Bristol Motor Speeday Crash

[goldbullet50]

"uninjured........ AS WELLL"

[logixisbad]

skankuser:

never argue with an idiot

anyone overhearing will not know who is who

dumbass

[LeoBruno1000]

HOLY....

[TheCrayonMan529]

i was at the track when that happened. i was about to go into the track to watch but i went to the bathroom and didn't see the wreck. My cousins and my brother saw it though

[hamlinfanVA]

Why would they put a gate at the end of a corner where a driver is most likely to hit the wall? The dumbest thing the greedy Bruton Smith has ever done.

[pieman5ooo]

well thats the worst crash ive seen at bristol...

[logixisbad]

Didn't this wreck happen like 10 years ago????

Almost sure it did. Anyone have a date the wreck happened, the date on the video is date the video was put on U-Tube

[rhoffmanjr]

@logixisbad I was about to say no, you're thinking of Michael Waltrip's crash. Then I realized that it was 2002 and it is now 2011, meaning this was about 10 years ago and Waltrip was about 20 years ago. I feel so old now.

[skankuser]

@logixisbad For God's sake, READ THE FUCKING DESCRIPTION. It clearly says August of 2002.

Holy fuck, some of you people are idiots.

[xxguitarhero48xx]

Impossible.. :o This is why they pray before a race, only God can do that. asld;skajd;fl

[TheGoaltender94]

@usernasc3974 I apologize as that is completely irrelevant to a this video.

[TheGoaltender94]

@usernasc3974 Another car got fire, not his. Jeeze.

[lordchilds90]

i wonder when he got out of his car he was like "get off me freaks!!!!"

[MrBrennan008]

Mike Harmon was not harmed

[locodude8797ROBLOX]

now thats jesus protecting you there

[N1kahnefan9]

Dude, where's my car?

[cdf360]

the same thing happened to michael waltrip in the same spot of bristol

[landonu12]

...his car broke...really?ya...wat part of the engine?...no you dick, it broke...wat?it broke in half!!!!!!!!! lolz wow

[SISI0887]

Holly crap

[tundraman217]

the eniter car is heald together by the driver side door

[hamlinfann]

wtf was up with the roll cage

[edilee01]

@hamlinfann The cars and track was not designed for that wall to open like that and he plowed directly into the edge of the wall. The cars and tracks today are much better designed to protect the drivers.

[scottN1980]

@edilee01 Correct the cars and tracks are safer but this was an extraordinary situation and I don't think that the COT would do any better taking a hit like that. The impact is restricted to a very small point on the car and roll cages are designed to spread the impact but here it's just not possible. The only thing that could be done to prevent this kind of accident is elliminate the gates

[richardmaudsley77]

Cardboard rollcage?

[Fwibbib19]

very lucky man!

[rocket91910]

che culo ca tieni

[bigdave46148]

Thats the gate where the trucks go in and out of the infield. This happened during practice and the track workers did not put all the supports that hold the gate closed in place.

[blueneostang]

The vehicle entrance is in turn 3, not 2. This was a pedestrian gate from the looks of it. It has sense been removed.

[mattdunc1]

is that the same wall waltrip hit in his crash?

[OnTheRun167]

Who build that roll cage?? I'd be one pissed off driver if my car disintegrated like that.

[tryithere]

This is how you turn the 44 car into the 4 car

[flynbryan88]

LOL

[Lontavius1986]

Damn

[TeamAutoBots]

i think the wall is all sealed now afterwards

[TeamAutoBots]

i know

[987awsome]

thats a bad crash

[Got4borgar4n]

Lol isnt that the exact same spot as Michael Waltrip crashed a long time ago?

[TeamAutoBots]

yep

[Got4borgar4n]

lol its just stupid to let the wall be like that.

[kac65]

The gate was closed but not latched the proper way. Did not have the Cables and steel bar in place . But that has been removed since then when they remolded the next year.

[santee125]

the gate was not open people! use ur eyes!!! that happened when the car hit the wall

[VZGproductions]

So freaking lucky!!!!!

[clintcheif2009]

wow the cars looks like its its a template like 2d

[pazzarelli26]

looks just like Michael's wreck in 1990.

[stretson]

If there's a gate there, it was a track layout problem. Of course someone has to die before NASCAR does something. They're NASCAR.

[skirbyr]

THE GATE WAS OPEN, ON THAT TURN, is not allowed for practice anymore for OBVIOUSE REASONS JESUS HOW DUMB ARE these tennesee people?

[a7x5631]

You're fuckin' dumb. It was closed until he hit it. Way to criticize Tennessee when you obviously have no room to talk.

[wholedamshow1991]

GREATEST NASCAR WRECK EVER!!!!!!

[dal3fan88]

lol f1 at bristol. rofl lamo. i wish there was a in car cam in both the cars that crashed (michael 1990) and this one.

[Vallecrash]

This is the twice time that this kind of crash happened at Bristol in exactly this spot due to layout failure. (1990 M. Waltrip and this one)

Does a driver yet have to die to make them change that spot?!

[SkittlesRacing]

Its not the track layout, its the fact that there was a gate right there that when hit, moved out of the way and put the car directly into the end of the wall. That gate has since been turned into a continuous wall and replaced with a tunnel.

[Vallecrash]

I didn't mean the track layout, yet the way they had implemented that gate.

Thanks for pointing that out

[BMSPaintballer]

ummm no. Bristol is not tunneled it still has a gate, maybe not in the same spot but last time I went to bristol (this year) I watched them bring cars in through the gate.

[SkittlesRacing]

oh it does? My mistake. I thought they had said something about it having a tunnel now. My bad.

[3fan4eva]

They turned that gate into a solid concrete wall after this crash.

[Stinkfist423]

DAMN THAT IS CRAZY

[lintels123]

HAHAHAHHA they pull him away after like the car is going to explode. i don't think there is much to explode after that

[stampede122]

now that's what i call "lucky"

[camslam011]

This is why nascar has built one of the safest racecars in the history of stockcar racing.

[xIndorracer24x]

i know but did you see how close sauter came to him, he was about 1 foot away from hitting him full speed.

[bakerskyline]

They left out the part that he also devastated his underwear lol

[BigDawg1511]

Lol. That made my day.

[clubkid43]

i not getting snotty at all simple conversation. and that speed is back in 1996 there are a lot more restrictions now in irl arent there? especially with the speed factor kinda like nascar has restricter plate races so the speeds dont get outta control..and yea it does suck there is no us grand prix and there isnt even a canadian grand prix either!

[BoberMcBoberson]

Yeah sorry I took the,"irl is just a form of open wheeled nascar" thing the wrong way,(I love all 3 sports). Well I'm going to call it a day and just hope the bring back both The Canadian an U.S Grand Prix LOL!

[clubkid43]

no i know your saying only head injuries thats why i hope u saw the Kubica video to show that they are very well protected against them for an open wheel car...

[BoberMcBoberson]

Yes in a roll over, but you are open to be hit by a myriad of objects, the fact that they usually don't is due in part to luck.

[clubkid43]

oh and IRL doesnt even go 230...and irl is just a form of open wheeled nascar..

[BoberMcBoberson]

In 1996 Arie Luyendyk qualified for the Indy 500 with an average speed of 236 mph. And why are you getting all snotty? I never said anything bad about F1, I'm just saying its easier for you to get gourd caved in, love F1, In fact wish it would come back to The Glen seeing that I only live 40 miles way.

[stewarthass14]

yes f1 should come back to the glen no that they are not running any were in north america and i dont live far from the track either

[clubkid43]

i guess you dont watch formula 1 very much..i think you should look up the Robert Kubica crash at montreal in 2007 then u tell me that all that carbon fiber and r&d money isnt worth it..he walked away with a sprained ankle..

[BoberMcBoberson]

Dude, you are misinterpreting what I'm saying pretty badly. I'm only referring to head injuries, yes all that R/D is well worth it. I'm saying in F1(and pretty much any open wheel series)there is a very real chance that you may get your melon squashed that just doesn't exist in other forms of motor sports. That's all I'm saying.

[clubkid43]

luck? lol safety isn't luck its called millions put into research and development,also the cars dont do 230 mph nascar doesnt even do 230 mph.formula 1 cars top out at 200 and only at some tracks,most of the races they average about 150 to 175 mph...

[BoberMcBoberson]

Sorry about the 230mph, I was thinking of the IRL. I never said they weren't safe, But in racing there will always be an amount of danger, and not having a roof adds to that. If in a crash, a wheel (or pretty much anything) smacks you in the head at 150-175mph you WILL die, and all that carbon fiber and R/D isn't going to mean a thing.

[clubkid43]

these are are the safest cars in racing...Formula 1 cars are the entire cockpit is completely made of carbon fiber which is stronger than steel when layered..know your facts

[BoberMcBoberson]

I'm not saying Formula 1 cars are more or less safe, but I think a lot of there safety is due to luck, and the style of racing in general,(like there are probably more crashes in one or two NASCAR races, that an entire season of F1) rather than specific car safety. Yes the carbon fiber is nice, but realistically, how safe can a 230mph car without a roof be? Its only a mater of time before someone gets smacked in the head with something.

[maddog45productions]

xactly like mikel waltrips

[Adriansfubass]

wheres that one vid of the guys getting torn in half by a racecar?

[SandMVidieos]

thats not ok that someone didnt close the gate corectally, that could have easily killed him if it was a few cenemeters different, they should never open those gates unless a truck is going in the track, then they should triple check that the gate is secure

[hyperacti]

if you were in that car, and saw johnny sauter comming straight at you, you'd piss your pants. i'm pretty sure mike harmon pissed his pants.

[hansonator69]

He was in the hands of God. Thank God he survived.

[VictorSeedorsky]

this cars.. are most safest raceing cars off THE FUCKING WROLD...!!!

[xFallenx4xUx]

Totally incredible.. That car peeled like a beer-can

[jcline87]

I thought this was a fatal crash for sure, couldn't believe the guy got out and just walked off.

[kb84life]

well if sauter hit harman headon into where he was.....:(

btw i bet Harman was like OMFG!!!when sauter was headed towards him

[quickman55]

WTF?!  That car was a total mess! Was he running his own car then?

[60nascar]

yes that was his own car

[NyteFilms]

look at all the pit crews going "oh my god... oh my god" LOOK NO SAFER BARRIER

[Iceghost100]

The Ca was nearly just a seat.The guy did not just cheat death but made him look like a sissy.

[Kahnefan98]

what series?

[fosco420]

if you turn the volume on and open your ears you might hear him say busch series

[Kahnefan98]

i have no volume dickface

[fosco420]

ok well for the retards with no volume, maybe you should read the description

[tornadowrestling56]

THATS A ALL MY GOD WAT THE #$@! MOMENT!

[usafman1]

That looked exactly like Micheal Waltrips 1988 crash. I'm surprised it took them that long to put the tunnel in.

[Royrules123]

awesome that he didnt die

[A7XxFANxFORxLIFE]

fukin nuts...how lucky is he that the other driver managed to miss him by mere inches?

[XWKO]

OMG. Lucky Guy

[jaiqi]

holy f**k

[devkamal]

cheated death..

[Wayne2219]

i would of quit racing after that

[KamakazieIdiot]

why, chances are crashes as bad as that only happen to u once, death then goes on to deal with other racers and hates u a little more.

[Sigrafix]

There are no "chances" in motor sports.. that ideology couldn't even be applied to daily driving as statistically people who crash are more likely to crash again more so than people who have never crashed.. gee, wonder why your insurance goes up. Anyway, there are no "chances" in Motor Sports especially not Nascar.. anything can happen to anyone at anytime.. just look at Dale Eearnhardt, he had survived so many wrecks before then a seemingly tamed one takes his life.. Quit while you're ahead.

[KamakazieIdiot]

then if it keeps happening theres something wrong, (soetimes its ego *ive crashed and survived so im invincible* u dont realise it but its sometimes the case "oh ill survive another one dont worry")

[ElDiablo4124]

holy ****

[ZombieBros]

Woah!