New Zealand Girl reacts to NASCAR WORST CRASHES 

As crazy as it sounds, the 'spinny/flippy' accidents are much safer than they appear. Because when the car is doing all those flips, it is dissipating energy. It's the direct hits to walls that are the most dangerous.

Reactors: OMG! There's no way he can survive that Nascar Fans: Ehh, he's okay, he's fine

Take a shot everytime she says “oh my goodness “

The crash where you said “How can anyone survive that?” Look up Mike Harmon Johnny Sauter Bristol crash.

Luckily nobody has died since Dale in 2001 in the cup series

They damn near bolt those guys in to the cockpit like a NASA astronaut. The amount of protections built into those cars is insane.

Courtney, the last fatality in NASCAR racing was Dale Earnhardt Sr in 2001. Since then, safety has been greatly improved. From re-enforced roll cages to the seats the drivers seat to head and neck restraint systems, the governing body has made great strides in safety. When you see the accidents where parts are flying, that is a good thing. It dissipates energy. Earnhardt’s crash involved him hitting the wall head on and his seat belt failed due to improperly being applied. If you come to America, a NASCAR event is a slice of Americana you don’t want to miss.

3:09 I am so glad NASCAR (Sanctioning Body of the sport) took the wings off the cars and put the spoilers back on.

I raced cars myself. And although it may seem insane to see these cars fly through the air hit walls with tremendous force, it is pretty safe. Those roll cages are built very well.

these cars are literally traveling faster than it takes a jumbo airliner to take off a runway. the slightest mishap will mess up the aerodynamics and send it crashing.

One of the newer safety devices is the “ SaferBarriers”. These are designed to absorb the impact. The drivers are in a “ roll cage”, and the seat is designed to keep the driver in and tight. They have big collars around their necks, and a lot of other safety equipment. In the past, there were a lot of deaths. Now there haven’t been one for years. 📻🙂

Nothing compares to seeing it in person. Im not even really a fan of Nascar, but seeing it in person is an experience never to be forgotten

I'm only half way through the video and I think we have a new "Oh my God/Goodness" record.

8:40 So hard to avoid getting into it... imagine going so fast that you suddenly stand on the brakes and slow down 100mph.... and you're still going 100mph.

At 2:36 he not only survived, he climbed out from what was left of the car and walked to the ambulance unaided. Which is nothing short of miraculous.

NASCAR is like a chariot race with internal combustion engines.

Sit in a parking lot and think of the whole group moving up to 200 mph and bump around. That's what it's like. The drivers are athletes in their own right with constant G forces and the concentration. Some drivers will literally loose 7-10 pounds in a race. The cockpit can be up to 130 degrees and a race can last 3-4 hours or more.

Yes, these cars are basically built around a very strong roll cage structure inside the cabin area. And most of the rest of the car is meant to break away in big impacts. When a driver gets into an accident, he just folds his arms close to his chest and goes for a ride. The only time they are rushed to get out of the car is if it's on fire.

The positive is - most of the safety features on modern American-made cars cane from NASCAR.

That crash at 5:10 I was right there with you, OMG!

4:21 who else got a craving for M&Ms while watching this clip? They should've sponsored the video.

3:12 That was Carl Edwards & Ryan Newman at Talladega. I was at that race, and several rows up on that very same turn. VERY scary, and thank God everyone walked away.

7:42 This could have been worse than the 1955 Le Mans disaster.

Your reaction to the cars driving so close to each other at the two minute mark is hilarious!

5:07 I was watching this one live when it happened. I thought for sure the driver definitely had died after that last massive impact. The camera's wouldn't even focus on the wreck afterwards because they were afraid to possibly show body parts, and they wouldn't play the replay again until after they knew that the driver had lived.

The Jeff Bodine crash at 5:06 was scary! I remember watching that one live, I know he was a gonner for sure!

I love this reaction. I come from a racing family and have seen these kinds of accidents for so many years that they seem just slightly worse than usual. Its wonderful to see a fresh point of view. I can suddenly see just how violent these accidents really are

As an American who watches NASCAR all the time I've become hardened by these crashes, I don't even react to them when I see them in person or on video. I'm just so used to it. Also the guy in the truck crash as 5:12 was taken to a nearby hospital in serious but stable condition but he survived. The sheer force of air when the truck hit the catch fence sent a few spectators in the stands flying a few feet off the ground.

2:54 is the wreck that inspired the final crash in "Cars"

1:13 That was Austin Dillon who flipped over and into the fence. He walked away under his own power with only a few minor scratches

Those barriers and catch fences are specifically engineered to flex and then snap back to sort of "bounce" the car off of them a little bit and redirect the impact energy while keeping the car generally on or near the racing surface. In a car accident, speed suddenly to zero is what causes most fatalities, by redirecting the car's impact rather than stopping it, it prevents the sudden stop, reducing the effect on the driver and increasing survivability.

To answer your question about who helps them during the crash. Every speedway has a crew of firefighters and paramedics who are specifically trained to deal with hi speed crashes. My local speedway has a crew of 10 firefighters and 4 paramedics during a race and I believe most big speedways has a airevac helicopter as well.

Yep I'm flying through the air right now this is not good.

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Courtney, if you get the chance look up Davey Allison's wreck at Pocono. He flipped eight times. He had a broken wrist, arm, color bone and severe facial swelling and he raced the next weekend. Very tough driver.

Hi Courtney, I've seen a few of your videos but was impressed to see you cover this one. I know you're from New Zealand but semi local to you, Australia gave us Marco Ambrose who raced in NASCAR's Cup series (the highest tier) for about eight years. Anyway, thought you'd want to hear from someone who's raced and been in similar crashes. I've raced in Street Stock, Late Models and Sprint cars (sprints are the ones with the big wings on the top). All classes I raced in were on dirt ovals here in the states. I did race road courses and ovals in go-karts (not the kind you can get in at amusement park, lol). Imagine go karts an inch and half off the ground that have the capability of doing 70+ mph. On a road course you don't mad out that speed by any means but the acceleration and being that close to the ground is intense. I've flipped one of those too but you are just thrown from it like if you were racing motorcycles. As for the larger cars, specifically the late models which are a full body stock car, it can almost seem like slow motion and you never know when it will end. There is almost a call when youre airborne. It may be a split second but it feels longer. It's when you get hit again or hit the wall that your adrenaline kicks in again. You want to naturally hold on but when the car is barrel rolling, you almost can't it wants to throw your arms out to your sides. It's part of the reason so many safety features are in current, modern day racecars. I have the video paused so I don't know if it will show it in this one but look up RYAN NEWMAN 2020 DAYTONA 500. I actually have it on my channel now that I think about it. I have a business channel and a personal one, I posted that on the channel linked to this profile.

The last death in the sport (Dale Earnhardt) didn’t look nearly as bad as these crashes. It’s crazy smh.

I was at the race when the black truck went airborne into the fence nose first, it sounded like a bomb

Its not just the roll cages that make those cars so safe, but the many advancements in driver safety over the years that have added to their ability to go through these terrible wrecks with little to no injury. The Head And Neck Support (or HANS for short) device was created after the last fatal crash in the NASCAR Cup series back in 2001 (Dale Earnhardt was killed when he broke his neck in a head on collision with the wall in turn 4 on the last lap of the Daytona 500) and was made mandatory for all drivers. This device not only presses against the drivers shoulders and helmet to not let their neck move much in case of an accident, but it is also attached to their seat. Their seats are also molded to fit the driver perfectly, keeping them in place as well as being more comfortable.They are also held into the seat with a multi point harness (I think its a 6 point). All of those and more combine to make the drivers body basically just not move in case of a wreck, making them able to withstand heavy impacts at high speed often with maybe the wind getting knocked out of them at the worst. And in case of fire, they all wear fire suits and track personnel can be to them in seconds with fire extinguishers. The cars themselves are also full of features that make things like rollovers less likely, but not impossible. The roof flaps that come up when a car gets sideways deflect the air in such a way that makes it less likely to achieve lift. And most tracks have also lined the walls with what is called a SAFER barrier. Essentially, it is a type of barrier that sits on the track side of the outer wall that absorbs energy from collisions by moving with the car for a certain amount of space, making hits to the wall not nearly as bad. Of course, they cant put this everywhere so injuries still happen with wall collisions, but they are drastically reduced. Usually, the worst kind of hit a driver might have is with a wall that doesnt have a SAFER barrier or with another car that might be much slower or stopped. Or if you're Jaun Pablo Montoya, a jet dryer... I know something broke on his car so it wasn't his fault, but that was just funny (no one got hurt, but the track was on fire for awhile). With all that said, injuries still happen. They are far more rare than they used to be, but they still happen. Racing is inherently dangerous, no matter how safe they may make the cars and the tracks. But... It is a hell of a lot safer than it used to be. Nowadays, NASCAR is probably one of the safest of the major racing leagues due to their fully enclosed cockpit cars (compared to F1 or Indycar) and the tracks they race on being well suited for their cars. I've been a NASCAR fan since I was little (early 2000s) so these wrecks dont really phase me, but seeing your reactions reminds me of just how crazy they can be... I saw Austin Dillon's trip into the catch fence at Daytona live on TV and that one scared me a bit.

2:55 Reminds me of "The King's" crash from the first Disney Cars movie, flip for flip

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8:43 there were 26 cars involved, and only 7-8 cars finished the race

The crash of Dan Wheldon was a brutal crash because he was awake and alert when the paramedics got him out. The same day the same race was canceled and the racers held a lap around the track in his honor.

I am a big Nascar fan, and seen all of these crashes. I’m not numb to these crashes, but it was so entertaining to watch you reaction. You realize just how bad these crashes really were.

9:51 of a girl going “Oh my gosh” *gasp*

Question: Why would you watch cars driving in circles? Answer: For the wrecks.

I love your reactions. You seem like a genuinely caring person.

Been loving your videos, never thought you'd add NASCAR. Didn't even occur to me even though my dad is a nut for this sport. Looking forward to more. I'm no expert, but will say, there is a Hell of a lot more to this sport than crashes. Love to ya Courtney!

2:28 Surprisingly, he survived. The driver that hit him barely missed the cockpit

Yeah those cars definitely have roll cages but some of these it's a miracle they're still alive after the car is thrashed around that hard.

The crash at 5:08 (2000 Daytona 250) was the worst of Geoff Bodine's career. Bodine was in the truck that got launched into the catch fence. He only missed 10 races recovering from this crash, and retired 12 years later.

This sport is very popular in the USA because the cars somewhat resemble normal cars. It's not the fastest motorsport by any means, but because the cars are built to look like a normal car, there's some instances of "trading paint", riding on your bumper, and being bunched together to streamline airflow. They race 36 races a year with the most prestigious being at Daytona Beach, Florida just south east of Jacksonville. The Daytona 500. The last fatal crash in a race was on the final lap of the Daytona 500 in 2001. Dale Earnhardt (5-time world champion) died on turn 4 protecting his teammates (Michael Waltrip, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.). There was a time when cars and tracks were not all that safe and it wasn't uncommon for racers to die in horrible crashes. Thank you for reacting to this. As for "procedures? There's always ambulances, fire trucks, tow trucks, and air blowers on standby whenever any accident happens. Also, the race goes under caution and a pace car comes out to slow down the rest of the field until the track is cleared.

The problem with these videos is that they make a stereotype of the sport. People watch these and think that the sport is only turning left and wrecking which isn’t the case there is so much more that goes on behind the scenes.

Go react to the Isle of Man motorcycle races there on motorcycles going like 200 mph most of the time I promise you even the on boards are so intense makes you want to put on a helmet watching the video

Courtney, great video. If I may make some additional NASCAR recommendations: Nascars’s greatest Big Ones NASCARs greatest finishes NASCAR Fights There have been many memorable moments in nascar’s 70 year history whether it’s crashes, finishes or rivalries. Some may find NASCAR boring because, for the most part, it is 40 cars going in circles for 3 hours. but if you dedicate yourself to it like I have, you get to witness these remarkable moments that just make you go “WOW.” This is why I fell in love with this sport.

Just saying but if you haven’t already, look up Ryan Newman Daytona 500 Crash 2020. He walk out of the hospital no less than 48 hours after it had happened. Truly a miracle of how safe this cars have become

5:11 you can just see a cameraman gets blasted by the fire. Yeesh

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I think the best Nascar vids I've seen were saves, they show incredible skill staying on the track or out of the wall.

The biggest reason the drivers can walk is because the cars are designed to rip apart in crashes. As you have seen, this throws that momentum away from the driver and brings the car to a halt in a safe manner. They do have reinforced cages and straps to hold the drivers in place and keep the car from caving in on top of them. This design is used in many other sports like F1, V8 Super, Super GT and the endurance racing series' like Le Mans.

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Crashing at 200 mph....sometime people die despite the roll bars and safety precautions...

So glad she picked a non fatal compilation. It's amazing these people survived

I was attending a few of these, mostly at Talladega. When the #99 car, Carl Edward's hit the catch fence... It hit slightly to my left, and the carburetor went through the fence... Hit a lady in the jaw, sitting next to me. It fractured her jaw. I had boiling hot fluids, some sheet metal hit me in the face. I refused treatment, and drove home. Kudos on the videos!

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The crash at 2:56 is what inspired the “king” crash near the end of Disney cartoon Cars.

My parents were friends with Bobby and Donnie Allison and their wives and we kids grew up with Davey and Clifford. Bobby's crash at Talladega was the one that led to restrictor plates and was, at that time, one of the scariest in NASCAR. Now, it looks almost tame by comparison to some of them. Surprised you didn't have Davey's crash at Pocono.

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Ths sport has done so well with making the cars so safe. They added fireproof suits, a HANS device that keeps your head from moving as much, improved catchfences for airborne wrecks, roof flaps, safer barrier on wall to absorb impact, more bars in the roll cage, etc

The crash at 2:10 involving the flipping car of Ken Schrader, one of my all time favorite drivers, has a spectacular view from a car driven by Jeremy Mayfield. He was behind all this and suddenly the #25 flies through the air. You should be able to find it. Talladega Superspeedway where most of these crashes occurred is an insane track!

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I was at a dirt track race in Lake City, FL about 15 years ago where a car didn't make the turn and went straight up the banked turn and launched up and came down through the powerlines to the track. The driver lived, but never raced again.

the crash that happened at 2:24 happened in Bristol, Tennessee during practice runs....the driver not only survived, but he unfastened his harness and stood up where he was sitting before the medical team came to take him to the infield care center for a checkup

1:12 - That was the crash of Austin Dillon. He ended up going airborne, flew into the catch fence and (what as left of) his car landed back on the track upside-down only to be hit by another car. AND HE WALKED AWAY! The crowd roared when he got out and waved to them to show he was ok. The safety features of these cars are incredible.

Hi courtney hope u enjoyed a bit of our sport. Biggest problem is when the cars spin backwards..the air cannot escape due to the front air dam (the part that is almost touching the ground) so it packs underneath and tries to lift the car. Theoretically the roof flaps prevent this and sets the car back down, but not always as uve seen...the crashes that happen are essentially physics on a massive scale.

The Elliot Sadler wreck at 5:30 is hard to get the picture of because the camera didn't capture most of it because Kurt Busch's wreck was more flashy. But that's easily one of the hardest hits I've seen. he went head first into the corner of the metal gate and dirt at full speed, no SAFER barrier.

The crash at around 2:25 used to be, maybe still is (?) considered the worst crash ever. It happened during qualifying. He hit a moveable section of the wall used to get vehicles into the infield. In doing so, he hit the butt end of the concrete shearing the car in two down the centerline completely exposing the driver. The other car hit right behind the driver and took off the left rear of the car. When it was all done, the driver unbuckled and stepped out to his right and stood up completely unscathed. The remains of the car are in the museum. The wreck at the 8:00 mark ended Bobby Allison's career. It was before restrictor plates were introduced to slow the top speed of the cars down on tracks considered to be 'super speedways'. The mention going 210 which was about the average on the straight stretches on super speedways in the mid 80's. After that, the restrictor plate ( a plate with undersized holes installed under the carburetor to slow the cars down ) is responsible for most of the huge multi car pile ups you see. They make the cars mostly equal, so they run bunched up. When one guy bobbles a little, it can start a chain reaction taking out a large portion of the field.

There’s been major safety innovations over the last 20 years since sr’s wreck. As far as who helps then there are multiple saftey crews at every track and an in field care center. As far as “if one person f’s up everyone pays,” yes and there is serious driver etiquette about driving in traffic. Especially with restrictor plate races. Every driver at the three highest levels has a spotter constantly telling them where other drivers are. Its a ballet at 200mph

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These cars are designed to go very fast, forward. Once you get one turned around and air gets underneath it, they become like an airplane wing and lift off the ground. That has mostly been eliminated with roof flaps. When they start to get sideways now, the lower air pressure will suck open a roof flap or 2 and create downforce to keep them on the ground. They still get up sometimes but not nearly as often as they used too.

2:26 - The car was sliced in half and struck by another car. The driver simply walked out of his car. This was almost identical to Michael Waltrip's crash in 1990 in the same part of the same track (look up "Michael Waltrip Bristol Crash"; he was also uninjured). 2:55 - This was Rusty Wallace's second serious flip that season and the crash that led to NASCAR putting roof flaps on the cars (because they generate lift when traveling backwards at high speeds, roof flaps pop up when the car starts going backwards and generate more downforce). 3:07 - Carl Edwards got out of his car and jogged across the finish line. 3:51 - Ricky Rudd suffered severe bruising during the crash (this was at the Busch Clash, an exhibition race held leading up to the Daytona 500) and he raced in the Daytona 500 with his eyes taped open so he could see. This led to NASCAR mandating that all drivers who crash out of a race have to be examined by the NASCAR medical team. 5:06 - Everyone thought Geoff Bodine was dead (he survived and continued racing for another 10+ years; he now designs and builds bobsleds). This is the worst non-fatal NASCAR crash I've ever seen. 7:37 - Bobby Allison's crash was the reason why NASCAR implemented restrictor plates for Daytona and Talladega (the fastest tracks in the world). Bill Elliott's qualifying speed for that race still stands as a stock car record (212.809 MPH average lap speed), and was only 3 MPH slower than Mario Andretti's Indy 500 pole speed from the same year. The cars became too fast to be safe. Bobby Allison blew a tire at the fastest part of the fastest track (IIRC, he was estimated to be going around 215 MPH at that moment) and flew into the catch fence; debris from his car still managed to injure spectators, and Allison thought he struck the flagman (whose stand is directly over the start/finish line; Allison did come very close to hitting him, though). The ambulance crew wouldn't let him look at the aftermath, so Allison assumed several people had been killed. NASCAR is very quick to implement safety measures as the result of crashes. "Fireball" Roberts's death resulting from burns sustained in a crash in 1964 would speed the development of fireproof clothing (Roberts had serious asthma and didn't use fire retardant chemicals on his driving suit as it made it very difficult for him to breathe). Dale Earnhardt's death in 2001 made NASCAR require drivers to wear full-face helmets (Dale wore an older-style open-face helmet) and the HANS device (meant to secure a driver's head and neck; Dale didn't think they were comfortable and felt that they impeded his ability to see the track).

1:11 I saw that one live. It was a night race that got a rain delay. That wreck happened just after 3:00am. Was shocked that he was able to walk away from that.

In that last crash, the only injury was a comical one. One driver bit through his tongue, and had to get a stitch or two for it. Otherwise, nobody was severely hurt. Amazingly, one car did manage to get stopped behind it. His on-board camera caught it all as he slowed down, trying to avoid everyone. After it was all over, it looked like a junkyard as he weaved his way through all the carnage. As someone who watched that live on TV, I STILL have no idea how he managed to get that thing stopped in time...

The worst part was, that even if you see a car make what seemed like a glancing deflective blow, that could instantly shave a decent chunk of speed and kill the driver. A scenario like that was what caused Dale Earnhardt's fatality. He received a Basilar Skull Fracture due to him not having a head restraint. In a crash, your body is strapped to a seat, but if your head isn't, your head will literally want to fly off your torso, so the spine and spinal cord gradually stretch to the point that you receive a fracture on the base of your skull, literally because your spinal cord is trying to pull your brain out of it's skull. Street vehicles have airbags to fulfill the need, but after Dale's death, NASCAR adopted the HANS device to be standard safety equipment.

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Courtney, the drivers have a signal to the NASCAR Safety Crew, the people who respond to the wrecks, is that if they are OK, they take down their window net. If they are not OK, as in the cases of the Late, Great Dale Earnhardt, the window net stays up due to the driver being knocked out or unable to release it due to an broken arm, etc.

If you can ever get to Florida to experience a race at Daytona (non-Covid year lol), it is one of the most exhilarating experiences you can have. If you make a trip out here, its amazing. Lots of good food, and you have lots of options (infield, pit pass, and grandstand). Orlando (Disney/Universal) and Brevard County (Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, etc.) are but an hour away. Just the sounds and the atmosphere is amazing. If you are interested in military history too, St. Augustine (oldest American City) is 45 minutes north. Patrick SFB (formerly Banana River Naval Station and Patrick Air Force Base) is near Cocoa.

They have crash crews and emergency services that go out to assist in the wrecks and clearing them. When that happens they fly the yellow flag (cation) as well as a pace car to tell drivers to slow down or they fly a red flag to stop the race depending on the severity of the wreck.

5:06 I feel that reaction. Massive racing fan for 15 years now and that’s the worst crash I’ve ever seen.

You should also watch some of the dirt track sprint car races too that will get your heart pumping for sure, 1100lb car, 800hp motor, going 150mph on dirt and you can only see in front of you and some to your left, you have to feel where the front end of the car is because you can't see it ! It's FUN ! (Old dirt track driver here) :)

I was involved in a huge automobile accident which I ended up rolling my truck 7 times at 70 mph and eventually went airborne 25 feet in the air flying over the concrete divider on the highway and eventually landed in the fast lane of the other side of the highway! Ended up with a severely broken compound fractured leg in 5 places! 😳🤢🤮 And I cant even begin to try and explain just how EXTREMELY VIOLENT that crash was ! So seeing these crashes makes me have 100% pure respect for these Drivers/athletes !!!

Basically due to the deaths in the past, Nascar has become a very safe autosport nowadays. Dale Earnhardt was the last death, who seemingly did not even crash "that" hard into the wall but due to not having the neck protection (a so called HANS device, which basically makes sure your head doesn't whiplash upon impact) and supposedly having his seatbelts be worn, his chin hit the steering wheel, causing a fatal skull fracture. Nowadays the HANS device is mandatory and they have 6-point seatbelts instead of the 5-point seatbelts they had back then.

There were several wrecks where the driver suffered injuries. The one at 5:10 was one I thought was fatal when I saw it live. Geoff Bodine, the driver of the truck that pretty much disintegrated suffered fractures to his right wrist, right ankle, right cheekbone, a vertebra and a concussion. He missed 10 races in 2000.

The only best NASCAR crash... "I am Juan Pablo Montoya. I ran into a jet dryer. Prepare to fry."

Courtney, Daytona and Talladega are notorious for having a type of wreck called "The Big One" because the cars all bunched up together since both of those tracks require restrictor plates.

It’s the big one, baby. @ 7:45, I had the opportunity to attend the race where Bobby Allison got into the fence. Would have been sitting close to the impact area.

The roll cage is everything. Earnhardt Jr. said they toss like a roller coaster, the main concern is that they let go of the wheel so their arms don't swing out of the window .