GATR Dover Big Rig Truck Race crash EJ Utley

Practice the day before the race polesitter EJ Utley made a mess of his Mack Truck. The truck raced the next day but didn't have the proper parts for his steering gear and left the race early.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• GATR
• mack
• truck
• racing
• Dover
• crash

[RTD8481]

I wish they still had semi truck racing, this was an awesome sport to watch! Trucks today are plastic! They wouldnt survuve ten laps on a race track.

[e521soediv]

Lmao "7 tons of Mack truck".

[gtarguy22]

i wonder if this was made in the 80s?

[HERMAN78X]

I first saw this about 20 years ago on "And they Walked Away"

[brettcrashman]

whoa, wasnt that Kenny Farmer's GATR crash at the end there!?!

[cst20396]

7 tons? more like 9 tons dude.

[DamnStraightM35A2]

@erasetoimprove

Interesting to know that.

I always wondered why they stopped going to Pocono, I know the trucks broke the wall in Turn 1 there a couple of times.

[erasetoimprove]

@DamnStraightM35A2 actually it wasn't that (and only like 3 drivers actually complained about it). The reason this form of racing at the big ovals ended was being the government started lobbying against it, saying that this kind of racing caused too much pollution. They offered tracks like Dover extra funding to build new stands and whatnot if they stopped hosting the races. Mainly our American government did this. In most other countries, semi racing still exists and is actually popular.

[burton0078]

i thought this clip was a nascar truck race at dover... lol

[davespiros]

the And They Walked Away VHS was something to watch stupid crash stunts and stupider crasher. EJ Utley I salute you ad all those on those And They Walked Away, Saturdays watching that video just seem so far away now!!

[toy4x4nj]

I go to Dover for NASCAR races . Would love to see the big rigs race there . I think it was in the early 80's for that clip Because there's no stands in turn 3 & 4