Check out this crash-n NASCAR qualifing

[RUNINAGT]

I know there are not many at all NASCAR fans in here but I like it and watch every weekend. Check this crash out @ Texas during Qual, I guess this was today.
Just click the link and it's the 1st one on the top left. It reads Mcdowell takes a tumble, just WOW. Makes ya kringe up.
http://www.nascar.com/multimedia/

 

[S&B]

It did a turkey walk up the track

this guy def. did not have the Coyote suspension that lady with 600k had

looks scarry

 

[BK_CAULEY]

doesnt work.

 

[Hissing Cobra]

He's lucky to be alive. The technology keeps getting better and better.

 

[caseywan]

He's lucky to be alive. The technology keeps getting better and better.

Yeah, how does Earnhardt die in that dinky crash he had and that guy walks away?!? (I'm sure very bruised and sore though)

 

[mustanggirrl]

looks like it kinda hurt... that poor little car

 

[67coupe]

Yeah, how does Earnhardt die in that dinky crash he had and that guy walks away?!? (I'm sure very bruised and sore though)

Safer barrier and HANS device. If that happened 7 years ago he would be dead or seriously injured.

 

[glowstang93]

I'm not trying to jump one Dale Earhardt band wagon ( Sr that is), but if it wasn't for his death a lot of these safety changes would not have happened. The hans, safety barriers and even a lot of the changes in the new COT car can be attributed to the Intimidator. Very glad to see he was ok, I counted like 10 rolls.

 

[RUNINAGT]

It works, the video section updates it's now on the top right.

 

[1.8kmint]

I'm embarrassed to say i actually saw it on speed when it happened. Channel flipping at the perfect time i guess. Its insane he made it out alive.

 

[5point0dude]

I was watching qualifying when the crash happened, haven't seen one like it in years, it was scary.

 

[Flavadave4]

holy shat

 

[TRWXXA]

Damn!!

Last speed I saw on the telemetry was 194 mph, but I'm sure it's delayed a little. However, he lost it right at the turn-in, so he was probably still going 180 or so.

Yeah, how does Earnhardt die in that dinky crash he had and that guy walks away?!? (I'm sure very bruised and sore though)

The word I got from a (then) Winston Cup insider, that it was well known that Earnhardt was "old school" and a little lax on his driver-safety -- he still wore an open-face helmet, kept his harness a little loose rather than cinching it tight, etc..

If he had been better protected, he probably would have walked away, since his velocity into the wall was only about 60 mph (his velocity down track was quite a bit higher). His death made NASCAR and the other drivers make safety a number-1 priority. All the safety enhancements allowed this guy to hit the wall almost head-on at 180 mph, and just limp away.

 

[RUNINAGT]

I think it's good on NASCAR's part for the safety rules. There have been some wicked crashes and the drivers walk away.

 

[blackened88lx]

this guy def. did not have the Coyote suspension that lady with 600k had

looks scarry

Definitely not.

 

[Strype]

Kudos to the new car design

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

It's too bad we lost Dale Earhardt, but think....him dying saved this guys life and many many others during crashes. With the padded walls, the HANS device, better helmets, and many many other strucutral and cosmetic improvements to the car they are much safer now than in 2001.