@clodge631992 NASCAR has been all about safety for a long time. They really make it safer than ever. Him surviving shows the safety built into these trucks and he had someone looking out for him
I remember watching this wreck live and just going "He's dead..." Most accidents that people are killed in don't look this bad. I know they didn't show any replays live until they confirmed he was alive first.
I remember watching this race live. I thought he was dead. The announcers think he is dead too by their tone as soon as the truck hits the wall. Amazing that he survived. Many people don't know this but Geoff Bodine built the bobsleds used by the US Olympic team at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
@AEMoreira81 The trucks create so much drag plus not having quite as much power as a cup car that they can get away without plates. If you look at the telemetry in this video the truck was under 180 in the tri-oval, which is close if not slower than the cup cars.
I was there that day and the whole place was silent after this. Everyone thought they had just witnessed a fatal accident. I think it was about 30 minutes later that Todd Bodine announced to the crowd that his brother had survived and was stable.
Got this race on tape up to the crash then they switched to ESPN2 because of the delay and I missed it becase we didn't have it at the time. The way the guys were talking, that's what I remember best. Ray Evernham saying "Uh oh," you knew it was bad.
Yes they were running without plates but the truck body created a lot of drag so they could get away with it.
i saw a doco on this crash and apparently a few people in the crowd where pretty messed up from that first fire ball cause the flames went right in!!! it was a long time ago i saw cant remember exactly, but one woman was pretty burned.
i saw a doco on this crash and apparently a few people in the crowd where pretty messed up from that first fire ball cause the flames went right in!!! it was a long time ago i saw cant remember exactly, but one woman was pretty burned
Holy crap man. I was just look up some crashes in Nascar but dam man this was probable the worst crashes i scene in my lifetime. I hope he still alive.OMG.
And this is why they have restrictor plates. They werent running restrictor plates at this race (i think it was one of the 1st few races for the trucks on a superspeedway) and now they have them
it's pretty eerie looking at this after the legends race at bristol incident. Marty Reid must have had a hell of a flashback, he said almost the the same thing at bristol he did here. Its sad much happened between daytona 2000 and 2001 (this horrific crash, adam petty, kenny irwin jr, and dale).
Geoff was talking about this on NASCAR's Sirius/XM channel the other day and he said he saw his dad and he(Geoff) thought he died and then his dad said it isn't his time yet.
It's incredible that he survived with as small injuries that he did.
Love how he says "This is gonna hurt!" Then he seemingly dies in a horrible wreck. As for the Dale Earnhardt question....he hit the wall head on, snapping his neck, where as Geoff disapated the energy over a long distance. Yes he had trama to his extremities (his arms are flailing around as he is tumbling) but his head and neck was relatively unscathed. I recorded this on my VCR back then and I still have it .
The truck flipped up into the catch fence, then it continued to bounce off of the fence and other trucks, I was watching it live, 10 years ago I believe, i remember thinking, there is no way he lived, it was a miracle he didn't die.
@NismoFinder You know what I'm still quite glad this crash wasn't fatal, cos' this crash is worse than most fatal crashes that have happened in Nascar.
Geoff broke his right wrist, right cheekbone, a vertebra in his back, and his right ankle, and also suffered a concussion. Nine fans were also injured in the accident.
i got this on wikipedia hope it helps if anyone was wondering thank god he survived
@AceNinja2112 You are a friggen idiot! I've spoken with Geoff Bodine personally about this crash 2 years ago and he's perfectly fine now. His heart DID stop momentarily in this crash but when it started pumping again and he came to, all he had were minor injuries (broken finger + ribs / concussion / bruises and such)..Dumbass.
@NismoFinder B.S.! I talked to him the other day and he is definitely still dead. You may be referring to his brother Jeff Bodine....he is alive and well and still racing.
@mzxrules Yes he does! The Bodine Brothers were an institution of NASCAR racing before the big crash that ended Geoff's life. Brother Jeff maintains the family legacy and contines to race to this day.
@AceNinja2112 ummmm......Geoff is alive, Brett never turned into anything, and Todd is still a sniveling little shit who races like its Days of Thunder. Geoff was one of my favorites back when though. His worst luck in Cup was going to Bud Moore, which by then was already a second rate team.
how did he survive that? his truck EXPLODED into a ball of fire into the catchfence, then barrelrolled, like 7 times,then got hit by, like 2 trucks. he must have a VERY strong spirit in order 2 survive that
I got this on tape. I dubbed it to a DVD. ESPN waited about 20 minutes before they started showing replays. They did this out of respect because everyone thought Geoff was dead.
I'm sorry but what kind of an idiot says "oh look out! This is gonna hurt!" when an accident happens? I mean sure, he didn't realize the accident would be that severe, but still/ Marty Reid is possibly one of the most overrated broadcasters ever/
@menard98 Jerry Punch is a really good pit reporter, and a below average play-by-play person. Reid falls in that category as well (sans pit reporter). But honestly, who does ESPN have anymore that can do play-by-play?
Was watching live on TV when this happened. I was absolutely certain I had just watched Geoff Bodine's death! It is some kind of a miracle that he survived. In fact, he has no serious health issues related to the crash.
He was in a coma for a while after this, and coulda-woulda-shoulda died in this accident, but somehow survived. As someone already mentioned though, he was in contention to win the Daytona 500 2 years later.
You could tell the announcers thought he died. It really is a miracle he survived, but his saving grace was probably that he never had a sudden stop or shift in momentum. Incredibly, he was racing 6 months later and was in contention to win the 2002 Daytona 500.
It's a horrible crash and I hope we never see anything like it again. Those who look forward to accidents like this are not true fans. Being fans of hard racing is one thing, but people who look forward to this are sick.
i watched this live on my lunch break. saw the accident and had to go back to work. told my boss,a big nacar fan, i think bodine is dead. thank the lord he survived the worse wreck i've ever seen in my nascar life. craftsman... tough trucks...tough drivers.
I was actually at this race when it happened. me and a friend were sittin 17 rows up from where the truck entered the fence. it was horrific. we felt the heat and debree from the truck. security and emergency responce teams done a very good job in making sure every1 was attended too. its a miracle that bodine lived to see another day!
I just noticed this too at about 0:16 the secruity guards wearing the yellow jackets when the truck hit the fence literally get thrown backwards like 10 feet from the pure force of the impact.
Geoff is one toough dude and it is always wonderful to hear Benny's voice again. I really miss Benny,, I really bummed when he died :( I feel he was one of the very best in the booth.
very lucky he survived! If anyone winds up in Mooresville, NC, visit the Memory Lane Museum (its on 150, just ask around for directions). It has tons of historic nascar racecars, including Bodine's truck crash that you just watched!
I talked to Geoff in 2007 about this crash at a Q&A session in Daytona and he said that he momentarily was dead because the impact so violent on the second hit his heart stopped but it wasn't long enough for any side-effects to occur. (this is what he was told when the Doctor did a full check-up)
Did you see his interview from the hospital the next day from his bed? Face was swolen like a pumpkin and black and blue. Damn, he looked so bad. Can't believe he survived that. That was the worst NASCAR wreck, ever.
He was one of the best but his wreck wasn't bad at all. The only reason he died from that was from his own stubbornness by refusing to wear the HANS device.
If you are talking about Earnhardt, he wasn't the only one who would not wear a HANS device. Many drivers wouldn't wear it because they just could not move their head around like they wanted to during a race.
It it wasn't Earnhardt that was going to get killed, it would be someone else.
Oh I realize he wasn't the only one that refused to wear the HANS device, but everyone who did refuse to wear it was being stubborn. Unfortunately someone was going to die eventually from a crash like that, and it just happened to be him, but it was technically his own fault.
No the HANS device was invented long before Dale Sr.'s death, and NASCAR had already started using it, but he refused to wear it claiming they were uncomfortable and he couldn't see anything.
Actually, I believe it went into use the year before, and I know it wasn't made mandatory until sometime around mid-2001. Open-faced helmets were also phased out (at least for the most part) right around the same time.
im 19 now but i lived in clearwater beach and when i was younger i was actually at this race in the infield with an rv. i still remember watching the fireball and cloud of smoke when he wrecked. amazing he lived
OMG!!!!!! geoff actually survived this!!! i bet lots of people thought he was dead on impact not to mention all the spectators in the way!!! when i seen this for the first time i was shocked to see that some one could have actually survived that. when the truck disintigrated thats when your hearts stops and you wait to find out if the guy dead or alive.
he's really lucky my father no him, after the crash he took a product called Mona-vie, he said that helped him ALOT after the crash and sped up the recouvery, but he is really lucky to servive that.
how did that not kill him
clodge631992 1 month ago
@clodge631992 he was just one of the very few lucky ones
robert8and4fan 1 month ago
@clodge631992 NASCAR has been all about safety for a long time. They really make it safer than ever. Him surviving shows the safety built into these trucks and he had someone looking out for him
dirtracer4life63 1 week ago
I remember watching this wreck live and just going "He's dead..." Most accidents that people are killed in don't look this bad. I know they didn't show any replays live until they confirmed he was alive first.
schlomo4 2 months ago
I remember watching this race live. I thought he was dead. The announcers think he is dead too by their tone as soon as the truck hits the wall. Amazing that he survived. Many people don't know this but Geoff Bodine built the bobsleds used by the US Olympic team at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
KA128183 4 months ago 7
You know some serious shit went down in a race when they go to commercial like they did.
tvnewsguy42 5 months ago
"uh oh"
10ace11 5 months ago
"Look Out, We Got Trouble! This Is Gonna Hurt!"
LOL Marty Reid FAIL.
LMCMInterloper 5 months ago
OUCH what a wreck
Gordontrek 5 months ago
datz usualy wat u say to sum1 after a bad day well yung buck -_-
saglikeme 6 months ago
WORST DAYTONA CRASH EVER!
TheReturnoflee 6 months ago 2
When Benny says "Yep," I can't help but thinking he said in his head, "yep...he's dead!"
girlcandream 7 months ago
@girlcandream lol my thoughts exactly.
RaiNSniperNation 5 months ago
Jeff my all time favorite driver watched him as a kid in upstate NY. Miss you Jeff.
KingDarkCoven 7 months ago
@KingDarkCoven geoff
rmendel100 4 months ago
@rmendel100 My Bad , I often drink a bit to much and make errors like that XD.
KingDarkCoven 4 months ago
flip i think u mean flips -_- lol
zezima12354 8 months ago
HOLY _
ParasiteQueen1 8 months ago
i miss benny parsons ;(
QuikdrawlMcgraw 9 months ago 11
@AEMoreira81 The trucks create so much drag plus not having quite as much power as a cup car that they can get away without plates. If you look at the telemetry in this video the truck was under 180 in the tri-oval, which is close if not slower than the cup cars.
rotaxint8 10 months ago
i saw this shit live when it happened i was like WHAT THE FUCK no way
ThizzinChampX24 10 months ago
I have to wonder---what was NASCAR thinking by running these trucks wide-open at Daytona when the cars had restrictor plates on them?
AEMoreira81 11 months ago
look out we got trouble this is gonna hurt! ya think.
therockerguy27 11 months ago
I was there that day and the whole place was silent after this. Everyone thought they had just witnessed a fatal accident. I think it was about 30 minutes later that Todd Bodine announced to the crowd that his brother had survived and was stable.
BadErnest 11 months ago
I am actually doing a social studies project on the crashes that changed nascar's history and safety features and boy was this a hard hit
gobackto82 11 months ago
Got this race on tape up to the crash then they switched to ESPN2 because of the delay and I missed it becase we didn't have it at the time. The way the guys were talking, that's what I remember best. Ray Evernham saying "Uh oh," you knew it was bad.
Yes they were running without plates but the truck body created a lot of drag so they could get away with it.
Brown92SG 11 months ago
I usually like seeing wrecks in NASCAR races, but not near-fatal or fatal crashes.
I don't want to see anyone seriously hurt or dead out there.
And I think that his wrecked car from this is on display somewhere.
STICKGUYMB 11 months ago
It's weird how in an accident like this the driver survives yet in a small simple crash Dale Sr. there's a fatality.
Spannerhead29 1 year ago
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i saw a doco on this crash and apparently a few people in the crowd where pretty messed up from that first fire ball cause the flames went right in!!! it was a long time ago i saw cant remember exactly, but one woman was pretty burned.
wilbza 1 year ago
i saw a doco on this crash and apparently a few people in the crowd where pretty messed up from that first fire ball cause the flames went right in!!! it was a long time ago i saw cant remember exactly, but one woman was pretty burned
wilbza 1 year ago
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LOL YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT.
jeffgrantnoradsanta 1 year ago
Those trucks were running without the restricter plate when they first raced at Daytona back in 2000.
DC322 1 year ago
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tvnewsguy42 1 year ago 2
man how can a truck flip like that i knew that he was probally dead
crazysheltons 1 year ago
That prooves there is a god because bodine survived that crash. They said that his helmet has marks from scraping the pavment...
H3RL 1 year ago
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@H3RL
lol you are a fucking idiot. that is not proof of any FAKE god you stupidly believe in
rhynerisdead 1 year ago
Holy crap man. I was just look up some crashes in Nascar but dam man this was probable the worst crashes i scene in my lifetime. I hope he still alive.OMG.
TheSlickSpencer 1 year ago
@TheSlickSpencer He is. This was back in 2000. He's still kicking. I d'no if he's racing anymore, though.
ArmadeusXxC 1 year ago
@ArmadeusXxC He still does a few races. He spends most of his time working on bobsleds for the US Olympic Team
ANotSoFriendlyGuest 11 months ago
And this is why they have restrictor plates. They werent running restrictor plates at this race (i think it was one of the 1st few races for the trucks on a superspeedway) and now they have them
celica49 1 year ago
thats got to be a red flag!
48fanjimmyjohnson 1 year ago
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it is a miracle that no fan or geoff suffered any life theatning injury
33kalam 1 year ago
0:14-0:15 u=guy on black shirt get zesty fire..
ShadowVikingClaw 1 year ago
how did he survive? did anyone get hurt in the audience?
pokemonrulz1231 1 year ago
@pokemonrulz1231 geoff bodine did...
Tryphon34 1 year ago
@pokemonrulz1231 wow fail sorry XD
Tryphon34 1 year ago
it's pretty eerie looking at this after the legends race at bristol incident. Marty Reid must have had a hell of a flashback, he said almost the the same thing at bristol he did here. Its sad much happened between daytona 2000 and 2001 (this horrific crash, adam petty, kenny irwin jr, and dale).
kloops43 1 year ago
Geoff was talking about this on NASCAR's Sirius/XM channel the other day and he said he saw his dad and he(Geoff) thought he died and then his dad said it isn't his time yet.
It's incredible that he survived with as small injuries that he did.
kamma333444 1 year ago
Love how he says "This is gonna hurt!" Then he seemingly dies in a horrible wreck. As for the Dale Earnhardt question....he hit the wall head on, snapping his neck, where as Geoff disapated the energy over a long distance. Yes he had trama to his extremities (his arms are flailing around as he is tumbling) but his head and neck was relatively unscathed. I recorded this on my VCR back then and I still have it .
Jelsick 1 year ago
No i don't get why Geoff bodine didn't die from this, but Dale earnhardt hit the wall and died
Stewart14rocks 1 year ago
The truck flipped up into the catch fence, then it continued to bounce off of the fence and other trucks, I was watching it live, 10 years ago I believe, i remember thinking, there is no way he lived, it was a miracle he didn't die.
TheSoxfan67 1 year ago
Nice magic trick. But really, were did the truck go?
MurphyMonster 1 year ago
Beastin it.
andthentheff 1 year ago
At least Bodine in his truck (or what would be left of it) kept going ahead...saving Bodine's life (but breaking just about his entire right side).
AEMoreira81 1 year ago
@NismoFinder You know what I'm still quite glad this crash wasn't fatal, cos' this crash is worse than most fatal crashes that have happened in Nascar.
barneynward 1 year ago
Geoff broke his right wrist, right cheekbone, a vertebra in his back, and his right ankle, and also suffered a concussion. Nine fans were also injured in the accident.
i got this on wikipedia hope it helps if anyone was wondering thank god he survived
JTZAMRKCJRCD 1 year ago
Did he died?
ilackedtheheart 1 year ago
Geoff Bodine is dead, its Jeff Bodine that's still racing or maybe it's the other way around....
AceNinja2112 1 year ago
@AceNinja2112 You are a friggen idiot! I've spoken with Geoff Bodine personally about this crash 2 years ago and he's perfectly fine now. His heart DID stop momentarily in this crash but when it started pumping again and he came to, all he had were minor injuries (broken finger + ribs / concussion / bruises and such)..Dumbass.
NismoFinder 1 year ago
@NismoFinder B.S.! I talked to him the other day and he is definitely still dead. You may be referring to his brother Jeff Bodine....he is alive and well and still racing.
AceNinja2112 1 year ago
@AceNinja2112 Geoff Bodine doesn't have a brother named Jeff...
mzxrules 1 year ago
@mzxrules Yes he does! The Bodine Brothers were an institution of NASCAR racing before the big crash that ended Geoff's life. Brother Jeff maintains the family legacy and contines to race to this day.
AceNinja2112 1 year ago
@AceNinja2112 yep, you're definitely trollin'.
mzxrules 1 year ago
@AceNinja2112 ummmm......Geoff is alive, Brett never turned into anything, and Todd is still a sniveling little shit who races like its Days of Thunder. Geoff was one of my favorites back when though. His worst luck in Cup was going to Bud Moore, which by then was already a second rate team.
snappy452 1 year ago
@AceNinja2112 their the same people
cutleryguy 1 year ago
I hope that no fans were hurt by that brief fire at 0:14.
barneynward 1 year ago
@barneynward 6 or 7 had minor burns and cuts and needed to be taken to the hospital, but nothing major thankfully.
NismoFinder 1 year ago
RIP Geoff, you are sorely missed!
AceNinja2112 1 year ago
@AceNinja2112 He didnt die
ORIANPSP 1 year ago
@ORIANPSP He's as dead as a doornail ! Look it up! No one can have an accident like that and survive. RIP Jeff Bodine ;(
AceNinja2112 1 year ago
@AceNinja2112 I don't actually find it funny to call people dead when they are alive...
Myrvold 1 year ago
@AceNinja2112 He didnt die he raced in the winston cup series in 2003
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AceNinja2112 1 year ago
how did he survive that? his truck EXPLODED into a ball of fire into the catchfence, then barrelrolled, like 7 times,then got hit by, like 2 trucks. he must have a VERY strong spirit in order 2 survive that
pokemonrulz1231 1 year ago
HOLP CARP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kingelvis24 1 year ago
i bet the people behind the fence shit when the truck exploded
my64impala1 1 year ago
the guy behind the fence who got burned survived? If he did, it´s really a miracle.
48Gijo 1 year ago
@jaredc621
All forms of racing is unpredictable, not just NASCAR
schoolcraftT 1 year ago 15
This remided me of Bobby Allison's crash at Talladaga in 1986. Just as violent
schoolcraftT 1 year ago
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schoolcraftT 1 year ago
since he got hit alot he could gotton killed
crazysheltons 1 year ago
nasty crash T_T
dunnlapradd 1 year ago
I was watching this live at a restaurant and the whole place went silent, Everyone thought he was killed . It is amazing he survived.
40somethingpartsman 1 year ago
"This is gonna hurt"
gunnergahs 1 year ago
Its amazing how that catch fence held up
MurphyMonster 1 year ago
he broke no bones and back and didnt fracture his cheek
aero4ev 1 year ago
@aero4ev
yes he did
CourtyardPigeon 1 year ago
My uncle is amazingly in the best condition. We are so happy he is alive!
aero4ev 1 year ago
he lived
jjjones64 1 year ago
@penske369 they've got allen bestwick
florida5fan 1 year ago
I got this on tape. I dubbed it to a DVD. ESPN waited about 20 minutes before they started showing replays. They did this out of respect because everyone thought Geoff was dead.
barb1fisher 1 year ago
@barb1fisher
I remember that...
CourtyardPigeon 1 year ago
Is there longer vids of this?
18sux29rox 1 year ago
I'm sorry but what kind of an idiot says "oh look out! This is gonna hurt!" when an accident happens? I mean sure, he didn't realize the accident would be that severe, but still/ Marty Reid is possibly one of the most overrated broadcasters ever/
penske369 1 year ago
@penske369 Maybe because they are running close to 200mph! that'd be my guess
wardaddy08 1 year ago
@wardaddy08 Still, that's not a good call. No matter how fast you are going or where at or whatever the situation is, don't say something like that.
penske369 1 year ago
@penske369 I agree.
wardaddy08 1 year ago
marty reid is a hell of alot better than jerry punch
menard98 1 year ago
@menard98 Jerry Punch is a really good pit reporter, and a below average play-by-play person. Reid falls in that category as well (sans pit reporter). But honestly, who does ESPN have anymore that can do play-by-play?
penske369 1 year ago
i was there.i was a few rows up from the fire ball
leetrikojat 1 year ago
man you must have shit yourself from that close haha. when was this anyway?
chrishansen28 1 year ago
Was watching live on TV when this happened. I was absolutely certain I had just watched Geoff Bodine's death! It is some kind of a miracle that he survived. In fact, he has no serious health issues related to the crash.
ricowv 1 year ago
I've been to one Nascar race. Dover Downs in the 80's. Geoff Bodine won in the Levi Garrett chevrolet.
I still can't believe he waved to the crowd as he was being removed from this crash.
clintonearlwalker 2 years ago 9
how could anybody survive somethin like this. Geoff ur a tough son of a gun
jmiller5141 2 years ago
my parents met Geoff back in c.1990
CrazyCoyote100 2 years ago
=O was he ok?!?
MyDylan23 2 years ago
He was in a coma for a while after this, and coulda-woulda-shoulda died in this accident, but somehow survived. As someone already mentioned though, he was in contention to win the Daytona 500 2 years later.
perrybdk03 2 years ago
few at least he was ok :)
MyDylan23 2 years ago
I love Daytona!
Jdub1515 2 years ago
im friends with his nephew hunter
dhenmania 2 years ago 2
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whooooooo caaaaaares
scheissmacht 2 years ago
Look how that 42 truck just T-BONED the 52 truck @ 0:24. Thats gotta hurt.
bigdaddymatty17 2 years ago
It was Rob Morgans fault. What a bone head.
bigdaddymatty17 2 years ago
This is when the truck series was known as tough trucks tough drivers.
bigdaddymatty17 2 years ago
You could tell the announcers thought he died. It really is a miracle he survived, but his saving grace was probably that he never had a sudden stop or shift in momentum. Incredibly, he was racing 6 months later and was in contention to win the 2002 Daytona 500.
It's a horrible crash and I hope we never see anything like it again. Those who look forward to accidents like this are not true fans. Being fans of hard racing is one thing, but people who look forward to this are sick.
systematicchaos 2 years ago 40
yea the way they cut to commercial and benny parsons i think was just like....yup. he had nothing else to say
rm125144 2 years ago
he should have been dead....someone upstairs must like him
rm125144 2 years ago 4
When i saw this live i honestly thought he was dead.
maybrook1 2 years ago 15
@maybrook1 me 2
7249xxl 1 year ago
i watched this live on my lunch break. saw the accident and had to go back to work. told my boss,a big nacar fan, i think bodine is dead. thank the lord he survived the worse wreck i've ever seen in my nascar life. craftsman... tough trucks...tough drivers.
wtfjr8 2 years ago 5
I was actually at this race when it happened. me and a friend were sittin 17 rows up from where the truck entered the fence. it was horrific. we felt the heat and debree from the truck. security and emergency responce teams done a very good job in making sure every1 was attended too. its a miracle that bodine lived to see another day!
dwrek53 2 years ago
Those guys were too close to the racetrack, there so unlucky
ms80kyle 2 years ago
I just noticed this too at about 0:16 the secruity guards wearing the yellow jackets when the truck hit the fence literally get thrown backwards like 10 feet from the pure force of the impact.
Gforcebond 2 years ago
right away the announcers were like fuck he's dead. They weren't like "OMG What an accident!" They were like oh shit...
Gforcebond 2 years ago 5
Geoff is one toough dude and it is always wonderful to hear Benny's voice again. I really miss Benny,, I really bummed when he died :( I feel he was one of the very best in the booth.
24dirtking 2 years ago 4
Damn, Son!!! GEOFF BODINE WAS SO LUCKY IN THAT ONE!THAT WAS QUITE UGLY!! AND SOUNDED UGLY, AS WELL!!
BoSoxfan1997 2 years ago
Racing just isnt the same as it used to be.
bigdaddymatty17 2 years ago 3
Sure miss Benny in the booth! Lot better the uh uh dale uh uh jarrett an lip smacking "JAMIE!!" Doc Punch.
sneeldson 2 years ago
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erasetoimprove 2 years ago
very lucky he survived! If anyone winds up in Mooresville, NC, visit the Memory Lane Museum (its on 150, just ask around for directions). It has tons of historic nascar racecars, including Bodine's truck crash that you just watched!
montyth 2 years ago
I can see how he survived on the initial crash, but that second hit was so bad at :24 that it's hard to comprehend his survival.
CourtyardPigeon 2 years ago
I talked to Geoff in 2007 about this crash at a Q&A session in Daytona and he said that he momentarily was dead because the impact so violent on the second hit his heart stopped but it wasn't long enough for any side-effects to occur. (this is what he was told when the Doctor did a full check-up)
NismoFinder 2 years ago
as anyone died??
portugalfan10 2 years ago
Surprisingly, NOBODY died.
taranchula97 2 years ago
jeez look at the security guy in yellow at 0:16 i bet he shit himself
grassy04 2 years ago
but yeh my dad was right above the crash too. he said it was jsut horrible.
CAlebSangster24 2 years ago
back injury and a broken wrist :O
strandennn 2 years ago
his engine flew out the truck and shot down the racetrack
jeanetdun 2 years ago
Why Geoff Bodine survived the crash: His momentum didn't suddenly stop and kept moving forward as what was the #15 LINE-X truck disintegrted.
AEMoreira81 2 years ago 2
You could tell the announcers thought he was dead.
CourtyardPigeon 2 years ago 12
you could tell everyone thought he was dead
xXxXBassistXxXx 2 years ago
Which is better MRN or PRN
MurphyMonster 2 years ago
Holy crap, it is Chuck. Hes at a race. There is still hope for NASCAR
MurphyMonster 2 years ago
0:16 Anybody notice that guy in black? He doesnt even flinch. I cant help but think thats Chuck Norriss LOL!
fudgeybrownies 2 years ago
lol i know haha.
CAlebSangster24 2 years ago
Did you see his interview from the hospital the next day from his bed? Face was swolen like a pumpkin and black and blue. Damn, he looked so bad. Can't believe he survived that. That was the worst NASCAR wreck, ever.
jonesy97 2 years ago
no, the worst one is when the man in black died, the intimadator will always b the best
krzykev91 2 years ago 4
Well, yeah, that was a loss NASCAR will never recover from, but I was talking about the sheer scope of carnage, fire and wreckage from one incident.
jonesy97 2 years ago
He was one of the best but his wreck wasn't bad at all. The only reason he died from that was from his own stubbornness by refusing to wear the HANS device.
F1V1 2 years ago
If you are talking about Earnhardt, he wasn't the only one who would not wear a HANS device. Many drivers wouldn't wear it because they just could not move their head around like they wanted to during a race.
It it wasn't Earnhardt that was going to get killed, it would be someone else.
PYLrulz1984 2 years ago
Oh I realize he wasn't the only one that refused to wear the HANS device, but everyone who did refuse to wear it was being stubborn. Unfortunately someone was going to die eventually from a crash like that, and it just happened to be him, but it was technically his own fault.
F1V1 2 years ago
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the hans devise wasnt invented until late 2001 after dale died
88ownsnascar 2 years ago
No the HANS device was invented long before Dale Sr.'s death, and NASCAR had already started using it, but he refused to wear it claiming they were uncomfortable and he couldn't see anything.
F1V1 2 years ago 5
ur face is ugly f1v1!
burtonfan2 2 years ago
Lol, I <3 you Bailey
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unlobobienperron05 2 years ago
It was invented....It just was not a requirement...
Theguyof93 2 years ago
Actually, I believe it went into use the year before, and I know it wasn't made mandatory until sometime around mid-2001. Open-faced helmets were also phased out (at least for the most part) right around the same time.
lpdoby 2 years ago
..yes it was. It wasn't mandatory until after.
a7x5631 2 years ago
That would suck if there was an applebees comercial after that.
Dntac24ku 2 years ago
that sucks that you have a vagina.
bax4010 2 years ago
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fudgeybrownies 2 years ago
got to love that Talladega Nights reference.
boutitbenza699 2 years ago
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I was watching this when it happened and I was just like the announcers "oh my......oh my"
I thought he was dead...even today I think he died and now has a body double...what else explains it?
CourtyardPigeon 2 years ago
he's alive....i guess thats the only other way lmao
dolphinmagic24fan 2 years ago
He lived? That is a crazy crash (:^|
jraybay 2 years ago
im 19 now but i lived in clearwater beach and when i was younger i was actually at this race in the infield with an rv. i still remember watching the fireball and cloud of smoke when he wrecked. amazing he lived
jj8zero 2 years ago
This is why he now only drives the pace car. It's nice that NASCAR let's him do that, shows respect.
PercyKay 2 years ago
Brett Bodine drives the pace car. Geoffery still drives sometimes in the #64.
jb51083 2 years ago 7
OMG!!!!!! geoff actually survived this!!! i bet lots of people thought he was dead on impact not to mention all the spectators in the way!!! when i seen this for the first time i was shocked to see that some one could have actually survived that. when the truck disintigrated thats when your hearts stops and you wait to find out if the guy dead or alive.
wheeldude454 2 years ago
hats off to Marty Reid's play by play "Oh look out this is gonna hurt." He said it before he even went airborne
braandpantiesmatch 2 years ago 7
he's really lucky my father no him, after the crash he took a product called Mona-vie, he said that helped him ALOT after the crash and sped up the recouvery, but he is really lucky to servive that.
panesyboy 2 years ago
9 fans got injured too..
Gforcebond 2 years ago 2
10 FANS GOT INJURED
Nicholas4141 2 years ago 2
at 0:30 you could tell everyone thought he was dead
XcaliberII 2 years ago
oh yeah. they really thought that. and with good reason.
johnmichaelpereira 2 years ago
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but ended his racing career (I think, or was it in 2000 when he retired)
frankisfunny2007 2 years ago
He still races... he tried qualifying for the Daytona 500 this year.
gbpackerswr84 2 years ago
oh ok
frankisfunny2007 2 years ago
He's got a lot of guts to hop in a car after THAT. If I didn't get killed in such a crash, I'd at least have shitted a hole in my pants.
nascarfanatic24 2 years ago 3