I saw this crash in person and was sitting in the esses grandstand when happened, and it's one of the scariest things I have ever seen. We saw this coming as the second Nissan was full throttle coming up the hill. You can't tell from the video angle, but that hood flew 2 stories in the air above where we were sitting. The driver jumping over the fence was nearly hit by another car trying to avoid the cars blocking the track.

I was there in the stands at the top of the esses as a kid when this happened. Hard wild hit indeed!

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