NASCAR Legends - Fatal Racing Accidents

[MrGuilhermebrasil]

CaRaLhO!!!!!!!!esporte amador é assim memo



[rishabhbt]

I salute all nascar drivers

[BrettSAVAGE04]

don mactavish at 1:47 gives me chills everytime I watch it. RIP.

[laytonsri150]

@BrettSAVAGE04 i know what you mean, most brutal NASCAR crash i've ever seen.

[CALLWILLIE100]

@BrettSAVAGE04 that suck i never see nothing like that

[machiiniiima]

@BrettSAVAGE04 yea man he got cut to pieces when his exposed body was hit. alot of people puked or fainted when it happened :(

[mossyoak0855]

On your list it is missing kenny erwin and adam petty at mishigan

[123redrules]

i wish this guy would disable comments

[boltbandits]

you just have to understand that all of these wrecks were pre safer-berrier walls, it was like getting hit by a train hitting any type of non-safer berrier wall. check out dale jr's wreck at dover, it knocked him out cold and it looks like it was nothing at all.

[Tropicsca]

What a bunch of idiots

[boltbandits]

@Tropicsca you are the most ignorant piece of shit ever. why the fuck would you post comments like that you god damn bitch. why would you even consider posting that shit, on a nascar death tribute video. i bet your a little bitch that trys to start shit on youtube, but your nothing but pathetic in person.

go fuck yourself.

[Tropicsca]

@boltbandits no seriously, dale ernhardt was a great man and a great driver, but i expected a better death crash than THAT...

[RockHotTamales]

@Tropicsca YOU SUCK. THEY RISKED THEIR LIVES TO DO WHAT THEY DID BEST! race.

[The1994Gforce]

@Tropicsca You gotta lotta nerve speakin' ill of the dead. These crashes may not look scary, but they kill. These crashes revoloutize NASCAR by givin' ideas to safety. Have you seen what happend to Michael McDowell at Texas? He emerged from that wreck without a scratch, because these drivers' deaths, God rest their souls, raised the concern of safety. "A bunch of idiots?" Damn you.

[Tropicsca]

Earhardt...That was a pathetic death crash. I expected better.

[RockHotTamales]

i mean everybody AROUND him.

[RockHotTamales]

McTavish, my grandpa was there. He said at least 53 percent of everybody threw up or fainted. Seeing his possibly dead body exposed than hit into bits.

[isaiahmarker]

2:54 everything starts exploding

[isaiahmarker]

REALLY BAD WRECKS!!!!! R.I.P. All of you! :(

[VoltageTHD]

The all are racing in heaven.

[1969camaroLS2]

1:50 is byfar i think the hardest to sit and watch

[HamiltonCityMan]

1:50 is the worst crash i have ever seen

[sr71sr71]

Don Mactavish crash gave me a sudden sick feel. That was just....morbid.

[monkeyboythe3rd]

R.I.P. All of you

[Dbraddy15]

@1:53 I had a shiver go down my body...

[Jgallstar1]

It's sad, you watch all these accidents and then you watch Earnhardt's. It didn't look deadly at all but still... RIP.

[442hoeky]

@Jgallstar1 I always think the same thing - looked like nothing. Then you realize that he would have been fine if he would have just agreed to the HANS device he so hated. Very sad.

[BrianFalconsFan2]

Dan MacTavish good lord if i saw racing that day that wreck i would quit the race that was horrible

[m4rkhutz]

@BrianFalconsFan2 you can apply that to the indy car series as well. do you think those guys want to go back to vegas? Fuck that noise.

[MultiMadd123]

1:50 HOLY

[BrianFalconsFan2]

@MultiMadd123 Don magtavish's wreck was the worst there wasent a damn front end to that car

[chipchuckchop]

they just didnt back off back then did they? like theres a crash and 30 seconds later a bunch of them come around not even paying attention and plough straight into a stationary car.

[442hoeky]

@chipchuckchop They were racing to beat the pace car out of pits - driving blindly into smoke screens (and other cars). Tragic, to say the least.

[theracingguru21]

well i tihkn mactavish was dead before he got hit. it is so sad to see all the cars with roofes crunched down, doors slammed in and these crashes. its scary

[theracingguru21]

@pspfanboy101  blaise alexander died after earnhardt in 02

[grego5701]

all off them are dead?

[Slmjm884]

@grego5701

ALL of the crashes were fatal.......

[pspfanboy100]

Notice that after Dale's death, Nobody else has been killed.... O_o

[IMcInerney621]

@pspfanboy100 it was all a conspiracy.

[pspfanboy100]

@IMcInerney621 Everything is a conspiracy.....

[IMcInerney621]

@pspfanboy100 touche.

[racer262006]

@IMcInerney621 You..are an idiot.....

[IMcInerney621]

@racer262006 you sir, are the idiot. i was making a joke... jesus, have some humor.

[JagermeisterDetox]

I like how it's impossible to read the top rated comment. can someone please translate?

[kleomacdonald]

Nascar has done a great job and making these cars safe. Thanks for the share.

[snprjackson]

Well done video, thanks for sharing.

[lamboboy001]

my opinion, both f1 and nascar are extremely safe now, and there are hardly ever any injuries in both. I personally would just feel safer in a nascar, seeing as its closed as opposed to open. And its no coincidence that both f1 and nascar improved their safety AFTER an icon from each series was killed

[gturner38]

@lamboboy001 I know open cockpit cars expose the driver's head to potential impact, but with lower car counts, large runoff areas/gravel traps, and tighter corners, the crashes aren't as violent. For that reason, I would take road racing over ovals regardless of the type of car.

[WHITERTHANHITLER]

Heavy video.



[Hazzaismaname]

I got chills down my body at 1:53 :((

[rds2133]

R.I.P all !!!!!!!!!

[0417469006]

R.I.P.

[f12018]

1:50 OMFGG !!!!

[Jamersonde]

You forgot Adam Petty in 2000.

[cagedtigersteve]

There's a lot who died at Daytona, but there's even more who died at Indy.

[WolfEverstone]

It actually hurt me inside to watch this.

Thanks for the upload.

[wesleyjc80]

Ok, not to say that i don't like watching the races cuz i do. They are interesting and i just love to watch what they love to do but i LOVE the history of this motor sport. From its humble beginnings of moonshine runners and "outlaws" to what it is today. I love reading about the stories and about the drivers, cars and Nascar itself. About how they got to what we see today. And trust me you get a better appreciation to what you see if you understand the history. That's with any sport though.

[kinkbmx490]

R.I.P to all who have died.

Nascar is a lot safer than F1 =))

[sammieboj]

@kinkbmx490 That's a joke right?

[kinkbmx490]

@sammieboj i forgot what i posted? sorry what was it about

[sammieboj]

@kinkbmx490 NASCAR being more safe than F1.

[kinkbmx490]

@sammieboj well in my opinion i would nascar is more safe than F1 and indycar especially what happened to dan wheldon in las vegas in 2011. i say nascar is more safe since F1 has no cover where there heads can be visible and could be hit by debris and i think you would get it

[LMCMInterloper]

AN AD BEFORE A FATAL CRASH COMP??? WTMF?????

[theatercatz]

The Twin 125 @ Daytona was NOT a favorable race for drivers!

I am glad I wasn't in to NASCAR until the safety features were strengthened.

RIP all who have made racing safer those who have followed.

[woolridge48]

I know there isn't footage but you should have included Adam Petty in this.

[woolridge48]

1:54 holy fuck!

[kybootlegger]

you are all idiots these was nascar drivers doing what they loved and dird doing it now they racing the race of their lifes with the name s of the 1s on this vidio with a few others as start and parks

[AP93Playa]

@kybootlegger what the FUCK are you saying?

[MrNerfornothing]

f1 is safer

[kingmatt334]

@MrNerfornothing No it aint. Go ask Dan Wheldon

[MrNerfornothing]

@kingmatt334

that was indycar

go look on the f1 Official website and look up safety and theres lots stuff on the page

[kingmatt334]

@MrNerfornothing They drive the exact same cars

[MrNerfornothing]

@kingmatt334

go look on the f1 Official website and look up safety they even banned refueling during a race

[MrNerfornothing]

@kingmatt334

the last death was in 1994 in f1



[kingmatt334]

@MrNerfornothing No it was in 2010. Indy car series drives the same cars as F1

[MrNerfornothing]

@kingmatt334 they look the same but there not in safety have u seen the amount of safety changes in f1. f1 is better 

[TheEvanovitch]

@kingmatt334 they are totally different cars, f1 is one hell of alot safer, every single part has been through a couple of tests, for example the wishbones need to break in a specific way during impact so it slows down the car and wont be able to hit the drivers head, btw the last death in f1 was 1994, the death of ayrton senna, the greatest driver ever.

[BlueThunderfanracing]

@TheEvanovitch uh, if you flip, you could die almost instantly.

[TheEvanovitch]

@BlueThunderfanracing no you cant, thats why the big airscoop above the drivers head is also called roll bar, it makes sure your head never will be able to hit the ground, and i know the other arguments like if you flip on gravel it will digg in, but then you still have the headrests to make sure you still wont hit the grond. if ya dont believe me, go watch the 2007 crash of kubica at canada.

[kingofrunescapepking]

@TheEvanovitch Exactly. Kubica was more seriously injured in a rally car than he was in Montreal

[TheEvanovitch]

@kingofrunescapepking right, and another nice example, the christian albers crash at imola 2006, if it was indycar or formula bmw or something, it could have been fatal, or at least wounds or stuff, but albers just walked away without a single scratch or bruze

[kingofrunescapepking]

@TheEvanovitch I guess. I don't think I've seen that one though

[NASCAR48Fan1]

@TheEvanovitch It may be safer, but racing is still dangerous no matter what.

[TheEvanovitch]

@NASCAR48Fan1 actiually, f1 isnt, the cars are built so noone can die, succesfully performed since 1994, thats almost 18 years now, and the last serious injury we saw was michael schumacher breaking his leg about 9 years ago, so actiually walking down the stairs is alot more dangerous than f1, alot more people get hurt doing that

[collinw11]

@TheEvanovitch im not performing in this argument. but all i will say is that there are TONS more people that walk down stairs than there are people racing indycars. but yes i do see your point. :)

[DDFJ1230]

1:47 was brutal

[tdiharold5265]

I think its weird how Dale was the last one to die, in the top 3 divisions anyway

[XxSiiCkXKiilZxX]

@ 4:46 u knew he was dead if u see this.

[XxSiiCkXKiilZxX]

@3:28, just wow

[XxSiiCkXKiilZxX]

@1:47, like this if this crash scared the shit outta u damn

[Mr17Mikas]

1:54 to już przegięcie

[Mr17Mikas]

1:50 Po prostu straszne!

[kane570003]

REST IN PEACE DALE SR

[AlphaRBLX]

John Nemechek wreck,My parents wereboth there

[AlphaRBLX]

3:00 my dad was at that race

[MrSnowrocks]

1:50 , that one was scary

[TrentTheHedgie]

@MrSnowrocks That first hit knocked him out, the second hit, took his legs off, if you look really close, I think one of them flies off to the right.

[BruinsRock8]

Why do they all seem like they're at Daytona?

[TrentTheHedgie]

@BruinsRock8 27 racers died there, not just NASCAR racers either

[hotstuffandicecream]

An absolute great video for the true race fan. Sad endings but some great footage. Also the perfect Southern Rock Band and song for the sport with Southern roots. Thanks for sharing!

[TheRacingClown]

I swear they might as well call Daytona no mans track

[sKiiTs8]

Great song to go with it

[kiloggolik]

Well "Fireball" Roberts lived up to his name, I guess XD

[DamonHiII]

For all those wondering how Don MacTavish's car got got torn apart up to the firewall before the second impact....he hit the metal gate (an opening) that gave way when he hit it. Much like both Mike Harmon and Michael Waltrip at Bristol. That impact tore his car apart leaving him exposed as seen in the video. "Chances" (IMO) of him surviving may have been slim up until Sam Sommers hits him at 1:53. Hope that clears things up a bit.

[TnadzDanza]

@DamonHiII That was a hard one to even watch.

[zommer121]

That just makes me sad to see all of those great drivers loose their lives.

[wsouth1988]

1:35 is by far the most brutal Nascar wreck I have ever seen.

R.I.P. to all the men who have sacrificed their life for the sport.

[rachthedreamer24]

RIP all of the ones that have lost their lives doing what they love doing <3 Just wish some of these would have survived so they can see what their family does now.

[iTzMeThoDz]

Exactly .. 90% of the nascar drivers would want to die doing what they love!

[mrgokart73]

at least they died doing what they loved!

[kiloggolik]

@mrgokart73 And I'm sure they would've stopped going what they loved had they known it would've cost them their lives

[pizzy1969]

@mrgokart73 Shut up simpleton.



[mrgokart73]

@pizzy1969 n00b

[TittyTittyBangBangXX]

RIP Russell Philips

[motomaster128]

@1:50 OMG..... ?

[wsouth1988]

@l0libersykes

I flagged this as spam... everyone else with me?

[dgelevators1]

@wsouth1988 meeee

[pcsc1097]

I bet if all those happened with todays cars and the safer barriers, nobody would have died.

[skatermason2002]

R.I.P Don Williams

[skatermason2002]

R.I.P Dan Wheldon

[thylegion]

@skatermason2002 WTF? What Dan Wheldon has to do with Nascar? o.O You have another video of Indy 500 fatalities - go there and write "RIP Dan Wheldon".

[skatermason2002]

today is the anivursury of grant adcox R.I.P

[skatermason2002]

i woulld hate to be in one of those

[trapped45]

Must be extremely hard to be that driver that is caught in a huge smoke cloud at speed, only to ram into a fellow driver who may be injured, never knowing if you were the one who took that person's life, but certain that your vehicle was the one that secured that person's fate. RIP to all drivers, passengers and fans, pedestrians and anyone who passes at any time of place :( - much respects

[111820nascar]

Don MacTavish. Was he dead before or after the hit with the on comming car and how did his whole front end get ripped off?

[tommykl]

@111820nascar He hit the side of an opening in the barriers. The whole front end was ripped off, the engine flew into the air. He died instantly.

[dylanzz1]

all the crashes were terrible but the mactavish crash was gruesome almost couldnt finish the video after i saw that1

[TheTonysmoke14]

May they all R.I.P

[ricketson001]

there are some weird names in here too..



[ricketson001]

1:47 is the most horrific crash I've ever seen. Don McSmavish! Pulverized. Rag-Doll-Guy...He must have hit a ton....

[nova8063]

No one gives a shit about a comment left on a youtube flick but IMHO this one would be better deleted........

[liljgoneman]

its still hard to believe that impact killed dale sr. it just doesn't look all that severe on film.

[gdbalck]

Poor Don McTavish...

Oh I can't shake that image off my mind! Completely exposed, hit head on. Never stood a chance. At least he wasn't conscious. RIP!

[Richard94597]

so...as I watch this, and think of that prick Kyle Busch and his childish antics I think "why is that retard even in a race car?!" Joe Weatherly's wreck didn't seem that bad, let alone Dale's. Busch plowed Hornaday's truck into a wall at full fucking speed. He should be arrested for assault, banned permanently & quietly disposed of somewhere in a nameless bayou. Fucking coward.

[gobackto82]

@Richard94597 Thumbs down man, keep that to yourself...

[DEF0963]

@Richard94597 I agree with you 110%. That punk should be banned from racing for the rest of his punkass life!

[dirttrackracer21]

@Richard94597 .............your a prick. kyle busch is one of the best drivers in nascar right now. there are lots of other drivers who shouldnt be driving racecars period. take it from some one who races. you dont know anything. and kevin harvick and ron hornaday have been crashing kyle out all year so kyle gave them some pay back. fuckin dumb ass.

[chuckthelocksmith]

@dirttrackracer21

I totally agree. He is the only honest 1 out there, he could have waited till green and faked a accident. But that is not Kyle,lol. He wanted him to know ya just dont do that shit or ya pay. So he got his and he knows why. no questions asked as of why? We all can see why. Best friggin Driver Nascar has, and I do not see a attitude problem. His crew loves him. The media plays a big role in tryin to "Make News". Dont believe everything ya hear ppl.

[YamahaSC1]

@Richard94597 Couldnt have said it better myself! Kyle "Little Bitch" Busch.

[TheRacingClown]

@Richard94597 I totally agree it would have happen the same for Johnson and Gordon but say if Edwards or Robby Gordon or hell even Mark Martin they would have

[MrSnowrocks]

@Richard94597 Charged for assault? Every racer knows that when they climb into a race car it could be there last. Watch this and you will see that it wasn't the first time some one turned somebody else under caution

/watch?v=9QqTGfkIwv0

[HRFTG]

These are all extremely sad but they all died doing what they love. I'd rather go out in a racecar than in a hospital bed sitting on a bed pan.

[MrMasonx742]

damn rick baldwin spent 11 years in a coma damn man that shits bad sadly he died, and in michigan to wow i live in michigan, pretty depressing

[MrMasonx742]

dude when the car got ripped in half i was like damn, after that car hit him i said ohh, dude thats so violent, i can almost feel it from here, that shouldnt be put on tv or youtube dude, not that crash, its worse then fucking horror movie kills

[andesmintlover]

1:47 - 1:54 WOW!

[RCAzure]

@andesmintlover Yeah, one of the worst crashes I've ever seen. You can clearly see him exposed. When the second car hit, it severed Don's legs completely off his body.

[xpsx1000]

R.I.P marco simoncelli

[swishman16]

the guy that his car ripped in half was sad :{

R.I.P dLE EARNHART

[swishman16]

the guy that his car ripped in half was sad :{



[bigbob3840]

@swishman16 i was like omg and and than anther car hit him

[Jericho398]

1:51 I see his body

[GeneralTyler4]

R.I.P Marco Simonelli

[Trueshadow000]

im speechless at MacTavishs crash that is just.................

[bigbadredsox]

The Don Mactavish crash at Daytona ( 1:36) just sickened me. Has to be the worst ever.

[tekwar2001]

@bigbadredsox apparently the second impact severed off both of his legs...

[NSRacer114]

this is what happens when you introduce the corners to stupid americans and their cars

[mustbeburtreynolds]

@NSRacer114 You're a fucking moron.

Do I even need to list all of the European drivers that have been killed mid-race?

[tekwar2001]

@NSRacer114 worked well for those internationals in IndyCar last week didn't it?

[MassillonJoe]

Where is the crash at charlotte, where the guys car goes airborne after contact coming out of turn 4. Goes roof first into the fence. I can't remember his name.

[routan1]

@MassillonJoe It was Russell Phillips at Charlotte, Oct '95 in the Sportsmans series.