1996 UAW-GM Quality 500 - Ernie Irvan Hard Crash

[NigarT]

Ernie Irvan was a piece of shit

[xoxksa]

I don't know if it's the tires of just luck, but the mile and a halfs don't have these wicked crashes anymore.

[STP43FAN1]

@xoxksa Actually they have hard wrecks still - they've been lucky not to have them like this.

[pastytoast1991]

damn robby gordon hit hard...shit

[twotoneify]

the first car that clipped ernies first hit that inside wall hard as hell to.

[C0LL1N]

looked like something youd see in ARCA

[davidallenroth]

this danger is missing in nascar today... men willing to risk everything for glory

[bbsombs]

Ernie Irvan is one tuff bastard....hes a good man

[STP43FAN1]

When you rip open a concrete wall, the cars are far too fast.

[RIEKSONE]

Ernie Irvan is the Man

[barneynward]

Irvan probably suffered the worst crashes of the 1990's. He even suffered the most vicious hits of the 1990's as well.

[C0LL1N]

nascar drivers were way more hardcore when earnhardt was still around.

[KillerQueenRalphe]

now, he owns a 4 billion dollar horse farm and is living the life. happy story

[Continuum7]

He was my fav driver . . . .

[jonboy1822]

This was my first ever race i went too as a kid.

[hornetracing84]

I was always a Ernie Irvan fan he was my faverite drivers of all time he was one driver that should have won a cup title

[STINGRAYBASS61]

i was a ernie irvan fan and still em but on the track now i'm a gordon fan.........my name is ernie also...........

[rsm93]

me 2 better than second this year . to hell w earndthart and johnson

[rsm93]

swirvin irwingood driver

[scottaino]

he's my uncle and this is one of the first times i have actually seen the crash. I'm so glad that he's okay. He was the toughest driver out there and that's why he came back and raced again.

[spf150]

Ernie has been and will always bee my facorite driver. I can remember hoping and praying that he would recover after this accident and when he finally did it was awesome. I can remember the Talledaga crash on October 11th 1998, if I remember right. Was not a good day but I am glad he pulled thru.

[RedResurrections]

my dad friend bought that car its in fayettevill NC

[jonboy1822]

@RedResurrections I live in fayetteville nc, is there any way to see it?

[RedResurrections]

@jonboy1822 312 Mike St, Fayetteville, NC, United States

[penske369]

is that Mike Wallace announcing?

[FrodothePuppet]

Yep. TBS always had an unusual lineup of one-off broadcasters. to join Ken Squier (later Allen Bestwick).

That WAS a nasty wreck.

[highway955]

everytime some idiot see a wreck they bring dale sr in the argument. woulda coudla sholuda. let the dude fukin rest in peace, its over. root for jr and hope he turns it around.

[071047]

i am so glad that nascar put in those safer barriers and other safety features.

[astatslpvids]

You know, at the time they changed it, I didn't really like the rule about not racing back to the line for the caution anymore. But looking back on wrecks like this now, it totally makes sense.

[HardcoreHolly49]

Man,Robby Gordon PLOWED The Wall,Crap,That Was A Hard Hit.

[gth804f]

I believe that was John Andretti in the car

[spf150]

John Andretti was the one who hit Mr. Irvan

[radioroadie]

Irvan i still th eman..if he didnt finish top 5 he was on the wrecker...one hell of a driver!!!

[coalreigoncoalcracke]

ernie irvan's hit was vicious but robbie gordon into that interior wall, OUCH!

[e521soediv]

lol savage crash

[yodhe]

he and Dale made it interesting, has not been the same ever since

[Theguyof93]

Whatever happened to Ernie Irvan? Did he just lose his ride, or what?

[paIovana]

He retired after two near death experiences. He beat the odds twice.

[erasetoimprove]

@paIovana he was never the same after his Michigan crash but he was sure one tough customer.

[BadBooking]

@paIovana If I remember correctly, this crash gave Irvan a concussion, and somehow didn't screw him up too badly.

[e521soediv]

he was injurd badly at michigan

[roryfixkar]

Both of his near-fatal crashes were at Michigan.

[spf150]

No. The other was at Talledaga

[zackypoo08]

@spf150 the crash that forced him to retire was at Michigan in August of 1999 during the Busch Series practice. It was an 8 am practice and the fog and dew were not lifted from the track. He lost control, crashed, and suffered nearly the same head injury as he did in 1994. At the Southern 500 a few weeks later he announced his retirement. The Talladega crash happened in 1998, he raced most of 1999 before the crash.

[mengers06]

he retired after surviving two major head injuries. one of them was a basilar fracture, the same thing that killed earnhardt and others.

[GoDalejr88]

he has had a lot of bad crashes

[flclfan85]

I'm starting to think 1996 was the point where the higher ups in NASCAR said "I think we need to make this sport safer". Thank god for the safer barriers and better designed cars.

[SeanHarbin]

No you mean 2001 after Dale's crash. From 1996 to 2001 they didn't do shit to help. Safer Barriers didn't come out till 04 and COT came out last year.

[Rcrby525]

@flclfan85 skip ahead about 5 years, 2001, after the Blaze Alexander crash at charlotte in 2001. NASCAR got with the program and mandated all drivers use the HANS system.

[STP43FAN1]

@Rcrby525 The HANS is overrated - they need to take 20 MPH out of the speed of these cars at these tracks.

[dash662]

@STP43FAN1 im sorry but your high off your ass saying the hans is overrated

[STP43FAN1]

@dash662 The HANS IS overrated - ask Ward Burton and his concussion in 2002, Sterling Marlin and his spinal injury in 2002, Jerry Nadeau and his near-fatal injuries in 2003, Denny Hamlin and his concussion in 2008, etc. The HANS is not the answer and never was - the answer is to take 20 MPH out of the speed of the cars. A wreck like this it wouldn't matter, but most other wrecks it absolutely would.

[aesutton]

@STP43FAN1

ur gay. speed is what makes racing so epic. -_-

[STP43FAN1]

@aesutton Speed means nothing. They can race even better at 165 MPH than they do at 180-plus.

[STP43FAN1]

@aesutton Speed means NOTHING. 165 is fast enough for a place like Charlotte. Racing is about passing - LEAD CHANGES. It is not about speed.

[MurphyMonster]

@STP43FAN1 So... a race at 30 mph. is better than a race at 190 mph. because there is more passing? Have you ever been to a race in your life?

[STP43FAN1]

@MurphyMonster I've been going to races since 1989 and have been following the sport since seeing Swede Savage die at Indianapolis in 1973. A race 30 MPH slower than what they're running here is eminently better than a race at 190.

[GMAC2507]

I remember this race which i was there that race Erine got hard hit but Robby slammed the wall very hard which that is good enough to destoryed that inside wall (i saw this wall was completely destoryed) that time i was 14 yrs old..i never forget that race. Terry Labonte won that race.

[ballplayer1799]

Hey Yo GMAC, we're in the same boat. This race was my 14th b-day present. I was right there in turn 2. I'm a wrestling fan too and the newly formed nWo was there with Kyle Petty and there were also 2 WCW cars. Great times.

[jonboy1822]

Holy crap I was at this race for my 14th birthday to! I was a huge bill elliott fan, still am. But this was my first race ever amd I have gone to many many more since.

[DaddyYankee42]

i wish dat the hans sistem dat we have now save dale´s life =) did you ever see da movie dale? dat is a good mivie,and da number 14 hits the wall really bad

[Rcrby525]

@DaddyYankee42 ......what?

[Sharkwatersfl]

I met Ernie Last Year, got his autograph. He definately still suffes from this crash.

[wawwwaaa]

and all the other hard crashes he was in

[heileman28]

a split second later and he would have hit ernie in the door...might've been killed

where was john's spotter on this one??

[DaddyYankee42]

dude i read a book about nascar crashes and in this crash his skul broke and he had a lot of reabilitation

[O5fan]

Who?

[DaddyYankee42]

ernie irvan

[O5fan]

That was in '94, not this crash.

[DaddyYankee42]

i think dat crash was at phionex,i guess?

[O5fan]

Michigan

[nsxracersb]

piece of shit john andretti trying to gain positions in a wreck should have slowed down

[cerberus1981]

You idiot. He went all the way to the edge of the grass trying to avoid the Irvan car. He wasn't trying to pass anybody.

[nsxracersb]

r u kidding? he had like 8 seconds to slow down and he hit going like 160 mph flying bye everyone

[cerberus1981]

Why don't you point out the cars that he passed... oh, that's right: none.

By the way, nice user comments history. Have fun at your Klan meeting.

[jrfan07]

what do you mean wont see wrecks like that? anything different you noticed about this one?

just wondering.

[nintendoboy90091]

bc of the COT people will survive wrecks like this......

[O5fan]

Spoken like a true blind person.

[CatchinWailordz09]

@abmmovies why too bad?

you want to see crashes that could cause injuries?

[Rcrby525]

@abmmovies sorry not all of us masterbait to people being killed, you sick fuck.

you LIKE seeing crashes?

SICK FUCKER.  why?, why do you like crashes? fuck you.

[wolves16]

I dont ever remember seeing this crash.

[nascarfan48and29]

"SAVAGE CRASH" lol

[IllinoisHighwayMan]

You'd hear me say that when there was a hard crash on the racetrack. "Spin": Cars spinning, "Crash": Single-car crash, "Multiple crash": self-explanatory, "Savage crash": instances like this.

[gadgefan48]

And to think Ernie went on to finish 4th the next week at Rockingham. These drivers are tough customers.

[Randildo]

SAVAGE! that was a HARD lick

[JBOreo]

which one there was 2 of em