I was there that day sitting in turn one. I'll always remember the screams of the fans there when his helmut went flying through the air. Incredible that he wasn't killed.

@253tubbs

3 жыл бұрын

He didn't have the strap tight on the helmet. It does look gruesome though.....

@DirtTrackRacing410

8 күн бұрын

You’re old

@douglasfoster2215

8 күн бұрын

@@DirtTrackRacing410 ha , yes I am.

One of the most violent flips I've ever seen in sprint car racing. Now I know why the drivers say it's not the flips that get you, but that sudden stop towards the end of it. That was brutal.

@coolguy13333

5 ай бұрын

He lost his helmet and had a fractured skull but survived

@AudioWonderland

9 күн бұрын

It really wasn't that bad compared to some but you got a close up view of what happens in the cockpit on this one

Thank God for the new safety inventions.

As an ex Speedway Sedan driver first rule I was taught is get your hands away from the wheel and fold them together tightly.

I was in the infield and watched this flip. When I saw the helmet come off I thought it was the end of Gary Gray. I had my 11 car there with Bill Burks driving. We missed the feature, but we did get a bunch of free fuel.

@hoodini1515

7 жыл бұрын

You just got a reply from 2016

@douglasfoster2215

5 жыл бұрын

I was there also sitting in turn one.

@mick6479

4 жыл бұрын

@@hoodini1515 That was nice of you to do 3 years ago.

@karlmuller3690

2 жыл бұрын

@@douglasfoster2215 - And I was there too, but I was there all the way from DOWN UNDER, straight to YOU ... "Was jah buying Bread from in Man .... ...... Brussels ??? "He was, six foot four, and full of muscle', I said 'do you speak-a language"?? "he just smiled, and gave me a vegemite sandwitch'' And he said ... I'll leave it to others, to fill the rest in!! Hope Jah be good Y'all ... !!

Haha! Wow, that is a nice catch. Would've figured it was a piece of the car bouncing down the track, but it sure looks like a little creature running for his life.

That mouse lived in a hole at the inside of turn2 Eldora for 3 months in 1981. After this incident the hole was filled in and we lost touch with the mouse.

@hoodini1515

7 жыл бұрын

You just got a reply from 2016

@tysonfrank2105

6 жыл бұрын

2018 hi

@charlesintestine You release hands from the wheel to prevent hand and wrist/forearm breakage......in a sprint car (and during this period too) the drivers have arms restraints that help keep the arms from flying outside of the car during a flip due to G forces or if the driver becomes unconscious..........they don't always work perfectly but before using them arms were crushed in accidents like this....

wow! had the sound off and totally thought his head came off! :)

I never remember Sprint Cars being on ABC Sports.

@253tubbs

3 жыл бұрын

They were...for a minute!! LOL

lol rrrrrrrrround and rrrrrrrrround! Wow, hard bastard the driver is, suprised he didn't get a fatal baseular neck injury, must have been a hard contact for a full face to come off near vertically! Says to me how much force was exerted after he had his face crunched off the dash before being thrown back into his seat.

RIP DAVE BRADWAY JR. Tri-C #3

WOW !

Anyone see the mouse run across track and look at Gary's car. Its about 0:38 into video.

@ericaleightaylor3030

5 жыл бұрын

I believe that's a chunk of dirt

I am 99% sure he died, that violent impact with the steering column just looked unsurvivable

@charlesintestine

3 жыл бұрын

Still alive almost 40 years later!

@michaelmorbius5716

3 жыл бұрын

@@charlesintestine Wow...

@charlesintestine

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmorbius5716 Plus, they interviewed the driver at the end of this clip talking about the crash. Lol

@AudioWonderland

9 күн бұрын

Watch the whole video.. They interviewed him at the end

Damnnnnnnn

Now that is s lucky man

that is one lucky son of a bitch

they tell all dirt racers to let go so you dont break your arms or shoulder

yes you should

which is the full name of this driver he looks like me

he didnt die

the helmet broke

@253tubbs

3 жыл бұрын

no...the strap was loose... those straps on the helmet are very strong...I don't think that he had it all strapped up correctly.