1991 Diehard 500 - Rick Mast Flip

[TheCougarFrom1983]

Buddy Baker is so EVIL haha! Loved these old days w/ Ned Jarrett calling races, he had so much knowledge about the cars ...he's one smarties ppl in all of auto racing. I sure do miss him

[TheCougarFrom1983]

1:02 "I would adventure to say" LMAO!! I miss good o'l Ned Jarrett and his way of talking

[mchapman85]

He was asked later what he was doing while the car was on its top. he said he was pumping the brakes. Asked why he said "if it turned back over I wanted to stop".

[bluetaurus6]

If you think about it, the way this crash develops is very similar to Carl Edwards' Talladega flip this year...

[motercyclegarbage]

upside down for a long time 

scary

[cheese2507]

This is what I like to call a Rick Roll!

[ROBLOXdude95]

@cheese2507 Lawl

[3intimid8or]

Now see back in 1988 to 1991 restrictor plates were used without roof flaps even at the 190 to 180 mph range the cars still lifted off so its not entirely the speed its the flaps all NASCAR has to do is mandate bigger flaps and abolish the plates

[PYLrulz1984]

@3intimid8or

Roof flaps or no roof flaps, Mast was going to flip. Almost any car that has gotten sideways between the apron and banking like that has flipped almost every time.

[flubber342]

@3intimid8or what they need to do is, at talladega, build more seats either to the towers or along the backstraight, then don't sell any tickets to the grandstand, then take off the ristrictor plates, that might cost some money, but all that money would be returned due to bigger crowds at the race, then do somethin similar at daytona.

[NismoFinder]

1:14-1:24 looks exactly like what happened with Edwards and Keselowski in April...same spot too. Funny how things haven't changed at Talladega in 18 years.

[bulldog1447]

they said he said "I'm okay but I need another pair of underwear"

[99boyz]

lol Chris Economacki Disagred

with everything they said

[WrestlingStandard]

And that's one of the reasons why NASCAR mandated roof flaps. But I agree that it wouldn't have made any difference on the banking.

[gth804f]

Ken Squier and Ned Jarrett told Chris Economacki what's up.

[juggelo24]

Damn...How did he get out??

[vidEvWill]

Well, he's fortunate to get out. He basically got out, Mast is a pretty tall fella he was able to get out.

[tarheelz1224]

the good ole pre-roof flap days!

[Shockwaveed]

I think the reason he didn't flip is because by the time the car reaches the grass, it slides forward (as if it was driving forward, only it's on it's roof). If it was sliding sideways, the little lips running front to back on the top of the car would have grabbed the grass and dirt and away it would have gone.

[PYLrulz1984]

Roof flaps or no roof flaps, he would of gone over anyway. He turned sideways in an area where the air can get under a car VERY easily if a car is turned sideways.

[vidEvWill]

Jack Roush, of owner fame came up with the roof flap, NASCAR took the test cars to an airfield to test them.

[gtapersonguy]

i think all the drivers driving past, espeacilly martin, were thinkin "EEP!"

[floydfanTN]

Whos talking at the start?

[O5fan]

Geoff Bodine

[vidEvWill]

he drove the 11 car for Jr. Johnson then didn't he? When did he start for Bud Moore?

[BadBooking]

It's funny how Buddy Baker caused the two major crashes in the race, and yet there was no backlash from it, so to speak.

[rustyshackleford01]

really this is one of the most spectacular blowovers in the way that it didnt tumble

[nyyankfan]

wow, at about 4:15, you can really see how the front roll bars had been bent in...It's good to see that they didn't collapse in on Rick.

[Randildo]

hes lucky that thing didnt dig in the grass and roll over end over end.