Neil Bonnett Talladega Crash

Neil Bonnett's accident in the 1993 Diehard 500 at Talladega Motor Speedway

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[bigdctherock]

Gotta love his sense of humor about it afterward. Most drivers would've gone on a tirade. He went back to his day job and cracked a couple jokes. He's beyond missed nowadays.

[whichway103]

Neil Bonnett was a class act, and it was drivers like him that made NASCAR great and an interesting sport to watch.

[mreed24]

That's pretty bad...was he hurt? I didn't get into NASCAR until about '95, when I was 4...so I didn't hear about this one.

[whichway103]

He wasn't seriously hurt. Once he was released from the infield care center he joined the commentators up in the booth and helped call the rest of the race.

[haultaut]

And if I recall, very shortly after this video clip ended, during the broadcast, Ned Jarrett asked Neil if he was ready to join them in the booth full-time.

I wish he would've listened, because Neil died shortly thereafter.

[noobypker]

he wasnt hurt in this one but unfortunately i think he died during a practice run in the 51 car :/ very sad day in nascar...

[benjsmit]

I remember this wreck. Another spectacular crash happened in this race where a car went over the wall. Since then they installed catch fences all around.