UK National Legends Cars Championship 2023. R5 Cadwell Park. Huge Crash Flips 

Usually even tho these crashes look brutal it means that a lot of energy gets dispersed which is usually good and saver for the driver than a dead stop

This one's right up there, as well, from Lincoln Speedway. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fmOx1moPjF0.html

​@@TristanJ22 thats what they say, a sudden violent flip like this is even more dangerous than a sudden stop with these cars.

@@TristanJ22 ehhhh, depends on how many hits the vehicle takes directly to the roof. Just kinda tornadoing like this is usually pretty good for the driver injury-wise, but flips open drivers up to injury through the car taking impacts with the ground in some less protected places.

​@Tristan Jochheim there is not many crush zones on these cars, and the flipping is so violent. This was brutal...

I think he did 12.5 flips

Johnny survived

Thanks for the update! Thankfully he's OK, that was a nasty one.

​@kowalski3769 seeing how he was on the ITV BTCC coverage i'm more surprised he's not back on track already really.

@@nitelast Unfortunately there we weren't able to watch any of it here in the US.

John was at Brands Indy on ITV4 this weekend seemingly more fussed with why he couldn't be racing, he's a tough bloke!

@@frl6683 that is incredible, I am glad he is alright and that he still has the passion and the ability to race again. I have seen many crashes but in those cars a roll like that can't feel good lmao

As for the how, it's a big tendency with these cars. The semi-open wheeled nature makes them easy to catapult off of each other, and with the shape of the roof and fenders, it's just as easy for the car to dig into soft surfaces like grass or sand traps and go tumbling. You see it all the time in asphalt and dirt oval races with the same cars.

​@@NolanRempel it just seems crazy to me that rolls that violent tend to happen in cars that go much faster like an old 90s pre-roof flap era NASCAR crash at Talladega or something. This crash reminds me of Davey Allison's crash at Pocono in 1992 with the way the car rolls into somersaults before coming to rest

@@Glizzyyyy420 Lack of safety features back then tended to do that lol. Though for these it's just because of the car's structure, can't really be helped. Much like how midgets and sprint cars tend to take nasty tumbles instead of softer spins.

Nicked it?

He was on itv4 ages ago (when the cars were playing roll over again)

Tbf in a lot of racing series driver tend not to, the more professional a series the more likely you have things like a medical car, on track ambulance, well distributed marshals with fire safety equipment etc. Its more often than not far better as a driver to let the marshals and medical staff handle the accident and focus on just getting your car beck to the pits and out of the way. Unless your in a fully am series that doesn't have that kind of support you may well just end up getting in the way of the professionals and causing more harm than good if you try to get involved in the accident response.

Exdactly.. it looks dramatic.. but hitting something stationary can be much worse with that speed..

nah nah

Not amateurs at all... Just what you get when you put these cars on a tight track like Cadwell

@@lewisclarke-bull3666 Legends Cars are used by amateurs, not in professional leagues and yes, they move was 100% boneheaded amateur move. Guess what? It’s the driver’s responsibility to drive the course. You can’t blame the course because the driver sucks.

@@andrewahern3730 so over twenty years of experience and multiple championships across different categories is amateur good to know

@@lewisclarke-bull3666 lmao, do you not know what the words “amateur” and “professional” mean?

@@andrewahern3730 either you don't know the meaning of sarcasm or you've got something bigger going on

😂 yeah, cmon