1986 Miller 500 (Pocono), Buddy Arrington Crash

[Cash2112]

Tim Richmond was a helluva driver.

[joncma72]

Harry Gant had the worst luck that year. Things like this (dumb wrecks in front of him) happened to him all year.

[ShortTrackNews]

Horrible response time for the ambulance on Morgan

[erasetoimprove]

@ShortTrackNews Harry Gant and Buddy Arrington were the priorities, back then there wasn't nearly as much safety vehicles at the track so they had to prioritize

[snappy452]

not a good year to drive the 67 car....

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@snappy452: In the very next race, Rick Baldwin crashed at Michigan & fell into a coma (he never recovered & died in 1997)...

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@snappy452: Oh how right you are... The cursed number of the year in NASCAR!

[C0LL1N]

they really are much safer in nascar now, back then if you so much as brushed the wall you would get a severe skull fracture

[Porygonseizureman]

@C0LL1N Exaggration but there was broken arms and legs every year back in those days.

[elstroky]

Buddy what where you thinking?

[Sunoco]

That was a pretty stupid thing to do. Dumbass.

[twofastnWV]

buddy messed up. u never pull back on the track when the green is still out. specialy whem your pulling onto the 187mph entrance of poconno turn 1

[DjGisME]

Silly Muppet did he really want to rejoin the race?? That was STUPID!

[SlyHobbit]

If you think that was dumb, look at Kevin LePage's move at Talladega Super Speedway in 2008. That was without a doubt the dumbest move in racing....EVER. Whats worse, we see NASCAR fine guys boatloads of money and suspend crew chiefs for loose bolts and fractions of inches of bodywork, and yet people like LePage get no more than a tongue lashing for causing accidents like he did.

[vidEvWill]

Buddy was a true Mopar man...he drove Dodges after the Dodges were gone. He ended up having to switch his cars to Fords with Bill Elliott even giving him some slightly used cars.

[raceway24]

Buddy Arrington...here's your sign.

[e521soediv]

if only they didnt race back to the line that would not have happened.

[kidd1023]

it wouldn't have happened if he didn't drive up the track. not the smartest of moves lol

[e521soediv]

cant even see

[therrydicule]

Two thing to said: This is the Miller 400 or 500?

Rick Baldwin was kill be brain injury after 11 year in coma... From a crash in the next race, replacing Arrington... So, why Nascar don't but the driver in the middle of the car?

[kidd1023]

this is the 500. the 400 was the next race at michigan

[therrydicule]

O.k.

So, he was injured at Michigan then... Too bad.

[wolves16]

Looks like this race was run at 7am.

[gth804f]

It was run at 5pm because of rain

[goreds03]

any one have bobby  Allison wreck that endend his career

[jazzbo1974]

bladwin didnt die in the michigan crash he died 11 years later from the crash

[DirtTrax68]

Well why didnt NASCAR throw the yellow?

[coolconman1]

they did, but the cars used to race back to the line, so it was as if the next lap was wen it came out

[DirtTrax68]

Yeah, I knew that, just thought that MAYBE the guy would have sense to stay in the grass..Its Common Sense. I'm glad they have rules in place now to stop this type of stuff from happening.

[coolconman1]

yeah, otherwise it would be more like a demolition derby

[yankeesfan164]

south east television network

[Ruddfan1997]

Thanks

[Ruddfan1997]

Does anyone know what SETN is(was)?

[Modor20]

Per an email I got from Mike Joy himself, it was Special Events Television Network.

[Modor20]

In a further clarification--they syndicated events to local stations on a tape delay basis, some track owners felt that live TV would hurt their gate. The tracks they covered included Martinsville, Rockingham, Pocono, and Charlotte.

In 1991, they released a VHS tape packed with crashes from the events they covered.

[yojoeski]

@Ruddfan1997

No, it was Special Events Television Network.

[yojoeski]

@Ruddfan1997 No, it was actually called the Special Events Television Network. I've never found anything on it, but I believe it was absorbed by ESPN in 1988 but again I'm not sure.

[carguysn]

retarded move by arrington by trying to turn around on the track rather than turning around on the grass

[Ebessankamen]

This wreck inadvertantedly caused Rick Baldwin's death; he was entered into Arrington's car while Buddy was injured.

[IllinoisHighwayMan]

Rick Baldwin's wreck occured at Michigan, this took place at Pocono.

[Ebessankamen]

What I meant to say, is that Arrington was injured and had to be replaced at Michigan (by Baldwin), which is when Baldwin died.