Randy Lajoie Flips Wildly At Daytona 1984 LIVE

[mink31]

Ken Squire is the man - "2nd generation driver" - the man knew his stuff!

[dolphinfanatic3939]

Never understood why it was soooo important for the Ken Squire to say what city and state his was from as he's smashing into the wall. lol

[wpsracing108]

that is amazing live television I must say!

[topmech71]

Ken squier was the best at calling races, "And Randy lajoie slams into the WAAALLLLL!" he should be in the nascar Hall of Fame one day. And by the way, I was at this race sitting almost directly across from the crash and I'll never forget the sound of him hitting that wall, it sound like a huge cannon went off. He only suffered minor injuries, but it did knock him out. I remember seeing his helmut resting against the window net.

[TheCougarFrom1983]

...And the fact you hear drivers today bitch about safety. Sure would hate to see Kyle Busch survive back in these days

[ricketson001]

Makes my rear hurt. He had to have broken his butt bone!

[406590]

WHF Is that David Hobbs with Ken Squire

[tab1976]

Wow, he should be wearing his ass for a cap after that

[utheman01]

Im shocked he didnt poop out his head...

[MVboys2]

0:01 bubble?

[topmech71]

man i was at this race with my dad and uncle, we were sitting in the grandstands adjacent to where he hit the wall. I will never forget the sound when he hit like a cannon. there were people in the infield on top of campers man they were running for cover

[davidallenroth]

no wonder why hes a pot head. must need it to calm the nerves. im sure this gives hm terrible flash backs

[AlYassou3Rabbi]

Spine cruncher... ouch

[Debo318]

Hah, my cap

[MERCEDESKID55]

@xpn52 i really dont know much about the crash other than seeing it in a nascar magazine. Bothe of the cars were demolished and it didnt look like either one of them would h ave survived! sorry i didnt get back sooner

[HEATH248]

Always a pleasure hearing Ken Squire. That has to be one of the hardest hits I've ever seen.

[jerksteve]

My Dad(Gote Snellman) built this car with Bob Johnson . I love watching this. His Name is on the quarter panel . Kaj and Gote Snellman Double R racing . I went to so many races back then on the Nascar north tour . And Randy did end up winning the championship up there a year or two later.

[phxracing42]

@jerksteve thanks man im having someone make this car for a game and i finally got what that says

[F1V1]

It's amazing how CBS/TBS could capture perfect replays in 1984 and from 2010 onward we'll still never know what exactly happened to Elliot Sadler at Pocono, thanks to ESPN's shitty coverage. Thanks ESPN.

Ken Squier was a marvelous commentator. One of the best in my book, hands down.

[erasetoimprove]

so were people wondering what the hell Daytona was thinking with that wall in 1984? Or did people not really think about it until cars started flying towards it? If we saw that kind of wall today so close to the racing surface I'm pretty sure every fan and driver alike would be hollaring about it. I mean, yeah Pocono has similar angled walls but they are a good distance off the race track... this was in a prime area where cars have always spun to the inside.

[talladegajunkie1439]

"OH, AND IN TROUBLE ITS THE 07 LAJOIE!!! RANDY LAJOIE SLAMMING INTO THE WALL!!!!!! RANDY LAJOIE OUT OF NORWALK, CONNETICUT HAS DESTRYOED HIS AUTOMOBILE!!!!

Squire was the best for calling races.

[tjazz05]

Does anyone have both Twin 125 races for 1984 as well as the 1982 & 1986 races? I've seen the 1980 & 1981 Twin 125 races. I would love to see these races...Thank you :-)

[mreed91]

@rossjohn93 this was back when they called the race the day after. He was faking surprise because he drinks leopard semen.

[hersheypup]

Ricky Rudd's flip is like Lajoie's but Lagjoie slams the wall.

FACT:Lagjoie fliped at the same year of Rudd's flip

[MERCEDESKID55]

This isnt the first big crash Lajoie has been in. Back earlier in the years, He and Jim Hurtibuise has a serious crash at Talledega or Daytona. It was really bad!!

[stever411]

NOT a good place to place a wall.

[ROBLOXdude95]

Was that Eli Gold commentating?

[vidcreations]

I was at Daytona sitting across from the wreck in the stands. It sounded like a bomb went off. I looked at my brother and we both said at the same time, he's dead.

[MegaNucka]

well he aint dead lol

[kuhndog52]

betcha his ass was killing him the next day ha ha

[e521soediv]

I sure he had cushioned seats because if not, then his booty would be sore as a mutha fucka. He probably had a fractured ass bone.

[thecicadaking]

@e521soediv Hahahahahahahahahaahahahahahah­aahahahaahahahhahaahahah....Ha­ha..Ha...Ha.Haa

[tasha613560161]

this is like ricky rudd

[ma55aracin9]

...the only difference being that LaJoie hit the infield wall...RIGHT UNDER HIS SEAT @ :05; OOOOUUUUUCH!!!

*it's a miracle it didn't became a career-ender for him*

[jlogano20]

*it's a miracle it didn't became a life-ender for him*

[ma55aracin9]

@jlogano20

that would've been really terrible,don't you think?

[jlogano20]

yeah that used to happen entirely to often

Dale Earnhardt ,Kenny Irwin Adam petty

JD McDuffie etc

[HarvestmanMan]

@ma55aracin9 ...and if it did, he wouldn't have won a Busch Series championship.

[anthonystuart69]

@ma55aracin9 i think that's part of why Randy went on (after his career was over) to start his racing seat company, The Joie of Seating, which makes roughly the safest seats possible for race cars

[Papoose888]

only randy lajoie could win 2 busch series championships after that

[dolphinmagic24fan]

how in the hell did he live

[33skoalbandit]

David Hobbs becomes the first person to realize that wall is probably not a good idea.

[rossjohn93]

I like the way Ken Squire can call a race.

[ma55aracin9]

SQUIER: ".....R. LaJoie slamming INTO THE WALL!"

i agree with you 100%; those were the days when real sportscasters called the play-by-play -and lap-by-lap- just as it happened; nowadays all we can hear is -mostly- some jockeys uttering the wrong moves....AT THE WRONG TIME

[thepspman116]

@rossjohn93 and jackie stewart

[ShyteKreek46]

@thepspman116 I think that's actually David Hobbs.

[thepspman116]

@ShyteKreek46 yeah myy bad.

[underroathfreak]

i know randy lajoie in person. my brother in law used to work for him!

[brigaterosse71]

lucky he didn't hit it topside

[ma55aracin9]

...unlike Andy Farr's nasty wreck @ Daytona 10 years later

[SwanKong11]

I think it might have been fatal if he hit top side.

[rockyPC48]

wow hard hit O.O