Richard Petty Pocono Crash

Richard's crash in the 1980 Coca Cola 500 at Pocono that broke his neck.

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• Richard
• Petty
• Pocono
• Nascar
• 1980

[barneynward]

At least this wasn't one second long

[TheRader101]

and nascar never found out until weeks later

[33skoalbandit]

@RRaquello Yeah, he and Jim Lampley did quite a few NASCAR races for ABC in the 80s, including the 1984 Firecracker 400.

[RRaquello]

Is that Sam Posey doing a NASCAR race? 

[QuikdrawlMcgraw]

wall is still boiler plate pocono is UNSAFE kasey kahne nearly went out into the trees recently...they need to add catch fences on the back stretch...sooner or later it will kill someone

[racefan32]

Um it was Chuck Bown, I believe . and back then the wall was Boiler plate.

[GrizzlyClaw3]

he didnt break his neck, he had severe whiplash and didnt participate in other races for a little while for the fright up he might break it.

[Fania54]

@TheMKEWERBY I do remember that Neil won that race and I remember how he did it in that Purolator #21. He was zig zagging down the front straightaway to break the draft.

[TheMKEWERBY]

@Fania54 I'll say! This was also the late Tim Richmond's first NASCAR start. And since you were there, you may remember, #21, Niel Bonnett won the race.

[BSNFabricating]

That's the same place Bobby Allison was injured eight years later...but he was hit square in the door by Jocko Maggiacomo after a tire went down and he spun on the first lap.