INSANE CRASH! NITRO DRAGSTER! MELTDOWN DRAGS! BYRON DRAGWAY!
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- Опубліковано 20 лип 2013
- DRIVER WAS KNOCKED OUT AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND ENDED UP WITH BROKEN RIBS AND IS OK...THANK GOD! ALSO IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THE DRIVER PASSED OUT FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION WHILE BACKING UP AND PASSED OUT.
#crash #meltdowndrags #nitro #byron - Авто та транспорт
Check the video of something similar same lane same event ua-cam.com/video/-BzrnEpjLPQ/v-deo.html
It's the same video??? Unless you mean the start but the guy didn't crash or anything???? Waste of time
@@rocsti5402 Its something similar that luckily didn't end up like this crash. Same lane, same event close to the same spot. Have you ever seen anything like it?
I wonder, could it have been mixture and/or the over rev solenoid getting stuck to the throttle action while returning to it's off position? Because that would be enough to pull the throttle 1/4 to almost 1/2 open
@@deronborghi5929 The driver loss conscious from heat exhaustion while backing up and his foot was on gas pedal.
Glad the throttle hung during the burnout instead of when he up to speed or else this video would be depressing
Lost the drag race, but won the burnout contest...
Hell Yea brother , you'r on the Clettus Burnout Channel!
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TheOnKnee 😂🤣🤣
@@TheOnKnee cleetus doesnt have shit on skids
LOL yeah!!!
Strangest crash I've ever seen. Weird doesn't do that justice.
Heat exhaustion would be my guess. Once you leave the paddock you're pretty much stuck out in the sun until it's your turn to race. Full racing suit, helmet, neck brace, and no breeze just the hot sun beaming down on you.
@@vozanderson8665 And these guys are not often in the best of shape!
As terrifying as this incident was it pales in comparison to what happened to Top Alcohol racer Shelly Howard at Tulsa Raceway Park in 2005. Her dragster stood the front end up resulting in a blowover at half track and slammed down hard, knocking Shelly unconscious - 180 degrees out, pointed straight back toward the starting line with the 3500hp engine at full power. The car rocketed forward, crossing the starting line and slamming into her support vehicle at an estimated 250mph killing her and her son instantly as her husband watched from the stands. The car shot through a retaining wall, through a field and into a creek before stopping. As far as I know, the incident was so horrific it has never been publicly shown anywhere.
I'm impressed with how long that engine chugged away at near full throttle!
Trains of Canada BIG BLOCK POWER!
Wtf
Dragrace 101: a nitro powered racecar shuts down when the fuel is turned of..there is no ignition key you turn on/off.. therefore as long as the fuel reach the engine it will run..
No where near full throttle,still had the idling block on it, only to be removed prior to run
@@7211woodie Dragrace 101: They have fuel shut off valves to kill the engine.
the world's greatest burn-out and the driver was asleep all the time LOL very glad he's O.K.
That is one hell of an engine builder
How lucky that thing got wedged against the wall like that.
Wow, true, I didn’t think of that!
Exactly. Had he been knocked out and heading anywhere but into the wall the whole time, he'd have been going full speed straight to hell....wherever that may have been...however far away. That car would cover a lot of ground in a huge hurry while the drivers foot remained wedged against the pedal. I would venture to say had that car not been against the wall the driver would have never survived.
"Ok, I reckon they're warm enough. Let's get this show on the road!
I've run a Christmas tree for 12 years and am an SFI certified tech inspector, and an incident response specialist. I also drive a front engine dragster. This was scary and could have been a LOT worse! Thank God he's okay and nobody else got hurt.
When you lie on your resume and still get the job
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lol
Lmao
Relatable
You talking about the camera man right?
Give that guy a medal who ran to the back of the car looking for the kill switch. He risked his life to try. Should one or both of the tires blew with him that close he would not have survived.
A medal ? More like a straight jacket and banned from the track
@@sunstruckfarms4489 I understand what you’re saying, but that man was doing his job. All the first responders to these crashes nowhere the cutoff switch is.
@@Iwillnotbepushed first responders wear helmets and fire suits , dude wasn't even wearing team colors or staff uniform
@@sunstruckfarms4489 You do have a point.
My Hat's off to the engine builder, engine never let go!,..Regards from S Tex.
Man, he absolutely SMOKED that burnout contest!
In my 40 yrs of drag racing, I’ve never seen that happen before
I'm assuming the guy that ran to the back of the car was looking for the kill switch, atleast he was willing to run to it
I don't know why he didn't turn it off. He could have been a hero. The guy was part of their team so I would assume he is familiar with the location of the safety switch.
@@bigrigJim Maybe it didn't have one? Or he was getting showered in molen rubber...
@@lobmin exactly, only an idiot would cross paths close with those shredding tires!! Best action was to hit air intake with fire extinguisher, after tire shredding danger subsided a bit, which appears to be what the crew did ... handled well, despite appearances. Safest place for driver was right where he was.
As far as I'm aware magneto powered cars don't have a kill switch unlike most other drag cars.
No battery = no kill switch. Would have to shut the fuel off from the cockpit
At least nobody was killed when he shot backwards like my brother was at I-22 motorsports in Eldridge,Alabama in August when the pro mod had a malfunction backing up and ran my brother over and killed hom. Rest in Peace Brother. Clayton Zuber...
That's a rough one man, hate to hear that. Also a very, very good reason why all these spectators crowding around starting lines and burnout boxes is a terrible idea. Track personnel and crew only! Even then, everyone assmes everything works out all the time. Seen too many nitrous fires and scattered drivetrain to believe that. Especially taking for granted a car can't suddenly reverse or something like this front engine. Sorry for your loss brother!
Sad stuff Clifford, sorry to read about your loss. RIP
I heard about that i was hoping he would make im sorry for your loss
Sorry to hear about ya bro,😣
way to make this video about you
he went full aussie that day
Full throttle brutharr
Years after the event, I know, but man, that was one helluva motor build. Glad the driver was ok.
This is exactly why I tell everyone to always put your beer in a cup holder!
47 seconds for them to run to him, felt like 47 minutes. look at the front wheels as he starts backing up. Glad he is ok.
HOLY SHIT......now that's something you don't see every day. That's a first for me
1:27 I’m glad Mr. Verly from Threes Company at least tried to help!
Scary video. Im just glad the driver is ok.
Cleetus McFarland would be jealous of that burnout
Im dead 😂😂😂🤦♂️
1:50 bro don't encourage him, he's already doing a burnout. 😂
This one was in my feed again, still glad nobody got seriously hurt. Heat exhaustion is no joke, especially when you are belted into a race car, full fire suit in the middle of summer. Been there, done that, same with my dad. I don't know if this was an older guy or not but really got to be extra vigilant. Karamisenes is almost old as time and still racing but not everyone is super human!
Exactly well said. Everbody's an expert right. I'm glad he's ok!
I subscribed when your first vid. came out. Always good stuff. Keep them coming and I'll keep watching and sharing.
Thanks!👊
The car was like : today I ain't racing, I would like a long warm up.
He was knocked out ? Had 2 be. That was a vicious hit
We're in our mid 50's and going to the Meltdown Drags was a trip back to a simpler better time in drag racing for us. We were stunned by the crash and were grateful he was spared from serious injury or death. We saw the car while it was being loaded into the trailer, we never seen a rim torn and twisted like his. The frame was severely bent so the wreckage really let us see the force and power these cars have.
Pretty Amazing video..nice job!..
+Gordon Squires Thanks!
Amazing job (people in the background) for bringing up your phones when clearly something is wrong, what a bunch of clowns
Wow, now that was one hell of a burnout, intentional or not that was awesome. I'm a little shocked at how long it took the safety crew to get to him, or do anything, and when they did spring into action finally, the guy had no fire suit or, or any kind of protection for that matter. I'm just glad the driver ended up ok, and that nobody got seriously injured because of that incident. Thanks for filming that, decent angle, sound is ok, and it was pretty clear from what I could see!
Your welcome thanks and i had just setup and it caught me by surprise and i took my eye off the camera more looking in fear for the driver or crowd for that matter. The saftey crew could not get close due to molten rubber being spewed from the tires and rims denigrating. It actually put a very deep rut in the track. This could have been way worse say if he didnt hit the wall but went backwards into people or worse. Thank God he survived with only broken ribs
You can just imagine how HOT it is for driver's in the heat of the day with all that fire gear protection they're wearing'''
One of the best half track burnouts I've seen ever!!!!!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I thought this was my rock Crawler.
Damn you Jim Beam!
Imagine this poor guy has to relive this day 6 years later because of the damn yt algorithm lol
True
@@victoryredcolorado man i just discovered your channel fron this video in a random suggestions but dand it man you have some really awesome content man.
@@richardcranium9663 Thanks!👊
Unfortunately some wild shit happens in this sport... thank goodness he was alright.
I had a dragster about 20 years ago. It was pretty rough in hot weather with the fire suit on. Strapped in and waiting in staging lanes was a real cooker.
what front tires and rims were those? made by huffy????
amazing he got it in forward gear if not that could been bad news headed back to the starting line
I was more worried about actually seeing what was happening at that point instead of video taping it plus it was shot with a dslr...why am i having to defend myself on how it was shot...you guys are ridiculous
@Brisdad53 man, your replying to a comment from 7 years ago. take a xanax or something
When your mid-burnout and your controller disconnects
Thank God that he passed out reversing and hit the wall at a relatively slow speed.
This just shows that even in the starting area this sport has inherent dangers and why the emergency response crews are indeed life savers.
In the end, no serious injuries and the car can be replaced but lives, limbs, eyesight not.
My respect to those who saved this man and kept themselves from harm too.
I was shooting from halfway up in the stands and yes we arent worried about getting a pcture or video per say when something like this happens. I too withheld the videos till I found out from the owner and track the driver was ok. Everyone seems to be experts when the only ones that know what happened are the actual driver and crew. Thank God he's ok!
Don't apologize to anyone.....Great job on the video !
Fantastic camera work ..... I just love looking at that crowd
😄 You win the internet with that one! Yeah got caught up in the moment and forgot that I was filming 🥴
....a lot of fuel for a dragster, isn't it?
Made my kitchen smell like rubber 😂
Made my rubber smell like rubber!! 😂
"What? But it's our lunch time! GEEZ we gotta do everything around here." Safety Safari crew.
Lmaooo, the rubber pieces flying.
It shut down until it ran out of fuel 🙏🇺🇸
Thats hard to watch knowing someone is sitting in the car. I'm glad your Dad is O K
We were there when that happened but we left before they announced his condition. I am so glad & relieved that the driver is ok. He is all we were thinking about until my son found this video and it said he's ok. Someone was looking out from the heavens.
WOW thats a scary situation. Glad to hear he's ok.
I was surprised there was that much gas in the tank for the engine to run that long
Maybe he was going to drive the thing back from the finish.
WTF was that guy with the white hat thinking of doing?....lol
it would of had a kill switch on the back
He ran off when he realized he’d forgotten his tampons
I like how emergency crew took almost a minute to go up to the dragster to extinguish the engine. Unbelievable!
Wearing protective shorts and sandals as well.
Do these vintage race cars have a kill switch on the rear like some others.
Halon anywhere near the intake woulda snuffed that big-block chevy out.......still glad nobody was hurt bad tho.
Listen, I had just got up in the stands and was setting up and was adjusting settings and didnt even noticed what had even happen...if you had a clue about using a digital camera with a huge 70-200mm lens to videotape your looking into a live view finder not peering thru a hole on a hand camcorder...Cant you tell the difference in the quality of the video? I drifted becuz I was watching the accident not worried about getting it on video...just be glad i even got it and your lucky to see it!
Good effort mate on video. Yep sometimes ya gotta watch with your eyes at it rather than thru a screen as you never know what might happen.
Is that a tantrum lol?
I seen the video when it 1st came out back in 2013, & have watched it hundreds of times since. Considering what was happening you did a great job covering the situation. You never really lost focus on the situation, if you had of we wouldn't have been able to watch what happens to get the car safely shut off. Nobody was ever expecting something like this to happen, so you were as prepared more than anybody else at the time. You can see, nobody else was able to show a better video than you did. The situation was crystal clear, awesome video.
@@philsmidwestclassiccars150 Thanks!👊🤟
My sympathies to you and your family, very nice nostalgia rail.
2/28/21. Ok I read the description. HEAT EXHAUSTION, GOT IT !!
"When he hit the wall he must have blacked out.. because otherwise, he could have shut it of inside. unless
He tried and it didn't work.
Read the description on the videos you watch. Will prevent these dumb comments from ever showing. Thank you
@@justconcentrate9843 here's my description of the video... its the same as what I said!" maybe you need a prescription!!
@@justconcentrate9843 Who hurt you bro?
BEST BURNOUT EVERRRRR!!!!
Camera work is great
The wall looks very nice I wonder what the people were running to though
was his foot stuck to the pedal the whole time when he passed out? or theres no foot pedal?
First time I’ve seen that
Actually I've seen it a few times but thankfully it didn't end up like this. Check this out ua-cam.com/video/-BzrnEpjLPQ/v-deo.html
I thought I’d seen it all at the drags over many years. That’s a new one.
Don’t you have to have an emergency engine kill switch just if something like this happens?
Thomas Ancas yeah usually there is one right beside you but ig not in this car
Nitro cars are turned off by shutting off the fuel pump. This is hand operated next to the driver. Obviously the driver couldn’t shut off the fuel as he had passed out. No one (wisely) took the risk of getting close enough to shut off the fuel. The car could have jarred loose and severely injured finding attempting this. They did the smartest snd safest thing by staying away and letting the car run itself out of fuel.
Dan Myers , that sounds really dangerous. Such as in this crash. I still think an automatic kill switch needs to be on these cars no matter if they are antiques or today’s if they are going to race
@@Retired88M I believe that's difficult to implement as Dan eluded too.. I believe they are mechanical fuel pumps and have to be shut off with a lever...?
Yes. Now NHRA has mandated that the Crew Chief will be in charge of a remote control to shut the car off. Also, there are now sensors that shut the car off, and will deploy the 'chute(s) in an emergency situation. Good call. #womenofdragracing #dragracinglife
I was there shooting photos for BangShift. This happened right in front of me, victoryredcolorado must have been shooting just behind me. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, and turned into a spectator instead of a photographer. This could have been way, way worse. What if the car continued up the track in reverse? We withheld photos until we heard the driver was OK. Those that don't know how nitro dragsters work just keep your comments to yourselves.
I don't know how nitro dragsters work but that still doesn't mean that you can't eat my ass.
Outstanding camera work
You can clearly hear it wouldn't idle down right away. Once it did he put it in reverse and then the rpms went up again. Smartly he put in forward to not run over everyone at the start line... and the rest is history.
What he should have done (hindsight being 20/20) is to have never put the car in reverse, but just kill it or put in 1st and idle down the track to the 1st turn off and try again later when the idle was down where it belonged.
Absolutely... these are exhibitions so it's not like he was gonna' get parked with DQ. Love what these guys do, love watching them rip down the track and very happy the guy's ok. You can always fix the car!
Well said!
magster65 but think of how much money it costs to fix it. also well said
Cheaper than a serious injury... or worse!
Up in my feed six years later, really happy the driver, track personnel and spectators all okay after that wild ride!
Avoid heat stroke, drink plenty of hydrating fluids (beer dehydrates), wear sun protection.
A black helmet on a hot sunny day is not a good idea, gotta stay cool go for white or light reflective colours.
Great comment thank you! 👊
It's extremely hard to stay safe from the heat. Thank god for companies coming out with water cooled under garments we can wear in a class like Super Stock. Fans, umbrellas, cold and wet towel around the neck, and someone to fan the passenger side door are key. It's no joke.🏁❤
@@01racegirl Your so right, itcwas upper 90's with high humidity and I remember sweating in the stands so imagine the drivers.
Awesome job there at the end, camera man....
Thanks. I think I covered all that in my post. No one wants to stare at a screen while something exciting is happening. Yet everyone expects the posts to be professional. That's asking a lot.
Yes, everyone should be thanking you, but this is the Net. People gripe about everything. Don't take it so seriously. It really is a quality video. Again, thanks. (I was reacting mostly to your 'blocked' comment. A bit harsh)
Fuel intoxication!
I would never race a fast car on that track... safety Crew took way too long
Luis Rivera are you dense? They didn’t take long they were being safe and stayed on standby till the motor died so no one else would get hurt.
Safety crew? I saw no one prepared for an incident like that. No fire hose and no fire suits. This guy is lucky it was not worse. I do commend the driver for putting the car back in forward gear once he knew there was an issue. Someone at this track find a sponsorship to help outfit the safety crew.
What safety crew?
Why not flood the engine with fire retardant???
@@TexasHarleyBoy65 there seemed to be a lot of retardants running around
So sorry this had to happen, I don't know who was driving, but it was very unfortunate. I see the shirts that are Beedy & somebody now, as I used to Know the beedy & lutz team some years ago when i worked at GLD. My heart goes out to you losing most of the rail, and hoping for a speedy recovery, and glad it wasn't WORSE...
5000+hp and bicycle wheels on the same vehicle seems a recipe for disaster.
A guy runs up waving his arms, where's the fire extinguisher
sidrojoe you see a fire?
@@hose7796 where there's smoke there's fire, sometimes.
@@sidrojoe I'm thinking they were trying to put the fire extinguisher into the intake to kill the engine. Just trhrowing a shirt or jumper into it might have choked it. JD
@@JayDee-xj9lu I agree
I was on the other side of what u see here. the engine came up when it started forward but didn't go wide open till it hit the wall. I was moving people in the stands in case it blew. they tried stuffing the injectors with shirts it did no good 2 fire extinguishers later it stopped. Thank the good lord he was ok. I agree the ambulance could have gotten there quicker but it was a team effort to get him out of it. he was out and just dead weight. my friend videoed the thing after he hit the wall.
Im so glad he is okay. Heat exhaustion can be very dangerous alone without being in the position he was in. When i raced i used to have an air conditioned helmet from FAST that helped me mostly because i was claustophobic (with no room in the cage) & from the heat (I have lupus). But track temps are extremely HOT, im glad he pulled thru and is doing okay. This could of been disasterous, God was on your side!!
Guy on the other side of the fence with the shorts on: “Let me get my phone out and take a picture of this”
Now that's what I call track prep!
And that is why you install a kill switch
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Wonderful response time from the track safety team. Sarcasm*
Jeff I am Paul J Goeppner I live in Austin Texas and I'm related to you... Wow what a horrific scene I hope everybody's doing well.
I live in Killeen TX
Who's the engine builder?
I hear ya on that. Amazing it didn't blow
@@victoryredcolorado true that!
When you teach your girlfriend to drive.
0:55
man, that's a well built engine.
Hat off to the engine builder,,
Hey, something's happening! Quick, FILM THE WALL!!!!
VetalK lol, yeah i know, i got distracted as it unfolded and took my eye off the focus to actually see what was happening sorry
Hate to see this having driven Nostalgia dragsters myself for many years. Praying for a speedy recovery and hope the far can be salvaged.
Where did they put the kill switch, in the trunk?
Most violent 10mph single car accident you’ll ever see.
"So don't forget Honey, if anything goes wrong, just turn that big red key that says 'STOP'"
Knew what to do, something was wrong/ crowd behind driver/ grab forward gear and stuff it! Real man
I've seen some crazy ones and that is definatly in the top 5!
ya same here i was rewatching this video to see if there was one but there was no kill switch which is weird to me cause majority of dragracing cars or rails have them for safety