Ricky Rudd's Horrible 1984 Busch Clash Daytona Flip

[ArniepII]

Still the nicest guy in NASCAR.

[rockinredneck57]

This was the first big high speed flip/rollover that we had seen. Where everyone was going 200 in a pack. It was very scary to watch live in 84. Ricky was one tough customer for sure. He used scotch tape to hold his swollen eyelids open so he could drive in the 500.

[TimU2Cool]

is this where they had to duct tape his eyes open so he could race in the 500? Ricky Rudd one tough bird

[demondog48]

might have touched him? MIGHT HAVE TOUCHED HIM?????? LOOK AT THE HUGE DENT IN THE SIDE OF CAR AT 1:14

[mreed91]

@demondog48 that would be the wrong side dumbass

[vccstudents]

I met several of the drivers who were in this race later that night at Starlight Bowling Alley in Ormond Beach. They were bowling for charity. Richard Petty was there as was Buddy Baker and Neil Bonnett. Amazingly Rudd came out of this with I believe only a broken nose. I saw a photo of him after. He looked like he just fought Mike Tyson and lost!

[GooseMobius118]

@vccstudents I don't know, Rudd's one tough customer: You sure he didn't win that fight? lol

[Scootercross66]

He flipped 4 or 5 times then did a 360. Holy shit.

[jmwvideoman22]

Wow...if he hits the wall at the entrance to pit road, we might never have watched him race again.

[ApocalypseForFree]

@jmwvideoman22 Exactly

[19Ironman63]

Hard to believe that they taped his eyelids open to race the next week in Richmond and he won the race. I've never been a Rudd fan but that is hardcore.

[nascarfanatic2425]

Normally, flipping wouldn't be so bad, but this was no normal fast track tumble. That car got DESTROYED. I think it hurts a hell of a lot worse when the car's smacking into the ground. I think there were a couple of hits where the car just went POW into the ground.

[arohn2007]

How the hell did he survive that? Even with a cage in the car, its still surprising he survived

[ilovetogofast88]

That's why we have roof flaps

[arohn2007]

@ilovetogofast88 he may have been fine if the front right tire hadnt came up off the track just enough to get air underneath the car

[pieman5ooo]

this type of driving was the best... the new cars arnt as fun to watch... but so much better cam work... wish they had that back when these cars were driving...

[hattrick2448]

They**

[hattrick2448]

No the spit the ride that year

[cameljoe04]

so rudd was in the 15 wrangler car om 1984 where was dale ?

[PS3rapesXBOX360]

@cameljoe04 not completely sure but i think dale drove a number 3 version of that car

[ShyteKreek46]

@cameljoe04 Dale drove the 3 car for Childress and Wrangler sponsored both of them. There are a few pictures of the two racing side by side. Looks weird seeing TWO Wrangler cars; one a Chevy and one a Ford!!

[MrDontFuckAbout]

@ShyteKreek46 did Earnhardt leave RCR to drive for Bud Moore in the #15 wrangler jeans machine then swap with Ricky Rudd back to the #3 RCR car also sponsored by Wrangler??

[ShyteKreek46]

@MrDontFuckAbout I think Dale started 1981 driving for JD Stacy after Rod Osterlund sold the #2 team and ended the season driving for Childress. Then he drove the #15 Wrangler Ford for Bud Moore in 1982 and 1983 while Ricky drove the #3 Piedmont Airlines Pontiac/Chevy for Childress. And finally, in 1984 they swapped rides and Wrangler sponsored both teams. *takes a breath* Confusing, isn't it?

[MrDontFuckAbout]

o an excuse me, LONG LIVE THE BIG E!! they may take our heroes but they can never take our memories! rip

[wwecena0107]

HO.LEE.FUCK.ING.SHIT

[mattador2792]

I used to like NASCAR and I hate it now, but I'll be lying if I said I don't enjoy old school NASCAR like this.

[davidallenroth]

amazing this era of drivers.

[DarkenedClarity]

I miss the old school announcers..

[freeinfoguy]

Ho. Lee. Shytt.

[LostHighwayFilms]

he's lucky he didn't hit the wall...

[metalligimp]

Amazing he didn't hit that wall at 0:07...probably would have been far worse if he did.

[ORilleyCupSeries]

@metalligimp He did a little when he started flipping

[NascarAlley]

Sounds like fucking horse 1:25

[denver924471]

What's also amazing is that he managed to win the next race at Richmond

[brendomatic1]

At 0:08, you can see debris flying all ovewr the place like an explosion.

[1Cgeislerfan]

my favorite crash of all time

[Sacrafice540]

The 2 black eyes come from the impact and his eyes trying to be forced out of his head. Don't take much to get black eyes. He can control his car. Has the record for most consecutive starts and most years in a row with at least 1 victory. He was tagged here and there was oil from a blown engine on pit road when he spun out in 1990. would have happened to anyone just terrible timing.

[laydeezman217]

looks like a modified

[m95Wigsplitter]

November 1990. At this time there was no speed limit on pit road. Ricky Rudd roared into the pits on lap 300, lost control, spun 180 degrees and slammed broadside into Bill Elliott's parked car. The rear tire changer on Elliott's crew, Mike Rich, was caught and crushed between the two cars. Rich sadly died of cardiac arrest in an Atlanta hospital.,i might be wrong but this guy seems to be unable to control his car,thank god hes ok tho

[jdelgado360]

is the grass okay?

[Crisgo3d]

That had to be the slowest response time I have ever seen for an accident like this. Took the ambulance :30 to get to the scene

[Crisgo3d]

That had to be the slowest response time I have ever seen for an accident like this

[Sandjmotorsports]

I have to say it might have been worse had he hit the wall that fast.

[hank7216]

@Sandjmotorsports Prob saved his life

[yodog678]

1:25 "just like a F***ing horse" XD

[HarvickKevin29]

@yodog678 He said buckin you idiot

[yodog678]

@HarvickKevin29 no shit?! its a joke dumbass.

[racefan32]

He ended up with broken blood vessels in his eyes, as the whites were all red the ext time you saw him.

[XxPunk1995xX]

Anyone seeing something that looks like his arm hanging out of the window net at 1:24??

[FunnyGotBack61]

@XxPunk1995xX yeah i saw that to

[thespainisharmada]

@XxPunk1995xX Yeah I think you're right. It does appear that way.

[DavidOrtiz36]

@XxPunk1995xX wow it does... he was lucky... course flipping at those speeds, would make sense

[jshmcghy]

im pretty sure he won race the very next week

[AKphill49]

Even if the car had roof flaps, it still would've gotten airborne. As Rudd is sliding sideways, you can clearly see that the transition between the grass and the access road actually pops the front end of the car up, allowing air to get underneath and lift it. Flaps are not going to help at all in that situation. If the road was not there he most likely would not have flipped, but instead hit the wall very hard, which would have been much worse.

[NUMBERoneCANIAC]

He's broken so many bones. Pretty much all from doing something stupid as a kid. haha

[skatersRgay1993]

I think if he had hit the inner wall, he may have been very seriously injured or killed.

[TheLeighton24]

at 1:22 u can see his arm out of the car!

[skatersRgay1993]

@TheLeighton24 I thought I saw the same thing.

[MRSYCOSQUIRREL69]

watch the slow mo replay he almost comes out of the car!

[hersheypup]

he fliped 7 times

[nascarjunkie21]

he said buckin' horse.



[TheNascarman1]

So lucky he did not hit that wall. I saw Darrell Waltrip hit that wall and he said it gave him a concution

[iknowican7d7]

he should get the black flag for speeding in pit road! :)

[sprintracer390]

haha it does sound like fuckin horse

[storm24awesome]

look from 1:20 to 1:24 and you dan see ricky's arm hanging out of the car

[Rad51racing]

@storm24awesome good eye on that one!

[Zoomer30]

Bucking horse....it should be a rule that you cant say anyting on TV that ryhmes with "phucking"

[dtr2racerVLR18]

thank god he dint hit the wall or it might be a different story

[ToroRosso20]

I like the sound of those cars 0:03-0:04.

[csskalet]

And now you see why the cars got roof flaps. ;)

[ronny302]

he said "bucking horse", not fucking horse ;)

[tacp27]

bucking horse.. lol

[hamlinfann]

ricky rudd, is agodd ol boy from, chesapeake va.his brother owns a junk yard not far from my house

[hamlinfann]

lol. it does sound like fucking horse!!!

[24NascarRacing]

dang, Rudd got messed up!  Gotta be one of the worst wrecks ive seen.

[kthompson641]

Ricky Rudd was tough. In the '98 NAPA Auto Care 500 in Martinsville, Rudd won in the blistering heat with no air or anything in the car; they tried to hose him down, but only hot water came from the hose. The car burned the crap out of his backside and legs, and they had to give him oxygen and IV fluides while interviewing him postrace. He was slumped against his car through the interviews. Tough SOB.

[blacknigma02]

Slamming toward the wall ?

[paulsack21]

didnt rudd have to use tape to keep his eyes open for the 500?

[ilovetogofast88]

Thankfully cars have roof flaps nowadays

[AlexanderUltimate]

Did He Die?

[MegaNucka]

no he didnt die. he retired in 2007

[crakajack3]

they had to tape his eyes open for the next race lol

[Hansheng20]

at least he landed near pit road

[miketm61]

Dam that was pretty nasty....

[jmc2880]

¡Aaaaaaaaaah!

[2oldcoots]

LMAO at NeedleDickNick, the roid raging, turd tickler.

[qukarlz]

i don't know who you're talkin to but you deserve a standing ovation for that

[babybluesnowden]

I was camped there that year in the grounds at the west end of the track, was my first Daytona drunkathon, damn 25 years ago, what the hell happened to all those years.

[2oldcoots]

Lost a lot of respect for Rudd after he squirreled out and killed Mike Rich.

[HugeDickNick]

Go Fuckyourself.

[1nm1]

three observations.

#1. The "emergency pickups" sure were "primitive" back than. LOL

#2. If that wreck happened today, they may have red flagged it / at least closed pit road.

#3. What took them so long after this incidence for them to finally install those flaps on top of the cars which helps prevent them from going airborne.

[e521soediv]

@1nm1 Those flaps don't prevent the car from getting airborne, it only makes it reluctant to get airborne. Look at ryan newmans flips at talladega last year, and carl edwards flip. When you're going that fast, nothing can save your car from taking off like an airplane the forces are just too great and technology can not stop the laws of physics.

[1nm1]

you are correct, I should have chosen my words a bit more carefully.

[ma55aracin9]

@e521soediv

also,roof flaps didn't went into use -at least officially- until Daytona '94, when those racers were still old-school and had none of the things that are being taken for granted by the Formula Drift- and Japanese Super GT types,for example

[nascargavin8]

right, we can only slow it down. in trying to think of a way to explain it, i thought of cancer..

can't stop it, only slow it.

[TheCougarFrom1983]

Ned Jarrett was the best with BP!

[Caterpillarjon]

I remember watching this race live and thinking "oh God he's dead" Glad I was wrong.

[kuhndog52]

"trouble ricky rudd slamming toward the wall crashing rolling over" god bless and come back to the booth ken squire we miss you and your dramatic voice

[Sk8BoardTrucker]

I'm not the biggest fan of Squire but I'd rather listen to him then one more agonizing race full of Marty Reids commentary on ESPN...

[ParasiteQueen1]

What did the announcer say at

1:26 ???

0.0

[ziggo99]

Bucking horse.

[LadyTandara]

like a bucking horse

[ThePatrick787]

Sounded like bucking horse, seeing as it would make no sense to say f*cking horse in that certain circumstance

[kuhndog52]

"bucking horse"

[dangolfer14]

he says "slaming towards the wall" that makes no sense cuz if u look at the video he never touches the wall

[TheChildatHeart]

That may be because it looks like the car is going to hit the wall.

[zachxcx]

it was going toward the inside wall

[dangolfer14]

i know. it was clearly going to the inside wall, but it didnt hit it.

[dolphinmagic24fan]

hence the word "TOWARDS" idiot. lol Ricky had to tape his eyes open to run the 500 because of this wreck.

[smackythefrog23]

@dolphinmagic24fan and nascar is more worried about drivers doing drugs and less about drivers who are so injured that they cant keep their eyes open. great.

[Sk8BoardTrucker]

that was 26 years ago dumbass! You must be a Mayfield fan...which means you condone what he does..which means you're a fucking moron! Which means your opinions of nascar do not matter either! taping your eyes open just so you can race shows heart and dedication...having to get high as fuck so you can race shows weakness...why am I even talking to you? you're obvioulsy an idiot

[smackythefrog23]

you read too much into my words. Besides, Mayfield has as many independent test results that say he didnt do drugs. the point i was making is, whether its drugs, or injury, impaired drivers shouldnt be allowed to drive. period. Dale senior once raced at darlington with a concussion, and couldnt tell where the entry for the turn was and wrecked on lap 4. taping your eyes open only shows you signed a contract that doesnt allow for injury. heart and dedication is what got dale senior dead.

[Sk8BoardTrucker]

people were ignorant about safety back then,that's what killed him,had that crash happened today it probably wouldn't have hurt him.Doesn't NASCAR deserve a little bit of praise for that? How many drivers would have been lost if it wasn't for earnhardts crash? as tragic as it was it's probably 1 of the best things that has ever happened to NASCAR-Michael McDowell at Tx 08-Jeff Gordon&Sam Hornish@ Watkins Glen last year-Carl Edwards&Newman@ Dega last year-Kyle Busch&Kasey Khane@Daytona in July!

[smackythefrog23]

and earnhardt was ignorant about safety in 2000. he refused to wear a HANS because he thought it would break his neck. people are still ignorant about it today.

[nascarjohnsonfan48]

@smackythefrog23 don't you mean 2001?

[smackythefrog23]

@nascarjohnsonfan48 no, there was a mandatory safety meeting at talladega in 2000, where drivers were told that HANS devices were going to be initiated at daytona 2001 and mandatory by the end of 2001 season. Dale responded to that by saying there was no way he would wear one because it would break his neck. 6 months later, he was dead.

[nascarjohnsonfan48]

@smackythefrog23 oh okay i got you.

[mkl62]

@smackythefrog23 Darrell Waltrip was severly injured in the 1983 Daytona 500. He raced the following week in Richmond and to this day doesn't remember it. He began to come back around when they went to Rockingham. BTW, I wish they would put Rockingham back on the circuit, even if it is just for a Nationwide race.

[ilackedtheheart]

@mkl62 Yeah, I hate adding these cookie cutter tracks. I say add more short tracks, and road courses.

[ma55aracin9]

@dolphinmagic24fan ....not mentioning a couple broken ribs and punctured lung.....

-actually, there's an interwiew in which Rudd itself admitted having lied to the track's medical board about his injuries, so he could race at the main event that particular sunday....and it's all here on YT-

[sirbristel]

you can see his arm flailing around during the replay

[thenascarghost]

he use to live in my hometown

[XXformula]

thank god we have roof flaps these days

[PYLrulz1984]

Yeah, roof flaps would of helped greatly in this crash, but you also have to consider he went over some grass and access roads sideways.

And if you think about it, it was actually great he flipped, because if he didnt, he would of more than likely sailed head on into the wall there right before pitroad

[AceMTRS43]

does ken squier say "slamming towards the wall"? i wouldnt doubt it. the one negative about him is he uses stupid catch phrases often or miss placed verbs and adjectives.

[jaqua524]

yep

[PYLrulz1984]

Then again, when something like that happens so quickly, the last thing you are thinking of is if you are saying everything correctly

[AceMTRS43]

word. agreed.

[lander4545]

I watched this live. I thought he was dead but luckily he went on to race in the Daytona 500 with tape on his swollen eyes to keep them open.

[ma55aracin9]

@lander4545 ....and a support jacket on his torso -b/c of his broken ribs-

[otacon1000]

0:06 i dunno who else has seen this but rudds front tires lift off the ground after hitting the grass and it looks like thats wat got him airbourne

[IamTheShermanator]

Hmm, never noticed that. That does look like what happened. When he came off the grass and hit that access road.

[thumpic]

you can see his arm hanging out in the slow mo..........

[strosse]

yep, jeez...

[Brian211978]

probably would have killed him if it didn't fly back the other way

[TheNASCARknowitall]

hard onr

[Keselowski88]

sound like ned says fucking horse at 1:25

[Brian211978]

bucking

[DaytonaSebring]

Amazing!

[bmxking46]

@Keselowski88 lol he said bucking hoarse, btw like your name brads awesome

[hollowpoint45acp]

@Keselowski88 or, those of us with actual hearing can clearly hear "bucking horse," dumbfuck. 

[Keselowski88]

@hollowpoint45acp or those of us who make an inaccurate first inference realize mistakes. How many grades have you failed?

[hollowpoint45acp]

@Keselowski88 None. You? Given the verbal diarrhea your dumbass spews I'd gather quite a few. Do you have thoughts that you don't recount to everyone? For instance, I had plenty of thoughts about what a dumb fucking piece of ignorant shit you are, but didn't need to tell the whole world about it, at least intially.

[yodog678]

@hollowpoint45acp you know... winning a fight on the internet is like running in the special olympics. you may have won, but your still a retard...

[TheSuperEmpoleon]

@Keselowski88 He did lol.

[ILikeCheeze24]

@TheSuperEmpoleon No he said "Bucking Horse" lol

[asphaltcowboy07]

@Keselowski88 he said "bucking horse",it does sound like he said that though.

[RichieWilliams97]

@asphaltcowboy07 No shit...

[SparkPlugRocks]

richard petty should have said "well, in four years i'm going to do the same thing in the same corner , but into the fence and i'll tell you then"

[otacon1000]

0:06 i just notice he hit some grass and that launched him into the air

[jeffg24LT21]

some disco moves

[taranchula97]

i heard ricky had to tape his eyes open so he could race in the daytona 500 that year.

[ranma150]

dident dale sr also race the 15 wrangler

[nfsdude911]

yes he did

[jonesy97]

His face was swolen black and blue after that. I think he lied to NASCAR officials about this condition after that so he could keep on racing the next weekend. Tough S.O.B.

[stlramsfan21]

Loved Rudd- as tough a competitor as the sport has known and a class act.. The sport misses him.

[silentcheese24]

its funny the safety crews were 10 times better then compared to todays crews

[chuckshewie]

how did he get 2 black eyes?

[beatpunk9]

The swelling was so bad they had to tape his eyes open the next week, a race he won. Not surprising that Rudd is the Iron Man of NASCAR, with the longest streak in history of races in a row started.

[imsarahot]

it looked like a tornado when he flipped.

[AaronApolloCamp]

Ned Jarrett used the term "fucking horse" at 1:26.

[CourtyardPigeon]

"bucking horse"....thhahahaha..that's what he said

[crownroyal111]

funny that wrangler jeans was a sponsor :O

[hightech62]

i was there

[murfdog221]

Notice in the closeup of his arm outside the car when flipping but got it back in a little while later. He suffered a couple black eyes and some rib injuries and went on to win the next weeks race.

[murfdog221]

He ended up with two black eyes and some rib injuries, but went on to win the following weeks race.

[roryfixkar]

I can't believe how fast the commentators noticed Ricky Rudd being sideways.

In the 2006 Busch Dega race, Tony Stewart already spun around and flipped before the announcers noticed.

[DERvids]

I do believe the audio is just a tad out of sync

[Railfreak78]

I still cant believe Ricky came back and won a race after this crash with his eyes taped open cause they were still puffy and black. He was always tough and missed.

[Jimmy51916]

What do you mean missed He still races I thought

[Railfreak78]

Sorry for any confusion. He is retired as of a couple years ago in the snickers car. I meant missed by his fans on track.

[snowboard246]

nope, after 07 he retired, kinda sad, but i guess u gotta retire sometime

[MatikChowaniec]

jeju ale kraksa xd. lol

[Momoftwinsplus1]

Thanks God for the invention of roof flaps since this accident. Ricky is a great driver, one of my all time faves. This was a very big scare

[ErickSatoh]

roof flaps invented in 1994 not 1984

before Rusty Wallace flips em Daytona and Talladega in 1993

[Momoftwinsplus1]

Yes my point exactly. Thank God that since this accident (and many others) they invented roof flaps. Which is why you rarely see rolling crashes these days. They still happen of course but not near the frequency they used to.

[UltimateEEnEFan]

Ken Squire rocked.