Carl Baker's IHRA Pro Stock Flip

[zeppelin2684]

SOMEONE HIT THE TRACKING BUTTON ON THE VCR!!

[ryand9282]

ya to stop it from hoppin after that huge huge bump in the track id sue the track i cant beleive nobody seen it and dint say something

[AntiSemantic1]

@ryand9282 Racers are pussies these days Ryan. They won't challenge the IHRA or the NHRA. They just tuck their tails and skulk off and then destroy their machinery on sub par tracks while the track owner the body BIg Wheels sip Champagne in their boxes.

[sg7114]

looks like he jumped on the brakes a little hard when the shutes didnt come out... Im willing to bet they had carbon fiber brakes on that car to cause them to lock up that fast

[jowix1]

0:47 TO 0:49

HE CUM???!!

LOL

[rotativo13]

''Look at the chutes ,they going to fix that for the next round'' You think, thats the last of there worries ....LOOK at the car :(

[pencilneck22]

I give him a 10 on style.

[badassszr2]

0:45 fuckin funny

[nashvilleraidersfan]

Spiess was probably like "lolwtf?"

[jrfan07]

the audio of the car hitting the pavement and wall is really quite incredible

[chameleone79]

the drivers i talked to said the cougar body was squirrley on the top end.

[theXBOXFREAK18]

LOL @ the yell at 0:45

[TwoEyeCyclops]

NO CHUTES BIG DADDY!!!!!!

[BiscuitzVideos]

My Name is Carl Baker. =D

[janeck123]

really!? lol

[BiscuitzVideos]

Yeah haha!, That's why i was watching this video :P

[strikerz09]

I've seen one where the chutes deployed, but they snapped right off when they pulled back on the car.

[KeeperOfTheKitten]

I think Big says "They won't fix that one for the next round" actually.

[chevyman8329]

no chutes "big daddy" LOL

[am2lol]

lol the cometor ses they will fix the shutes for the next round i think they will have to fix a bit more than the shutes

[72defender]

why cant i see the video

someone want to chat zY

[jeffgordonsuckz]

oh shit,

how many times did he flip?

[freeagent999]

no chuts big daddy

[EightYourVtec]

I remember hearing about this from my neighbor who is good friends with Carl. Baker lives just down the road from me. Not too sure what hes doing now a days>?

[nitroholic2002]

Is it just me, Or do the IHRA prostockers wreck more violently than their NHRA Counterparts?

[fueldragster]

I think because the IHRA pro stockers have 820 cubic inch engines which makes them a good 15 mph faster than the 500 cubic inch NHRA Pro Stocks

[racingformusic]

Yeah, and the time comparison now would be:

NHRA Pro Stock - low 6.6's @ 210 mph

IHRA Pro Stock - apprx low 6.3's @ 220 mph

[TwoEyeCyclops]

Mountain Motors Son!

[racingformusic]

absolutely.

[wawwwaaa]

i remember seeing this

[salemcripple]

Why didn't the chutes open?

[cmccarthy]

It could have been any number of things. Air launchers lose pressure, spring launchers get bound, you just never know.

[salemcripple]

I thought they were operated by a cable.

[cmccarthy]

They have a "cannon" (for lack of a better term) arrangement that spits them out into the airstream behind the car, because when they are mounted under the spoiler they are essentially in still air. These "cannons" are either a coil spring or a compressed air ram, and they are what actually deploys the chute after the cable releases them. If these fail then the chute will either just tumble out of the mount and posssibly tangle in the wheelie bars or simply not deploy at all.

[salemcripple]

Are chutes required for pro street class? I'm a auto/performance tech by trade, and was thinking of takeing my chev all the way to that level. Never raced prostreet before, or with anything requireing chutes.

[cmccarthy]

A parachute is required by the NHRA and IHRA for any vehicle exceeding 150 miles per hour in the quarter mile.

[racermac1988]

Remembered watching this when it aired. One of the scariest Pro Stock accidents I have seen. Bruce Allen and Kenny Koretsky on the NHRA side is still the scariest in my opinion.

[racingformusic]

Don't forget Bob Glidden in 1986 at Atlanta, the one Steve Evans called "Glidden's 6 and a half flip trip down the Atlanta Dragway".

[JakeTV248]

That was ugly right there.

[FastAlx]

Great video,thanks,if you maybe could have the huge wreck of Steve Spiess in 1999 at Bradenton, that would be a another great video to see,that was really scary.

[nascarfan48and29]

it was prolaby better that he did flip rather than try and slow down before he got to the sand. those are some shitty announcers

[racermac1988]

Play by Play is James Bates (TENDED TO NEVER SHUT UP) and doing color is "Big Daddy" Don Garlits (Never really gets a chance to talk) The coverage of IHRA that year sucked. Speedvision had Alcohol Funny Car and Pro Stock while TNN had Top Fuel, Pro Mod, and Nitro Harley. Never live, and never shown in conjunction with one another.

[burtonfan2]

was speed vision the same as current day speed?

[trouble192]

yes

[Altamonteric]

Scary crash there, glad he walked away, It's scary when you have no chutes cause some how or another your gonna take a wild ride

BTW what happend to the first camaera angle did the guy get hit by debris

[johnschaser]

you can see him start to bail from the tower

[rustyshackleford01]

wow great sound when it started to flip, great commentary too. I miss the SpeedVision days

[jrfan07]

that must have been a weird feeling not having your shoots deploy while traveling at that speed.

[trouble192]

Was he injured?

[Harvick2921]

No, he walked away just fine.

[trouble192]

Just asking since some drivers are injured after crashes too.

[trouble192]

Whoa

[MonacoLager1]

Jeez!!