Ken Schrader Flips at Sears Point 1999

[dalejramped88]

I like how the safety guy pulls him out by his foot lmao

[normalboy64]

What month was this? Because the ESPN ticker at the bottom has Rose Bowl matchups already and usually Sonoma is in the summertime.

[SKracing]

@normalboy64 espn2 reran a bunch of races during the holiday season way back when. it's the rebroadcast you're seeing here.

[DHHSSTUDENTNEWS]

1999. When Nascar was primarily on ESPN 2...my how this sport has grown

[GTfangotech]

@TheRadioSpirit they started making you go to the care center after all wrecks because Ricky Rudd used to race after crazy injuries. After the Busch Clash wreck Ricky race with his eyes taped open because they were so swollen

[HomeDepot20TS]

@GTfangotech For some reason that made me laugh. I can just imagine drivers saying "Damn that Rudd" during the ride to the care center after a routine crunch up. Haha.

[JeffGordon24Dupont]

Did they change this corner after this race? It would make sense since they had two cars flip in the same turn during one race.

[pivot6644]

i love how ESPN didnt use any emotion

[TheCougarFrom1983]

Good O'l Days when drivers would get out & just walk back, back when NASCAR was guinwine

[hersheypup]

2 flips at separate cautions...I've seen at Daytona 2 flips at once

[jake99776]

wow what a response NASCAR. No ambulance GREAT JOB

[celticvisions4]

kenny's the man!!

[RallyDude1515]

I'm so glad we don't have an oval track in N. Californina.

Nascar doesn't realize how much more of a fanbase they could get if they only raced road courses.

[dimerules88]

@RallyDude1515

yer but then it would be boring, plus we wouldnt get the hell fast speeds liek at talladega, daytona and that which is whta i love, but your right

[Metallica3636]

@dimerules88 I wouldnt mind having a couple more road courses but keeping the super speedways. Also more short tracks

[Dunkelheit2s]

@RallyDude1515

Umm have heard of Altamont Raceway park.

[RallyDude1515]

@Dunkelheit2s That little thing? I didn't think that qualified as a substantial venue.

[Dunkelheit2s]

@RallyDude1515 Maybe but hey it's still a oval.

[88fanandteamlosi]

he stays on the ruf

[19seth91]

I think road courses are exciting in fact I wish there were more road courses

[tdiharold5265]

dallas vs new orleans that matchup came on nfl network last saturday cowboys beat undefeated saints 24-17 go cowboys they lost that day in 99 31-24 im talking bout that cause its in bottomline

[boyisgood2085]

what's great is you are full of shit, last time i checked NFL didn't play in June, I dont understand why the bottomline is talking about NFL football and College Bowl Games, it is blowing my mind. But this race was definetly run June 27, 1999

[penske369]

@boyisgood2085 Its obviously a replay of the race. ESPN2 didn't show live NASCAR races, and at the end of each year, they would replay some. Hence the bowl game announcements.

[TheRadioSpirit]

I like how he just walked back to the pit area. Today they throw you in the truck and drive you to the care center, sometimes for the smallest things

[PYLrulz1984]

@TheRadioSpirit

Yeah, but you never do know what happened to yourself when you are in a crash like that. Initially, the adrenaline is running in you, and you might not know you broke an arm or did something bad, not until well after everything. Would like for my driver take that ride to make sure everything is ok before anything else.

[JRracing0116]

Am i the only person who is wondering y there r football scores and college bball info on the ESPN2 bottem line........?

[WW2obsession]

Why wouldn't there be? It's ESPN brah

[JRracing0116]

no just cuz the fact that the scores on the bottom line.....they are fall sports n they race at sears point in june....

[MIBFreakPack]

Offseason updates I guess

[Cod4monster]

haha he sais that there safe...2 years later a legend died. r.i.p Dale.

[PatronSaint210]

I got a hat signed by him before this race started.

[e521soediv]

lol look at kenny runnin

[cbatiste]

ahh i miss that theme song

[MIBFreakPack]

I think we all miss it

[e521soediv]

i thougt MR. harry gant drove the #33

[InvisibleTeeth]

This was 1999. Gant retired in '94

[the42anonymous]

it isn't uncommon to flip at a track like that, you'll notice that the hills are butted right up to the track. Most tracks that run F-1 or open wheeled cars have very large flat sand pits around the outside of high speed turns.

[JakeTV248]

This was a really wierd race. 2 Flips?! 2 FLIPS?! God, that is pretty wierd!

[montyth]

same with the fall Tally race in 2005 with Waltrip and Riggs! As rare as you see flips in NASCAR its extremely rare to have 2 in the same race!

[bgcatfan]

@JakeTV248 Reminds me of that one Rockingham race where Carl Long and Robby Gordon got off their wheels. Bizarre.

[stopmotions44]

@JakeTV248 and on a road corse

[justwin42]

@JakeTV248 If memory serves me, Bobby Labonte also flipped in Practise or Qualifing for this race, or maybe another at Sears Point

[JeffGordon24Dupont]

@justwin42 I think it was Ward Burton. He spun out during his qualifying run one year and flipped it too.

[DogbitE6661]

@JakeTV248 lol I know right?!?! And it was at a track other than daytona or Talladega!!

[chathamrescue88]

glad good ol kenny was ok, he got his excercise that day though

[summabomb]

i hope the guy with the fire extinguisher got fired, what an idiot

[jaw5083]

Ken Schrader is the father of the anti-climax. Everytime you think he is going to go after someone he just runs across the track or when you think he's throwing something at someone he puts it down or spikes it on the ground

[emmy8603]

thats because he is not dumb and knows what will happen if he loses his temper, fines and penalties and such, and he doesnt want that. Is it such a bad thing that a driver can control his temper?

[jaw5083]

Not at all, thats why he's one of my favorites!

[emmy8603]

yeah me too, hes been my favourite driver for a while now, well since he started driving the M&M's car, i get some flack for it, but its cool, i can take it but i can also dish it out just as well, lol

[GreenPantsguy]

Bob Jenkins sounded very concerned, almost think he was having a flash back to J.D.'s fatal crash at the glen. Both cars were upside down in the same fashion.

[2sucks]

who the hell do you flip at infinion

[O5fan]

I don't know. I've never flipped anyone at Infineon. Who do you flip?

[itsalleternal]

It was one of the easiest (if not the easiest) track to flip at in the past since you could hit tires or the ground just about anywhere from turn 1 all the way back to the pit entrance. Many of those hills have since been graded out though.

[Troggle84]

I count 5 flips for Winston/Nextel Cup cars and one for a Craftsman Truck at Infineon since 1989. One in the '89 race for Mark Martin, the 2 in this race in 1999, one in the 1994 race for John Krebs (a Winston West driver) and one in practice for the 1994 race for Rich Woodland, Jr. that I only discovered last week.

[braves15]

I think there are a couple more. Michael Waltrip flipped in qualifying there in '89, I think, and I know for sure that Ward Burton flipped in qualifying in 2000, because I have seen a video of it.

[Troggle84]

Forgot about Ward's flip when I typed that in November.

[Troggle84]

It's actually 8 for the Cup Series. In addition to the ones previously mentioned, Michael Waltrip and Jimmy Means rolled in practice in 1989 ('89 had 6 rollover crashes that year alone, total, 3 at Sears Point), and Derrike Cope apparently rolled in practice in 1990. And, there's the rollover by Jeff Jefferson in the Camping World West Series last year. We're not even counting Dale Jarrett's lazy roll onto his side in 1995.

[kingofrunescapepking]

there is no footage of waltrip, means, or cope

[joha107]

There is incar footage of Cope's flip, search for the 1990 cup race and you'll find it on here.

[itsalleternal]

Also Ward Burton in 2000 in practice.

[sleeperhold24]

haha, owned

[nascarfan13]

WOW twice in one race in the same spot. man.

[goreds03]

was this b4 or after parks wreck

[sam4999]

after

[DirtTrax68]

I cant stand to hear Bob Jenkins

[Ernde38]

What!? I think he's one of the greatest play-by-plays sports commentators ever! Him and Mike Joy are my top 2.

[Ernde38]

What!? I think he's one of the greatest play-by-play sports commentators ever! He's right up there with Mike Joy in my Top 2.

[meatmarket]

You are an idiot.

[wardman21]

i remember watching the following inside winston cup show after this race. when they introduced kenny, they had the camera upsidedown. pretty funny

[wolves16]

What was with rolling cars over that day?

[itsalleternal]

Road courses, apart from the plate tracks, are the easiest places for cars to flip, as they have so many situations (tire walls, elevation changes, grooved walls) that can launch a car.

[EarnhardtJrFan4Life]

@itsalleternal Yeah , and a regular NSCS Stock Car is to heavy for the turns to begin with..

[battalionfan888]

ty very much for posting

[rustyshackleford01]

hmmm, I've wanted to see this