2001 CART Memo Gidley hits the bridge at Road America

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  • Опубліковано 18 лис 2024

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  • @tko_motorsports
    @tko_motorsports 3 роки тому +23

    20 years ago now wow. Memo is back in the driver seat for us at TKO Motorsports, racing with SRO GT America in a Bentley... we are back next weekend if any Memo fans want to watch!

    • @Jack-md2vu
      @Jack-md2vu Рік тому

      The livery ya’ll are running on gidleys GT america merc is a classic

  • @MityQuinnn
    @MityQuinnn 6 років тому +62

    They installed a bridge there, but Gidley didn't get the Memo...

    • @roadgeek09
      @roadgeek09 6 років тому +13

      Fortunately the bridge is gone now, replaced by a tunnel. Memo was very fortunate that it wasn’t worse.

    • @TDDDDDDDO
      @TDDDDDDDO 2 роки тому

      I see what you did there

  • @azapro911
    @azapro911 6 років тому +22

    Memo Gidley really doesn't do accidents by halves.

  • @bensimiele6011
    @bensimiele6011 5 років тому +21

    Seems like if Memo Gidley is going to crash he has to make sure it’s a big one

  • @jimmycurran2412
    @jimmycurran2412 2 роки тому +4

    Memo was lucky to be alive after that crash. Incredible.

  • @Jorgy1963
    @Jorgy1963 4 роки тому +4

    I was right across the track from this accident. Really scary! So happy Memo was okay.

  • @michaelfischer4559
    @michaelfischer4559 4 роки тому +9

    My brother died in an accident with that bridge in 1982.

    • @dronepro7316
      @dronepro7316 4 роки тому +4

      Michael Fischer sorry to hear that. What was his name? What happened?

    • @michaelfischer4559
      @michaelfischer4559 4 роки тому +14

      He was racing Karts in 1982. He became airborne and hit the bottom of the bridge with his helmet. Lots of broken bones, internal injuries and no more brain activity. My parents pulled the plug after 3 days. It was a life changer for my family. Godspeed Mark Fischer.

    • @Jorgy1963
      @Jorgy1963 4 роки тому +3

      So sad to hear about your brother. RIP.

    • @henriquepaladino3779
      @henriquepaladino3779 4 роки тому +2

      R.I.P

    • @TriggerVR657
      @TriggerVR657 4 роки тому +2

      Michael Fischer I cant find any proof of this unless I am dumb. Can you link me some

  • @lesscash
    @lesscash Рік тому +3

    Not as bad as his crash at Daytona. I raced karts with him for several years. Great driver. Nice guy. Glad to see he’s back racing again.

    • @supertornadogun1690
      @supertornadogun1690 Рік тому

      I think this was worse, that wall was full concrete so the g forces were likely much higher.

  • @stephencalvert6040
    @stephencalvert6040 6 років тому +11

    Amazing how nobody before thought a massive concrete wall there was ok.

    • @tac0251
      @tac0251 4 роки тому

      Yeah luckily that is no longer there jesus

  • @BSNFabricating
    @BSNFabricating 2 роки тому +6

    Did that Scott Dixon kid ever amount to anything?

    • @adammercer6004
      @adammercer6004 Рік тому +2

      He didn't make to F1 so no!!! XD
      P.s I heard unconfirmed reports that he got real good in American racing apparently!!!

    • @99dndd
      @99dndd 11 місяців тому +1

      Married an 800m runner, apparently.

  • @petertimowreef9085
    @petertimowreef9085 7 років тому +15

    Is that Jeremy Shaw?

    • @VideoNarstee
      @VideoNarstee 7 років тому +2

      Yes, Jeremy Shaw and Guy Hobbs (son of David Hobbs)

  • @JB91710
    @JB91710 9 місяців тому

    The right-side tires are beginning to load for a left turn, and he hit the right-side curb to lose traction and suspension stability.

  • @terribleshockex110
    @terribleshockex110 Місяць тому

    This guy keeps getting in these scary crashes. Daytona 2014

  • @johngriffiths118
    @johngriffiths118 Рік тому +2

    Note to self , bare concrete walls = not good

  • @jesseemullen
    @jesseemullen Рік тому

    "Then rushing through, the paris night, they hounded you, you lost control..."

  • @jeralddaughtryjr4446
    @jeralddaughtryjr4446 7 років тому

    Fuck! That was horrific. Glad he was eventually all good and ok

  • @AlonsoRules
    @AlonsoRules 4 роки тому +1

    it would have looked like Chris van der Drift

  • @mikeb5372
    @mikeb5372 Рік тому

    Wow! That was a brutal impact

  • @JanitorIsBack
    @JanitorIsBack 6 років тому +3

    bullshit. he didn't hit the bridge he hit the retaining wall and yes they are two different things

    • @sixmile2360
      @sixmile2360 6 років тому

      Didn't make much difference to Memo.

    • @TheMW2informer
      @TheMW2informer 2 роки тому +1

      @@sixmile2360 still, all the people saying it’s good they removed the bridge are wrong, he didn’t hit it.

  • @zzodr
    @zzodr 6 років тому

    Ouch.

  • @streetcat957
    @streetcat957 3 роки тому

    He turned it HARD right

    • @davedavidson9996
      @davedavidson9996 Рік тому

      That's what can happen when you try to correct a skid. The car catches up and heads in the direction the front wheels are pointing. That is what happened to Gordon Smiley at Indy.

  • @colincurley9751
    @colincurley9751 2 роки тому +1

    Man Memos had some bad crashes