Randy Lajoie's Twin 125 Crash, 1984

[corvetteusa01]

how did he not die from that

[penske369]

What was this clip taken from? I assume its from an intro for a race, but I'm not sure which one.

[americanidiot121234]

haha

[hersheypup]

ill say the thing

oh bubbling trouble it's Randy Lajoie,Randy Lajoie slaming IN THE WALL!Randy Lajoie on Norway Kennedcit,destroyed hes auto mobile

[gobackto82]

@hersheypup Another one in trouble it's randy LaJoie. Randy LaJoie slaming in the wall. Randy LaJoie out of Norwalk, Connecticut, destroyed his automobile.

[Godflesh88]

Im surprised Randys spine didnt compress and shatter with that hit. Damn that must've hurt the next morning...

[DogbitE6661]

Scary wreck for sure and it's nice to see Randy survived to race again, the anouncer tho, lkao, timeless

[zynski64]

amazing he survived that crash

[racingformusic]

That looks a lot like Ricky Rudd's crash that very same year in the Clash.

[SwanKong11]

holy FUCK that is a hard hit into the wall..

[RacerRose]

I was 9 years old and sitting in the stands off of turn 4 when this happened in 1984 during one of the Twin 125's. I still remember how hard the hit sounded when the cars flat bottomed the old dirt embankment.

[spasticchuckles016]

glad that they replaced those dirt banks with safe, durable walls that absorb some of the impact. There would worse crashes if they hadn't.

[Dunnybrusher]

Was that Busch Clash?

[roryfixkar]

Gatorade Duels were called Twin 125s back then.

[ma55aracin9]

"....R Lajoie slamming...INTO THE WALL!"

man oh man,our commentator sounded like it was an MLB,NBA or EVEN NFL game,don't you think?

besides,this qualifies for NASCAR'S scariest moments.

PERIOD

[driven5fly]

@ma55aracin9 he was one of the best.

[sabbathbassdude14]

whats up with the jurassic park music??

[Porygonseizureman]

@sabbathbassdude14 The wall is a T-Rex to the cars!

[nascarsignore]

at 0:04 you can see the rookie stripes

[ozzilla45]

I used to know randy's son.

[TheCougarFrom1983]

Who owned this #07 car that Randy LaJoie was driving for?

[3fan4eva]

According to racing reference. Bob Johnson

He only entered 3 races (1 in 85' and 2 in 86' With Randy Lajoie and Morgan Shepherd in the 86' Daytona 500

[mink31]

Bob Johnson owned the #17 Modified on the Mod Tour for years Randy's father Don drove for him and put this deal together.

[mdagostino25]

Cool I run his seats im in tight with randy hes a funny guy

[TheCougarFrom1983]

WoW! I wish we still had wrecks like that today. That looks like fun, I wish I could get a chance and drive a NASCAR and take a wild ride like that.

[redneck1918]

Just Heard Randy On Sirius. He Said When He Was Pulled Out Of The Car, He Couldn't Breathe... Randy Said They Pulled A Clump Of Grass "Big As A Softball" Out Of His Mouth.

[SwanKong11]

Its a good thing he hit on the bottom of his car, otherwise he might have ended up like Greg Moore, RIP. Thank God he survived.

[Jimdish255]

He could easily have died. A chunk of his helmet was taken off on the way to a serious concussion. Story was his car was real fast. He was passing cars. Only problem was the closing speed as he came up on Dale Jr. He made a choice to cut the wheel left instead of maybe turning Dale.

If Randy didn't crash that day? At his age and talent he may have had a successful GN/Cup career.

Later won BGNN, back to Daytona but wrecked 2x in Qual races (won Consi). Later won Busch crown and BGN Daytona.

[Ruddfan1997]

don't think Dale Jr was in BGN in 1984

[ILikeCheeze24]

and this was in Winston Cup to not BGN ;)

[NSracing1]

Dale JR rofl his rookie year was 2000 lol

[wolves16]

The most strategically placed wall in the history of Nascar. It got Lajoie, Darrell Waltrip, some ARCA guys, almost got Ricky Rudd in 84...

[F1V1]

Got Phil Finney as well.

[kingofrunescapepking]

when did it get darrell

[carguysn]

1983 daytona 500 darrell was racing to the caution flag to get a lap back in a brand spankin new Pepsi "challenger" Monte Carlo SS and a slow car moved in front of him and DW lost it trying to avoid the slow car and nailed the wall head-on. DW cant remember a thing from the first half of the '83 season.

[kingofrunescapepking]

wow, im gonna have 2 google that

[LouisMenchise]

Very similar crash to LaJoie's. Scary stuff.

[ejs1978]

That wreck was kind of similar to Ricky Rudd's crash in the Busch Clash that very same year.

[F1V1]

Maybe somewhat because of the spot they both crashed at but Rudd never hit the wall when LaJoie did, plus Rudd had alot more of a violent flip.

[fwayndo1]

oh bubbaba in trouble it 07 lajoie

[Ruddfan1997]

LOL I just noticed that maybe he was calling David hobbs that?

[fwayndo1]

pfft i dont know i just thought it was funnyz:P

[jwcalla1]

I think it was, "Ohhh another one in trouble..."

[carlEfan99]

This is rustyfan's capture.

[word360]

What's with the Jurassic Park music? lol

[fwayndo1]

dunno if he was hurt there or not.. looked like a pretty hard hit

[word360]

I don't know about the injuries, but he survived.

[fwayndo1]

yes i know that he still races cup cars occasionally