Irish Rally Driver Bertie Fisher amazing driving to avoid a crash at 120 mph

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  • Опубліковано 8 чер 2010
  • Irish Rally Driver Bertie Fisher has a lucky escape in the 1986 Galway Rally in his Manta 400.
    has he is aproching a sharp right hand corner his brakes fail at 120 mph..
    when it was only due to Bertie's skill and quick reactions in avoiding a major spectator accident...
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  • @SlyShot555
    @SlyShot555 3 роки тому +121

    The instant he felt brake pressure drop he shifted from 5th to first and let the clutch out to biting point not to lock up the rear. Then using the handbrake to slow the car as much as possible, the rear tyres chirping at the limit of their grip he drifts through a chicane made of children and avoids a car by putting two wheels over a bank and onto a wall. It's not the circumstance but genius caught on film that gives me goosebumps.

    • @Jack-Wall
      @Jack-Wall 2 роки тому +12

      An outstandingly written summary (prose) of quite a remarkable demonstration of skill coupled with a measure of good luck!

    • @ThePerpetualStudent
      @ThePerpetualStudent 2 роки тому +5

      Well said! Brilliant. I have always thought that Rally drivers were the best in the world, even over F1 drivers.

    • @PBMS123
      @PBMS123 2 роки тому +5

      He definitely didn't go into 1st. That would have resulted in either locking the wheels up, or over revving the engine to the point it would blow a piston. He also shifts the gear stick down, so at best, he went into second.

    • @georgeb.2949
      @georgeb.2949 2 роки тому +12

      @@PBMS123 he went 1st my friend .it is a dog leg .dont write if you are not familiar with cars or specifically with racing cars of that era

    • @cjstroked
      @cjstroked Рік тому

      ​@@georgeb.2949 Did Opel mantas have dog leg gear boxes? Or was it common practice to put them in rally cars

  • @dublin17anon12
    @dublin17anon12 7 років тому +27

    That is the best bit of driven I have seen in 27 year's watching rallying

  • @NialPowerCork
    @NialPowerCork 4 роки тому +28

    I remember that incident well, haven’t seen it for 20 years, Bertie Fisher was an amazing driver, really amazing. The things he could make that car do, this incident shows the speed of thought he had very well. What a shame for his family that he was lost so young.

  • @LOGOS422
    @LOGOS422 8 років тому +38

    Amazing driver. RIP Bertie.

  • @flammenjc
    @flammenjc 2 роки тому +9

    How quickly he switched to handbrake was godlike. Bertie was a very very quick and talented driver. He gave both McRaes runs for their money in lesser equipment

  • @jordanellis3906
    @jordanellis3906 8 років тому +9

    what a skillful driver gone but not forgotten r.i.p bertie

  • @generalmassive1907
    @generalmassive1907 Рік тому +1

    Thats why they call him the one handed wander, top class driver, one of the very very best 😊 Gone but never forgotten 😢

  • @MSSRallyTeam
    @MSSRallyTeam 11 років тому +17

    "Bertie Fisher has a lucky escape" no spectators have lucky escape! Bertie fisher does some of the most skilled driving I've seen!

    • @theant9821
      @theant9821 5 місяців тому

      Everyone was lucky here, skill can only achieve so much in situations like this.
      Regardless of skill and reflexes etc. You need a bit of luck on your side too.
      Some things are beyond your control. With all the skill in the world he couldn't control the spectators, the car blocking the junction, what was behind all that there could have been something or someone else there that wouldn't have been visible until he was already committed to going through the gap.

  • @barryotoole6990
    @barryotoole6990 4 роки тому +4

    At the time where the Spectators were standing was considered safe by the marshals!! Great reactions by Bertie and quick thinking and somebodys prayers. A true gent meet him at the Donegal Rally... R.I.P Bertie

  • @Scamdemic
    @Scamdemic 4 роки тому +8

    Nearly 20 years ago we lost Bertie, Mark and Emma. Truly tragic :-(

  • @fergusnaughton6148
    @fergusnaughton6148 8 років тому +16

    Pure genius

  • @triptechable
    @triptechable 3 роки тому +5

    This is up there with Ari's Dear God moment

    • @theant9821
      @theant9821 5 місяців тому

      Definitely, except the "dear god" moment is made special by Terry Harryman saying it. Otherwise it would have likely been overlooked along with all the other close shaves Ari got away with.

  • @cervelo9465
    @cervelo9465 2 роки тому +2

    Amazing Save,
    God Bless them all.

  • @JurijFedorov
    @JurijFedorov 10 років тому +15

    Good driving skills!

  • @sonoeire
    @sonoeire 10 років тому +6

    dats some drivin!.. unreal!.. r.i.p bertie.. ur a legend!

  • @federicopolisha
    @federicopolisha 9 років тому +15

    That was amazing.

  • @galwaysynth
    @galwaysynth 7 років тому +6

    i was there when it happened, i was 6 and i remember it like it was yesterday.

  • @nightowlrally
    @nightowlrally 11 місяців тому

    Whew, that's nothing but pure experience at work there. Not enough time to think, just react. "Don't practice until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong."

  • @TrueBlueEG8
    @TrueBlueEG8 12 років тому +11

    Astonishing car control, a lesser man would have caused serious damage. R.I.P Mr Fisher.

  • @swinegull
    @swinegull 14 років тому +3

    that is unbelievable!!

  • @mehmet4g63
    @mehmet4g63 8 років тому +4

    It's amazing, so amazing.

  • @ganx4400
    @ganx4400 5 років тому +3

    Damn serious skill fortunately no one got hurt

  • @SeannyBlack
    @SeannyBlack 10 років тому +11

    skills

  • @Chronix74
    @Chronix74 9 років тому +3

    Great driving!

  • @nolimits300
    @nolimits300 3 роки тому +3

    You can go in the best school of racing driving,but if you don't have the talent about it nothing gonna help.He was a pure talent

  • @jimmyburn2320
    @jimmyburn2320 7 років тому +4

    Very good driving ,Top rally driver,Rip

  • @miketheknight2268
    @miketheknight2268 7 років тому +2

    awesome driver 10 out 10

  • @suffern63
    @suffern63 Рік тому

    "Jeepers,well done,"Indeed.

  • @happyhedgehog6450
    @happyhedgehog6450 Рік тому

    Wow. What a driver!!!

  • @americansarebeggers8472
    @americansarebeggers8472 11 років тому +3

    tallent at its best, R.I.P bert

  • @TheSunIsMyDestroyer
    @TheSunIsMyDestroyer 10 років тому +5

    goosefuckingbumps

  • @yurigagarin4974
    @yurigagarin4974 6 років тому +2

    hardcore skill

  • @MrRbturkey
    @MrRbturkey 12 років тому +2

    Genius, R.I.P

  • @John_Wood_
    @John_Wood_ 3 роки тому +1

    Classy man

  • @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329
    @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 2 роки тому +2

    He was very lucky Bertie fisher is

  • @mantadave
    @mantadave 13 років тому +1

    rallying legend r.i.p. bertie fisher you could make that manta 400 dance amazing ?

  • @joeblogs4146
    @joeblogs4146 3 роки тому +1

    Did anyone get goosebumps ? “”😧.

  • @OscarGonzalez-et8kr
    @OscarGonzalez-et8kr 3 роки тому +4

    Hahaha that's called "THE LUCK OF THE IRISH"❤

  • @matthewestern
    @matthewestern 3 роки тому

    Heck of a save. That is some Fisher luck.

  • @weber910
    @weber910 10 років тому +2

    kit de unhas caralho!

  • @MrBamboocha
    @MrBamboocha 4 роки тому +1

  • @Broski2322
    @Broski2322 3 роки тому

    Just for the photo mush

  • @ungurdani8346
    @ungurdani8346 Рік тому

    Salut my friend super car super video subscribe subscribe .

  • @MrTONYTONYM
    @MrTONYTONYM 13 років тому

    Nice accent!

  • @pulpfictionost
    @pulpfictionost 11 років тому

    Did will say that? I owe him a pint

  • @JonnyValleyBoy
    @JonnyValleyBoy 8 років тому

    Driver...

  • @slimnooze
    @slimnooze 3 роки тому

    I live in a country where no rallies were ever carried out. But if I ever am near a road where a rally is being carried out, I would get the fuck out of the way.

  • @Bigboi54
    @Bigboi54 8 років тому

    How the fuck did the car stop if the brake snapped?

    • @spacebean2990
      @spacebean2990 8 років тому +4

      +Julez Rulez He used engine braking by shifting down to lose most of the speed as well as the handbrake, perhaps when he completely stopped the brakes were only working slightly. When a calliper went in my car once, the brakes only seemed to work when moving slowly and when you put your foot down to brake and the pedal drops to the floor its a horrible feeling. Bertie handled this incredibly well.

    • @chriscoleman3352
      @chriscoleman3352 8 років тому +2

      +Julez Rulez pull e-brake and downshift

  • @DarkWinterRex
    @DarkWinterRex 9 років тому +2

    Maybe the driver drove into wrong way?

  • @oldschoolsang93
    @oldschoolsang93 5 років тому

    This is not samir

  • @diogeneslantern18
    @diogeneslantern18 Рік тому

    I highly, highly doubt they were doing 120mph. At that speed you _cannot_ react - the car cannot either. It's a wrecking ball towards everything in front of it.
    Ohhhhh! With a brake failure to boot! I can't believe people believe this crock of shit. You cannot, cannot stop a car doing a pip shy of 200 km/h (claimed) with faulty brakes, at that speed the 30° loss of control turns would have flipped the car a dozen times at least.

  • @SincerelyYoursOfficial
    @SincerelyYoursOfficial Рік тому

    The passanger shouting "the other way" shut up fool! Leave it to the driver

    • @theant9821
      @theant9821 5 місяців тому

      You shut up. He's not just a passenger.