As a Medic, that’s absolutely as close to “fixin’ to die” as a human being can get. Extreme respect for Hinch. It took a real man to not only survive, but then fight back from that. 👏🏼👍🏼

"Yeah yeah, I was a Hinch-kabob." Leave it to Hinch to slip in a joke about such a situation.

I always kinda liked him as a driver, but I just gained a WHOLE lot of new respect for Hinch, especially in the way that he managed to keep his sense of humor through that whole ordeal.

HOLY S****. I have no words.... our Drs and Nurses deserve SOOOO much more credit than they get..

Of all the interviews he's ever done, ive never heard how they actually got him out of the car. Good work dale!

Jeez, him just describing that made me feel sick. I didn’t realize how bad that accident was with everything until hearing this. That’s terrifying. Glad you are still here to tell the tale Hinch!

love how he jokes about it as if its not a serious thing, this is why its really really hard not to like him

Great attitude! Thanks to Dr. Jim Nossett, E.R. track Dr. at IMS for decades.

Sometimes people forget how dangerous racing still is! Safety is outstanding these days but we cannot get complacent. Much respect to Hitch for getting back in the car after such an injury. As always great job to Jr. and the guys best podcast on the internet!

James Hinchcliffe is a confirmed badass, and is, without a doubt, my favorite Indy car driver now. Not that I follow it as much as I used to, but this guy has piqued my interest in this series again. Hell yes!

For Hinch to sit on pole THE NEXT YEAR at Indy, is beyond having BALLS.

Just have to love Hinch! This guy needs a go at an xfinity car...hint...hint. or a try in a cup car. Super talented driver and a great ambassador for auto racing!

Thank you for this interview. Hinch is a local hero, always wanted to hear his perspective on this unfiltered.

Hinch: “Yeah I got impaled and almost bled out nbd, btw here’s *extremely graphic detail about it* “ Jr: “did you get to keep the suspension part” Hinch: *visible disappointment* “no they wouldn’t let me, I wanted tho” Y’all are crazy lol

Immediately went to go look up the crash after watching this. I dont watch a lot of sports outside of nascar, good to see he recovered!

Holy cow.... that so scary.... I mean it’s literally making me tear up! Can’t believe Hinch survived that... thank god. 🙏🙏🙏

Had 2 full oil changes on the way to the hospital.

Hinch will be commentating after he retires, I'm calling it now he's an excellent speaker.

I too was a little queasy hearing him talk about it. But he is lucky it happened where the best trauma center in the country is located.

Whoooa ..... So Glad you are alright My Guy. We would have lost someone special. Not many people that can come out & have a good sense of humor about something so extremely nuts But...thank gooey not many have ever experienced anything close to that. You’re a straight up G Hinch.

I just about lost it when I found out Hinch was on! Love Jr's show and this just made my week! This also completed a small item on my bucket list. A combo of Indy and Nascar with 2 of my favorite drivers!

Thanks Dale, from your Canadian Motorsports fans who love Nascar & James!

Much respect, Hinch!

James reminds me a lot of Greg Moore - A bit nerdy but the life of the party - A great Canadian!

Hinch describing what happened made my insides hurt. I'm super glad he is still alive to tell about it.

Hinch is in the top three of my favorite IndyCar driver's. 💞

So great that Hinch is here to tell us the story

Great Show! Nice to see another driver from Indycar racing on the show.

Glad to see you interviewing drivers from other series man.

This guy is amazingly calm talking about this.

Thanks Hinch.

I was at a dirt late model race at tazewell speedway and saw a driver named chicky Barton have a drive shaft come thru the cockpit and destroy his leg.. It was a very scary scene so I can't imagine what this was like

This is the second time I have heard this and my jaw is still hanging open.

God was with you james i am thankfull for that.

He is also lucky in a completely different way; he's tailor made for commentary. I think he will continue in broadcasting for a long time.

Great guy great driver so hope he runs Indy this year.

James Hinchcliffe is such a great guy.

Dale pure class. ☀️

The one thing about Indianapolis...when it comes to ANY sports injury that requires a hospital...IU Methodist hands down!

Just watched the crash video.... Dayyumm!!! That was nasty!!! Just think how bad it would have been in they didn’t have the safer wall barriers in place!!!! Glad he is ok 👌 that was insane!!!

Hinch you still owe me a beer! Giant beer coupon ;)

Hell this is great! I'm in!

I was in the suites on the outside of Turn 2 out and saw Marcelo's crash in 1992. He was coming out of Turn 1 and the car ended up against the outside wall going into Turn 2. The SAFER barriers were not invented and approved yet and the same for the HANS device. I don't know if Marcelo had any penetration of the cockpit from racecar parts or not, but that was a sad event to see live and in person. Even with Hinch's crash a few years ago, racing is getting safer all the time.

I am new here, I don’t know what I’m doing. I just always watch on Dale every day on KZfaq and I thought well I will go to dirty Moe mediation see what I can find so that’s where I am right now.

Let's get Hinch in a stock car!

Dam that was intense

Thank heavens.....

Dang ! Do you believe in miracles ? It’s a miracle he’s alive . Wild story !

This is painful to watch & listen to. It's almost like watching those fail videos where people get hit in the guts or something, you can somewhat imagine or even almost "feel" the pain although you aren't experiencing it. I wouldn't wish something like what happened to Hinch in 2015 to anybody. How he survived is unbelievable. Funny how he wanted that suspension piece though, I'm pretty sure if he had gotten it he probably would have it hanging as a reminder of that day or something. Definitely a feel-good story when thinking about the timeline of events that occurred between the accident and the return to the track.

HINCH HAD GOD AND GUARDIAN ANGEL'S RACING WITH HIM THAT DAY 🙏 HE WASN'T LUCKY, HE WAS BLESSED 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Man, I'm getting light headed just hearing him explain it...

This dude's so lucky he didn't die. It's a miracle he didn't bleed out or go into hypovelemic shock.

Happy he is okay I didnt know about this. That was hard to listen to. God bless you bro

I bled out from a femoral artery tear..It was a surreal experience. I got cold, light began to lose its color, everything kinda Greyed out to nothing.. I thank those EMTs daily too..and the surgeon that fixed me up and installed some new titanium parts. XP . I was riding my Motorcycle, Lady pulled out in front of me, I hit the front brake too hard, pushed the front out and I put my foot down in reaction... Oops.. That mistake broke my hip so bad my leg flailed around me and Kicked myself in the back of the head, off of and in front of the motorcycle that then ran me over as I slid into the car with it and it flipped upon impact...and landed On top of me. XD . XD I was fine aside from bleeding out and a broken foot and hip. Rehab was a little strange though. I woke up the next day...Left hip rebuilt, Right foot pinned and a Doctor over me..... I was told "You have about a years worth of recovery here, You need to take it easy and not move too much, Your artery needs to heal so no walking or moving that hip area for at least A week" and then He left.. Then another one comes in, and I was told "You won't be able to put that foot on the ground for at least 2 weeks and no walking on it till we pull those pins in 6 weeks, the pain is going to be atrocious and you'll bend all those pins and rods up if you do" and She left.. Then, the surgeon/carpenter walks in, "Ok Get up, You need to start walking on that hip as soon as you can to make sure this surgery takes and then I want you to walk as far as you can over the next few days you are here and when you get home, Try to add steps every day till you start rehab, Lets get started'... Me- "?" . So as you can imagine, with the combination of those Conflicting messages and the heavy drugs, it made for a very strange first days of recovery and a slightly misshapen foot. XP . I gave up listening to the Doctors on day 4 and I was kicking the bike back to life 6 months later. Modern medicine is as unbelievable as My own stupidity.

It’s incredible that the piece of suspension didn’t hit him in his obviously huge set of balls!!!

STOP RIGHT THERE. Through into the other side of the tub? Can't continue...I had no idea he was injured like that.

Would be nice to see Dale Jr. interview Robert Wickens

Oh my Lord....... 😳😳😳

No better way to get redemption than to put it on pole 1 year later!

YIKES !

WOW

I had heard that Hinch was impaled by a suspension member, but thought it was just in the leg. Hinch-kabob is right. Serious stuff.

Never knew it was That bad.....Jeeez !

I wanna see the note now 😂😂😂

Is that a Gordon Lee High School helmet on the table?

They didn't laugh at "hinchkebab" I did

They just said on the News that he had a broken left leg. Nothing about an A-arm going thru him.

This guy has 9 lives, he’s gone through a lot of crashes

he lived from a femoral artery injury..... WOW!!!! that is a lucky SOB. . when i was in boy-scouts.... we were told a story about a dude who slipped with his knife.... cut the inside of his leg, near the crotch and bleed out DRY in 10 seconds.... . like.... that artery is like 1 inch wide.... it has to move a LOT of blood, because it supply's your whole leg (and when you run, your legs need TONS of oxygen) . thats just amazing to me..... like.... if i cut my femoral.... i probably would not even panic. just say "well, its been a good life"..... and just wait a few seconds for death. . the A-arm must have formed a tight "seal" and prevented all that "high pressure" blood from just POURING out. . sorta like how they say dont pull the knife out..... as its holding the blood in.

Same type of crash killed Ayrton Senna. Very lucky man. Very lucky.

"I had twenty-two units of blood put into me on the way to the hospital. My body only holds eleven."

OMG that's scary and he's making jokes about it

This... Is. Terrifying

I got queasy listening to that story

So he came close to having something in common with my (formerly male) cat???

The story is great & all, but I got light headed in the middle. I can't continue this video. 🤢

YEAH HINCH , I QUIT NASCAR , SO NOW INTO INDY , FAV DRIVER

that description totally made me cringe. DAMN!

You can tell the difference in medical care for people with money and those who don't have much,I race late model dirt cars at bubba raceway park in Ocala FL,I rolled my car somehow my belt broke and I came loose when the car stopped my head was stuck in the roll cage my jaw was broken both arms and my left leg our infield care team is a couple day labors and a off duty EMT no lie when they got to me the EMT said SIR THIS IS GOING TO HURT A LITTLE WE ARE JUST GOING TO SNATCH YOU OUT ONCE THE ROOF IS CUT OFF,BUT YOUR ALREADY FUCKED UP PRETTY GOOD SO NO HARM NO FOUL 🤔🤔😐

It's never a good thing to be impaled

That was an awesome story of survival from an horrific accident. An amazing sense of humor was shown while he was describing it,. But still A lot of cringe worthy moments.

When i got shot in the left hip i bled out pretty fast.went through over 50 units of blood in no time.the hole was nothing it was the almost instant detox that sucked.they should have a special blood bank for druggies.

December 1st is my birthday. Cool sucks for Hinch though

You should not be sitting there talking to us.

man he could of had perma leg damage... lost his bladder lost his colon intestinal damage genital damage... but none of that he is soooo very lucky.

Life saving started kit. Lol!

He's a crasher.

Now he’s annoying sorry announcing F1, he likes to hear himself talk, a lot.

So glad there is formula one and Indycar. NASCAR was my favorite, then they got woke and put all the politics front and center. Formula one and indycar May have the same thing, but I don’t see it on the broadcasts.

Holy crap I didn't know it was that bad