerous sports.
4:17 When you find out the FBI found no evidence of a hate crime.
Can't tell if he wants to be an actor or...
Bubba smulllet
🤣
@@maximumhardcore4362 you’re fake news🤡
4:17 when PositronicReflex finishes his 9-5 job spreading fake news🤡
Take your fake news hate somewhere else, he is nothing to do with a handle!
when i saw kyle busch lying on the ground after that 2017 charlotte race was when i started to gain a little respect for him at the time and i feel like this year ive respected kyle more due to his lack of winning because of how difficult its been for him and i found that as a way to realize he isn't a machine hes as tough as everyone else in those cars if that makes sense