@gemini72099 what actually happened there was the 2nd car (the one that crashed) was so close up behind the nissan that he actually could not see the edge of the track around the car ahead of him. Coming through the slight bend there his left side wheels went off and lost traction which is what sent him into the spin and crash.
@mazro1861 I notice from your profile you are 25 so perhaps I can just about excuse you! In terms of your contemporaries perhaps not, but in the past most definitely. For example Mario Andretti, albeit he is a naturalised Italian or Italian Croat. Phil Hill is another also Dan Gurney. Arguably, I would rate such drivers better than today's, because they needed more skill were more physical and faced far more risks.
@sonicstep yeah that profile is out of date... or you are bad at math XD Regardless I am actually 31 now. And I do agree with you entirely, but, on the world stage in the last 10 years or so, it is really hard to find a successful american driver. On the flip side, the international drivers seem to rarely fare well in NASCAR so call it a horse a piece?
@mazro1861 America's had some fucking insane drivers. Phil Hill, Mario Andretti, Bill Vukovich, AJ Foyt, Richie Ginther and Dan Gurney to name a few. Maybe Europe's produced more and we definitely have, but the US has some brilliant drivers who I personally have adored watching.
@jbrun009 Very survivable. This was Bob Aiken in the Coke 956-962, I was standing there I believe in the mid 80's and watched the crash, my Dad actually ran over and helped him climb out of the car..... I was also on ESPN walking by at about 6 years old lol.... I'll never forget that crash, turn 6 Road America.
@TotalMotorsports never heard of them. How about Sterling Moss, nigel mansell, graham hill, damon hill the list goes on and on, but anyway, if it is "proof" you want, just watch this video again to see some quality american driving.
@mazro1861 I agree that Europe produced more drivers who achieved international success but one of the reasons is that F1, Le Mans and other European racing classes are not so popular in the US. The highest target for the US drivers is usually NASCAR. But anyway, sorry, but if you never heard of drivers I mentioned, you seem to know very little about racing.
@TotalMotorsports Na i know a fair bit. Probably not as much as you, but then your name is "totalmotorsports" so I wouldnt expect to. Anyway, I have had a change of heart and will admit America has produced some world class drivers. Aryton Senna, Felipe Massa, both from America. Yeah South America obviously. Not North America. That would be ridiculous.
@mazro1861 Well, there have been plenty of Americans in track racing, but they usually don't do it as long as European track racers.
Example: 1979 24 hours of Nurburgring, two AMC Spirit AMXes (you know, the company that made the Pacer and the Gremlin), stock, are sponsed by B.F. Goodwrench. The two cars get both first and second in their class, and 25th and 43rd overall.
@mazro1861 plenty. maybe not recently, but go back through the history of F1 and world touring car as well as many other european, american, and asian racing series
@jasonking959 I still think that considering the achievements of the USA, including landing men on the moon, they have a disproportionately small amount of world class racing drivers. Obviously there are some, but not as many as you would expect.
We have some good drivers. We've even won events like the 2002 race of champions vs the best F1 and rally drivers.
The thing is that, for reasons I don't understand, NASCAR is the most popular form of racing in the US, and after working their way up through carting or roadracing or whatever, our top drivers go there and make 10 million dollars a year to wear cowboy hats and drive in a circle for 4 hours. It doesn't exactly allow them to showcase their skills...
@vojtakarel just to give you an idea of what they are about, they don't have a transmission or clutch, the engine drives rear wheels directly. This is to save weight.
@vojtakarel they are sprint cars, kinda blue collar in most cases but they are by far the most ridiculous machines you have ever seen. I watched one get clocked at 207mph while sliding through a corner.
@mazro1861 Johnny O Connell has 4 class victories at Le Mans. Hurley Heywood won it 3 times overall and lists a ridiculous amount of sportscar achievements. I think they count as "good" drivers.
what kind of sickness is the "sport" of the buggiss with the outrageous wing above? i never saw any good racing video of them, only crashes. is it really sport only for crashing?
"Hey! what do you do for a living?" " I occasiionally turn up the juice in my killer death touch vehicle always having a near death experience at the finish line......ima racer.."
@mazro1861 Mario Andretti? Paul Newman (he did finish second at Le Mans)? Jon Fogarty? Scott Pruett?
The only details is American race driver race in USA pretty much all their life, often limited to one discipline (if you race stock car, you race on Oval) while European race anywhere and in a bit more discipline (WRC champ? Well, do some rallycross and some touring and race Le Mans). Just compare to CV of Jimmie Johnson and Sebastien Loeb ;)
Mayby "best" is the wrong word when talking about crashes? An accident is never good, people do get hurt in these videos. Yes, they do look cool, but still, wrong word
@LordNisse111 The reason they can be called the "BEST" racing hits is because all the drivers in this video got out of the cars under their own power. Of all the footage, only one driver required a trip to the hospital and that was due to the fact that he was knocked out during the crash, but came to as they were unfastening his seat belts. The issue of being knocked out required a mandatory trip to the hospital for observation, but he was released the next day after overnight observation.
not the most spectacular crashes but vintage which makes it pretty cool, one suggestion though is instead of metallica use a song from the era , good work
@darrentoronto I appreciate the critique, and I wholeheartedly agree that a song from the 80's would be more appropriate, however at the time when I did this I could not come up with a better more fitting song, at least most people associate the band with the 80's.
@lovelyangel80 it's not uploaded from VHS to youtube, it was converted from VHS into an MPEG file on the computer than edited. Very simple to do with a capture card that can be purchased at any store that deals in computer components.
I remember the crash from the video this was taken from. It was the Coca Cola sponsored Porsche 962 in the Imsa GTP series. I believe it was driven by Jim Mullen. There was contact with the BF Goodrich sponsored 962 mid corner which sent the car onto the grass at a point where there was no barrier, but a dirt bank which acted as a ramp for the car. I think the circuit was Lime Rock. Hope this helps.
Between the time I made the comment and the time of your reply, I found a video exclusively of that crash. It was actually at Road America. Turn 6, to be exact.
I actually tried to find the video but couldnt. Now you've said it, i do remember it was Road America. Was i right about the driver, as i couldn't remember and thought it may have been Bob Akin, as he was the Coke 962s owner
@breaderb16lag I believe it was Mullen or Aiken driving, I was standing in the corner watching this race, Bob Wolleck of the BFG car dove down the inside and send him straight off, this is turn 6 at Road America.
what you put the music from Metallica down but the one from Noir there at the end...for shame, lol. Definitely a good mix with some good saves and some not so good saves.
No that was bob glidden. He climbed from the car under his own power from that wreck. The only injury he sustained was a cut on the back of his right hand. All the safety equiptment performed perfectly allowing him to walk away from that horrific wreck.
The guy in the accident at 2:30 is Buzzie Ruetimann, the guy that piled in in what seemed like an eternity after the original crash happened. He DID NOT WALK AWAY form that wreck ans was seriously messed up. It happened at the Mile in Syracuse and He ended up with serious head injuries that left him in the hospital for months and all but ended his career. His son is David Ruetimann, the present day cup competitor in the Sprint Series.
That crash did end his career, however he did climb out of the car under his own power. However his injuries were quite serious, but as he did climb out of the car on his own, he did technically walk away and is still alive today though no longer racing.
@signguy44 I watched him race Dirt Tracks here in Eastern Ontario all through the 90's and met his son at dream weekend at Brockville Ontario Speedway in 94.
CLOSE! that was Bob Tulius's #44 Jaguar however the car had wrecked earlier in the race and been rebuilt so Doc Bundy was behind the wheel for experience and planted it into the tire wall just a few laps after getting it back into the race.
Thank you. I try to stay away from the "horror crash" stuff. There is only one clip I have ever used that was a fatality clip and that was in one of my nascar pieces. I used the Earnhardt Sr wreck because it was appropriate but you wouldn't believe how much flack I caught over it.
the car that made the shunt was Pete Halsmer in the #2 car who had lost front brakes early in the race. The 28 car was Jim Miller. The track was good ol Limerock turn #1
I'm not really sure... I don't have cable any more and havn't been able to watch much aside from nascar. I'd love to find out where some of these drivers are these days.
HOWEVER in Best Racing Hits of the 80's part 2 the clip from 2:55 is the in car camera with Wally tangling with... dun dun dun... Pete Halsmer in the #2 from that same race... and as they said "Dallenbach went out not to long after with engine failure" gee how many times did we hear THAT in his career.
I only have the first one which was a hand me down from my uncle, hence the poor quality as it was watched a ton when I was a kid. I am still looking for the other two but havn't found them when I have money lately.
the GATR (Great American Truck Racing) was actually quite interesting to watch. I am a professional truck driver and found it quite interesting myself. But due to the size and weight they kept knocking the walls down so they had to abandon the series.
Utley's Mack, the Group 44 Jag, the BEEEEmer IMSA car, Gant, Walt Bohren, Gloy, a young Mark Martin, Schrader at Devil's bowl in a sprinter, Weaver, Davis Jr.....but you have me at .41 going into the trees.
The GATR series went down for just that reason. They tore up the walls too darn bad when they did crash and the weight ripped up the asphalt. Though as a professional truck driver, I still think it would be fun to do.
Wow, totally ripped this from the first edition of "and they walked away". Give credit where credit is due. Fix your tracking on your VCR while your at it.
firstly it is credited to TNN's American Sports Cavalcade (which is where and they walked away came from) Secondly it is a VERY old tape which is noted in the about comments if you read them, and lastly, if you read the above comments before you comment you might have seen it was addressed already.
Ah, the good ol' "And They Walked Away" tapes. No telling how many times I watched these when I was younger (and I still pop them in from time to time now). Some of the commentary lines are still ingrained in my mind.
"Jones is out of the race car...he stepped out of that March-built BMW-powered chassis."
That was a guy by the name of Bobby Dragon, who drove the number 71 car that slammed the wall at the 4:00 mark, Bobby was an unknown Stock Car driver.
if anyone wants to send me more footage to work with I'll gladly make more, but I'm very VERY nearly tapped out of my 80's racing footage, so if you want more see part two for now, otherwise SEND ME MORE TO WORK WITH :)
All of these crashes are form the videos AND THEY WALKED AWAY. i have all 5 videos they are great. Nice video too iam glad someone finally made a compilation of the videos.
I will be considering posting some more of the video from the vid you mentioned (yep that's where it mostly came from) but I plan to do another one just because I can
Cool, I'll keep an eye out for some more. Do you know if that video series has been released on DVD? I used to have a heap of them on VHS 15-20 years ago, but they're long gone.
that's exactly where the footage came from. It's all from the Diamond P American Sports Cavalcade. I was going through some of my old videos and found a bunch of old stuff and decided to throw it together to remember the good ol days
everyone is so wrapped up in the new stuff these days that I thought a video that remembered back when in some of the good ol days was called for. I had the footage so I compiled a bunch of good stuff to make something fun.
@mercenaryomega1 Exactly when, where and who was in the wreck at @1:16?
GiannaBechtel 1 week ago
1:14 wat happened behind the car
gemini72099 1 month ago
@gemini72099 what actually happened there was the 2nd car (the one that crashed) was so close up behind the nissan that he actually could not see the edge of the track around the car ahead of him. Coming through the slight bend there his left side wheels went off and lost traction which is what sent him into the spin and crash.
mercenaryomega1 3 weeks ago
do these crashes happen to come from the havoc series??
jocknerdman64 1 month ago
Holy wheelie at 1:05. and why can't you all quit arguing like an old married couple?
anth4484 2 months ago
Glad there is a mute button. What a suck-ass soundtrack.
joemac356 2 months ago
@mazro1861 I notice from your profile you are 25 so perhaps I can just about excuse you! In terms of your contemporaries perhaps not, but in the past most definitely. For example Mario Andretti, albeit he is a naturalised Italian or Italian Croat. Phil Hill is another also Dan Gurney. Arguably, I would rate such drivers better than today's, because they needed more skill were more physical and faced far more risks.
sonicstep 3 months ago
@sonicstep yeah that profile is out of date... or you are bad at math XD Regardless I am actually 31 now. And I do agree with you entirely, but, on the world stage in the last 10 years or so, it is really hard to find a successful american driver. On the flip side, the international drivers seem to rarely fare well in NASCAR so call it a horse a piece?
mercenaryomega1 3 weeks ago
@mazro1861 America's had some fucking insane drivers. Phil Hill, Mario Andretti, Bill Vukovich, AJ Foyt, Richie Ginther and Dan Gurney to name a few. Maybe Europe's produced more and we definitely have, but the US has some brilliant drivers who I personally have adored watching.
Christoffski 3 months ago
Even 0:43 was survivable? Top first into the tree's? I can believe the spinny one at the end before you showed the driver get out.
jbrun009 4 months ago
@jbrun009 Very survivable. This was Bob Aiken in the Coke 956-962, I was standing there I believe in the mid 80's and watched the crash, my Dad actually ran over and helped him climb out of the car..... I was also on ESPN walking by at about 6 years old lol.... I'll never forget that crash, turn 6 Road America.
Haase27Kart 4 days ago
man that guy in the last wreck walked away from that like a boss
i was routing for that nissan gtp out in front, i was worried that was going to be the wreck for a minute xD
ledzeppelin27 4 months ago
Good video, with a neat ending too. Nice job!
P1nkR 4 months ago
@mazro1861 imunyetdiscovered
NeeKroVal 5 months ago
AWESOME STUFF!!! Thanks
redracer1985 5 months ago
@mazro1861 LOL. Mario Andretti. Dan Gurney, Phil Hill, AJ Foyt and many many more prove you're totally wrong.
TotalMotorsports 5 months ago
@TotalMotorsports never heard of them. How about Sterling Moss, nigel mansell, graham hill, damon hill the list goes on and on, but anyway, if it is "proof" you want, just watch this video again to see some quality american driving.
mazro1861 5 months ago
@mazro1861 I agree that Europe produced more drivers who achieved international success but one of the reasons is that F1, Le Mans and other European racing classes are not so popular in the US. The highest target for the US drivers is usually NASCAR. But anyway, sorry, but if you never heard of drivers I mentioned, you seem to know very little about racing.
TotalMotorsports 5 months ago
@TotalMotorsports Na i know a fair bit. Probably not as much as you, but then your name is "totalmotorsports" so I wouldnt expect to. Anyway, I have had a change of heart and will admit America has produced some world class drivers. Aryton Senna, Felipe Massa, both from America. Yeah South America obviously. Not North America. That would be ridiculous.
mazro1861 5 months ago
Nicely taken off of a VHS 'and the walked away' -___-
bananahamm0ck42 5 months ago
hahaha the red car got eaten by the trees :D
mrgamerman33 6 months ago
@mercenaryomega1 and the space shuttle could'nt turn at all LOL
LegoRacer41 6 months ago
i just want to say that the crashes from nascar although spectactular are shit because they are constantly travelling at high speeds
FeaRInsTincT09 6 months ago
@mazro1861 Well, there have been plenty of Americans in track racing, but they usually don't do it as long as European track racers.
Example: 1979 24 hours of Nurburgring, two AMC Spirit AMXes (you know, the company that made the Pacer and the Gremlin), stock, are sponsed by B.F. Goodwrench. The two cars get both first and second in their class, and 25th and 43rd overall.
saber15 7 months ago
awesome vid. brings back a lot of memories watching racing when i was younger
red03mitsu 8 months ago
@mazro1861 there have been more american pro drivers than any other nation
jasonking959 8 months ago
@jasonking959 and how many world champions?
mazro1861 7 months ago
@mazro1861 plenty. maybe not recently, but go back through the history of F1 and world touring car as well as many other european, american, and asian racing series
jasonking959 7 months ago
@jasonking959 I still think that considering the achievements of the USA, including landing men on the moon, they have a disproportionately small amount of world class racing drivers. Obviously there are some, but not as many as you would expect.
mazro1861 7 months ago
@mazro1861
We have some good drivers. We've even won events like the 2002 race of champions vs the best F1 and rally drivers.
The thing is that, for reasons I don't understand, NASCAR is the most popular form of racing in the US, and after working their way up through carting or roadracing or whatever, our top drivers go there and make 10 million dollars a year to wear cowboy hats and drive in a circle for 4 hours. It doesn't exactly allow them to showcase their skills...
Novantii 8 months ago in playlist my best racing's crashes of all time part 2
Silence please.... no music!!!!!!!
46excel 8 months ago
@vojtakarel just to give you an idea of what they are about, they don't have a transmission or clutch, the engine drives rear wheels directly. This is to save weight.
RebelSoul2010 8 months ago
@vojtakarel they are sprint cars, kinda blue collar in most cases but they are by far the most ridiculous machines you have ever seen. I watched one get clocked at 207mph while sliding through a corner.
RebelSoul2010 8 months ago
@Cruxalicious Corvette ZR-1, and Corvette family of Le Mans GT cars
RebelSoul2010 8 months ago
@mazro1861 - Mario Andetti. Read his Wiki.
Biffbradford 8 months ago
@Biffbradford haha ironic you should mention him, seen as he was winning races around the time of the moon landings. But yeah you can have him.
mazro1861 8 months ago
@mazro1861 Could also be that there's never been a great American car.
Ford GT40? Amazing piece of design by the Ford UK blokes.
Shelby Cobra? Nice, putting a Corvette engine in an AC Cobra, a British car.
Cruxalicious 9 months ago
@mazro1861 Johnny O Connell has 4 class victories at Le Mans. Hurley Heywood won it 3 times overall and lists a ridiculous amount of sportscar achievements. I think they count as "good" drivers.
daveellis0808 9 months ago
@daveellis0808 never heard of em
mazro1861 9 months ago
what kind of sickness is the "sport" of the buggiss with the outrageous wing above? i never saw any good racing video of them, only crashes. is it really sport only for crashing?
vojtakarel 10 months ago
and they walked away i love this videos they were brill and love the song you chose
13LinkinPark666 10 months ago
this is "and they walked away" isnt it???
awesome crashes dude
syzzle0023 11 months ago
"Hey! what do you do for a living?" " I occasiionally turn up the juice in my killer death touch vehicle always having a near death experience at the finish line......ima racer.."
GatameOne 11 months ago
@mazro1861 Mario Andretti? Paul Newman (he did finish second at Le Mans)? Jon Fogarty? Scott Pruett?
The only details is American race driver race in USA pretty much all their life, often limited to one discipline (if you race stock car, you race on Oval) while European race anywhere and in a bit more discipline (WRC champ? Well, do some rallycross and some touring and race Le Mans). Just compare to CV of Jimmie Johnson and Sebastien Loeb ;)
therrydicule 11 months ago
@mazro1861 what about Ken Block?! LOL JOKE! he got 2 points in the WRC when Sebastian Loeb finished with 276! Hahaa, American Drivers do suck! :P
SDAlsorts 1 year ago
nicely done, good to see some old stuff.
MrTautologist 1 year ago
Mayby "best" is the wrong word when talking about crashes? An accident is never good, people do get hurt in these videos. Yes, they do look cool, but still, wrong word
LordNisse111 1 year ago
@LordNisse111 The reason they can be called the "BEST" racing hits is because all the drivers in this video got out of the cars under their own power. Of all the footage, only one driver required a trip to the hospital and that was due to the fact that he was knocked out during the crash, but came to as they were unfastening his seat belts. The issue of being knocked out required a mandatory trip to the hospital for observation, but he was released the next day after overnight observation.
mercenaryomega1 7 months ago
I could watch car wrecks all day.
tharob 1 year ago
may i ask what it is with americans and mainly turning to the left?
bamsawa 1 year ago
what VHS video did these come off of?
brettcrashman 1 year ago
@brettcrashman If i'm not mistaken it is called "Crashes - and they walked away".
hejamodo 1 year ago
which And they walked away with Steve Evans's did you get this..lol..I have em all!!! but will never post..everyone else has to buy em! hahahaha
canericankev 1 year ago
That truck doing donuts is flipping awesome!
thekiwicanuck 1 year ago
not the most spectacular crashes but vintage which makes it pretty cool, one suggestion though is instead of metallica use a song from the era , good work
darrentoronto 1 year ago
@darrentoronto I appreciate the critique, and I wholeheartedly agree that a song from the 80's would be more appropriate, however at the time when I did this I could not come up with a better more fitting song, at least most people associate the band with the 80's.
mercenaryomega1 1 year ago
@darrentoronto since it is from the 80's metallica are perfect for this but slayer would be even better
13LinkinPark666 10 months ago
what the song at the ending?
xXturbo86Xx 1 year ago
WOW 1:18 Awesome crash XDDD
JettaGal1 1 year ago
Wow, I did not know you could upload to youtube from VCR..
lovelyangel80 1 year ago
@lovelyangel80 it's not uploaded from VHS to youtube, it was converted from VHS into an MPEG file on the computer than edited. Very simple to do with a capture card that can be purchased at any store that deals in computer components.
mercenaryomega1 1 year ago
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nice video bad music
wippermannl 1 year ago
Very good ending
smalamas 2 years ago
lol look at the carnage
mushroomed87 2 years ago
Hey mercenaryomega1, do you happen to own the VHS, "...And They Walked Away"?
ilovetogofast88 2 years ago
Should probably change the title to, Crashes, instead of Racing.
TDDWEST 2 years ago
@TDDWEST best racing "hits" of the 80's... as in HITTING the wall and everything else. I enjoy being a bit creative with my titles.
mercenaryomega1 1 year ago
great vid, but a very bad music
5 stars
Hasseta 2 years ago
its metallica! give them a break, filthy rap listener
tecna64 2 years ago
How did that one red prototype at about 0:40 end up in the trees?
playingbass45 2 years ago
I remember the crash from the video this was taken from. It was the Coca Cola sponsored Porsche 962 in the Imsa GTP series. I believe it was driven by Jim Mullen. There was contact with the BF Goodrich sponsored 962 mid corner which sent the car onto the grass at a point where there was no barrier, but a dirt bank which acted as a ramp for the car. I think the circuit was Lime Rock. Hope this helps.
breaderb16lag 2 years ago
Between the time I made the comment and the time of your reply, I found a video exclusively of that crash. It was actually at Road America. Turn 6, to be exact.
playingbass45 2 years ago
I actually tried to find the video but couldnt. Now you've said it, i do remember it was Road America. Was i right about the driver, as i couldn't remember and thought it may have been Bob Akin, as he was the Coke 962s owner
breaderb16lag 2 years ago
@breaderb16lag I believe it was Mullen or Aiken driving, I was standing in the corner watching this race, Bob Wolleck of the BFG car dove down the inside and send him straight off, this is turn 6 at Road America.
Haase27Kart 4 days ago
the First song is: Metallica - Fuel. I love Metallica
ololi123 2 years ago
captain fucking obvious strikes again... no shit it's Metallica, It even says so on the vid
MsFarQ2 2 years ago
I love the cars of the 80's!
much more beautiful than the cars nowadays
ManuelKobe 2 years ago
what you put the music from Metallica down but the one from Noir there at the end...for shame, lol. Definitely a good mix with some good saves and some not so good saves.
spydr78 2 years ago
Give may few, give mah fahh, mive mahh double-trided zire
TheNoisePolluter 2 years ago
No, no, no. It goes: Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire!
playingbass45 2 years ago
totally wrong...
its: Give me fuel. Give me fire.Give me that which I desire.
tecna64 2 years ago
lol, the sport with the buggys carrying sheds on their roof
T1carus 2 years ago
They're called sprint cars
yellowbelly70 2 years ago
wt.... was that yellow car at 4:27 a Fiero?
anagennao 2 years ago
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devastator87 2 years ago
I hated this song before....but man it works well as a crash video bacround song....*****stars
mrexon 2 years ago
your right, i hated this song too, but it does work well....... still hate the song though!!!
AndrewKD 2 years ago
Hate and Metallica dont belong in the same sentance
plantedchaos 2 years ago
1:15-1:25 Anybody have info on that crash?
stasis096 2 years ago
Most of these cars have the swirl setting too high.
clargdorp 2 years ago
Its funny that the only thing that has changed over all these years is the height of the safety barricades!
TheNewfrewelian 2 years ago
At 3:33 such a great driver
RavenRemi 2 years ago
What type of racing at 2:03 to 2:08?
Moncantha 2 years ago
It's a bit hard to see, but im guessing IROC Series...
skynet0912 2 years ago
Actually it is old ASA action from the old Laguna Seca track in California.
mercenaryomega1 2 years ago
well, i don't know much about amarican racing... They don't put much on tv here in Denmark, other than NASCAR once in a while...
skynet0912 2 years ago
I think that looks more like the old Riverside Road Course.
racingformusic 2 years ago
at 2:09 i dont think he got outta that one by himself
Snowboarder3195 3 years ago
No that was bob glidden. He climbed from the car under his own power from that wreck. The only injury he sustained was a cut on the back of his right hand. All the safety equiptment performed perfectly allowing him to walk away from that horrific wreck.
mercenaryomega1 2 years ago
Great video! 3:36 - superb recovery!
TJW1979 3 years ago
The guy in the accident at 2:30 is Buzzie Ruetimann, the guy that piled in in what seemed like an eternity after the original crash happened. He DID NOT WALK AWAY form that wreck ans was seriously messed up. It happened at the Mile in Syracuse and He ended up with serious head injuries that left him in the hospital for months and all but ended his career. His son is David Ruetimann, the present day cup competitor in the Sprint Series.
signguy44 3 years ago
That crash did end his career, however he did climb out of the car under his own power. However his injuries were quite serious, but as he did climb out of the car on his own, he did technically walk away and is still alive today though no longer racing.
mercenaryomega1 2 years ago
If I ain't mistaken, that was in 1986 at an IMSA event in Road America
racingformusic 2 years ago
Davey Jones was injured at the Walt Disney World Speedway in 1997 which ended his career.
devastator87 2 years ago
@signguy44 I watched him race Dirt Tracks here in Eastern Ontario all through the 90's and met his son at dream weekend at Brockville Ontario Speedway in 94.
dougie1112 1 year ago
1:09 whellie!
ioukkj 3 years ago
what's the song?
mrchristian87 3 years ago
that's Metallica -Fuel
RenoTech619 3 years ago
its very horrible all the others just want to win adn donthelp them like chashing so they can die?
fisken46 3 years ago
Love the way the guy at 4:19 just parallel parks his car in the woods! "If i hide in the trees, no one can see me!" :P
skynet0912 3 years ago 3
That semi crash was my favoite..i laugh every time.
brkyrd86 3 years ago
at 2:58, was Bob (Tulius) driving?
phyredawg 3 years ago
CLOSE! that was Bob Tulius's #44 Jaguar however the car had wrecked earlier in the race and been rebuilt so Doc Bundy was behind the wheel for experience and planted it into the tire wall just a few laps after getting it back into the race.
mercenaryomega1 3 years ago
Thanks for posting some sweet crashes without people dying.
brkyrd86 3 years ago
Thank you. I try to stay away from the "horror crash" stuff. There is only one clip I have ever used that was a fatality clip and that was in one of my nascar pieces. I used the Earnhardt Sr wreck because it was appropriate but you wouldn't believe how much flack I caught over it.
mercenaryomega1 3 years ago
at 0:21, that looks like Wally (Dallenbach's) Ford XR4Ti (campaigned by Jack Roush) in that shunt.
phyredawg 3 years ago
the car that made the shunt was Pete Halsmer in the #2 car who had lost front brakes early in the race. The 28 car was Jim Miller. The track was good ol Limerock turn #1
mercenaryomega1 3 years ago
Thanks for the clarification. Where is Pete these days?
phyredawg 3 years ago
I'm not really sure... I don't have cable any more and havn't been able to watch much aside from nascar. I'd love to find out where some of these drivers are these days.
mercenaryomega1 3 years ago
HOWEVER in Best Racing Hits of the 80's part 2 the clip from 2:55 is the in car camera with Wally tangling with... dun dun dun... Pete Halsmer in the #2 from that same race... and as they said "Dallenbach went out not to long after with engine failure" gee how many times did we hear THAT in his career.
mercenaryomega1 3 years ago
You need an 80's song, Ride the Lightning
c2mojo 3 years ago
yeah I could have used an older 80's by metallica, but I felt that the sound was close enough even though it was from the 97 release of reload.
mercenaryomega1 3 years ago
and they walked away I, II, & III. own them all and love them
fieldzyracing88 3 years ago
I only have the first one which was a hand me down from my uncle, hence the poor quality as it was watched a ton when I was a kid. I am still looking for the other two but havn't found them when I have money lately.
mercenaryomega1 3 years ago
lol 4:06 c'mon thats just plain fuckin stupid why race a big ass truck...no brain.
e521soediv 3 years ago
the GATR (Great American Truck Racing) was actually quite interesting to watch. I am a professional truck driver and found it quite interesting myself. But due to the size and weight they kept knocking the walls down so they had to abandon the series.
mercenaryomega1 3 years ago
Utley's Mack, the Group 44 Jag, the BEEEEmer IMSA car, Gant, Walt Bohren, Gloy, a young Mark Martin, Schrader at Devil's bowl in a sprinter, Weaver, Davis Jr.....but you have me at .41 going into the trees.
VooDooRocketry 3 years ago
nice save 3:36
JUMPMAN23MCM 3 years ago
i blew these tapes up when i was a kid good times
rockypc24 3 years ago
who' ready for metallica's new cd coming out!
Jarek4 3 years ago
this was the from the and they walked away video's huh? loved those video's as a kid haha
mattgotowned 3 years ago
At 4:39 that was Davey Jones that crashed at Road America. YES he did walk away from this accident!
MVPVDO 3 years ago
big rig racing, never heard of that, lol!
RCRgoodwrench 3 years ago
3:33-3:38 AWESOME!!
barylll 4 years ago
4:05 - 4:18, that's why semi trucks should never race.
Cool Video, thanks a bunch.
racingformusic 4 years ago
The GATR series went down for just that reason. They tore up the walls too darn bad when they did crash and the weight ripped up the asphalt. Though as a professional truck driver, I still think it would be fun to do.
mercenaryomega1 4 years ago
Wow, totally ripped this from the first edition of "and they walked away". Give credit where credit is due. Fix your tracking on your VCR while your at it.
kevinp83 4 years ago
firstly it is credited to TNN's American Sports Cavalcade (which is where and they walked away came from) Secondly it is a VERY old tape which is noted in the about comments if you read them, and lastly, if you read the above comments before you comment you might have seen it was addressed already.
mercenaryomega1 4 years ago
i remember that and they walked away tape.. i had part II and i cant find it anywhere. grew up with that tape...
mengers06 4 years ago
Ah, the good ol' "And They Walked Away" tapes. No telling how many times I watched these when I was younger (and I still pop them in from time to time now). Some of the commentary lines are still ingrained in my mind.
"Jones is out of the race car...he stepped out of that March-built BMW-powered chassis."
znscr3 4 years ago
How about this classic?
"Those tires must have come off in the shape of cubes.."
MattA1GP 4 years ago
or another great one...
"Jim Mullen walked away from this one probobly finding it hard to believe that he had to climb out of a TREE first."
mercenaryomega1 4 years ago
Yet another...
"One. Stuck. Throttle."
MattA1GP 4 years ago
The one that was worse than any of them, was the stock car #71 hitting that inside wall at 4:00.
HOLY FUCK...that was BRUTAL...who was that guy?
That's the type of hit that kills drivers...sharp driving impacts with pure concrete.
slitheringinterstate 3 years ago
That was a guy by the name of Bobby Dragon, who drove the number 71 car that slammed the wall at the 4:00 mark, Bobby was an unknown Stock Car driver.
racingformusic 3 years ago
Those lines from that tape were the best, the one that you came up with was my favorite line from the tape, I'd find that hard to believe too.
racingformusic 3 years ago
I want more
mgrande11 4 years ago
if anyone wants to send me more footage to work with I'll gladly make more, but I'm very VERY nearly tapped out of my 80's racing footage, so if you want more see part two for now, otherwise SEND ME MORE TO WORK WITH :)
mercenaryomega1 4 years ago
nascar was the best in the 80's and 90's, before the media and brian france killed it
wawwwaaa 4 years ago
All of these crashes are form the videos AND THEY WALKED AWAY. i have all 5 videos they are great. Nice video too iam glad someone finally made a compilation of the videos.
289bowl775 4 years ago
Actually, it was the 'And They Walked Away' series I'm thinking of. Will you be posting more videos like this? I hope you do.
Freddyfartbox 4 years ago
I will be considering posting some more of the video from the vid you mentioned (yep that's where it mostly came from) but I plan to do another one just because I can
mercenaryomega1 4 years ago
Cool, I'll keep an eye out for some more. Do you know if that video series has been released on DVD? I used to have a heap of them on VHS 15-20 years ago, but they're long gone.
Freddyfartbox 4 years ago
I have no idea if it ever came out on DVD. I only have the old VHS copy which is kinda evident in the quality of the video I am using.
mercenaryomega1 4 years ago
very nice video!
CFilmsInc 4 years ago
I remember alot of those from the Havoc series of crash videos, nice compilation mate. The text at the end was a nice touch, made me laugh.:)
Freddyfartbox 4 years ago
Wow, IMSA GTP...
Bazmeister2 4 years ago
I looked for that Bob Glidden wreck forever.
wolves16 4 years ago
This looks like a lot of stuff recorded on TNN's Cavalcade of Motorsports back in the 1980s. I used to watch that every week.
fightonusc 4 years ago
that's exactly where the footage came from. It's all from the Diamond P American Sports Cavalcade. I was going through some of my old videos and found a bunch of old stuff and decided to throw it together to remember the good ol days
mercenaryomega1 4 years ago
everyone is so wrapped up in the new stuff these days that I thought a video that remembered back when in some of the good ol days was called for. I had the footage so I compiled a bunch of good stuff to make something fun.
mercenaryomega1 4 years ago
Don't stop there man, post some of the old races...
gofastandwynn 4 years ago