It is unbelievable how it literally broke the welds of the roll cage. Right above the left rear tire, (the side tha didn't hit the wall) that part of the body is just flapping there. There is a section of roll bar in there just like the rest of the roll cage, and it broke those welds. Unreal.
Major props to Fuller. Anyone who takes themselve out of the race, either by foot or turn of the wheel, to help (or in this case, avoid) hitting another vehicle in driver side door and at that speed, deserves anything better than 1st place. Much respect for Fuller.
jp2691 ur an idiot the whole car was bent the roll cage is broken he went to a real hospital and had a broken wrist and a finger. and if it is the sheet metal the whole car would not be sloped
Well in the crash...what you see in the deformation in the car is pretty much the sheet metal body molding more towards the passenger side of the car from the insanely hard impact. The car itself...which is basically a Roll Cage with tires and a motor resisted crumpling from the impact very well. If you look closely on the drivers side around the time the car came to rest The wheels are stick out very far, because the sheet metal moved toward the side of impact.
@jp2691 Do you know what happens when you try to sound smart and you wind up being completely wrong? Well, everybody realizes you're very very stupid.
@nascarbifflefan4ever You must have gained experience to come up with that life lesson didn't you Gandhi? Your knowledge is lacking oh great fail of what ever shit head spread there legs to brew your ass. I mean wow Look at the sheet metal closely so you can redeem yourself from stupidity and lack of attention span.
That hit passenger...not drivers <.<...but oh well at least he is ok. Makes me wonder though how this guy can survive this...but dale Sr. dies in his mild looking crash...I guess the impacts are harder then they look...but that looked like for sure death. W/e the cause of Dale's safety equipment malfunction.Atleast this guy gets to see his family again. Tough dude there.
@jp2691 Sr.'s crash wasn't a equipment malfunction, He actually wasn't wearing the HANS device of what i HEARD. Exactly, i guess the crashes are harder than they look :/
@Shortay1325 the hans device wasn't even thought about being used to well after his death, I remember Tony Stewart did everything in his power to not have to wear one even after NASCAR made it mandatory.
@SuperColossal33 Hmm I see, Well my information was pretty much a couple days after his last race on the news. Guess that info was false after further investigation probably revealed the truth. I wasn't aware of it though..till now I guess <.<
He suffered a broken wrist, finger, and smoke inhalation in this wreck. The car deformed as badly as it did because of rollcage failure. Source: Wikipedia
i was at that race and it looked pretty scary for me. and that was the first nationwide race i was at. couldnt that have happened the next year, even though i went to that race too?
Gotta love NASCAR's double standard. This happened in a Busch (Nationwide) series race 2 years before Jeff Gordon had a similar incident in Las Vegas. Yet it took Gordon's wreck for these tracks to install additional SAFER barriers in these trouble areas.
That sure was a scary wreck but thankfully everything turned out okay for him. One correction though...on your post it says he hit on the driver's side....he did not. He hit with the passenger side of the car...and thank God because that most likely would have killed him if it were on the driver's side.
You gotta give props to Jeff Fuller. He risked wrecking his car and getting injured to avoid destroying and possibly injuring another driver. Classy move IMO!
I never figured out why some tracks have ridiculous angles to the wall openings on the backstretch. Think Steve Grissom's crash at Atlanta. Track designers need to take all hypotheticals into account. That car looks like a toy that someone crushed in their hands.
The Hanns Device is a great saftey feature...un fortunatly, this is comming from a race (myself), In that impact the Haans did nothing for him that was all the seat and his helmat that saved him there Thank god for the haans and the Awsome seats people are making these days
all you can do is credit the safety advancements they have. and how many times that 38 car tests it all out :D i feel bad for the team. horrible luck. and he didn't hit driver side, either.
:O!!!! Holy Crap!
MrClassicRock2011 2 months ago
wow im glad to see him survive after that hard crash
monsterjamfan10 5 months ago
That was a massive hit. One of the hardest I have seen.
SlamDuncDrummer 5 months ago
It is unbelievable how it literally broke the welds of the roll cage. Right above the left rear tire, (the side tha didn't hit the wall) that part of the body is just flapping there. There is a section of roll bar in there just like the rest of the roll cage, and it broke those welds. Unreal.
drewski31683 8 months ago
Juff?
RyanTheIncredible882 8 months ago
Did he survive?
MrRTrain61 9 months ago
@MrRTrain61 Yes
Zhayes151 9 months ago
Another gap in the wall.....overlap the walls people!
acenace24 10 months ago
I watched this live... it was really scary for a while there.
YankeeStacker25 10 months ago
the guy who invented Roll Cage's is one hell of a guy :D
njcrox 11 months ago
After watching this crash, I can no longer blame Jeff Fuller for wanting to start and park.
66hourenergy 1 year ago 9
@raceguy92Jason Leffler picked the wrong day to sit on the right side of the car
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what it looked like to me was that i think that completeley broke the roll cage or just bent it
januarymurray 1 year ago
what it looked like to me was that i think that completeley broke the roll cage or gust bent it
januarymurray 1 year ago
That wasn't the driver's side.
Kaseythehusky 1 year ago
They need to get rid of all the inside walls like that. Even Elliott Sadlers Pocono crash was too much
Metallica3636 1 year ago
Jeff Fuller saved Jason Leflers life (Period)
MegaNascarfan24 1 year ago 3
ten years ago he most likely would have been either killed or seriously injured
imbored343 1 year ago
@imbored343 Are you talking about the crash he had at dover where he broke the inside wall or a crash he had that was much more worse?
barneynward 1 year ago
@imbored343 ten years ago they wouldnt have been going that fast either.
fatchumatchu 1 year ago
Nice move.
incrowdcynic 1 year ago
Major props to Fuller. Anyone who takes themselve out of the race, either by foot or turn of the wheel, to help (or in this case, avoid) hitting another vehicle in driver side door and at that speed, deserves anything better than 1st place. Much respect for Fuller.
Rogentx 1 year ago
jp2691 ur an idiot the whole car was bent the roll cage is broken he went to a real hospital and had a broken wrist and a finger. and if it is the sheet metal the whole car would not be sloped
hattrick2448 1 year ago
That was the passenger's side...
gp75motorsports 1 year ago
Like tohers have said, it was a passenger side hit. Had he hit with the same force driver side, he certainly would have been killed.
Sunoco 1 year ago
man, Jeff Fuller, you are my hero. you would've nailed Leffler right in the door if you didn't turn. What a nice guy...
spasticchuckles016 1 year ago
Well in the crash...what you see in the deformation in the car is pretty much the sheet metal body molding more towards the passenger side of the car from the insanely hard impact. The car itself...which is basically a Roll Cage with tires and a motor resisted crumpling from the impact very well. If you look closely on the drivers side around the time the car came to rest The wheels are stick out very far, because the sheet metal moved toward the side of impact.
jp2691 1 year ago
@jp2691 Do you know what happens when you try to sound smart and you wind up being completely wrong? Well, everybody realizes you're very very stupid.
nascarbifflefan4ever 1 year ago
@nascarbifflefan4ever You must have gained experience to come up with that life lesson didn't you Gandhi? Your knowledge is lacking oh great fail of what ever shit head spread there legs to brew your ass. I mean wow Look at the sheet metal closely so you can redeem yourself from stupidity and lack of attention span.
jp2691 1 year ago
i cried when i saw this live, took every breath out of me to see that kind of hit
cbatiste 1 year ago
Excuse me, but he hit inside wall in the passenger side, considering all ovals in America are left hand drive and all stock cars are left hand drive.
I think you don't understand any thing about Nascar @raceguy92.
barneynward 1 year ago
Streched my neck watching it....
Qtip43 1 year ago
That hit passenger...not drivers <.<...but oh well at least he is ok. Makes me wonder though how this guy can survive this...but dale Sr. dies in his mild looking crash...I guess the impacts are harder then they look...but that looked like for sure death. W/e the cause of Dale's safety equipment malfunction.Atleast this guy gets to see his family again. Tough dude there.
jp2691 1 year ago
@jp2691 Sr.'s crash wasn't a equipment malfunction, He actually wasn't wearing the HANS device of what i HEARD. Exactly, i guess the crashes are harder than they look :/
Shortay1325 1 year ago
@Shortay1325 I heard it was a malfunction with his seat belts. =/
jp2691 1 year ago
@Shortay1325 the hans device wasn't even thought about being used to well after his death, I remember Tony Stewart did everything in his power to not have to wear one even after NASCAR made it mandatory.
secondcitykyle 1 year ago
@jp2691 dale hit a wall head on and he refused to wear the HANS device that would have saved his life
SuperColossal33 1 year ago
@SuperColossal33 Hmm I see, Well my information was pretty much a couple days after his last race on the news. Guess that info was false after further investigation probably revealed the truth. I wasn't aware of it though..till now I guess <.<
jp2691 1 year ago
He suffered a broken wrist, finger, and smoke inhalation in this wreck. The car deformed as badly as it did because of rollcage failure. Source: Wikipedia
coolied 2 years ago
Juff??
MICHAELRG7321 2 years ago
i remeber watching this
that was a wild crash
varietyvid 2 years ago
what race is this
ms80kyle 2 years ago
this was at the kentucky speedway in 07 it wasnt a fatel accident but he did get hurt
brianb2009 2 years ago
how was this in 07 when the vid was posted in 06?
DsturbedFan728 2 years ago
oh oh oh its 06 not 07
ROBLOXdude95 2 years ago
was it fatal?
lilmissjohnson 2 years ago
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this was at the kentucky speedway in 07 it wasnt a fatel accident but he did get hurt
brianb2009 2 years ago
If it was driver's side he most likely would have died. I remember watching this and just said wow.
N1kahnefan9 2 years ago
or... when all the crowd yells "SHIT" and then goes totally silent.
BillHFA 2 years ago
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NASCAR SUCKS
TheHoustonRocket 2 years ago
1. not a driver's side crash.
2. you know it's a hard hit when the side of the car that didn't hit the wall was more damaged than the side that did hit the wall.
osubuckeyes14 2 years ago 27
a nice racecar turns into a piece of junk in a millisecond. crazy crash!!!
18sux29rox 2 years ago
It's not drivers side impact
tubeyou443 2 years ago 4
i was at that race and it looked pretty scary for me. and that was the first nationwide race i was at. couldnt that have happened the next year, even though i went to that race too?
5953klein 2 years ago
He didn't hit the driver's side.
XxSTICH666xX 2 years ago 2
damn that was a hard hit
WW2obsession 2 years ago 3
hans definately saved him..the impact was extraordinarily massive...
piro4351 2 years ago
Gotta love NASCAR's double standard. This happened in a Busch (Nationwide) series race 2 years before Jeff Gordon had a similar incident in Las Vegas. Yet it took Gordon's wreck for these tracks to install additional SAFER barriers in these trouble areas.
bc1271 2 years ago
Um, drivers side?
wat?
Mr5Minutes 2 years ago
You know thats a hard hit when the side of the car that DIDNT hit the wall gets more damage than the side that did
TheGuy19503 3 years ago 3
broken ankle that time
43labontepetty 3 years ago
if he hadnt of turned he probably would have flipped the car like another one did a few years back (sauter?)
aptg95 3 years ago
steve grissom its on the link
cousinearl216 3 years ago
no i meant like sauter did in the busch series at kentucky a few years ago
aptg95 3 years ago
nevermind its travis kvapil
aptg95 3 years ago
thats the hardest i saw
Starinterview 3 years ago
The one gentleman with the commentary sounds like either Elliott or Hermie Sadler...anyone know who it is? Thanks!
girlcandream 3 years ago
Hermie Sadler
MattV2006 3 years ago
Thanks, Matt!
girlcandream 3 years ago
definatley the hardest crash ive ever seen.
e521soediv 3 years ago 2
that would have been worse if it were drivers side or they were turning right oh god
29sucks 3 years ago 3
would of been fatal
AutismSpeaks400 3 years ago
ive seen this before....but does anyone know when this race was?
nascargavin8 4 years ago
july 06 i think
burtonfan2 3 years ago
That sure was a scary wreck but thankfully everything turned out okay for him. One correction though...on your post it says he hit on the driver's side....he did not. He hit with the passenger side of the car...and thank God because that most likely would have killed him if it were on the driver's side.
ewertjoe 4 years ago
You gotta give props to Jeff Fuller. He risked wrecking his car and getting injured to avoid destroying and possibly injuring another driver. Classy move IMO!
WillG75 4 years ago 49
man, the entire left side of his car is destroyed...and he hit the wall with the right side...
Purducci12 4 years ago
what are the odds of hitting that part of the wall?
burtonfan2 4 years ago
Evidently pretty good.
HeavyMetalAndCars80 4 years ago
yea bc the speed the cars come off that turn plus the angle of the spin
racny8345 4 years ago
I never figured out why some tracks have ridiculous angles to the wall openings on the backstretch. Think Steve Grissom's crash at Atlanta. Track designers need to take all hypotheticals into account. That car looks like a toy that someone crushed in their hands.
toomuchtoomuch 4 years ago
that shows what the haans device does, im applauding in my seat at him walking away from that
vettedude418 4 years ago
The Hanns Device is a great saftey feature...un fortunatly, this is comming from a race (myself), In that impact the Haans did nothing for him that was all the seat and his helmat that saved him there Thank god for the haans and the Awsome seats people are making these days
jr86racer 4 years ago
all you can do is credit the safety advancements they have. and how many times that 38 car tests it all out :D i feel bad for the team. horrible luck. and he didn't hit driver side, either.
mengers06 4 years ago
I bet he was pining for the good ol' days when Joe Nemechek ordered him into the garage a few laps into each race...
...As for this wreck, Fuller was treated for smoke inhalation, a broken wrist and broken finger. Otherwise? He emerged a-ok.
sk24 5 years ago
one of the worst nonflipping accidents ive seen in a while
jrn29 5 years ago