Alomost Fatal NASCAR Crash

[habsfan93]

sweet jesus that thing was completely annihilated, god loves that guy for sure

[genedene]

Damn This Dude The Luckiest guy on the planet!

[OfficialEbaby]

Champ. Walking away. Omgsh. I'd be in shock.

[CQC204]

Gotta be fucking scary to be him

To see a car driving directly towards you at 150mph

:o

[Snowman374th]

WOW!!

now that was pure luck he didn't get hit right there.

[DeMoN5377]

racing crasshes is my fav channel because its called racing crashes :D

[closedcl8]

Pretty much the crash actually enabled him to get out fast before another hit can fatally get him to

[bobalose3and88]

and the really sad thing is, the EXACT SAME THING happened 2 michael waltrip in 1990 in the EXACT SAME SPOT. and what did nascar do about it? NOTHING! and sure enough, twelve years later, the EXACT SAME THING happens all over again.

[thespainisharmada]

I miss that song Fox used to use with that killer bass line.

[ValtonStudios]

Sauter is a hero. A last miniut ajustment saves that guys life

[rockstarr469]

I cannot believe in a crash like that the guy walks out of the car yet Dale Earnhardt dies in his wreck

[NathanKrug1]

@rockstarr469 Yea it's nuts. One thing about Dale though is that he had neck surgery in the off season of that year. Neck was very sensitive. It's kinda scary because it's almost the same exact neck injury Peyton Manning had.

[closedcl8]

@rockstarr469 The initial bump in this crash exposed the driver here, but the other one luckily deflected the rear end without hitting the driver dead-on, and the wreck went down to the free area before another one can hit him

[mlj21299]

What's sad is that, when Dale Earnhardt wreaked. There wasn't much damage to his car at all, and he died. But his car nearly gets split in half and he gets hit afterwords and he gets out perfectly fine.

[LostHighwayFilms]

Reminds me of Michael Waltrips hit.

[Godblessamerica2012]

@LostHighwayFilms i thought it was MW hit for a minute their

[superdowg316Videos]

The same spot Waltrip hit. Who the fuck has a wall opened at a race track?

[Sherpaful]

at that point i would walk away from racing

[jfjhtfghgfhgf]

That was chuck norris

[lemans24fan]

to quote saving private ryan. "you lucky bastard"

[Navohk]

Why did they get rid of the theme song? also, glad he's ok!

[gattler]

that crash was a deadly as having a guillotine flying passed you by a hair!! God bless than man!

[khcooper33]

a lucky guy wouldnt be in that position

[BRN14fan]

As scary as it will get

[Chives5150]

I love how the hood is standing straight up after the crash. Like what mdrscream said, talk about a can opener.

[silverdragon2345]

he is flippin lucky holy crap that crash was bad

[ericbombardier]

JESUS!

[nanny387]

He should go and buy a lottery ticket

[MrNerfornothing]

f1 is safer

[countrymanharrod2]

CAR WAS MADE IN CHINA!!

[ssj3mohan]

Man i need that luck

[transformer2331]

If that's not lucky, I don't know what is.

[lucasgarbarino]

eso es mucha mucha suerte

[XxSiiCkXKiilZxX]

wow, jus wow

[xx24carfan4xx]

Alomost

[nappa666]

Pulverized but this is like 10 years ago right? Man time flies i remember Kenseth starting in 30 and 20s and coming back to win the races in 2003

[ILoveWeedAndBanshees]

some one was watching out fot him that day

[bigdog91paper]

@ILoveWeedAndBanshees Yeah, luck.

[BlueThunderfanracing]

@bigdog91paper i think he meant God.

[bigdog91paper]

@BlueThunderfanracing I think you missed what I was saying, I was saying God is bullshit, but religious people aren't smart enough to notice cynicism.

[Nohjjohnthegreat]

Why on earth is there an open gate? SURELY NASCAR could try harder...

[NASCARwolf20]

Nasty Crash, I bet Harmon shit himself after he hit that wall & saw Sauter coming towards him.

[steamplayer716]

like a can opener

[mdrscream]

Video doesn't explain what happened. (For those that don't understand what happened.)

There is no Tunnel at this track. Infield is accessible by a gate. That happens to be the gate that someone failed to lock correctly, failed to add reinforcements, or the mechanism/design failed.

So when the car hit that section. The gate swung open allowing the car to hit a blunt section of wall that acted like a CAN OPENER.

Normally, under good operation, the car would just ride the wall/gate.

[ArmadeusXxC]

@mdrscream Same thing happened to Michael Waltrip.

[lamboboy001]

@ArmadeusXxC also at bristol

[FishingTennessee]

@mdrscream they put a tunnel in now

[BurdManFTW]

How does that happen, it looked like paper. God was on his side.

[mr1000rx]

that wall was absolute crap. Cars should slide on them not dig in.

[AsocaDiez]

this guy is really lucky !

[8675309858]

holy shit

[fmscott3022]

WOW that was too close

[harvyromero]

wtfff

[madbradmadbrad]

That'll buff right out.

[underthenorthernstar]

Fuuuuuh, that was nuts!

[artesthiago]

god is here

[MrSilverfish12]

Finally a easy way to get out of a nascar

[1IIIIIIIIII1]

THESE CARS ARE CRAP

[gailcarver]

@1IIIIIIIIII1 . i bet u have a passion for civics. well look buddy these cars are more safe than anything, and push somewhere close to 800hp, naturally aspirated. i have an unkle wjo races arca. look up frank kimmle

[1IIIIIIIIII1]

@gailcarver WELL, THAT SAID..........THE CARS ARE STILL CRAP......FLIMSY....IF THIS VIDEO DOES NOT PROVE THAT....I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY.....AND YES, I DO A PASSION FOR CIVICS AND SOCIAL ISSUES AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

[tryithere]

@1IIIIIIIIII1 Flimsy? Just proves you're an idiot.

[1IIIIIIIIII1]

@tryithere GO SCREW YOUR MOM AGAIN AND THEN YOUR COUSIN

[Mcburgerdennyfatkid]

@1IIIIIIIIII1 theres a caps lock button on ur keyboard, in case u didnt notice.

[tryithere]

@1IIIIIIIIII1 My mom's dead and my cousin is pretty hot.

[LukeL007]

@1IIIIIIIIII1 Hit a concrete barrier about 1 foot in width at 140MPH and see what happens.

[Bruce777999]

Nuts!

Must have been a crazy feeling to be soooo close to death.

[falldarkraven3]

240p We meet again...

[KDavisJr86]

My god...that car was sheared in half. That car was in the condition i'd expect a car would be in back in the 70s...

[wyunaboy]

is Nascar cars made in China??

[MasterTaters]

@wyunaboy Metal is pretty pliable at 180 mph..

[Markorian14]

R.I.P Dan Wheldon..

[tompettibone]

The car hit one of the gates that open on to the track. That's why the car broke up so badly. They've since covered up that gate.

[hamlinfanVA]

@tompettibone My problem with that is WHY THE HELL WOULD THEY HAVE AN OPEN GATE WHILE CARS ARE ON THE FREAKING RACETRACK!!???!!! The most retarded thing nascar and/or Bristol has ever done, this doesn't even compare with the reconfiguration of the track, this is much worse.

[HindsFilms]

@hamlinfanVA Its Dover...

[demonracer2]

@HindsFilms um no its not, it even says bristol at 0:05.....

[hamlinfanVA]

@HindsFilms It's Bristol, listen to Steve Byrnes at the beginning of the video.

[CrazyCooter88391]

i would have crawled out the window

[KelliferandLanifer]

@CrazyCooter88391 hell yeah lol

[TittyTittyBangBangXX]

Whewwww

[YankeeStacker25]

I bet he needed a new firesuit after this.. lol

[kzbxvz]

NASCAR only!!

[AntDX316]

tech inspection rules ftw

[memoranda1]

wow talk about looking at death straight in the face and just goes by lucky dude glad nothing happened to him amazingly he walked away without a scratch this is what makes me wonder kenny irwin and dale died of small crashes this guys' car was totally wrecked and he lives to tell but im not a pro so i dont what it feels like to get jerk around in a car crash

[NOXXism]

What an idiotic barrier. Instead of keeping the car rolling it stopped it and split it in half

[i999harris9]

@NOXXism the problem is he missed the safety barrier because he completely missed the turn which sent him head first into the normal barriers which aren't built to absorb the shock because they are hit on side swipes

[lilroo1985]

if the other driver was testing a higher line or if there were more cars on the track and they smashed into him as well, he prolly wouldve been seriously hurt or killed. he's so lucky that crash happened at that point in time and only one other car hit him at that very spot. i dont understand how the car came apart like it did. it looks like there was a flaw in building that race car and maybe it shouldn't been given the green light by NASCAR... or maybe he just happen to hit in that magic spot

[TheThorinbingham]

that was fake

[SuperMarioRewind]

@RockclanRp Mike Harmon

[pfcrobinson]

That was all nascar`s fault, those cars shouldnt do that in a crash. they need to check there safety equipment better

[SuperMarioRewind]

@pfcrobinson i agree good point



[reverenfender]

@pfcrobinson The wreck itself is impossible to blame on the NASCAR corporation but what is their fault is letting the car break in half.

[pfcrobinson]

@pfcrobinson Yea man, thats what i meant.. Those cars shouldnt do that at all, the chassis should not do that in any way, shape or form

[michaelfrench1]

some was watching ova him

[TheFallen746]

Nice car, bro.

[british021]

Gotta agree with most people here " holy fuckkkkkkk" lucky bastard, not his time to go

[ISmashYoDadHead]

The main reason the car got fucked up so bad was the Wall has a bracket behind it and it was not closed so when he it the wall just got pushed over so its like he hit the end of a concrete wall head on forcing the car to split in two.

[shortyjk95]

How the hell did the car split apart straight down the middle

[Basketball470]

fucking hell, i dont understand how he didnt die, thats so fucked up that car fell apart like a road car

[ChrisBChronisterJr92]

It wouldnt be funny. so yeah i dont see how he didnt die

[kylerowdybusch]

one word....FUCK!

[thenekom]

I've seen this numerous times, and it never ceases to amaze me. Those rescue workers, you could tell they did NOT expect him to be ALIVE, much less walking around and pretty much unharmed. AMAZING luck I guess. He didn't so much get out of the car under his own power, he was already out of the car. Still incredible.

[cardude1992]

what a weak car omg is that a race car?

[WeLWets]

Okay crashes looks cool but i despise fatal ones here in youtube.

These videos where you know driver is not gonna hurt badly are cool.

[vectorvtec73]

Unbelievable, I remember seeing that right after it happened. Nasty nasty wreck.

[raptros]

amazing crash hard to believe he walked away out of something like that but... taking a quote from a pro the car "must've been made of something weak like paper mache or Raditz"

[supercrapnstuff11]

he should of came out the window net

[Testafyer2]

Oh wait it didn't

[Testafyer2]

Daaaammmn even the wall caved in

[ventusboy34]

bristol is a killer track harmon and waltrip are lucky to escape alive. u know waltrips 1990 wreck

[wildcat22pgt]

Looked liked the wall gave in !!

[airforce52sc]

damn 

[nascarnate3]

Lol I love how he just stands up, looks around and walks away XD

[Hoppo5970]

@nascarnate3 I don't know about you, but I love the way he casually straightens his helmet haha. Very lucky guy though, even his seatbelt's still working

[a11en1]

when i first saw this video i thought make the cars stronger

[Bluenos018]

Harvick died

[megadudesky]

"his race car devastated" NOOOOOO YA THINK

[nicholasbreeden]

i think its kind of weird how someone can do that and survive, and someone can smack the wall and be killed instantly.

[1atheistforever]

@snoman003 actually the waltrip crash was wilkesboro which is in north carolina, this was at bristol which is in tennesee. Also the waltrip crash didn't tear the car in half, it actually caved in almost all of the car until michael had to be cut out of the wrecked car.

[Seanskippa]

acculy it probley wouldn't of been fatal knowing how town apart these cars get once they hit the wall. cars probley make of plastic. if it hit it it would just split apart throught him.

[ojoj626]

@Seanskippa the cars are made to crple to absorb the impact

[Seanskippa]

@ojoj626 yeah i am just joking those cars have a hard main frame but idk what happened to the frame of that car it is probley a ford....................

[ojoj626]

@Seanskippa most likley in the scrap bin and yes it is a ford its a yates racing car

[Seanskippa]

@ojoj626 ..............yeah ford sucks it stands for Fix Or Repair Daily and backwards Dumb Retard On Foot

[ojoj626]

@Seanskippa eh im not into the whole which truck is better ordeal every truck is different maybe same parts but their all different you might get a badass one or you might get a junky one it just depends

[ManiacMitchUK]

who needs doors?

[xXD4VEYXx]

Lucky bastard

[hungdiemnguyen]

What a Lucky Bastard........

[theblackendone]

very lucky, but check out the mcdowell wreck from texas a year ago i believe

[hunterrocks54]

@theblackendone 3 years ago

[mousehunter311]

That is just crazy. He was literally inches away from getting crushed.

[snoman003]

See Michael Waltrip, 1990, same track, same location on the track Except he wasnt hit by another car. Ripped the car in half and he walked away...

[LokiiiikoL]

no fatal



[CourtyardPigeon]

everyone ran over like.....how are you alive? 

[JACOBACKLEY1997]

NEAR DEATH EXPRIANCE

[LEOXXPO]

Why did you put this scary video on YouTube?

[TheGreasepit]

Wow.......if the second car had of been a bit higher on the track. It just missed him. Lucky lucky dude.

[LUGNUT1995]

Holy crap! Look at the car!

[rcfox]

surely the car shouldnt hav come apart like that after the first impact??

[Fireworksguy11]

@rcfox well considering that the gate broke open and he hit the wall dead on, the car split in half.... i think thats going to happen every time to any car at that speed..

[rcfox]

@Fireworksguy11 ah i didnt notice the gate open, thought he just hit the wall

[manfulify]

Very scary crash. All I could think of was Don MacTavish when I saw this. MacTavish's life was ended in almost the same exact-looking crash.

Scary stuff.

[pimpedvw]

American engineering at its best.

[tryithere]

It was alomost almost.

[MrTM53]

that would bee funny if he pulled the window net down and crawled out of the window

[Avocado0Productions]

Physics doesnt like him.

[BrandtCr066]

wtf!!! O.O his car got torn in half!!!  Chuck Norris doesnt get wet, water gets Chuck Norrised. LOL.

[pedrofm30]

Chuck Norris Like nascar

[CrimsonKing5298]

i wonder what he was thinking when he watched that other car miss him by mere inches

[fluyingmonkeyinc]

Keyword: ALMOST fatal (misspelled in title). Almost means nearly. So if t was almost fatal, he ALMOST died.

[cornelious786]

@fluyingmonkeyinc he did almost die you dipshit

[fluyingmonkeyinc]

@cornelious786 Exactly, you just supported my point of the argument, incase you didnt know.

[teunissenstefan]

@fluyingmonkeyinc He was nearly dead, if the car that hit his car hit him, he woul die. Fatal...

[machinegunboy98]

one thing i'd like to say. either it's fatal or it isn't. fatal means the guy/girl's dead, and if they're alive, fatal has no place to be in the title.

[Wildstar40]

Shades of Don MacTavish and his crash at the 1969 Permatex 300 only somehow Mike Harmon not only survived he survived without injury.Amazing.

[nx1z]

@Wildstar40 When I saw this all I could think of was Don MacTavish

[talkinBEERmug]

Hey Phill!!!

[Cruddy76]

Im pretty sure I saw somewhere that the car is in one of the nascar museums now as a permanent display

[BillyKidJoe1]

holy shit!!!!!!! when the guy got outhe was probly like uuuuuuuuhhhhhhh what happen to the rest of my car damn all the way down there hahahahaha i must of ben goin fast damn daddy i went fast

[mgljimcmgl]

Incredible, I have no words!

[smashsmash24]

dam...better tlk to god 

[chorltzLol]

People! almost fatal has another meaning than his injuries should have killed him. He was uninjured but what they proberly means by the title is that if he got hit by the car about a foot to the right he would have died

[J4YM5]

@chorltzLol duuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhh

[Chenstrapftw]

@SuperMario51397 No they didnt, if you look he hit the entry to a small access road. He basicall hit an 8inch wide piece of concrete.

[Chenstrapftw]

IDC how bad this is, yyou cant help but laugh when he just stands up and brushes himselfoff.

[bigmrclean]

Very similar to Michael Waltrips crash.

[DDawg45]

Holy Fuck

[LetThereBeBeer]

I think he needs new a new pair of underwear

[1971ojoalparche1971]

How is something almost fatal? You are either dead or you're alive, there are no other states in between. An event either kills you or it doesn't: if it kills you it was fatal, if it doesn't it's not and it probably was boring.

Good thing this driver didn't die, but he was NOT lucky. How is crashing into a wall and then into another car lucky? Lucky would have been not crashing ever.

[ShortTrackNews]

@1971ojoalparche1971 I agree, I hate when people put almost fatal. I think they do it to get more views.

[willfryd]

what year