@erasetoimprove You know shit Amerikkkan auto racing death trap fan boy. Our drivers do not get into these kinds of wrecks because they are much more superior and intellectual than you shitty American drivers turning left all of the time.
@F1IsSuperior actually I have been watching all types of racing for decades. I know a lot. F1 has not had a death since Senna and that is surely something to be proud of. But America does have road racing, even NASCAR races on road courses so your argument is invalid. Oval racing is exciting and difficult in its own way.... I don't see how just because Americans race on some ovals means their road racing skills don't matter. Personally I think Formula 1 continues to get more boring every year
plus Europeans have oval racing too, and their oval cars are 100 times more dangerous than American race cars. And don't even get me started on NZ Stock Cars.... aka "wreck others on purpose" racing.
bla bla bla we're superior bla bla bla intellectual. Lmfao, you are sooooo retarded. At least NASCARs and Indy Cars don't drive themselves. Road courses are boring because there's not passing the whole damn race.
I'm sorry, you're French, you haven't won any wars lately, so you most likely won't win this comment war.
@bryceb3ar That's funny, have you watched a recent F1 race? Driver aids are little to none, the "Playstation Controllers" have a lot to do with engine settings for conserving fuel, something I'm pretty sure NASCAR drivers do as well. Not to mention to various differential settings, aero controls and brake bias controls they have to micromanage while flying around a circuit averaging 130 MPH. By the way, there's plenty of overtaking.
@F1IsSuperior Well, if you dipshits over in F1 would come back to Indy and stay away from that shitty place called 'Circuit of the Americas" maybe we Americans would have more respect for you. But, we're going to build a brand new world class facility in Austin, Texas and you are going to just dump it when your damn contract is up. F1 is run by dumbfucks. Don't get me wrong, I like to watch F1. I like Vettel and Webber. But Jesus, you people are idiots.
@DaNi3594 Well, 214Gs actually. And Chris van der Drift got out of the car (with help) after about 2 minutes of unconciousness after 210Gs, and that blackbox was destroyed.
For anybody saying it's impossible to survive 133g's the car takes most of the impact. U also have to remember when they say it's 133 g's that 133 g's was only for a hundreath if not a thousandth of a second. That was the peak g recording in other words.
David Purley survived over 180gs. And that was in 1977. Search his name on Wikipedia if you want to learn a bit more, and there are several pictures available.
The SAFER wall is a steel barrier fused to the existing concrete wall with foam inserts designed to absorb energy from a car that hits it with considerable force. Such a wall would have probably spared Tom from the severe injuries he sustained, but I'm sure he'd still have been sore after a hit like that. Pretty much all the major ovals where NASCAR and IndyCar run have these walls in the turns, so drivers can walk away without severe injury.
Jason Priestly, the actor from 90210 who thought he could race, actually almost died at this racetrack in a similar accident in 2002. He ran over some fluid on the racetrack and hit the wall head-on, and apparently the impact was so severe that the shoulder harnesses from the seatbelts cut into his jugular veins. Jason was clinically dead at first, but then they revived him. There have been plenty of bad crashes at Kentucky, but lots of good racing, too.
American open wheel racing is suicide. 200mph+ on most oval tracks..
these cars are oversized go-carts, not cars!
bigt1nyhatch 11 months ago
@bigt1nyhatch it's not suicide. Very few deaths actually occur.
erasetoimprove 9 months ago
@erasetoimprove You know shit Amerikkkan auto racing death trap fan boy. Our drivers do not get into these kinds of wrecks because they are much more superior and intellectual than you shitty American drivers turning left all of the time.
F1IsSuperior 7 months ago
@F1IsSuperior actually I have been watching all types of racing for decades. I know a lot. F1 has not had a death since Senna and that is surely something to be proud of. But America does have road racing, even NASCAR races on road courses so your argument is invalid. Oval racing is exciting and difficult in its own way.... I don't see how just because Americans race on some ovals means their road racing skills don't matter. Personally I think Formula 1 continues to get more boring every year
erasetoimprove 7 months ago
plus Europeans have oval racing too, and their oval cars are 100 times more dangerous than American race cars. And don't even get me started on NZ Stock Cars.... aka "wreck others on purpose" racing.
erasetoimprove 7 months ago
@F1IsSuperior
Oh my god listen to this Elitist moron.
bla bla bla we're superior bla bla bla intellectual. Lmfao, you are sooooo retarded. At least NASCARs and Indy Cars don't drive themselves. Road courses are boring because there's not passing the whole damn race.
I'm sorry, you're French, you haven't won any wars lately, so you most likely won't win this comment war.
bryceb3ar 7 months ago
@bryceb3ar That's funny, have you watched a recent F1 race? Driver aids are little to none, the "Playstation Controllers" have a lot to do with engine settings for conserving fuel, something I'm pretty sure NASCAR drivers do as well. Not to mention to various differential settings, aero controls and brake bias controls they have to micromanage while flying around a circuit averaging 130 MPH. By the way, there's plenty of overtaking.
Boblina 5 months ago
@F1IsSuperior Well, if you dipshits over in F1 would come back to Indy and stay away from that shitty place called 'Circuit of the Americas" maybe we Americans would have more respect for you. But, we're going to build a brand new world class facility in Austin, Texas and you are going to just dump it when your damn contract is up. F1 is run by dumbfucks. Don't get me wrong, I like to watch F1. I like Vettel and Webber. But Jesus, you people are idiots.
Frigus5 6 months ago
Kenny Brack survived 241Gs...
DaNi3594 1 year ago
@DaNi3594 Well, 214Gs actually. And Chris van der Drift got out of the car (with help) after about 2 minutes of unconciousness after 210Gs, and that blackbox was destroyed.
Racecarwrecks 8 months ago
For anybody saying it's impossible to survive 133g's the car takes most of the impact. U also have to remember when they say it's 133 g's that 133 g's was only for a hundreath if not a thousandth of a second. That was the peak g recording in other words.
Gforcebond 2 years ago 9
@Gforcebond: Still, it's a LOT!!!
Thank GOD he survived!!!
PhilipTheBigOne 4 months ago
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AutoRockinRacing94 2 years ago
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133 G's!?!? impossible.. that would crush every bone and particle in a human body.
Haippitus 2 years ago
The cars take those kind of Gs all the time, but the car takes most of the impact and the driver take significantly less Gs.
WingsMSU 2 years ago
David Purley survived over 180gs. And that was in 1977. Search his name on Wikipedia if you want to learn a bit more, and there are several pictures available.
fearbeforefearbefore 2 years ago
Driving a race car shouldn't be considered a career, but a priviledge, because in the blink of an eye it could be over.
tompow 2 years ago 4
normally that inside car would spin into the wall, weird.
alouistheman 3 years ago
Jim Malloy's crash looked the same, that God Tom survived.
SwanKong11 3 years ago 9
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133 g`s its impossible
LikeAVideo 3 years ago
I ran into Tom Wood at a night club in Houston last week. He seems to be in pretty good shape considering the magnitude of the crash.
finnyfromindy 3 years ago
I just met him at a night club in Houston last week. He was driving a Lambrouginie. He seems to be doing all right.
finnyfromindy 3 years ago
lamborghini...ignorance!
alex0695 3 years ago
when i was thinking, the result of tom wood crash WASN'T fatal! that was near-fatal but hospitialized an lived
Brett140 3 years ago
If only they had the SAFER walls back then...
The SAFER wall is a steel barrier fused to the existing concrete wall with foam inserts designed to absorb energy from a car that hits it with considerable force. Such a wall would have probably spared Tom from the severe injuries he sustained, but I'm sure he'd still have been sore after a hit like that. Pretty much all the major ovals where NASCAR and IndyCar run have these walls in the turns, so drivers can walk away without severe injury.
Croco83 4 years ago
Jason Priestly, the actor from 90210 who thought he could race, actually almost died at this racetrack in a similar accident in 2002. He ran over some fluid on the racetrack and hit the wall head-on, and apparently the impact was so severe that the shoulder harnesses from the seatbelts cut into his jugular veins. Jason was clinically dead at first, but then they revived him. There have been plenty of bad crashes at Kentucky, but lots of good racing, too.
Coogmaster2000 4 years ago
It's right up there in the video's description, dude.
Senninha70 4 years ago
kentucky speedway is one my favorites for indycar racing
Brett140 4 years ago 2
It's amazing he lived! This goes to show the integrity of the race cars now a days.
kobusinski29 4 years ago
looks like the gordon smiley crash, but woods car didnt discintegrate on impact
wawwwaaa 4 years ago
That was a very similar crash to the one that claimed the life of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Sr. in the Daytona 500.
IllinoisHighwayMan 4 years ago