Largest Crash in NASCAR History

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18 жыл бұрын

Thanks to Rustyfan for this great capture. In 1960 Daytona Superspeedway hosted this sportsman race. 68 cars entered into the race, back then there were a maximum of 68 cars in a superspeedway race. Coming out of turn four 37 cars get into a massive wreck where at least six cars get on their roofs. Amazingly, evryone walked away from this.
By the way, I am really getting tired of people having arguments that lead to name calling and slander. If I see a comment that put another member down or uses any derogatory language, I will delete it and any replies to it immediately. Also, if you do not like racing or think it is a sport, that's fine, but at least give some logical thought into a comment that you post. I will once again delete any comment along the line of "nascar sucks" or "nascar is for dumb rednecks LOL!!1!1".
All I ask is for some civilized conversation, and not trash talking.

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@joshuasweeney7864 10 жыл бұрын

Imagine if the 68 car rule was never changed and there were 68 cars allowed to race at Daytona and Talladega today? Oh god lol

@charleslacarre-theconqwest8358 9 жыл бұрын

thinking of a 68 cars race at Talladega made my day XD

@GOFLuvr 9 жыл бұрын

I still imagine how much more exciting NASCAR would be if only they went back to their car bodies of the 50's and 60's.

@charleslacarre-theconqwest8358 9 жыл бұрын

Maybe the security in the cockpits wouldn't be the same :/

@GOFLuvr 9 жыл бұрын

NASCAR chach' True, but that's my beef with NASCAR. Don't get me wrong, I'm all in favor of making every form of auto racing as safe as possible. It's just that I only have an attention span for vintage NASCAR. (And nothing more recent than 1979.) Not because of the insane amount of risks that drivers took, but simply because the car bodies had much more charm in yesteryear.

@charleslacarre-theconqwest8358 9 жыл бұрын

I totally understand your point of view even if I find the Gen-6 very beautiful. lol^^

@lawlers69 10 жыл бұрын

1:58 looks like my local shopping centre, during sale time and someone spots a parking bay.

@goldpegasusfantasy 6 жыл бұрын

Same here on Black friday

@actionfire4036 5 жыл бұрын

@DontYouLookAtMe. 8 жыл бұрын

My right ear is lonely.

@ruincam 4 жыл бұрын

Kyle Thomas THANK YOU I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE

@actionfire4036 4 жыл бұрын

Same :(

@james2fame44 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds fine for me but then again I got the most sensitive hearing. i can hear my sister's earbuds when shes in another room and they're plugged in

@JudeBellinghamMadrid 3 жыл бұрын

Same I just layer on my headphones so I thought I broke them bruh

@GodslaveRocks 15 жыл бұрын

You just have to love those old newscasts. The announcer and music are so melodramatic. Now, Kenny Mayne just calmly says, "Big pileup on the first lap takes out 37 cars" almost like he would say, "I need to go to the store."

@HollyGamingBC 10 жыл бұрын

Just like what happened in the movie cars

@Antareancommunsim 3 жыл бұрын

Dinoco's all mine

@JamesKPolk-qe9lm 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, get through that McQueen!

@elliebellie7816 8 жыл бұрын

Geez back then you could pick out a car at a scrap yard and if you could get it running and had a brush to paint a number on it you were qualified to race. None of this fancy schmancy corporate sponsorship and other crap like it is today.

@TheGamerTim 7 жыл бұрын

Ellie Bellie that tends to be how successful things start. Once it takes hold, there's no going back

@fortnitefor_life7389 6 жыл бұрын

Inspiration for cars movie -1952

@asto7089 5 жыл бұрын

-cough- 1960 -cough-

@agthechannel 10 жыл бұрын

I didn't know they had ARCA brakes in the 60's.

@OjamaLemon 6 жыл бұрын

NA98Fan What Brakes?

@OjamaLemon 6 жыл бұрын

I didnt see any brakes

@ThePikaPlayer 5 жыл бұрын

I think you meant "drivers" instead of "brakes".

@actionfire4036 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@vedicardi 3 жыл бұрын

$$$$

@thegamingplayer8395 7 жыл бұрын

How did they know it was 37 cars that crashed if it was going on while he was talking.

@DATDylan25 7 жыл бұрын

Back in those days they didn't live televise it. They filmed the race and had someone "commentate" over the film a couple days later.

@floppychzcake7936 6 жыл бұрын

What the other guy said

@AustGamingAG 6 жыл бұрын

chargenick1563 so like some KZfaqrs do now

@Jose-kb6nc 6 жыл бұрын

So all you've got to do was to dub a race seems legit

@billsteinbachiii3461 5 жыл бұрын

By counting how many cars got back to the line. Pretty simple math....

@spratcap 15 жыл бұрын

It's good to see them getting out and checking everyone else. A real gentlemens sport.

@kiryu-chan1590 4 жыл бұрын

2019 NASCAR season: no " big pileup" crash 1952 NASCAR season: 37 car pileup

@brendanschuett Жыл бұрын

This was 1960, and also the 2019 Daytona July race had a massive 15-20 car pileup (the Daytona 50p also had a big one)

@filibertoixcuna8714 5 жыл бұрын

"Dinoco's all mine"-chick hicks

@o.t.1987 7 жыл бұрын

Online racing in a nutshell.

@rosyq1970 5 жыл бұрын

Just with almost no damage to cars

@Graysoneli2 7 жыл бұрын

Always reminds me of the crash from the first cars film that chick hicks caused.

@SuperCJ429 15 жыл бұрын

Wow - what a terrible crash! After being in an accident two weeks ago and being saved from serious injury with all the modern saftey equipment, I am truly amazed that all these folks walked away. Amazing video - thanks for sharing!

@thedarkcity4084 4 жыл бұрын

1:58 racing with friends at GTA V be like

@OfficialKiwiFrankencop 9 жыл бұрын

Wow, its like an ARCA crash up in here. You know.... because.... some cars didn't seem to brake.... before they.... crash into others.

@OfficialKiwiFrankencop 8 жыл бұрын

So your saying if it were held on the 14th, the cars would've been able to stop before they hit other cars ?

@OfficialKiwiFrankencop 8 жыл бұрын

***** But ARCA doesn't exist yet, right ?

@OfficialKiwiFrankencop 8 жыл бұрын

Oh. When was this ?

@supertornadogun1690 7 жыл бұрын

1960

@carloscapinpin803 7 жыл бұрын

IndyNASCAR 2017 the 1960's

@kevinisaname 7 жыл бұрын

I think I counted six separate cars that flipped. I guess if you crash 37 cars, a few are bound to turn over -- but holy cow. That was pure insanity! I'm surprised there weren't any serious injuries. EDIT: I see in the description now that the six cars flipping was mentioned.

@keivncraft1561 6 жыл бұрын

This is hilarious to watch them all pile into each other. Imagine broadcasters trying to call this as it happened

@supahcomix 6 жыл бұрын

1:58 when eggs and milk go back on sale after a flood

@maz1407 6 жыл бұрын

1:59 when me and my friends see a discount at the local video game store

@cerealkiller4291 4 жыл бұрын

I’ll never forget this video, it’s so nostalgic

@HoustonGamerTVHGTV 5 жыл бұрын

I wish it was 1960 again

@jackjohnson9603 8 жыл бұрын

I know I shouldn't be laughing, but this stuff is just so funny

@101Volts 7 жыл бұрын

Well nobody died -or was injured.- EDIT, After 3 Thumbs Up: I have since read that 8 were taken to the hospital.

@nospacitogaming1794 6 жыл бұрын

racist

@101Volts 6 жыл бұрын

I think you may have posted in the wrong section, or you may have the wrong word.

@thebreadfullofdread9427 4 жыл бұрын

@@nospacitogaming1794 I think I get the joke lol!

@70s_GenLover 6 ай бұрын

@@nospacitogaming1794shut it

@twistedaxles9126 6 жыл бұрын

Those cars Were On Arca Brakes.

@maxwellharris507 4 жыл бұрын

ARCA wasn't around yet

@gravmelly 4 жыл бұрын

@@maxwellharris507 this was ARCA

@maxwellharris507 4 жыл бұрын

@@gravmelly it wasn't a NASCAR sanctioned race?

@gravmelly 4 жыл бұрын

@@maxwellharris507 the only 2 races of ARCA back then were daytona and Darlington

@kungfuninja55 13 жыл бұрын

i love the anouncers enthusiasm. they always start yelling and talking really fast in old races.

@Scottbuilt 14 жыл бұрын

Seat belts t-shirts and gasoline. This was quite a look back in time and a nice reminder just how far (and safe) NASCAR has become.

@andreasholme 10 жыл бұрын

You could have avoided this by compensating yer blake fluid an' git yer, git yer... b-brake workin' so you can stop sometimes

@ag052 7 жыл бұрын

Andy Holmio they dont have this advanced tech we have (of course beake fluid did exist but their brakes arent very good since they are old cars)

@rossman2397 7 жыл бұрын

nascar in Russia be like

@DannyyAlvarezz Күн бұрын

This video that essentially got me into nascar. I was fascinated watching back in 2009

@PunksloveTrumpys 10 жыл бұрын

@Neil Wildeboor The pace car was a 1959 Buick Electra, which was still virtually new in 1960 hence why they used one.

@tigerwareagle1485 7 жыл бұрын

Let me guess Danica caused this wreck. 😂😂😂

@xxgamerpiggyxxandtheyoutub7814 6 жыл бұрын

She wasnt even born yet

@randomrandom8297 6 жыл бұрын

She was not born yet

@unknown0508 6 жыл бұрын

Danica was born in 1982 and this happened in 1960

@tigerwareagle1485 6 жыл бұрын

NO SHIT GUYS! I ain’t stupid! Ever heard of sarcasm?

@philipgagarin6673 5 жыл бұрын

Loser drivers

@unionrdr 14 жыл бұрын

I remember pop & I watchin these old school STOCK cars back then. Most unbelievable wreck I ever saw. But it did give me a chance to once again see Glen "fireball" Roberts in action! One of the hero's of my youth,died some 5 days after a fiery wreck with Junior Johnson at the world 600. Rest in peace,ol' son...

@onedaylate12 15 жыл бұрын

its always nice to see some classic racing from time to time.

@JLJ061 14 жыл бұрын

200 mph with no safer barrier, no tall fencing, no HANS devices, no wraparound seats, no full-face helmets... Now THAT'S ballsy racing!

@CliftonPhotographer 11 жыл бұрын

It sure is different than crashes today in Nascar.I think because of the weight and speeds of these cars. They were much heavier cars and they were going slower,albeit it still fast! The crashes look kind of humorous. Glad to know all survived!

@franksantore2327 8 жыл бұрын

What a piece of history! 68 cars, twice the number of positions in today's races, started the '60 Daytona 500. Perhaps that's why the pile up. Also, if there were 7500 fans there that day, that was a lot. Thanks for posting.

@johnvandeventer8668 8 жыл бұрын

That was a sportsman race

@raymond3803 6 жыл бұрын

68 car field......No spotters............Love it

@jaydavee 14 жыл бұрын

the announcer credited rollbars, crash helmets, seat belts and lady luck for saving the afternoon.

@timmhg 15 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this video. This my first time I watched so ancient Nascar cars. Real amazing video.

@TeRBoozooka 11 жыл бұрын

12 cars rolled in this crash. 24 were done. A couple cars were the 25, Bill Wark, 72a, Bobby Johns, who by the way continued, the 40 is seen prominently, Stan Kross, 95 is Frank Rubritz, 64, Earl Balmer, 18 of Al DeAngelo.

@PotatoGunsRule 8 жыл бұрын

That was some driving back then! 150 mph in those old cars? I saw 40 Ford Coupes in that pileup! Those cars didn't even come with seatbelts in the production models!

@pierrotechnique 15 жыл бұрын

I love how the pilots and all the guys are just flipping the cars back over in their t-shirts and there are only a bunch of firefighters. Nowadays you have a whole emergency crew whenever a bumper is scratched!

@StefkeBIA 12 жыл бұрын

I'm big fan of Nascar Racing, and I'm realy glad that everyone survived this. Amazing crash! :O Thank's for upload. :) I've subscribed, and sorry for my bad English, I'm Serbian.

@mwoldin 14 жыл бұрын

Thanks, geek. This video is wondrously redolent of another era. And the footage is fantastic.

@deveous9 15 жыл бұрын

I didn't think that a large metal car like those racing in the video were capable of going 150+ mph. I would love to have a car like that now so I can take it to the race track. That would be nice!

@AtroxCustomz 15 жыл бұрын

GREAT footage!!! I love it! Thanx for posting it.

@user-fm1fg1mh6r 4 жыл бұрын

My local shopping centre when there is 1(+) toilet paper rolls= 1:58

@altfactor 14 жыл бұрын

Amazing that no one got seriously hurt, considering racing cars (whether NASCAR, IRL, Formula 1, etc.) didn't have the kind of safety features back then that they do now.

@quiksilvermanblue 15 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine going 150 miles an hour in a basically stock ford fairlane 500? Holy crap talk about having balls of steel. These guys were the pioneers.

@asto7089 5 жыл бұрын

Cars 3 greatest moments

@scootiereelz 13 жыл бұрын

This division of NASCAR was known as the Sportsman Division back in 1960. 8 years after this, the series would be renamed the NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Division, and then, in 1982, it finally found sponsorship from Budweiser and the series became the NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Division. Then in 1988, it was renamed the Busch Grand National Series, which would become the forerunner to today's Nationwide Series.

@suprafrase 14 жыл бұрын

its incredible that all the drivers were able to walk away, awesome vid freshgeek89

@Gastrologic 3 жыл бұрын

Man 150 mph That's really fast for back then

@PALLADINARC 13 жыл бұрын

Racing with a guy named "Fireball Roberts" shouldve been a clue that shit was doomed to go bad.

@Jhihmoac 7 жыл бұрын

These were basically modified street cars with the back seats removed, front bench bolted to the frame and floor, and rollbars installed, and that was it...They were rigid and not designed to "fall apart" on impact like the newer ones of today, so the driver took a lot of the force...

@christianmouse 14 жыл бұрын

This it was the late 60s/early 70s where race organisers/teams found that the cars were made so strong that drivers were getting rattled around inside a stiff shell and were badly injured or killed whilst the car survived. As a result, car design evolved to cars that deform upon impact, the idea being that the energy of the crash is dissipated through the car, not the occupants. This is why after seemingly very slight shunts F1 cars are ruined, but drivers can also walk away from 180mph crashes!

@InconsistentTechDad 14 жыл бұрын

Just coming back from Taladega this weekend.. seeing this makes me think... holy crap you'd of had to of had some serious balls to race back in the day before all of the protection they have now..

@datubaman 10 жыл бұрын

my left ear enjoyed the audio

@Beancraft21 4 жыл бұрын

1:58 when someone gets a bag of chips in class

@theloniouszen 15 жыл бұрын

That was some blues brothers action right there And i'm glad we've moved beyond the era where a hokey orchestra sets the emotional theme

@jewbybrother579 13 жыл бұрын

i feel like the announcer should be saying "oh the humanity!!!". it just seems fitting for the time period

@carexpert24 14 жыл бұрын

they used to run 68 cars and 37 were involved, thats one of the reasons why they only run 43 cars now

@Nxtl68 15 жыл бұрын

For iRacers keeping score, a total of 148 incident points were recorded in this race from 37 4x car contact incidents lol.

@sstroh08 14 жыл бұрын

now we know why there are only 43 today i love how he talks up that "safety" equipment lol

@isaacramirez7509 6 жыл бұрын

Disney and pixar got inspired by this race to make the movie 🎥 cars🚗

@jone1020 15 жыл бұрын

he counted that wreck really quick, and i never understood why their voices were so weird back then

@RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter 15 жыл бұрын

Those lumps of tin masquerading as cars, traveling/racing at ridiculous speeds were asking for a huge pile up..Can't believe that was allowed to happen! Wow!

@tryithere 14 жыл бұрын

It's scary to see that the backstretch only had a guardrail instean of a wall.

@pyrofan300 13 жыл бұрын

the good old days of racing. my grandparents still have their tickets from the second race at daytona. too bad those days arent coming back

@Dgb12651 13 жыл бұрын

Amazing. No firesuits, no high tech gizmos or safety gadgets yet no major injuries. those guys were something back then. Come to think of it NASCAR was something back then. Makes what they are today look pretty sad.

@Burnsengine 14 жыл бұрын

Great post! Enjoyed this :)

@redskins1111 14 жыл бұрын

good old days of NASCAR, wish I could have seen the races back then...

@ThatsNotVeryFunnyLol 12 жыл бұрын

He's making a left turn. He's making another left turn

@barath4545 13 жыл бұрын

Watch the guys who were not hurt, crawl out and actually try and help the once that might've been hurt and/or stuck. Pure class! Also amazing noone got killed with the poor brakes and handling they had and probably(not sure on this) no rollcages either.

@UNpilot15 13 жыл бұрын

THIS right here, ladies and gentlemen, is the original "Big One"

@racefan32 13 жыл бұрын

@featheredmusic Seat Belts used were commonly old aircraft belts, It was the lack of fire suits etc that were scary, these guys had big balls to run as unprotected as they did.

@MrVin720 4 жыл бұрын

I love how they add the screeching and bang sounds!

@wweiteng 11 жыл бұрын

This is the accident of the largest nascar crash by the 4th turn

@24jefffan 13 жыл бұрын

What an awesome video - thanks for sharing!

@CallumWhatmore 6 жыл бұрын

amazing find, thanks for uploading

@RickOFtheJames 13 жыл бұрын

wow this was before templates for the bodies, did you see all the coupes. Awesome video, love the dramatic announcer/narrator and the music puts the bow on it.

@_stardust62 4 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of the Blues Brothers movie "Jake, I got to pull over" ...crashes ensues

@DougCameraMan 14 жыл бұрын

The announcer may have been commenting on a film of the crash that was previously recorded. In other words, not a live narration of the event; an overdubbed narration added to the crash video.

@AlexSprenger 15 жыл бұрын

And the sadly ironic part was that Fireball Roberts died in a giant fiery accident at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1964.

@TasmanProductions 15 жыл бұрын

because like twaeng said, you'll never get bored of it.

@MeredithSedai 15 жыл бұрын

There were so many separate accidents causing new accidents. It seems as though a hard brake in a turn really caused vehicles to tip over.

@KW1689 13 жыл бұрын

@featheredmusic - Yes, these race cars did have seat belts. On most new cars then, seat belts were optional. Take Care.

@manofthehour114 14 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%. I love watching these old races. I wish they would show them on TV more often.

@Camera2004YT 7 жыл бұрын

This like the huge crash in Cars (2006)

@63besgasman 15 жыл бұрын

"You just have to love those old newscasts. The announcer and music are so melodramatic." Indeed! Also great is the obviously fake added sound effects of the screeching tires and crash sounds :-p

@inkey2 14 жыл бұрын

to jamie: how does it happen?.....you have 37 ill-handling, over powered death traps weighing over 2000 lbs each with "drum brakes"

@projectzip 15 жыл бұрын

Thats an amazing video!!! To see Daytona as it was back then!!

@cygil1 13 жыл бұрын

@Gman4evar It's sound effects by the foley artist. The newsreel company would have sent a camera team out but no location sound recordist, so the sound effects are added later. He may have mixed in actualy hollering zulus for that effect.

@RMPW1994 14 жыл бұрын

never heard a crash described as fantastic before...

@bullzye101 12 жыл бұрын

wow what awesome footage bloody amazing cheeres for the vid

@2216gangsta 14 жыл бұрын

The #40 at 3:03 is my grandads car,we still have it in an old barn on his property,he stole the car from a car lot in North Carolina and made it into a racecar in only 4 days,he's still wanted in N.Carolina