I'm pretty sure Pearson broke his leg in this wreck. I think that's all that happened besides him being knock out from the impact. I know it's hard to stop a racecar with only 6 seconds notice, but the reaction time doesn't get much better when the drivers are like 70.....
@SkynyrdnNASCAR You got the wrong """series"""... That's a charity legends race, it's not a sprint car race or a nationwide race... The 21 car is Charlie Glotzbach aka "Chargin' Charlie" and "the chargin' comet", which was a crysler driver in the time of the aero warrior... I guess the 99 was taken, so he jump with one old number other than the 0.
@MrHideyoursheep He was seriously injured and I don't know if you knew this or not these were not the COT...These were the old cars and these were the old timers racing....
@UserExperienceWorks Yes, I did know that because I watched the last year's race on TV. The cars built in today's world have more room. And alot more saftey.
@UserExperienceWorks I'll give a great example of a (NEAR) fatal driver's side Impact. Bobby Allison's Horrid wreck at Pocono. Met his son Davey in Feb of 1992 a real class act.
@paulsack21 these are pretty safe cars actually its like a typical car you see at tracks every fri and sat night old guys dont yeild to there spotter or somthing stupid like that thats when it gets dangerous there not cup cars OMG there not safe shutup and learn somthing
He was in ICU, I'm pretty sure. That in itself says it was life threatening injuries, this making it near fatal. Anyway, luckily he did survive and pull through, so I guess that's all that matters.....
@ViiT4LG4MiiNG John Nemechek's crash was in 1997,Before they had the HANS device & Other stuff,I Think NASCAR made the cars more safer for this race,because their all seniors
I was there in turns 1&2 and can tell you that EVERYONE thought he had died in the stands. The sound of that wreck was INSANELY loud. (You can tell how serious I am by how I capitalize the serious parts.) We never saw him get out, saw workers waving frantically for help, David Pearson retires from the race, it looked VERY bad from the stands perspective.
@kylerowdybusch yea, he had multiple surgerys he was on nascar now last year hes still pretty fucked up......ps kyle busch is gay for setting a great example for younger kids on the approriate speeds to drive on the open road and bc he sucks dick
@kylerowdybusch I didnt say anything about his driving skill, he races in cup with the best of the best. Only a moron would take a statment about kyle buschs love for sucking fat nig dick as an assualt on his driving skill
@kylerowdybusch typical kyle busch fans to busy blowing nigs to actual understand why people dont like him, its not because they think he sucks at racing its bc he sucks dick
@kylerowdybusch Wheres that Championship for the Sprint cup........................Nationwide is not Sprint cup sorry Kyle Busch hasn't either ever in his career finished in the top 5 of points..PATHETIC
OF COURSE ITS NEAR FATAL! i dont care if he just had a bruise, do you know how many racers have lived through hard driver side door impacts? not many! thats near fatal in my book. it had the potential to be much more than a injured ankle
this crash really was NEAR FATAL, if it was any harder of an impact one or both drivers would be dead right now. Larry Pearson was in the hospital for months after this... and the roll cage was literally wrapped around his body. It was pure LUCK that no part of the roll cage hit him or punctured him in a fatal way. Anyway, I can't wait until this event next year except I think it should be at Darlington. I love seeing these guys race.
@erasetoimprove I grew up watching Chargin Charlie Glotzbach race around the Louisville area. Frank Kimmel's dad, Bill Sr., used to have epic battles with Charlie. I can remember Charlie running a Hemi late model on the area quarter miles and Salem. Charlie was probably the most gifted driver we had from the area, and we had a bunch of good ones in the day. Harry Hyde was running cars back then, Jessie Baird drove for him seems like. I like to have shit when they wrecked, it looked bad.
I thought he was gonna be good but i saw that car come on the tv i saw fuck no. And then he got T-Boned. T-bones like that have injured so many drivers maybe even gotten killed from crap like that.
I think people are idiots. personally when I watched this and the commentators sounded so solemn and they kept going to commercial I believed he had died. I believed that when I saw the side collapse in on him.
In other words I had no problem with "near fatal" in the title. But it is over now. This race was awesome since Harry Gant, Cale Yarborough, David Pearson, and everyone was racing again. Very cool to watch them.
@ampenergy327 Sorry Ampenergy327, Your medical knowledge is near ZERO! A compound leg/ankle fracture is NOT a "near fatal" injury. Not in Ohio and NOT where you live either!.... Waay OVER RATED!!!
@waltsa200 you miss the point. This could have been fatal. He is lucky he didn't suffer any head or neck injuries common in hard accidents like this, Near fatal is another way of saying "lucky it wasn't worse" cause it could have been fatal easily if it went one way or another.
@ampenergy327 actually yes. Depending on the bone. If My finger is broke, and sticking out of my finger. That is not something that would threaten the ABC's and my life. (
just saying that its possibly fatal. with all the fluids and oil and smoke in a wreck, you have to be very careful if you have a broken bone splintering out through your skin
@fatriani this is true, and i will concede to this argument that infection is a much bigger possibility with these surroundings, but even so... i still consider a broken bone, even a compound fracture, as non-life threatening if you consider the aid he is able to receive almost instantly. Even in the worst of situations i dont believe a broken bone can be fatal a majority of the time. Even a compound break.
i heard on NASCAR radio that Charlie said he never saw Larry until it was too late. He admitted that he had his foot to the floor and was full throttle when he hit him.
I was there on the front stretch. It was crazy. You could tell he was going to get hit from a big distance, Glotzbach didn't slow down or move at all.
@ampenergy327 but he wasn't close to dying, when i dislocated my finger the bone popped through the skin, but i wasn't NEAR DEAD. It even said that he was just knocked out.
I'd be willing to bet that if it were a cup driver in a cup car he probably would have walked away from it relatively unharmed. I'm sure Larry Pearson's age had a lot to do with the extent of his injuries. Don't get me wrong, it was a nasty, nasty crash but let's be honest, old people break easier. Get well, Mr. Pearson.
rick wilsons was running 120 mph i could only imagine how fast chargin charlie was going when he hit that driver door, one thing they didn't show you was charlie's car was on fire and they couldn't get the flames out...
Glad Larry is ok. It was a great race but they should take the 100 horsepower they added this year and put the engines back to last years config. Also these USAR cars should beef up the roll bars.
@darkoneforce2 These are USAR Pro Cup cars. Most are used Nationwide series cars. Also I'm sure the owners of these cars did not bring out their best cars, the drivers were not fitted with the best seats, and the belts were installed half assed as is the case with most exhibition races like this. As hard as this hit was I don;t think foam would have been much help. I've been around alot of years and that's not bad in comparison to some T-bone crashes I've seen.
This is why they're not going to have this race again next year, these men are 60-70 yrs. old and going 120 miles an hour. + When you get older your reaction time is slower! + why weren't there ANY spotters! How couldn't nascar have seen this coming!! Glad both men are.. a-ok
@ampenergy327 oh there were. Well, they should have done a better job of telling people there was a caution! Whatever it doesn't matter. Larry is in bad shape. And we all (hopefully) hope that he makes a full recovery!
Bristol Motor Speedway Twitter: Larry Pearson evaluation complete: Compound fracture of lower left ankle (requires surgery). Fractured pelvis, fractured right hand.
i also hope both are ok. the fact they were driving faster didnt bother me as much as the lack of safety. the open face helmets, no gloves for guys like harry gant, and who knows what other rules were laxed so to give the guys there old feel. i really hope they still have this race next year as it is a ton of fun. just prayin for pearson and charlie.
I'm pretty sure Pearson broke his leg in this wreck. I think that's all that happened besides him being knock out from the impact. I know it's hard to stop a racecar with only 6 seconds notice, but the reaction time doesn't get much better when the drivers are like 70.....
MassillonJoe 1 week ago
Dang, hard hit, that has to hurt
48JJRules 2 weeks ago
ooohhffff!!!!! that's going to leave a mark, and i dont think a couple of asprin is going to help that much......
stampede122 2 weeks ago
3400lb sledge hammer in 3...2...1
88tonkpils 2 weeks ago
At 0:05 It Gets HORRIFYING!
tatiabeaslin 3 weeks ago
Did He Die?
tatiabeaslin 3 weeks ago
That's weird. It looks like the Wood Brothers 21 car, but it's a Chevy. They're big Ford people.
SkynyrdnNASCAR 1 month ago
@SkynyrdnNASCAR You got the wrong """series"""... That's a charity legends race, it's not a sprint car race or a nationwide race... The 21 car is Charlie Glotzbach aka "Chargin' Charlie" and "the chargin' comet", which was a crysler driver in the time of the aero warrior... I guess the 99 was taken, so he jump with one old number other than the 0.
therrydicule 1 month ago
@therrydicule Larry pearson was in the 21
montyth 1 month ago
anybody have the finish to this race?
NeedforSpeed142 1 month ago
Stop at 0.05
MrCupcakey1234 1 month ago
I was there all u heard were gasphs than silence
JustNascar 1 month ago
kinda looks like Buren Skeen's fatal crash in 1965 at darlington
IGOTITONTAPE19 2 months ago
Me: well that wasnt so bad... BOOM
AviTheBlader 2 months ago
This was the legends race
WWFKANERULES 2 months ago
@009brock not nationwide??? its the K&N pro series
daveyAWS 2 months ago
@daveyAWS you both are stupid its a late model
dager8810 2 months ago
@dager8810 why the hell would they be showing late models on tv dumb ass??? and larry pearson use to race K&N pro series go look it up bud
daveyAWS 2 months ago
@daveyAWS the cars on the youtube video are late models
your the dumb ass
dager8810 2 months ago
@dager8810 and tell me how you know this
daveyAWS 2 months ago
@daveyAWS because I watch short track racing every Saturday night
dager8810 2 months ago
@dager8810 o so since you watch it every saturday night means you know everything about the differences between K&N and Late Models
daveyAWS 2 months ago
@daveyAWS i know that looks nothing like a k&n car they k&n look more like old nation wide
dager8810 2 months ago
@dager8810 Davey is right the K&N pro series car looks like the nationwide car and these are late models look them dumbass.
KodiakRacer25 2 months ago
@KodiakRacer25 that is what i'm trying to tell him its a late model you fucking idiot
dager8810 2 months ago
@dager8810 no it's a usar pro cup car they got bigger motors than latemodels
Nospicy54 1 month ago
@daveyAWS go here -/watch?v=86ONWZLprcQ&feature=related
dager8810 2 months ago
thats my brithday race
JRrocksnascar1 2 months ago
Driver's side alway's a problem, At Least they got more room in the Car.If it where say Early 90's He would have been pretty fucked up!
MrHideyoursheep 3 months ago
@MrHideyoursheep He was seriously injured and I don't know if you knew this or not these were not the COT...These were the old cars and these were the old timers racing....
UserExperienceWorks 2 months ago
@UserExperienceWorks Yes, I did know that because I watched the last year's race on TV. The cars built in today's world have more room. And alot more saftey.
MrHideyoursheep 2 months ago
@UserExperienceWorks I'll give a great example of a (NEAR) fatal driver's side Impact. Bobby Allison's Horrid wreck at Pocono. Met his son Davey in Feb of 1992 a real class act.
MrHideyoursheep 2 months ago
Glad to see he was able to survive that.
TheHoodedCreature 3 months ago
@editking2 he had to go to the hospital it lasted about 20 to 30 mins for him to get out of the car. but yes he was fine
3kevin88 3 months ago
I looked away
chocolateninja22 3 months ago
I have to ask, why does your description say Mr. T? Lol
steelcagechaos1 4 months ago 5
now that was a hardhit
99KOOLAIDMAN 4 months ago
charlie bit my finger, car edition
camred123 4 months ago
Me at 0:04 - "What's so horrifying about that?" At 0:05 - HOLY SHIT!
TheFallen746 4 months ago
what series is this
SuperMarioRewind 4 months ago
I don't know why they had to cancel this event. the cars didn't look safe to start with. if it was a safer car, none of this would have happened.
paulsack21 4 months ago
@paulsack21 these are pretty safe cars actually its like a typical car you see at tracks every fri and sat night old guys dont yeild to there spotter or somthing stupid like that thats when it gets dangerous there not cup cars OMG there not safe shutup and learn somthing
corycaz13 4 months ago
i think we have proof that bristol is one of the fastest tracks
storm24awesome 4 months ago
I think Larry SHIT HIS PANTS here. Not exactly life threatening. :-D
waterfordjim 5 months ago
according to officials he was knocked unconcious (sorry if its spelled wrong)
legohalonascarfan3 5 months ago
5 years ago he wulda died
J24ZYFAN 5 months ago
He was in ICU, I'm pretty sure. That in itself says it was life threatening injuries, this making it near fatal. Anyway, luckily he did survive and pull through, so I guess that's all that matters.....
LinkMan20 5 months ago
i remember this
ohbobsaget22 5 months ago
Why senior citizens shouldn't be allowed n Nascar!
ISmashYoDadHead 5 months ago
John Nemechek fatal crash wasent that bad i think so i guess larry pearson is a very lucky man
ViiT4LG4MiiNG 5 months ago
@ViiT4LG4MiiNG John Nemechek's crash was in 1997,Before they had the HANS device & Other stuff,I Think NASCAR made the cars more safer for this race,because their all seniors
crystaljon 5 months ago
I was there in turns 1&2 and can tell you that EVERYONE thought he had died in the stands. The sound of that wreck was INSANELY loud. (You can tell how serious I am by how I capitalize the serious parts.) We never saw him get out, saw workers waving frantically for help, David Pearson retires from the race, it looked VERY bad from the stands perspective.
NCJake2013 5 months ago
What series is this?
MrTadpole77 6 months ago
@MrTadpole77 its not a series, once a year at bristol some former drivers race there after the nationwide race, i guess for charity...
10VINSANITY 6 months ago
@tsharpmac420 and also got beat up by childress to
estes0003 6 months ago
Wow I was about to vote down because at first you think its a guy spinning and hitting the wall! I didn't see that race! Was he okay?
kylerowdybusch 7 months ago
@kylerowdybusch yea, he had multiple surgerys he was on nascar now last year hes still pretty fucked up......ps kyle busch is gay for setting a great example for younger kids on the approriate speeds to drive on the open road and bc he sucks dick
tsharpmac420 6 months ago
@tsharpmac420 Yea, WELL LOOK WHO WON LAST NIGHT! SUCK IT SUCK IT SUCK IT!!!!!!
kylerowdybusch 6 months ago
@kylerowdybusch I didnt say anything about his driving skill, he races in cup with the best of the best. Only a moron would take a statment about kyle buschs love for sucking fat nig dick as an assualt on his driving skill
tsharpmac420 6 months ago
@kylerowdybusch typical kyle busch fans to busy blowing nigs to actual understand why people dont like him, its not because they think he sucks at racing its bc he sucks dick
tsharpmac420 6 months ago
@kylerowdybusch Wheres that Championship for the Sprint cup........................Nationwide is not Sprint cup sorry Kyle Busch hasn't either ever in his career finished in the top 5 of points..PATHETIC
mshake2008 5 months ago
jesus christ, its like two icecreams smahing each other! all smushey...
YoshiPeteyFav 7 months ago
OF COURSE ITS NEAR FATAL! i dont care if he just had a bruise, do you know how many racers have lived through hard driver side door impacts? not many! thats near fatal in my book. it had the potential to be much more than a injured ankle
xXaltowolfXxmp3 7 months ago
The crash looked like I could have been fatal. I'm glad he got away without too much injury. BTW, the title says "horrifying," not "near fatal."
Greenslime300 8 months ago
Could have been so much worse. If that car had hit about a foot farther back on the car, the injuries would have been much more serious.
MartianMan52 8 months ago
@CheesyGreenBison @ROBLOXdude95 Yes this was the "Nascar Legends" race at bristol not nationwides.
quasiphatpaul 9 months ago
How is Larry doing right now? This was over a year ago. Is he doing ok?
3338MAN 9 months ago
Proud to say he was my drivers ed teacher. And yes, his injuries were life threatening all of you douche fucks. He almost died...
graysonator123 9 months ago
21!!
mailmeonline 10 months ago
if that was me i would die from excess load of shit
MRSYCOSQUIRREL69 11 months ago
Wow, I didn't know Larry Pearson was still racing in 2010. I haven't heard his name in years. He must be getting pretty old by now.
RRaquello 11 months ago
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drpearson92 1 year ago
@drpearson92 Wow I'm really sorry about your dad. I sincerely hope he fully recovers very soon
wogolfer 1 year ago
He had a lot more than an ankle injury. Still a horrible crash...
OhSoGood24 1 year ago
ARCA BRAKESSSSSSSS
DialgaRules24 1 year ago
this crash really was NEAR FATAL, if it was any harder of an impact one or both drivers would be dead right now. Larry Pearson was in the hospital for months after this... and the roll cage was literally wrapped around his body. It was pure LUCK that no part of the roll cage hit him or punctured him in a fatal way. Anyway, I can't wait until this event next year except I think it should be at Darlington. I love seeing these guys race.
erasetoimprove 1 year ago
@erasetoimprove I grew up watching Chargin Charlie Glotzbach race around the Louisville area. Frank Kimmel's dad, Bill Sr., used to have epic battles with Charlie. I can remember Charlie running a Hemi late model on the area quarter miles and Salem. Charlie was probably the most gifted driver we had from the area, and we had a bunch of good ones in the day. Harry Hyde was running cars back then, Jessie Baird drove for him seems like. I like to have shit when they wrecked, it looked bad.
505197 4 months ago
Really though you have to think of his age and such. It was near fatal for him and bad crash.
MSB325 1 year ago
I saw the Nationwide trucks there!
ROBLOXdude95 1 year ago
I believe the idea of near fatal comes from the high speed impact in the driver door
racestation1 1 year ago
i think hes implying that it was near fatal because it was only inches from killing him.
350z350zify 1 year ago
i dont know you boys and your yank tanks lmao ive seen better in the car park lmao
p1typera 1 year ago
I thought he was gonna be good but i saw that car come on the tv i saw fuck no. And then he got T-Boned. T-bones like that have injured so many drivers maybe even gotten killed from crap like that.
Riurlus55 1 year ago
I think people are idiots. personally when I watched this and the commentators sounded so solemn and they kept going to commercial I believed he had died. I believed that when I saw the side collapse in on him.
In other words I had no problem with "near fatal" in the title. But it is over now. This race was awesome since Harry Gant, Cale Yarborough, David Pearson, and everyone was racing again. Very cool to watch them.
stonewall01 1 year ago
Excellent quality of the video!! 5/5!
tubeman7878 1 year ago
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so an ankle injury is near fatal i didnt know that dumbass
miles24fig 1 year ago
@miles24fig seriously? I'am not fighting over this.
ampenergy327 1 year ago 39
@miles24fig it can be, if it falls off
Number10pen 1 year ago
@miles24fig why are you calling dumbass to ampernergy327, you are a cock and small
FarmACDCFreak 1 year ago
@miles24fig ok well just to say u r a dumb ass he was out for along time nobody new if he was dead or alive so shut the fuck up
cameron23231 7 months ago
@cameron23231 ok bro that was a year ago im more mature now you dont need to tell me to shut the fuck up
miles24fig 7 months ago
I guess "near fatal" makes the crash sound cooler! Factualy, Pearson suffered zero life threatening injuries...
waltsa200 1 year ago
@waltsa200 So you call a part of his bone sticking out of his body zero life threating?
ampenergy327 1 year ago 19
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@ampenergy327 Sorry Ampenergy327, Your medical knowledge is near ZERO! A compound leg/ankle fracture is NOT a "near fatal" injury. Not in Ohio and NOT where you live either!.... Waay OVER RATED!!!
waltsa200 1 year ago 13
@waltsa200 When it happened it looked bad. i changed the title ok? lol I know a broken leg and ankle is no where near fatal. alright cya
ampenergy327 1 year ago 25
@waltsa200 it could be if we talk about a femural bone fracture, which can cause femural artery rupture. this could be life threatening
ZangLangVang 1 year ago
@waltsa200 well on a driver side remember they used the cars back in the 90s a crash like that could had easily killed him from the driver side door
EDJR0 1 year ago
@waltsa200 you miss the point. This could have been fatal. He is lucky he didn't suffer any head or neck injuries common in hard accidents like this, Near fatal is another way of saying "lucky it wasn't worse" cause it could have been fatal easily if it went one way or another.
SaintBEEP 10 months ago
@ampenergy327 I heard of someone like TEN that had that from a go-kart flip
ROBLOXdude95 1 year ago
@ampenergy327 Of course! He could have just walked away... jeeeez (sarcasm)
fishbulb7o9 1 year ago
@ampenergy327 actually yes. Depending on the bone. If My finger is broke, and sticking out of my finger. That is not something that would threaten the ABC's and my life. (
airway, Breathing, Circulation)
granvilledrummer 5 months ago
@ampenergy327 no, thats just a broken bone
NeedforSpeed142 4 months ago
@ampenergy327 yeah... you dont typically die from broken bones...
DavidOrtiz36 4 months ago 27
@DavidOrtiz36 I don't really give a damn.
ampenergy327 4 months ago 18
@ampenergy327 sucks for you... next time you break a bone your be the only fucking idiot to think your dying...
DavidOrtiz36 4 months ago
@ampenergy327 Well then you're just a hypocrite.
wakko1337 3 months ago
@DavidOrtiz36 it could've been life threatening because of his age. he is like 67 and any type of broken bone can have fatal consequences.
malcolmyoungi 4 months ago
@malcolmyoungi i guess thats a reasonable statement, i retract my sarcasm
DavidOrtiz36 4 months ago
@DavidOrtiz36 if you dont set a broken bone correctly, the marrow can get infected. especially when its sticking out.
definitely a life threatening injury
fatriani 3 months ago
@fatriani these guys get paid a LOT of money for doctors and medical specialists... i dont think we can consider this possibility
DavidOrtiz36 3 months ago
@DavidOrtiz36
just saying that its possibly fatal. with all the fluids and oil and smoke in a wreck, you have to be very careful if you have a broken bone splintering out through your skin
fatriani 3 months ago
@fatriani this is true, and i will concede to this argument that infection is a much bigger possibility with these surroundings, but even so... i still consider a broken bone, even a compound fracture, as non-life threatening if you consider the aid he is able to receive almost instantly. Even in the worst of situations i dont believe a broken bone can be fatal a majority of the time. Even a compound break.
DavidOrtiz36 3 months ago
@waltsa200 he is still racovering to this day
littleyz125racer 9 months ago
@waltsa200 you guys are idiots this crash nearly killed larry pearson
XXXXX43eXXXXX 9 months ago
@waltsa200 Larry lost about 80% of his long term memory. Doesn't remember his early racing career.
StopyerBitchin 4 months ago
he didnt die, did he?
EaAddict360 1 year ago
I was in between turns one and two, saw this as well as on tv. Scared the heck out of me.
Dinguswuzhere 1 year ago
the car larry drove was not an old cup car it is a asphalt late model like those in ASA
MrRunout 1 year ago
i was at this race in the entrance of turn three i could see this crash very well everyone was so scared
tylerebill 1 year ago
i heard on NASCAR radio that Charlie said he never saw Larry until it was too late. He admitted that he had his foot to the floor and was full throttle when he hit him.
Speedracr246 1 year ago
I was there on the front stretch. It was crazy. You could tell he was going to get hit from a big distance, Glotzbach didn't slow down or move at all.
LinkMan20 1 year ago
@LinkMan20 At least they were both okay.
WindchargerPrime 1 year ago
Was charlie not paying attention?
AnotherNutJob 1 year ago
those fat fucks just walked i woulda ran as fast as i could to check if he is still alive
pandaonweed 1 year ago
these cars look very unsafe
seomoz 1 year ago 2
there normal latemodels, not built for these high of speeds
EaAddict360 1 year ago
@EaAddict360
their Hooters pro cup cars
99boyz 1 year ago
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What the fuck is 'near fatal' anyway?
I mean how can we really define 'near fatal'. I think this term is way overused on shit.
r32adt3db 1 year ago
@r32adt3db Near Fatal means close to dieing....
ampenergy327 1 year ago
@ampenergy327 i forgot which one it is but trhat 21 car looks like a car in nascar but its late model =^D
YoshiPeteyFav 5 months ago
@ampenergy327 but he wasn't close to dying, when i dislocated my finger the bone popped through the skin, but i wasn't NEAR DEAD. It even said that he was just knocked out.
shtoonkeygseers 5 months ago
i know. thats y old guys like this shouldnt race at all
Keselowski12fan 1 year ago
im sure they had spotters but i dought it. if they had spotters then y didnt he go down instead of slaming right into the driver side. im just saying
Keselowski12fan 1 year ago
@Keselowski12fan One - They had spotters
Two - Charlie Glotzbachs 70 years old and its been YEARS since hes raced and the reaction times aren't as good as they were back when he raced.
ampenergy327 1 year ago
I'd be willing to bet that if it were a cup driver in a cup car he probably would have walked away from it relatively unharmed. I'm sure Larry Pearson's age had a lot to do with the extent of his injuries. Don't get me wrong, it was a nasty, nasty crash but let's be honest, old people break easier. Get well, Mr. Pearson.
rustyspartner 1 year ago
I was there for this...the it was dead silent after the wreck.
hockeyguy1802 1 year ago
i was at that race when charlie hit every 1 went like oh god
rustipup18 1 year ago
i was sitting in turn 1 and watched this happen live, very, very scary wreck.
David did pull off of the track under the red flag to go to the hospital.
us in the stands had very limited knowledge of what was going on/how he was. glad to see he is ok.
beallhigh26 1 year ago
thats what you get bitch, be a better driver you fucking prick.
kdog4791 1 year ago
@kdog4791 If you're talking about Pearson, he had a left rear tire go down, nothing to do with driving.
bagruen 1 year ago
@kdog4791 If you're talkin' about Pearson, he had a flat left rear, nothin' to do with driving.
bagruen 1 year ago
@kdog4791 If you are talking about Pearson, he had a flat left rear, nothing to do with driving.
bagruen 1 year ago
get well soon
runningmanfrommu 1 year ago
Holy shit pause at the 6 second mark O_O
jacksbraves2455 1 year ago
rick wilsons was running 120 mph i could only imagine how fast chargin charlie was going when he hit that driver door, one thing they didn't show you was charlie's car was on fire and they couldn't get the flames out...
FlashBright 1 year ago
the driver that crashed into him is so dumb
leopardgecko777 1 year ago
i had tears coming out of my eyes just waiting to see if he was ok
cbatiste 1 year ago
Time to call it guys!
markmnorcal 1 year ago
i was really scared after he took that hit.
75jimmie75 1 year ago
@75jimmie75 The thing that really scared me was the way the front of Glotzbach's car dug into the driver side of Pearson's car.
ampenergy327 1 year ago
I thought he was dead when I 1st saw him take that hard hit.Glad to see he is doing ok.Scared me for a second.
nickelbackrocks16 1 year ago
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hioctanefuel48 1 year ago
Glad Larry is ok. It was a great race but they should take the 100 horsepower they added this year and put the engines back to last years config. Also these USAR cars should beef up the roll bars.
Get Well Soon Larry!
hioctanefuel48 1 year ago 2
@hioctanefuel48 I agree all the way with you
ampenergy327 1 year ago
who won the race? my dvr missed the final 5 laps
vsa2o 1 year ago
@vsa2o Rick Wilson won over Phil Parsons.
ampenergy327 1 year ago
Why don't they use composites and special foams in the doors like V8 Supercars/ rallycars and such ?!
darkoneforce2 1 year ago
@darkoneforce2 I'am sure they will. They won't let this go.
ampenergy327 1 year ago
NASCAR COT have it also
Bluestorm5 1 year ago
@darkoneforce2 These are USAR Pro Cup cars. Most are used Nationwide series cars. Also I'm sure the owners of these cars did not bring out their best cars, the drivers were not fitted with the best seats, and the belts were installed half assed as is the case with most exhibition races like this. As hard as this hit was I don;t think foam would have been much help. I've been around alot of years and that's not bad in comparison to some T-bone crashes I've seen.
shs81 1 year ago
Im gonna be racing these cars now im scared to. lol lol
clitus03 1 year ago
I thought it was all over for him. Glad to see he is doing ok.
maybrook1 1 year ago 2
@maybrook1 I thought so too.
ampenergy327 1 year ago
i saw it in person, it was a heart stopper
1967mustang123 1 year ago
my God... i hope Larrys ok.
steve01995 1 year ago
@random9vids do u know that for sure?
18sux29rox 1 year ago
He suffering a broken lower left ankle, right hand and pelvis
Random9Vids 1 year ago
@Random9Vids Better then being dead.
ampenergy327 1 year ago
This is why they're not going to have this race again next year, these men are 60-70 yrs. old and going 120 miles an hour. + When you get older your reaction time is slower! + why weren't there ANY spotters! How couldn't nascar have seen this coming!! Glad both men are.. a-ok
pugpug12 1 year ago
@pugpug12 There were spotters
ampenergy327 1 year ago
@ampenergy327 oh there were. Well, they should have done a better job of telling people there was a caution! Whatever it doesn't matter. Larry is in bad shape. And we all (hopefully) hope that he makes a full recovery!
pugpug12 1 year ago
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HendrickFan2488548 1 year ago
is larry okay or in criticle condition?
sportsdud22 1 year ago
@sportsdud22 no life threatening injuries
HendrickFan2488548 1 year ago
UPDATE - Charlie Glotzbach listed in good condition. Larry Pearson undergoing evaluation. #BMS #NASCAR
Larry Pearson evaluation complete: Compound fracture of lower left ankle (requires surgery). Fractured pelvis, fractured right hand. #BMS
Surgery on Larry Pearson's fractured left ankle will take place tonight. No injuries were life-threatening. #BMS
these are tweets made by bristol just minutes ago
HendrickFan2488548 1 year ago
@HendrickFan2488548 thanks for the updates
ampenergy327 1 year ago
Bristol Motor Speedway Twitter: Larry Pearson evaluation complete: Compound fracture of lower left ankle (requires surgery). Fractured pelvis, fractured right hand.
nascar481000 1 year ago
@nascar481000 Better then being dead.
ampenergy327 1 year ago
holy s***
cp49907 1 year ago
i also hope both are ok. the fact they were driving faster didnt bother me as much as the lack of safety. the open face helmets, no gloves for guys like harry gant, and who knows what other rules were laxed so to give the guys there old feel. i really hope they still have this race next year as it is a ton of fun. just prayin for pearson and charlie.
dcfromcc 1 year ago