Note: At 0:58, it should say 250 lap race, not 250 mile

Does anyone else see the irony of the kool-aid car breaking through the wall.

It still amazes me that Waltrip survived that crash, amazing video quality, best I’ve seen in a long time

Like the amount of luck Waltrip had that day was about on the same level as the person that captured the footage. Impossible to believe they focused on Waltrip of all drivers that day.

Please keep doing these awesome Nascar documentary videos

"Cars aren't supposed to rip apart like that ". Well in this case ripping apart displaced a lot of kinetic energy that would have otherwise transferred to Mr. Waltrip.

I love seeing the old footage with Ned Jarrett talking about a 5 "hunderd" mile race!

This particular Michael Waltrip crash is almost one of folklore. Its almost impossible to talk to an older really old school NASCAR fan for an hour at a track down south race weekend somewhere or anywhere for that matter and this crash doesn't come up in the conversation at some point. I've never seen a roll cage crumble like that in my life! Luckily it hit on the right hand side of the car and the car absorbed the energy allowing Mikey to walk away unscathed. Also, every track on the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity schedule minus Martinsville these days has tunnels for the haulers and track equipment. But Martinsville has fashioned their entry gate into a concrete safer barrier which dead bolts in before racing begins, so we should never see an accident like this again. Thanks for this amazing video nascarman, I haven't seen this race and wreck in a long while!

I say this every time you upload a video, you are the man, to all us "older" Nascar fans this stuff is awesome to go back and see this footage, I was at the race the next day Davy Allison won. Thank you

It's a complete miracle that Mikey walked out of that horrendous crash. Shame that it took the speedway owners over a decade to solve that fence problem.

I was actually there that day sitting on the front stretch concrete bleachers and was photographing for fun. I actually photographed the entire accident in a series of 4-5 stills... Unbelievable luck to be there and to have pushed the camera button on that one turn at that time.

Somebody give this unknown fan a medal for his awesome video!

My parents were at this race in 1990, 10 years before I was born. They still have pictures of the wreck stored in our attic somewhere. Even before I was born, they had been to plenty of races, both NASCAR and dirt track races, and they both agreed Michael's wreck was the worst wreck they've ever seen. Certainly is amazing Michael wasn't injured in this one.

Who wouldn't focus their camera on Michael Waltrip?

The late Clifford Allison deserves to be mentioned. Glad to see some footage of that fine young man racing Busch cars. Great work on this video. Much appreciated.

I see your Michael Waltrip and raise you one Mike Harmon.

Awesome video, thanks for putting this together!

I'm surprised ya didn't include the footage of his older brother Darrell Waltrip's reaction as he watched his brother's crash in sheer horror. Darrell looked horrified and literally started crying right then & there......and no one could blame him. That wreck was REALLY BAD. I will never forget the look of terror & dread on Darrell's face when that happened. It was just as unsettling to watch as the wreck itself, seriously. We all thought Michael may have been dead at first, especially when we saw that steering wheel just hanging completely out of the wreckage like that.

Clifford allision don't see much footage of him.

Excellent video and editing on one of the most historic and horrific wrecks in stock car racing history. Fortunately, it was also one of its most miraculous as well.

I was there that day. That was the most emotion I ever felt as a fan during a live event.

Love your videos. Brings back a lot of memories. I remember watching this race. Way back when, I remember hanging out in Steve grissiom's shop in Asheboro NC when they showed me the coolest paint scheme they were planning to use. One half of the car was painted with the channel lock colors and the other half was Roddenberry ice cream. Good times 🙂

Me: Man it would be fun to race! (Micheal Crashing at Bristol) Me: I think I'll take up knitting.

Those old Busch V6s. Gotta love em. Sounded like Cup V8s when they were started, but sounded like a hive of bees out at track speed. 😆

*Kool-aid car breaks through wall* Oh yeah

Rest in peace Clifford Allison

That was very entertaining, very well done on the editing. Great stuff.

Idk much about Nascar but I sure do love watching old races like these

You'd think they would redesign the wall but this happened again in like 2002

can you believe that they kept that back stretch gate for 12 years after that

I think the reason he survived is that the car was basically ripped from behind him and from in front of him, kinda like someone grabbed both ends and tore it in half in a way. The front stuck to the wall and then the back stuck to the wall before both were torn away, but his seat was fine.

Where is the complete footage at? This is great! You can really see the cars getting loose from the home video on the infield and how good of a car Michael had that day making passes when he wanted to the car was turning on a dime.

Mikey thanked the Lord, well let's not forget his crew and the chassis builders for putting together a great piece for him that day. The car seemed like it drove well and then protected him when it counted.

The best channel on KZfaq.

Back when NASCAR was worth watching.

Love this footage.

Awesome video. I dig that paint scheme.

The thing I remember most about this was the absolute terror in Darrell’s voice when he was interviewed about it. He really thought he’d just watched his little brother die. Thank goodness he didn’t.

this person liked Mikey before it was cool

Ugh. The horrible buzz from those V6 engines back in the day. I sure don't miss that one bit.

Very cool video 👍

seeing bristol from the infield without the stands, holy cow o.0

How did he just walk away from that? He's so chill about it too lmao

Wow this is like never before seen video

Definitely rates among the top 5 worst non-fatal wrecks in NASCAR history. In fact, the only ones I can think of immediately that are in the same class are Geoff Bodine in 2000 at Daytona and Dale Earnhardt at Talladega in 1996. Granted Earnhardt's didn't destroy the car to the level that the other two did, but the sheer violence of the wreck and given that the car was caved in at the roof made the crash seem like it wouldn't have been survivable.

He must’ve really loved Kool Aid

The question is, was his car built wrong or was his car built perfect so the driver would survive a crash like that??

Imagine if somebody drove thru the pile when he was just laying there crazy how that all went down

This is sick man! Really glad I found this & your channel! Thanks Oh my god look at the seat at min 2:19 It's a miracle he survived at all, safety sure has come a long way from a Racing seat with a Gap in by the head rest.

The video of the crash that was shot from "up high" ... the video you almost always see of the crash ... was shot by my friend, freelance videographer Greg Thurman of Kingsport TN. He was one of the best in the business. We lost Greg to cancer a little less than 5 years after this crash.

Literally every one else who wrecked was around Mikey

That crash defied all sorts of everything.

Imagine how chilling that footage at the beginning would be if Mikey got hurt in that wreck

That was crazy, we were in the front strait seats about halfway up. My mom was crying, she thought we witnessed a death. I remember going to the cup race Sunday and buying an 8x11 photograph of that mangled car. I was about 13, my little brother and I have our picture with Dale sr. in front of the infield drivers lounge.

The luckiest thing for Waltrip that day was that the car was still pointing in the right direction when it hit the wall. At least that way it hit on what was the passenger side of the car. Imagine if he had spun the car backwards and that impact had happened on the drivers side.....

The unlucky lucky bloke. Glad that he survived.

Safety standards in terms of the tracks hadn't come very far yet, and Hans device usage was still over 10 years away yet, in 1990...it's amazing Mikey lived thru that crash.

I need one of those giant vintage blow up beer cans.

The Busch series engines back then sounded like bumblebees

Nice Video,Now Can You Please Present Someone's Home Video Of That Pile Up From The 1990 Goody's 300 At Daytona?

When did Bristol get stadium seats like what year can someone tell me?

Subed.. 😁

“Your one tough son of a bitch” Dale Earnhardt when he saw Michael Waltrip in the infield care center

I am I going crazy, but who is that at the left rear @ 2:00

IT’S STILL THERE! (Talladega) 🥰

Footage catches the crashes better than ESPN did

That was a pretty dope ride.

Wish that fan had been at Pocono 2010 focused on Sadler lol!

Such a shame that car disintegrated that Kool-Aid car looked pretty damn sweet.

That dude was a veey talented amateur cameraman

It is rarely said about circuits, but man, Bristol is way cooler now with the huge surrounding grandstands than it was in 1990.

Crazy to see this tangled mess at the talladega museum

I can't believe nobody ever thought that gate could cause some serious safety issues.

Wow.. Mikey!!!

I remember going to a racetrack somewhere as a kid with my uncle and asking him. Why do they have those openings in the racetrack? He said: "It is so teams can get into the track and to cause HUGE bad accidents when someone hits it."

Gosh I was 10 when this happened goad he made it. Miss the old days when drivers fans mingled and they were down to earth. Bristol has changed allot.

You'd think that it was fate that such an accident happened to Mikey with the chaos that seemed to be happening around his car with people spinning and wrecking! Thankfully he got away with his life

Actually don't mind the Kool aid paint job, like that 7 car

Man bristol looked small back then

Everyone:having a normal race: the guy that hit micheal waltrip:oops

OH YEAH

I hate to be cruel, but that's one wall that stopped the Kool-Aid man from breaking down.

Young Mikey was dazed

The grim reaper wasn't in the mood and must really love the truck series on Fox Sports 1!!! Cause how else could anyone walk away from that with the exception of Mike Harmon of course!

crazy how they didn't make any changes to that gate until it happened again 12 years later

That wreck is never shown on TV that's one crazy right

I cant even comprehend what the fuck the car did. Its like the back broke off except for the very left and the entire front or body rolled over on the drivers door?

OH YEAH!!!

Man, they say Indycar’s sound like bees. Thos V6 sounds like a whole swarm coming at you.

I love how they have walkie talkie hanging outside of the window. Kool-Aid. Oh Yeah

Harry Gant never liked racing. He's a farmer in his heart. He raced long enough to make enough money to start his ranch and steakhouse in Taylorsville, NC. He's never nice to fans. I saw a lady ask him for his autograph at his steakhouse while waiting to be seated. He wasn't eating. He was the boss. He was just standing around yelling at his employees. She walked up and told him she had been a big fan for his whole career. He said LOUDLY, "Lady, I don't race anymore. I don't even watch the sh!t. Get the F away from me". Well, almost the whole line left, including me and my children. We never went back. He lost a lot of customers and fans. He lost a whole lot of business.

5:28 Unfortunately, Clifford Allison would die in a crash in this series I think that year. Also, is there an uncut version of the aftermath of the crash?

I was there, everyone thought he was dead. He got very very lucky

Does anybody know why the smoke has a yellow tint to it? I know I am wondering if you do. My lips are sealed.

I agree that this is the worse a car has been torn up in a crash but,I would much rather have been in Michaels crash than Geoff Bodines truck crash...it was just fucking brutal..

Mark harmon too same place i believe

1990 Budweiser 200 NASCAR Busch grand national series at Bristol International Raceway in Bristol Tennessee Michael Waltrip spectacular crash brother Darrell Waltrip famous quotes I'm crying Michael Michael Michael he is look around say what is wrong with you 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 still cracks me up hilarious

That gate at Bristol just reaches out and bites a driver doesn’t it

Very cool stuff sans the accident itself off course

Not much on the actual topic of the unknown video. There should be more of that video