The Day that Changed NASCAR forever

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  • @spurr_nate
    @spurr_nate 4 роки тому +6640

    Bruh did this just get recommended to everyone all the comments are from a hour ago 😂

  • @bhord2010
    @bhord2010 7 років тому +255

    Shrapnel from Bobby Allison's car lodged in my body.....ultimate race souvenir.

    • @brianbooher7318
      @brianbooher7318 6 років тому +13

      bhord2010 hell yea.the ultimate souvenir

    • @Spyker8921
      @Spyker8921 5 років тому +1

      What is a shrapnel?

    • @Tmccreight25Gaming
      @Tmccreight25Gaming 5 років тому +5

      NtsParadize chunks of metal

    • @jasonh31
      @jasonh31 4 роки тому +12

      Please take the shrapnel to Bobby and let him autograph it.

    • @jasonh31
      @jasonh31 4 роки тому

      Please take the shrapnel to Bobby and let him autograph it.

  • @blze0018
    @blze0018 4 роки тому +161

    That came very, very close to being another 1955 Le Mans disaster. Shows how much catch fences have improved, Austin Dillon's flip in 2015 would've been a disaster with 1980's fencing.

    • @BlackedBeast
      @BlackedBeast 4 роки тому

      I love you too baby

    • @joshbacon8241
      @joshbacon8241 4 роки тому +12

      You would be looking at at least 100 fatalities with a crash like this if it weren’t for the fencing...

    • @christianmotley262
      @christianmotley262 3 роки тому +1

      @@joshbacon8241 yes Doctor

    • @serenap.1041
      @serenap.1041 3 роки тому

      I was at that race.

  • @AH-be6bu
    @AH-be6bu 4 роки тому +364

    1987: “That was almost the end of racing as we know it in America.”
    Le Mans 1955: *Oh no! Anyway...*

    • @jSyndeoMusic
      @jSyndeoMusic 4 роки тому +26

      Exactly what I was thinking. This had the potential to be similar to that; thank God it didn’t end up the same way though.

    • @nobblechoklad
      @nobblechoklad 4 роки тому +3

      What happened?

    • @kamash581
      @kamash581 4 роки тому +30

      @@nobblechoklad two cars collided and one of the cars hit a safety barrier and the engine flew into the crowd along with debrie and killed almost more than 100 people, one driver died and one person ran onto the track trying to avoid the fire and was hit by another racer and died, the race continued so that people leaving wouldn't stop medical help from providing aid and making it easy for the ambulances get in and out. It is the world's most deadliest racing disaster

    • @fredgarvin4482
      @fredgarvin4482 3 роки тому +2

      What continent did the 1955 le mans happen in?

    • @clockwork1203
      @clockwork1203 3 роки тому +6

      @@fredgarvin4482 Europe. Le Mans, France

  • @xr4ti548
    @xr4ti548 4 роки тому +17

    1980's were the golden age of NASCAR. The speed, the tracks, the personalities, and the legends at work. As a kid during that time it was magical.

  • @Darksomnium
    @Darksomnium 4 роки тому +298

    I straight up thought that guy died in the beginning and i was like "this narrators tone sounds too excited... also, wtf is this doing in my feed at 10 pm"

    • @GreatFall
      @GreatFall 4 роки тому +3

      Well, it’s amazing he didn’t die. These were the days without restrictor plates too

    • @amapnp
      @amapnp 3 роки тому

      The dark somnium posting comments on a nascar video? Now thats a horror story i want to hear

    • @foxgaming1084
      @foxgaming1084 3 роки тому

      I mostly got the feeling that he did not died but if he crashed sideways that might be a different story

  • @Danwheeler.
    @Danwheeler. 4 роки тому +13

    Glad I could meet up with you guys on this recommended vid. See most of you again in a few days.

  • @NASCARTraina
    @NASCARTraina  2 роки тому +47

    this was posted 8 years ago why am I seeing this now? UA-cam wants to teach you NASCAR history...Learn my young grasshoppers

  • @reno145
    @reno145 7 років тому +42

    I have seen this many times and always think 2 things: First, it is amazing that nobody was killed in the stands. And second, the #28 Havoline T-Bird is one of the best (if not the best) looking race cars of modern times.

  • @RougeComputer
    @RougeComputer 4 роки тому +34

    Bruh I have made no research for NASCAR, have no said the word NASCAR at all today, don’t even know how this video ended up on my feed

    • @vibo4282
      @vibo4282 4 роки тому

      happens to me too. this is my 10th time on this video❤️

  • @haydenblack5648
    @haydenblack5648 3 роки тому +62

    Wait… The crankshaft flew out of the engine and into someone else’s window!? That’s some final destination shit

    • @bob2161
      @bob2161 3 роки тому +9

      Especially in that he saw it coming, was able to identify what it was, and already knew the consequences. When these guys are running at those speeds, the constant high adrenaline level has got their brain running like an overclocked CPU.

    • @anynonymous1585
      @anynonymous1585 3 роки тому +1

      Imagine driving at 200+ MPH and a crankshaft puts a hole through your head

  • @jasonkey7413
    @jasonkey7413 2 роки тому +32

    "It's hard to believe a racecar could do that to the fence." A giant hunk of metal traveling over 200 miles an hour....how is that hard to believe....

    • @marcforget33
      @marcforget33 2 роки тому +3

      The Elliotts aren't the sharpest tools LOL

    • @R9naldo
      @R9naldo 2 роки тому +1

      Well it's an American man talking

  • @tyvulpintaur2732
    @tyvulpintaur2732 7 років тому +340

    It was almost the 1955 Le Mans disaster all over again.

    • @collinghood6828
      @collinghood6828 6 років тому +3

      Wasn't that 1957?

    • @Jtngetabettername
      @Jtngetabettername 6 років тому +26

      @@collinghood6828 no

    • @collinghood6828
      @collinghood6828 6 років тому +5

      Jatin Patil oh, ok.

    • @Wasparcher1
      @Wasparcher1 5 років тому +30

      The ONLY thing that stopped it from being Le Mans was that bump into the wall just before it went into the fence. That one smack started the car spinning the other direction and sucked a boatload of energy out of the wreck. If it hadn't the care would've continued on a upward trajectory, and when it got to the grandstands it would've basically become a 3000lb frisbee. And could've definitely injured more than 100 people with a lot of those being deaths.

    • @cornellgreen3692
      @cornellgreen3692 5 років тому +8

      TyVulpintaur And Formula One was MUCH worse: I have forgotten the number of drivers who were killed in Grand Prix races from 1961 to 1976, but it seemed as if three drivers lost their lives in Grand Prix every year before the new crop of team owners started to demand that Formula One get serious about safety in the sport. Thank God that the Grand Prix carnage was nowhere near that bad in NASCAR.

  • @rana_xvi
    @rana_xvi 4 роки тому +25

    Thanks for recommending this to me 6 years later I'm thankful

  • @littleferrhis
    @littleferrhis 4 роки тому +50

    “Have you ever seen a NASCAR fly?” *Home: We’re finally landing blasts*

  • @YeehawCowboy
    @YeehawCowboy 3 роки тому +30

    Welcome back to the time of the year where this video is in everyone’s recommended

  • @37zak35
    @37zak35 4 роки тому +20

    Video: 6 years old
    Comments: 5 minutes ago

  • @JohnDH1977
    @JohnDH1977 4 роки тому +31

    Catch fence did exactly what it was designed to do. Instead of fearing "the end of racing in America as we know it" be glad the safety features of the circuit worked. You're never going to stop all the small shrapnel getting through the fence and causing minor injuries potentially, or they need to make ballistic glass barriers too between the catch fence and the crowd to catch the small debris.

    • @kdwaynec
      @kdwaynec 3 роки тому +1

      The way they're screening off MLB parks nowadays because of safety concerns, I wouldn't be surprised to see NASCAR follow suit with just that, glass barriers like at hockey games

  • @sbinadero
    @sbinadero 4 роки тому +27

    Le Mans 1955 was similar, except dozens of fatalities.

  • @StandUpAlonePro
    @StandUpAlonePro 2 роки тому +14

    We all ended up in the same rabbit hole, great work team!

  • @fitzx6585
    @fitzx6585 4 роки тому +20

    Did anybody else just get this in the recommended just now

  • @zetexx8563
    @zetexx8563 4 роки тому +20

    youtube recommended: “i brought you all here today to watch NASCAR”
    everyone: “yeah alright”

  • @rzx9833
    @rzx9833 4 роки тому +15

    Its funny how the video was posted 6 years ago but we all here now

  • @frostyvr9805
    @frostyvr9805 2 роки тому +16

    Why have we all been recommended this at the same time

  • @artinfazeli243
    @artinfazeli243 4 роки тому +13

    why are we all here at the same time

  • @Not5k
    @Not5k 4 роки тому +19

    Anybody wanna argue about anything since this algorithm bringing us all together once again

    • @quirble
      @quirble 4 роки тому +3

      lets argue about how the US government has massacred thousands of their civilians in 9/11 by funding the terrorist group alqaeda with CIA weapons and training. because a "free" government can do this and then use their liberal news organizations they fund as well to downplay the incident, feed lies to the people, and then cause more controversy by throwing american soldiers at CIA funded terrorists, two sides of the same coin and they're fighting one another. we need to go against the government.

    • @Not5k
      @Not5k 4 роки тому +6

      Quirble I can’t argue this. I agree with this

    • @shaithriel
      @shaithriel 4 роки тому +1

      @@quirble
      You know he said he wanted to know if you wanted to argue, not make straight line points that we agree with. . .🤦‍♂️

  • @AlexMakhsma210
    @AlexMakhsma210 4 роки тому +40

    POV: Trying to find a comment thar isn't "Why is this in my recommended."

    • @sulphurous2656
      @sulphurous2656 4 роки тому +2

      Every time this happens, an otherwise historical comment section gets essentially overwritten and lost a time, man.

    • @imrustyokay
      @imrustyokay 3 роки тому

      fuckin hate those comments, man.

  • @gpturner0924
    @gpturner0924 4 роки тому +8

    31 years later, I had the opportunity to meet Bobby at Huck Finn's Catfish in Pigeon Forge. He ended up joining me and the guys for dinner and told us some amazing stories, including details from this crash! What an amazing individual!

    • @christianmotley262
      @christianmotley262 3 роки тому

      Dang, I'm jealous and won't be able to sleep for half a night...

  • @kingapple5512
    @kingapple5512 4 роки тому +30

    Nobody:
    YT: let’s recommend this to everyone at the same time

    • @discobete
      @discobete 4 роки тому

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    • @mitsuvolts03
      @mitsuvolts03 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/-1yzoiUIGGs/v-deo.html

  • @lautaroavaca6690
    @lautaroavaca6690 4 роки тому +42

    *The day that changed NASCAR FOREVER*
    -Me (who dont know anything about NASCAR): I N T E R E S T I N G

    • @mitsuvolts03
      @mitsuvolts03 4 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/-1yzoiUIGGs/v-deo.html

  • @Ghost-jy3cd
    @Ghost-jy3cd 4 роки тому +23

    Video : posted 6 years ago
    Comments : 6 minutes ago

  • @ironhead7955
    @ironhead7955 3 роки тому +6

    What an awesome era of NASCAR! So glad to have been apart of it. I was setting lower section just pass the dogleg with my dad, what a great memory. Thought for sure from my view that Harold Kinder was gone, thank god things turned out the way they did 👍

    • @paulgrieshop5024
      @paulgrieshop5024 2 роки тому

      Harold was a world war I I veteran he had seen worse and he was cool under fire

  • @Night-JRE
    @Night-JRE 4 роки тому +27

    Hello fellow people who just got recommended, see you in 10 years

    • @tinzalix8624
      @tinzalix8624 4 роки тому

      See ya

    • @Night-JRE
      @Night-JRE 4 роки тому

      @@tinzalix8624 i look forward to your return

    • @discobete
      @discobete 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/8y9tlEQg-qk/v-deo.html

  • @cosminlucacel
    @cosminlucacel 4 роки тому +15

    Bruh. Recommended to everyone right now

    • @mybutt5585
      @mybutt5585 4 роки тому +1

      Cosmin Lucacel can't deny

  • @allisterjones
    @allisterjones 4 роки тому +15

    ah yes, the algorithm brings us back together again

  • @jadin8317
    @jadin8317 4 роки тому +39

    Me: *in 2020*
    Video: we take you back to 1987

  • @alexanderball2048
    @alexanderball2048 4 роки тому +15

    Don’t know why this was in my recommended, but I’m glad it was

  • @felixmp4247
    @felixmp4247 4 роки тому +13

    UA-cam recommendation is really weird

  • @savannahmatcham7633
    @savannahmatcham7633 4 роки тому +14

    Such a cool old man more worried about everyone else not himself good on ya sir glad he's ok

  • @bhaktibhandari7379
    @bhaktibhandari7379 2 роки тому +15

    This videos has been blessed by the algorithm in 2022.

  • @Xtremecarfan10188
    @Xtremecarfan10188 4 роки тому +19

    Well, I actually love NASCAR and got recommended this like everyone else. To make a long story short, they introduced Restrictor Plates at SuperSpeedways. This invention allowed top speeds to be limited(a.k.a. slower) and made for better competition. Instead of cars being able to do 210+ mph without drafting, now the max speed is about 200 with drafting. NASCAR has gotten slower throughout time, same with IndyCar. Most taving sports are slower or cars use less power than they used too. F1 cars are slower yet run faster times due to technology improvements.

    • @wyattroncin941
      @wyattroncin941 4 роки тому +4

      F1 is faster than it's ever been. The current generation of cars hold all the F1 records for top speeds, even on tracks which should be much slower on time and straights speed.
      What you're likely thinking of is the end of ground effect, which was allowing cars to pull more Gee's in a corner than even the current cars. That and the change from 1.5L turbos producing 1400hp in qualification boost, to 3.5L NA engines, making ~650-700 HP.
      But better engineering and areo development have since regained 1000 HP engines and 5 or 6 Gee cornering loads. At least, for now. 2022 regs will pare it back down to sensible levels of crazy.

    • @Xtremecarfan10188
      @Xtremecarfan10188 4 роки тому +1

      @@wyattroncin941 You are 100% right! Technological advancements have made the cars much more efficient for lap times. The days of high power though are gone but then again they were destroying qualifying engines after a few laps so whats the point. Still my favorite F1's are 80's-Early 2000's. I cannot deal with the vacuum sound of today. V10 era probably had the best sounds ever. There was actually a V8 era in IndyCar and Car too it was hilarious. They sounded like NASCAR. I'd rather have that than today as well. But technology and safety of today is definitely worth it.

    • @installshieldwizard3017
      @installshieldwizard3017 4 роки тому

      @@Xtremecarfan10188 Take a look at what WRC has become smh... Talk about vacuum cleaner engines

  • @caidenbensoni7925
    @caidenbensoni7925 4 роки тому +14

    We have been gathered once again my brothers of fate

  • @Yanki9110
    @Yanki9110 4 роки тому +22

    YT algorithm
    2014: not yet
    2015: not yet
    2016: not yet
    2017: not yet
    2018: not yet
    2019: not yet
    2020: okay, lets go!

    • @henrold555
      @henrold555 4 роки тому

      Lol

    • @discobete
      @discobete 4 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/8y9tlEQg-qk/v-deo.html

    • @henrold555
      @henrold555 4 роки тому

      @@discobete wtf😂

    • @mitsuvolts03
      @mitsuvolts03 4 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/-1yzoiUIGGs/v-deo.html

  • @McCumbo
    @McCumbo 4 роки тому +23

    I’m a 31 year old guy in North Wales, UK that has zero interest in NASCAR and has no idea what it’s all about.
    UA-cam: Recommend him this. He’ll love it.

    • @christianmotley262
      @christianmotley262 3 роки тому

      This was back in the good old days when it was real racing and no politics, also they ran more makes back then, Buick, Olds, Pontiac...

  • @Zoomer30
    @Zoomer30 9 років тому +216

    Remember when that happened. Had that car got into the stands, it would have been an American "Le Mans Disaster" which happened about 30 years before. That shut down racing in many European countries (Switzerland still bans motorsports)

    • @scottmervis9839
      @scottmervis9839 8 років тому +11

      Zoomer30 They lifted the ban in 2007.

    • @sbblakey
      @sbblakey 8 років тому +21

      The Swiss Senat didn't approve the bill. The ban is still in place.

    • @gosportjamie
      @gosportjamie 7 років тому +35

      +Zoomer30 You're right, but if that car, or heavy parts of it like the engine, transmission or back axle had been torn away and went into the crowd I suspect the death toll would have massively exceeded Le Mans. Those cars were simply too fast for the levels of safety at that time, and clearly too fast for the tyres. At those speeds the cars were pretty much unguided missiles and ANY small incident had a massive potential to turn into a complete catastrophe for multiple drivers, safety personnel and countless spectators. There was no way a driver could be reasonably expected to catch a wayward stock car at upwards of 210mph and if they did it had everything to do with the speed of their reactions and how lucky they were that day. As for the safety of the drivers, well, they said in the film that the drivers were saying the cars were too fast for safety and for a race driver to say that then you know things are really bad as race drivers never have enough speed. Everyone knows that NASCAR safety has never been cutting-edge which has certainly contributed to the deaths of many drivers but in these cars those sorts of speeds must have been pretty much like playing Russian roulette with five rounds in the gun. I'm surprised that Bobby Allison survived this, let alone walked away. If they hadn't brought in restrictor plates for the super speedways then the list of drivers who died in competition would be a whole lot longer than it is, and it's already way too long...

    • @StevenP727
      @StevenP727 6 років тому +1

      Wow I never knew that

    • @KirbyfanDE
      @KirbyfanDE 6 років тому +7

      @@scottmervis9839 Formula E drove there in this year. I guess its either an exeption or its lifted

  • @Chester_Copperpot
    @Chester_Copperpot 7 років тому +305

    If you catch shrapnel to the face at a nascar race, consider that a free souvenir.

    • @StudioDaVeed
      @StudioDaVeed 7 років тому +20

      I believe a female spectator lost an eye from debris...most serious injury.

    • @Chester_Copperpot
      @Chester_Copperpot 7 років тому +52

      Most serious souvenir.

    • @tryithere
      @tryithere 7 років тому +65

      I'll keep an eye out for it.

    • @kylebuschhasover200winsinn5
      @kylebuschhasover200winsinn5 5 років тому +1

      Chester Copperpot consider that a free lifetime supply of Big Macs

    • @douglas69ification
      @douglas69ification 5 років тому

      Is at on row one at Darlington once. When the cars came around you get hit by small pieces of rubber. It was awesome

  • @nickramii
    @nickramii 4 роки тому +30

    so im assuming im not the only one here from recommended

  • @mylesjacobs2298
    @mylesjacobs2298 4 роки тому +15

    This was my first race. My dad took me. This year is the first race I've missed since.

  • @redram5150
    @redram5150 8 років тому +1001

    'Member the good old days when sex was safe and racing was dangerous? I 'member

    • @princessoffire1107
      @princessoffire1107 7 років тому +32

      OMG you win the internet for that one !!! PERFECT ! I am just real glad I didn't have any drink in my mouth when I read it because I burst out laughing !!

    • @thedalailama245
      @thedalailama245 7 років тому +9

      K ris ...what...do you mean by that..??? I'm lost as heck...

    • @youmustenteraname2058
      @youmustenteraname2058 7 років тому +26

      Southpark 'member berries

    • @dirtybiker2661
      @dirtybiker2661 7 років тому +4

      member?

    • @TheoneGodfather
      @TheoneGodfather 7 років тому +8

      K ris yea I member.

  • @wehavegottalent
    @wehavegottalent 4 роки тому +20

    This was the reason I am a NASCAR fan for life... Not because of the wreck, but how the spent HOURS fixing the fence so that they could get back to racing. One of the first years that ESPN aired entire races.

  • @Unknown-ud1up
    @Unknown-ud1up 4 роки тому +29

    everybody just got this in their recommended

  • @stephenviola9204
    @stephenviola9204 2 роки тому +9

    I have not seen one lap of Nascar in 5 years! Used to be great, now I have my Sundays back.

  • @sympathiser_of_Germans_in_40s
    @sympathiser_of_Germans_in_40s 4 роки тому +106

    UA-cam algorithm brings us together again

    • @cheitoh12
      @cheitoh12 4 роки тому

      Sup lol

    • @discobete
      @discobete 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/8y9tlEQg-qk/v-deo.html

  • @veteris9718
    @veteris9718 4 роки тому +20

    Who else got this in your recommendations on september 13th?

  • @SirCapsALotTheIV
    @SirCapsALotTheIV 4 роки тому +15

    Anyone else look this up after seeing that video of a security guy standing super close to the fence and then scrolling to the comment section and people saying he obviously hasn’t seen this crash before?

  • @CharliesGarage
    @CharliesGarage 2 роки тому +14

    The algorithm has brought us together again. See you all in the next recommended video.

  • @clz_de
    @clz_de 4 роки тому +47

    Cya everyone to the next recommended

    • @mostcoolkid78
      @mostcoolkid78 4 роки тому

      keanlitos_ its not random recommendations its just sorted by new

  • @ritos.6504
    @ritos.6504 4 роки тому +14

    Gentelmen of recomendation we are here again

  • @advaittashok3099
    @advaittashok3099 4 роки тому +18

    Bro....UA-cam's algorithm....I think this video got recommended to everyone in a days notice

  • @f1lip797
    @f1lip797 4 роки тому +14

    See you in 6 years when this gets recommended again

  • @yeetsus5449
    @yeetsus5449 4 роки тому +14

    I see the algorithm has brought us all here together.

  • @aidenthwaits2646
    @aidenthwaits2646 4 роки тому +21

    I see the algorithm brought us together again.

  • @kutsumiru
    @kutsumiru 5 років тому +163

    I feel like roof flaps were the answer and not gutting the cars

    • @collinghood6828
      @collinghood6828 4 роки тому +14

      Roof flaps don’t always keep cars on the ground.

    • @kutsumiru
      @kutsumiru 4 роки тому +5

      @@collinghood6828 I mean, cars can flip in accidents even at everyday traffic speeds. I don't really know what you're getting at

    • @collinghood6828
      @collinghood6828 4 роки тому +17

      Randall Slater so... you said roof flaps were the answer... and you said cars can still flip regardless.
      What exactly are you saying again?

    • @kutsumiru
      @kutsumiru 4 роки тому +5

      @@collinghood6828 that gutting the cars wasn't the answer
      as even road speed incidents can cause flips
      what about that isn't getting through to you?

    • @collinghood6828
      @collinghood6828 4 роки тому +18

      Cars flipping at 210 MPH is much worse than cars flipping at traffic speed. And you should know roof flaps don’t always keep the car down.

  • @fedor5664
    @fedor5664 4 роки тому +11

    Why do i get this stuff in my recommended after 6 years? Im not complaining because i like it.

  • @markmendez4558
    @markmendez4558 4 роки тому +17

    Good morning my fellow recommended neighbors.

  • @sp00ky_scary_skeleton34
    @sp00ky_scary_skeleton34 4 роки тому +19

    See yall in 6 minutes at the next recommandation

  • @mineralwater25
    @mineralwater25 4 роки тому +21

    UA-cam has brought us together again

  • @kdtarvin
    @kdtarvin 7 років тому +237

    NASCAR changed when Dale Earnhardt died and it was subsequently ruined by the over-commercialization and ridiculous coverage of FOX in the midst of the 08 recession. It has never recovered. Its a different sport now. I rarely watch. NASCAR was also harmed when it caved to political pressure that led to the removal of Winston as a sponsor.

    • @jmowreader9555
      @jmowreader9555 7 років тому +17

      The "political pressure that led to the removal of Winston as a sponsor" was applied to RJR, not to NASCAR. The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement prohibits tobacco companies from sponsoring sports.

    • @WPPCProductions
      @WPPCProductions 6 років тому +1

      Agree 100 percent .As a avid NASCAR fan . My late dad met Dale not much before that horrible day.

    • @ZoMTDU
      @ZoMTDU 6 років тому +3

      The fucked up thing is I only watch Nascar now for the crashes.

    • @genegeneish
      @genegeneish 6 років тому +4

      This is entertainment for the impaired. Only an idiot could stare at cars going in a circle for two hours. OH, AND THEY ALL CHEAT.

    • @jerryallen1768
      @jerryallen1768 6 років тому +10

      NASCAR has too many gimmicks now. NASCAR did it to themselves

  • @durhambrayden1413
    @durhambrayden1413 4 роки тому +20

    Who else here on 9/11/2020????
    UA-cam is weird af

  • @whodey770
    @whodey770 4 роки тому +14

    Tfw the video is over 6yrs old but 90% of the comments are less than a few hours old

    • @Will21x
      @Will21x 4 роки тому

      14 mins ago lmao

  • @frankcastle5294
    @frankcastle5294 2 роки тому +5

    Watched this live and remember it like it was 10 seconds ago. Bob Jenkins summed it up perfectly with "Bobby Allison with a horrible crash". And the right rear tire wasn't the cause. It was lap 20...he was running his qualifying motor and it just gave up. Several con rods snapped breaking the crankshaft which then launched itself down thru the oil pan, onto the track, severed the driveshaft and mayhem ensued. The driveshaft struck Waltrip's windshield coming within inches of killing him.

  • @sounds8084
    @sounds8084 4 роки тому +18

    This was posted 6 years ago and half the comments are from 6 weeks ago

  • @HailAnts
    @HailAnts 7 років тому +143

    That one guy is right, if he had gone thru and into the stands it would have been like the 1955 Le Mans crash, it would have ended NASCAR...

    • @markbreitsameter3336
      @markbreitsameter3336 7 років тому +5

      HailAnts yeah but le mans didnt end did it

    • @jackmiller-johnston8689
      @jackmiller-johnston8689 7 років тому +10

      Without doubt, NASCAR and most probably all of racing in the States would've been finished for an awful long time if Bobby went into the stand.

    • @Spyker8921
      @Spyker8921 5 років тому +2

      Absolish governments and states and it would still exist

    • @DeosPraetorian
      @DeosPraetorian 5 років тому +1

      @@markbreitsameter3336 a lot of countries banned it after Le mans

    • @markbreitsameter3336
      @markbreitsameter3336 5 років тому +1

      MRJ2012 nascar never raced outside the US

  • @justpotatt5595
    @justpotatt5595 4 роки тому +16

    So we all got this in our recommendations?

  • @Kari2025
    @Kari2025 3 роки тому +8

    Thought for sure this was gonna be a video on Dale Earnhardt. What a miracle this guy survived that. Damn.

  • @azimpetra
    @azimpetra 4 роки тому +21

    I was here. YT Recommended 12/9/‘20

    • @synt4x.93
      @synt4x.93 4 роки тому

      Don't watch it. The algorithm wins.

  • @backtoblack3193
    @backtoblack3193 4 роки тому +25

    Nobody:
    UA-cam: aight lets put mcqueen on recomended

    • @mikegrey5663
      @mikegrey5663 3 роки тому

      Except Allison and DW and the rest of these guys were more badass

  • @coyoteannabis1192
    @coyoteannabis1192 6 років тому +158

    Realistically, it wasn't the speed that caused this crash, it was the lack of roof flaps, which weren't added until the mid 90's. If he had roof flaps, the car would have stayed on the ground.

    • @bigdave46148
      @bigdave46148 6 років тому +18

      Yep. I was thinking the same thing. It wasn't the speed, it was the aerodynamics of the car.

    • @johnw3443
      @johnw3443 6 років тому +10

      Cars still flip like that these days it's just much less likely .

    • @dennis8445
      @dennis8445 6 років тому +9

      This one of the crashes that encourage them to come up with flaps on the car's.

    • @chasemiller7974
      @chasemiller7974 6 років тому +18

      Yeah but what caused it in the first place was the tire blowing due to the high speeds, yes he probably wouldn't go in the fence with flaps, but he still would have blown a tire.

    • @thefacelessmen2101
      @thefacelessmen2101 6 років тому +1

      Maybe maybe not,
      NASCAR Crashes - The Biggest 25 Wrecks in History
      ua-cam.com/video/R4MliS24Ao4/v-deo.html&t=225
      ua-cam.com/video/R4MliS24Ao4/v-deo.html&t=249

  • @stevenmassey7586
    @stevenmassey7586 3 роки тому +4

    Our machine shop instructor Frank Howton knew all the Alabama gang and they would come by the class/shop ever so often. How cool to meet your hero's and their kids who were about the same age !
    Bobby Allison is one of the greatest and strongest men alive Hall of Fame. Donny was a great driver and Red Farmer is simply the man of steel.

  • @corriec28500
    @corriec28500 4 роки тому +16

    Recommended gang where you at!?!

  • @Porsche996driver
    @Porsche996driver 4 роки тому +21

    That car could’ve killed 50 people. Look up Le Mans 1955 when 83 were killed. Mercedes Benz didn’t race again for 34 years. Could’ve been a lot worse.

    • @johnbower7452
      @johnbower7452 4 роки тому

      Big difference, Le Mans didn't have that protective fence between the cars and spectators. The big miracle is that he walked away.

    • @Kolonol1
      @Kolonol1 4 роки тому

      Mercedes didn't race for how long? Lol...wrong facts there

    • @c3gfboy7
      @c3gfboy7 4 роки тому +1

      And also the year: 80s vs 50s safety changed in the years

  • @eliterbxgaming5005
    @eliterbxgaming5005 4 роки тому +14

    0:37 I actually thought that my phone ran out of charge

  • @deanladue5367
    @deanladue5367 7 місяців тому +4

    I remember watching this live on ESPN, it was weird in a sense that you watching the crash as it was happening, but not quite believing what you were seeing. All can say is thank the good Lord that the catch fence did it's job and kept Allisons car from flying into the stands that day.

  • @blues24k
    @blues24k 4 роки тому +31

    Hello everyone, we are reunited again. See you all in 7 years.

    • @mitsuvolts03
      @mitsuvolts03 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/-1yzoiUIGGs/v-deo.html

  • @chamsok4379
    @chamsok4379 4 роки тому +16

    Me: Why?
    UA-cam: Why not?

  • @andylucas8262
    @andylucas8262 4 роки тому +14

    This was when racing was worth watching. I miss those days!

    • @masonbarrett1478
      @masonbarrett1478 4 роки тому +2

      Greg dude you need to calm your gregsticles, and what does trump have to do with this?

    • @masonbarrett1478
      @masonbarrett1478 4 роки тому +1

      Greg ok then tell me some of the lies after lies and tell me why he’s a racist, cause he doesn’t like a bunch of dangerous illegal drugs in our country? Or he doesn’t like a group that is literally destroying his country?

    • @masonbarrett1478
      @masonbarrett1478 4 роки тому +1

      Greg and if trump is such a racist, then why did he officially declare Juneteenth a holiday, but Obama didn’t? Funny huh

    • @masonbarrett1478
      @masonbarrett1478 4 роки тому

      Greg and you talking about traitors like that, Hillary Clinton is being tried for treason and child sex trafficking. Antifa and BLM are traitors, and the places like chaz I can’t remember what they’re called exactly but they’re being run by democrats, and that’s the literal definition of being traitors

  • @waynelevoy9518
    @waynelevoy9518 3 роки тому +5

    I was (still am) a huge Davey Allison fan. I was elated when he won the first race of his career, but saddened when Bobby's career was shortened at Pocono.

  • @CaptAzureSMB1
    @CaptAzureSMB1 4 роки тому +14

    Good job UA-cam recommending me this. UA-cam is smart.

  • @kevinblair7209
    @kevinblair7209 8 років тому +54

    R.I.P Davy, Clifford and Judy Allison.

  • @TheMavro33
    @TheMavro33 4 роки тому +12

    UA-cam recommends the best things

    • @cfxxb
      @cfxxb 4 роки тому +4

      I mean, I was bored so UA-cam did come in clutch

    • @TheMavro33
      @TheMavro33 4 роки тому

      Leader of Elite lol

  • @xjsvg8054
    @xjsvg8054 2 роки тому +11

    Why can’t all the people arguing in the comments about which is better just respect and appreciate both NASCAR and F1 respectively? They’re both great it doesn’t have to be a contest

  • @asunknown3029
    @asunknown3029 4 роки тому +37

    Everyone just got recommended this, i see comments from 1 min ago

  • @timothyhorner3152
    @timothyhorner3152 4 роки тому +13

    You’ll never see stands that full again

    • @cameltube-vk7el
      @cameltube-vk7el 4 роки тому +1

      I seen that...they were arm to arm packed

  • @jessecopp9206
    @jessecopp9206 4 роки тому +12

    See you all again in 3 years

  • @mgkelly3389
    @mgkelly3389 2 роки тому +4

    All those names bring back fond memories of times with my dad. I really miss those people.

  • @NeonClock
    @NeonClock 4 роки тому +28

    Today is Christmas, what do you recommend UA-cam: A NASCAR almost flying into a crowd of people.
    Me: Dunno why, but sure.

    • @lirneim8013
      @lirneim8013 4 роки тому

      NASCAR is the name of the sport, the cars that they use to race are called stock cars.

  • @drumminsonlive9199
    @drumminsonlive9199 4 роки тому +14

    As bad as that was those years of the 80s were the best years for nascar when racing was real.

  • @mrdriver2988
    @mrdriver2988 4 роки тому +25

    Welcome to UA-cam recommending 6+ years old videos

    • @miggy2287
      @miggy2287 4 роки тому

      HAHAHAHAHHA lmao

    • @BenMartWill
      @BenMartWill 4 роки тому

      yes

    • @Mr.SM2939OLD
      @Mr.SM2939OLD 4 роки тому

      Hmm, no I just search "Richard Petty crash." and I found this

  • @josephhennington9425
    @josephhennington9425 2 роки тому +4

    This was my first NASCAR race me and my now ex wife of 29 years went to at the age of 24 ,and being a extremely big NASCAR fan it literally blew my mind ,the day before a hood came off.a ARCA car and came down in the Anniston grandstand and unbelievably didn't hurt anyone ,How I will never know but that weekend gave me a whole new perspective on Racing at those speeds . I've been back to Talladega 19 times and never witnessed the kind of things I did on my 1st trip thank GOD for saving all those race fans And the very special Bobby Allison.

  • @bretwalley4673
    @bretwalley4673 4 роки тому +12

    NASCAR will never see stands this full again.