Yep. If that happened in the 90s for example the driver probably would have lost their life. It's amazing how much we've progressed in terms of making these cars safer.
Yes I was sitting right In Front of that crash and pieces of concrete came out of the wall. The catch fence did its job and the safety of the truck did their job to keep everyone safe
More impressed that it was a proper built truck when we first had pro trucks show up for the first season ever at Mobile speedway there was a few that was older ones from the early 2000s with outdated designed cages as in missing a few bars that we run today for better safety and luckily this was a more upto date style truck chassis and he was wearing a hans device with a nice seat. Alot of guys still run a classic kirkly seat with just one head support on the right side and that's it seat wise no full containment seats. If you can afford to race a car that's more expensive then a pure stock you can afford a nice proper seat. I ran pro trucks and had a full containment seat but didn't use a hans device I used a good ole horse collar and regret that and ran a neck collar in faster classes then pro trucks and that was very dumb. Glad this turned out the best it could have and nastiest wreck I have ever seen In pro trucks ever.
They build these things like tanks, sometimes the car might damage or come apart in a way that looks crazy, but the role cages are meant to take that kind of abuse and protect the driver
I mean nascar had crashes like these, like Carl edwards on 2009 or Neil bonnet in 1989 or 1992 or 1995 or even Richard petty in 1988 who torn up most of the catch fence which had the front destroyed or Geoff bodine in 2000 at daytona where the entire paint scheme was gone and only the rib cage remained
The fact he didnt come to a sudden complete stop, hit a soft fence, and the car broke apart, actually nowhere near as dangerous to the driver as it looks. The car is not built like a tank, it's meant to give, bend, rip apart. It absorbs the g forces before they get to his seat and seat belts. However the fans could be seriously hurt.
The audience just had a 2900lb peice of metal fly directly at them at 110mph, and the catch fence did it’s job. Glad the drivers were not badly injured.
That reminds me of a similar crash that happened at my home track Star Speedway in Epping NH. One of the 350 Supermodifieds got pushed into the wall and it went into the fence and took down 100 feet of fencing at the end of the front straightaway. They ended up still finishing that race and the rest of the races that were after it. Without any fans sitting in the grandstands where the fence was torn down. There is a fantastic video on RU-vid of the crash and it's 100% worth the watch.
I vaguely remember hearing about that. Probably because I'm about an hour hour and a half north of you and quite a bit of people I know either go down or even raced down in that area
Motorsports aren't necessary for crash safety design in passenger vehicles, they use totally different methods for one thing. We don't need data from sports that endanger human life. I enjoy motorsports as much as the next guy, but I won't lie to myself so I can justify the inherent dangers of it.
@@chevy-is-a-good-boy Incorrect, no idea how you could make such a statement. A few quick examples: seatbelts, rear view mirrors, computer run systems, crash absorption, fire retardant materials, cameras, tire and rubber technology
He went to the hospital with back pain and his helmet was cracked open… prayers for him! Most likely has a concussion and whatever else with his back could be potentially broke
imagine not having a clue what your talking about lol the guy that flipped nails the car on the outside coming out of four hes then loose and slides down into him they hit tires and it knocks the black car up and they start wrecking when he hits the ground because the man couldnt steer his fucking car with the left front off the ground. he didnt hook the guy on purpose. they were wrecking down the whole straightaway. notice your the only comment on here saying he turned him lol
@@Crypteass na he did try to wreck him lol theres another video and it slow mo right before they hit he gets his wheels straight and then you an see him turn hard left and hook the guy. he knew itd look like he was just still wrecking but in slow mo you can watch his wheel turn hard. my bad man
@@cameronhobbs2142 the other video from the front straight, you can clearly see him gather it up and then make not one, but two hard lefts into the 38.
The black truck learned that move from Carl Edward's turning Brad Kesolowski at Atlanta, and sending him roof first into the wall. Moves like that should have the driver, who starts the whole thing, parked for rest of night.
@@DinsDetailin they absolutely had spotters a lot of places require them now for line ups they have someone there working with race control that tells spotter where should be know this for fact as we do this at my local track and touring series which is much more low key then this
I tell u onething that last truck that came flying in one needs to be parked if his ass can't see all the cars and the smoke from the crash. He almost smoked that truck that's already hit the wall on its roof
@@adammatthewssr.77 from that view it looked like he was carrying to much speed. The videos from the pit rd he dosnt look that fast going threw there..
@@greaterbostonrailfanning1025 what im saying is getting caught in rr and thrown into wall at end of atraight sucks wish i hit a fence instead of a wall they softer but what do i know you probably only watched racing.
@@03treefitty i drive legend cars in the northeast. I know what it's like to hit a wall with force, I know what it's like to go over, I also know how to spell
safety hell ... that was luck that the driver and fans alike were unhurt... no safer barrier... roof first... terrible crash .. regular chain link fence with no steel cable run through. just lucky no one was killed. they dont call it a "retaining wall and catch fence" for no reason... its what they are there for... to retain and catch.. but dammmm lets not try to use em..lol
Yep. Insane. And too, it's a good thing. Purposeful safety engineering efforts. Austin Dillon walked away as well: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5OsCONjzxyM.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kheqAtLXSak.html
