Hearing Dale Sr say "Neil's car hit the wall just right, Rodney Orr's car hit the wall just right. It's a bad deal and nobody can change it", it still breaks my heart.
@CJODell12
4 жыл бұрын
TR Chiggs Neil was one of Dale Sr’s best friends, and he was hit hard by his death.
@tombo6245
4 жыл бұрын
@TR Chiggs Seven years after the '94 speedweeks, his own car ended up hitting the wall "just right", that's the point of the comment
@jeremywall7206
4 жыл бұрын
@- Defianc3 its a southern mannerism. The word right isnt always used for its meaning within the structures of our down home speaking. Example thats the awfullust car ive ever seen, awful meaning the opposite of its meaning. More or lease the best. I know its confusing
@angryrick2330
4 жыл бұрын
@@jeremywall7206 I think that Marv was referring to the fact of SR's comments and than his accident in 2001.
@smug8567
4 жыл бұрын
You couldn't hear a dump truck driving through a nitroglycerin plant.
@superbird4351
5 жыл бұрын
1960-1966 & 1992-2001 were the most dangerous times in NASCAR history. 1960-66: 11 drivers were killed 1992-2001: 15 drivers were killed
@mvd4436
3 жыл бұрын
Hans wasn't mandatory till 2002
@billybagels89
5 жыл бұрын
Terrible year for motorsports. Losing Bonnett and Orr at Daytona, months before losing Ratzenberger and Senna at Imola. RIP
@albertjones6176
5 жыл бұрын
Very true
@The98Man098
5 жыл бұрын
Bill Wagner 94 was the worst year for racing
@RandyDubin
5 жыл бұрын
@@albertjones6176 Robbie Stanley (3-time USAC Sprint Car Champion) was also killed in a crash at Winchester that year.
@ricksanchezsflask8794
5 жыл бұрын
94 was the year Ernie Irvan suffered a major crash as well.
@ShitHappensRLY
5 жыл бұрын
Also, Karl Wendlinger suffered severe crash at Monaco, which became, apparently, his career end in F1, he's never regained his speed in open wheels
@kennethterry8196
4 жыл бұрын
Shame to lose Neil Bonnett. He was one of those guys that could get a Non NASCAR fan into liking it real quick just by the way he talked. He had a great way of getting you hooked into racing.
@notablynova
5 жыл бұрын
Man I heard names I haven't heard in 20 years. RIP to all the drivers that have died chasing the checkers. Your loss will never be forgotten.
@austinblansett9900
5 жыл бұрын
That rusty Wallace speech is stuff of legend.
@turgid_member8717
5 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. I had no idea Jimmy Means' decision to retire was tied to this speedweeks. After seeing his friend J.D. McDuffie pass, it's not surprising that all the tragedies in NASCAR finally convinced him to walk away.
@piedpiper8355
4 жыл бұрын
Smut. Hometown hero from where I'm from.
@Calhoun98
5 жыл бұрын
To add some additional context the CBS crew also lost another team member the same day as Neil. "Captain" Jack Foster, who had been around seemingly forever, had a heart attack that morning. Added to the on-track tragedies, that was an unbelievably tough week for the tv crew. Of course Neil was a member of that family as well.
@jessiehenry5405
Жыл бұрын
Espn
@94nolo
4 жыл бұрын
This was before the safer barrier, boys. No HANs. Just you, the machine, and the concrete.
@jeremyc9593
4 жыл бұрын
@Clarence Hamm You're an idiot.
@PedroKing19
4 жыл бұрын
@Clarence Hamm yes! I personally love seeing all of my personal racing heroes die because of inadequate safety measures.
@GoredonTheDestroyer
3 жыл бұрын
@Clarence Hamm You're what's wrong with the motorsport community. Seriously, I hate when people try to argue that "Oh, racing was better when it was more dangerous." And I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to explain to your kid that Dale Earnhardt "retired" right after the '01 Daytona 500. All racing is "real" racing if it carries with it the spirit of racing, the adrenaline and all that comes with it. Everyone thinks that a sport is just fine when it comes to safety until someone dies.
@eins2001
3 жыл бұрын
@@GoredonTheDestroyer it's like saying "Damn, life was better when we were in a world war"
@kevinramsey417
7 ай бұрын
And Death always riding shotgun. The only thing I don't miss about those days. Alan, Davey, Neil, Adam, Dale. I want those guys back.
@dookiepossum
5 жыл бұрын
When someone says “racing isn’t what it used to be, we miss the old days of racing.” Show them this
@Seethenhagen
4 жыл бұрын
I'm very doubtful that people are complaining about the way the walls look or that drivers are required to wear HANS devices. The change to using SAFER barriers and proper restraints is what made racing relatively safe in the wake of the deaths of people like Adam Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Rodney Orr, Neil Bonnett, and the injuries of those like Ernie Irvin.
@truckercowboyed2638
4 жыл бұрын
@@Seethenhagen dont forget Kenny Irwin was also lost, used to drive the 98 truck.
@alwaysopen7970
4 жыл бұрын
It's not the same. Cars look like shit and the paint schemes suck these days.
@DonderNashawk
5 жыл бұрын
"With 69 cars attempting to qualify..." Dont Say it Dont Say it Dont Say it Dont Say it Dont Say it Dont Say it Dont Say it Dont Say it Dont Say it Dont Say it Dont Say it Dont Say it Dont Say it Dont Say it Nice.
@bpcXD
4 жыл бұрын
just say it!
@robertsmead8444
4 жыл бұрын
69th like. Nice.
@bartj19
4 жыл бұрын
Right when I saw the comment he said it
@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT
4 жыл бұрын
Nice
@TheGreatCornholio.
4 жыл бұрын
Nice
@BSNFabricating
5 жыл бұрын
That winter of '94 was terrible, and I remember it like it was yesterday. It's hard to believe today is 25 years since Neil Bonnett left us. I even remember the project I was working on in the shop when we heard the news on the radio.
@lilstinky6323
5 жыл бұрын
What were you working on
@piedpiper8355
4 жыл бұрын
I was working on building Silver Lakes golf course in Gadsden when Davey died at Talladega the year before. Mickey Gibbs lived there on the course when it happened, and I saw him speed out of his driveway headed to Birmingham (I think) to the hospital. To me, it's like remembering where I was when 911 happened. It was unfortunate times in nascar. Later on I worked with Orr's nephew and other relatives in Florida.
@lancesecrest7577
4 жыл бұрын
My ex wife was pregnant with our second and I opened the newspaper.Headline;May Day!May Day! And Ayrtons car was hitting the wall. And now she is dying of cancer in the hospital
@BSNFabricating
4 жыл бұрын
@@lilstinky6323 I was building a MIG welding cart the day Neil Bonnett had his crash. When Davey Allison had his helicopter crash about seven months earlier, I was making a fiberglass air dam for a truck, and again heard it on the news. When Alan Kulwicki's plane crash happened, I didn't hear about it until the next morning, but I DO remember that at the time of the crash (about 8:45 PM on April 1, 1993) I was reading an article about F1 champion Jim Clark in Racer Magazine and just happened to check the time for whatever reason. It's strange how you remember details like that.
@michaelbooth620
4 жыл бұрын
Dale saying: "they hit the wall just right" My heart
@brt-jn7kg
4 жыл бұрын
Damn hearing Dale say " its a bad deal cant no body change it." Is haunting because he would lose his life in the same manner. I do find comfort in the fact that he died doing what he loved.
@kenzschueler
5 жыл бұрын
I've been watching NASCAR since 1999, read and studied NASCAR history books and watched tons of races on ESPN Classic and SPEED. And these videos bring out so much more details that you don't always catch or remember. Thanks for putting all this together
@xJakePrice
5 жыл бұрын
If those fatal crashes didn’t get into those drivers heads, Rusty’s speech definitely did.
@sevendst19
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah he had 2 terrible crashes the year before at Daytona and Talladega. The second one broke his wrist but other than that he was relatively unhurt fortunately.
@ryansheehan9462
4 жыл бұрын
Major respect to Wallace for doing that
@insulman100
4 жыл бұрын
You're correct Rusty's speech got in their heads but it went out the window for most of them following those 4 famous words drivers start your engines
@jeremyfisher8782
3 жыл бұрын
No offense ... but you are clueless. That speech didn't do anything. Most of those guys were sitting there thinking: "Hello Pot ... Meet Kettle" ... Rusty had wrecked more cars/drivers than a drunk driver at a County Fair Demo Derby. It was all for show--and dimes to dollars -- NASCAR asked him to make the speech. Or he did it to try to mess with his competitors. None of those drivers gave a damn about Rusty said. They already knew what they were in for. Watching Bonnett and Orr die was enough. Rusty didn't need to say anything after that.
@jdtractorman7445
3 жыл бұрын
@@jeremyfisher8782 Huh? Like him or not, I always thought Rusty was a great spokesperson for the sport as a whole. That's why he was up there making a speech. He was at the time one of the veteran drivers and he never bullshitted about anything and just told it like it was. Sorry if you or anyone else can't accept that.
@BuddWolf
5 жыл бұрын
D.W. did a great job doing the show “Winners” after Neil’s passing.
@reck1224
5 жыл бұрын
Damn, who would have thought those same words Dale Spoke in this video would also apply to him to the letter a few years later. “Neil’s car hit the wall just right.” “Rodney Orr’s car hit the wall just right.” Prophetic
@geoffreyholland328
5 жыл бұрын
And if Neil or Dale had been wearing the Hans device they would have survived.
@JameyCampbell_54
5 жыл бұрын
Geoffrey Holland had Dale not been wearing an open face helment he'd probably have survived. But if the rumors of him loosening his belts with few laps to go so he could move around in the seat and see better are true then nothing would've saved him. He was rumored to have loosened his belts at the end of races for years.
@mesquitegirl2013
3 жыл бұрын
@@geoffreyholland328 sadly they weren’t using it then
@truedarklander
3 жыл бұрын
@@mesquitegirl2013 but it was arround by the time dale died
@eins2001
3 жыл бұрын
@@mesquitegirl2013 incorrect. Just because they were not mandatory does not mean they were not used.
@clemsonfan322scstrong
4 жыл бұрын
Rusty Wallace sounded like he was giving a speech to a group of soldiers during that speech
@buddywilliams5650
3 жыл бұрын
I agree. Rusty said cars just don't go in the Grand stands by themselves. Well, Bobby Allison blew a crankshaft and blew the right rear tire. The harmonic balancer hit Darrell's Tide windshield.
@bbigjohnson069
3 жыл бұрын
@@buddywilliams5650 That was years earlier and at a faster speed.
@eins2001
3 жыл бұрын
@@buddywilliams5650 Obviously mechanical failures happen, but that wasn't what he meant.
@buddywilliams5650
3 жыл бұрын
@@bbigjohnson069 I know what race it was and the year. My dad had the races on every Sunday.
@buddywilliams5650
3 жыл бұрын
@@eins2001 I know kid.
@cordelianoelle3644
4 жыл бұрын
It seems like God kept telling Neil to stop racing but Neil didn't listen, racing was too much in his blood.
@trecooledge1326
5 жыл бұрын
I had forgotten Tony Eury, most famous for being Dale Earnhardt Jrs crew chief in his first years in Winston Cup and Dale Earnhardt's Busch Grand National Series Car, was Neil Bonnetts crew chief in the 51 car. Also from what I hear, Andy Farr's wreck looked very similar to Rodney Orr's crash. Rodney's crash was just at a higher speed.
@romaholcomb7768
5 жыл бұрын
JR said recently that he regretted ever leaving the Eurys.
@evanwallace8683
2 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the autopsy photos of NB and RO, both accidents were very tragic but RO was the most terrifying thank God those pictures aren't available online any longer
@bubbakushingtonIII
3 жыл бұрын
1994 was the year o started hating Gordon but after like 8 years of blind hate for a very skilled man I started to appreciate a person like him.
@tacob69
2 жыл бұрын
Thats an eerie piece of sound bite from Dale Sr.He said both of those guys car hit the wall just right.Crazy his car hit the wall just right at the same track 7 years later.
@wes95z28
3 жыл бұрын
I was 10 years old in 1994. I was (still am and always will be) a huge Rusty Wallace fan and had been for a few years before 1994. You could always tell that Rusty was never comfortable in these races and that's why he never really had much success at them. His speech shows a lot of that. It's a shame because poor showings at restrictor plate races did cost him a championship or two.
@whatincarnation95
5 жыл бұрын
I love these videos.
@TheMur28
4 жыл бұрын
If Rusty’s accomplishments hadn’t got him in the Hall of Fame, that speech alone probably should have.
@hrtvfan2870
2 жыл бұрын
Noticed something humorous towards the end when Sterling Marlin was about to take his cap off in Victory Lane before deciding against it (must have been worrying about dislodging his rug)
@Hammerhead547
5 жыл бұрын
Tire wars always cause safety issues in any form of motorsport. Safety was one of the major reasons why the FIA allowed Michelin to withdraw from formula one a year before their contract was due to be up after the farce that was the 2005 us gp at indianpolis that was caused by tire safety issues that couldn't be resolved
@smylebutta7250
3 жыл бұрын
Neither of these wrecks had anything to do with tires. They were both caused by broken shock mounts.
@rustywalrus
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! I learned a ton and this is so well done. Emotional the whole way through. Put racing into perspective.
@jamesgentry13
5 жыл бұрын
Rusty is a hypocritical idiot
@rustywalrus
5 жыл бұрын
@@jamesgentry13 Wallace? I know 😂
@ryeistoasted8577
5 жыл бұрын
@@rustywalrus Walrus? Spits straight facts.
@jefferyrobertson7520
4 жыл бұрын
Rusty Walrus is the toughest Daytona ever 1994 Daytona 500 Hoosier tire was ban cause of deadly crash occurred
@vormalowitz2127
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing video. Never stop making these long videos about the interesting history of NASCAR. I could watch these all day!
@bstargel
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. I think sometimes we forget just how dangerous this sport is. Thank God for all the safety innovations since Earnhardt's death in 2001. I didn't become a fan until 1997 so I have no memories of the 1994 season but this was a great mini documentary.
@kevinwalker5798
5 жыл бұрын
This is a really good video it should be aired on T.V. It really shows how everything went down in detail.
@rgii8060
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing at the amount of fans attending the ARCA race then vs. the amount of fans attending Cup races now....wow!
@alwaysopen7970
4 жыл бұрын
ARCA was big time after Busch back then. CTS didn't exist as of yet.
@Kamik62
Ай бұрын
That's 5 years ago for ya.
@gerardguitarist
5 жыл бұрын
Losing Neil Bonnett was a huge gut punch for Dale Sr. who at one point was over heard saying " I'll be in one of those soon enough..." referring to a coffin. Those crashes in 93 and 94 were among the most horrific in all modern motor sports. Like Rusty said, " I"ll bet everyone in this room is running a little scared..." He heard no objections to his comment. That's saying a lot considering who was sitting in that drivers meeting. Some of the toughest most bad ass drivers ever to run Nascar. I miss Sr. every day though. And the rest of them also for sure. I have a stuffy #3 car on my dash that I won in one of those claw machines. It's covered in poppies. But that's another story.
@GatorNick
4 жыл бұрын
Rusty Wallace's speech was incredible. The passion he had...bravo 👏👏
@iwanttobelievenascar241
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing video. Really puts the entire week into perspective.
@DougGoodwin
5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic piece that reminds us how tough Daytona really is. Thanks, Brock.
@redneck4541
5 жыл бұрын
Great job with this documentary . Definitely a sad start to the season, but my guy finally wins his first race.
@trecooledge1326
5 жыл бұрын
I tell you one thing, MMM (Morgan McClure Motorsports) and they #4 Kodak Chevrolet, was strong at the restrictor plate races with Ernie Irvan, but when they showed up in Daytona in 1994, with Sterling Marlin and with a different design of exhaust headers that made the car sound like a Indy car compared to everyone else's cars, but once that 4 car got out front, he could stay out front by two car lengths and they couldn't close up on him unless they all worked together perfectly. It wasn't until 1996 when rcr and Hendrick were able to close the gap between there 4 car and the field at the plate tracks but Marlin was still tough to beat at Daytona and Talladega.
@alwaysopen7970
4 жыл бұрын
RCR was king of the two big tracks in the 90s. That #4 was fast as hell but Marlin ain't Earnhardt.
@Michael_Lorenson
3 жыл бұрын
You guys are doing great work on these videos. I hope to see many more. The roof flaps were (and are) nothing but a good thing. As I recall, Jack Roush came up with the idea. In 1994, there was no SAFER barrier (we can thank Tony George for funding its development), no HANS device (Dr. Robert Hubbard, made possible by Jim Downing), and no truly safety-oriented seats (Randy LaJoie deserves tons of credit for his contributions). Also, NASCAR did absolutely no safety testing of the cars. Its policy was to put responsibility on the teams, preferring to avoid potential liabilities. The death of Dale Earnhardt changed NASCAR's approach; they took total control of all aspects of safety. They tested cars, they required HANS devices, they deployed SAFER barriers, they required better seats, and made a whole bunch of other new rules related to safety. At the time, I was the Purchasing Manager for Racer Wholesale, and the Production Manager for G-FORCE Racing Gear, and found myself in the middle of it all.
@pens87668
5 жыл бұрын
This was really good! Didn’t know about the other deaths aside from Neil, and the car flipping into Lake Lloyd. I was born in 1993.
@nolanalexander537
5 жыл бұрын
Excellent piece of history. Fans not old enough to remember need to watch. I remember this like yesterday
@multitoolish
4 жыл бұрын
Tremendous job!!!! Amazing video, thanks for all the work put into this!!!
@martinmcfly4658
5 жыл бұрын
This is great thanks. I would love to travel one day to United States Of America and watch a NASCAR race..
@Diecastbuffet
4 жыл бұрын
Martin McFly highly recommend it!!!
@tacob69
2 жыл бұрын
Man I miss Benny Parsons he was in my opinion the greatest Nascar broadcaster for T.V ever.Bernie was the greatest Track guy but man starting in 2007 when he was gone nobody has taken his place.
@terrylee4084
3 жыл бұрын
In Tennessee we had a bad ice storm and saw none of what happened. Heard it on a battery radio. Had no electric for 39 days. I watched winners every week and loved Neil Bonnet. Was one of a few other years 2000 and 2001. Thank you for doing this.
@jeesmith99
3 жыл бұрын
Dammit I loved these drivers. Those drivers were superhuman. Broke my heart every time we lost one.
@furioussherman7265
5 жыл бұрын
1994 had to be one of the hardest seasons in all of NASCAR history. Not only was there the events of Speedweeks, but later that year Ernie Irvan was nearly killed in a crash at Michigan. The sport is very lucky that it had the rise of Jeff Gordon and his rivalry with Dale Earnhardt to keep people invested after all that tragedy.
@MarkPaulMcIntyre
5 жыл бұрын
NASCAR needs more of this stuff on KZitem. Racing fans as a whole should watch this.
@fritzcolburn
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic video. So many memories there, both good and bad. The fact that you found Andy Farr's wreck is impressive alone. My neighbor (back then) was there at the track all week and in a call back home to me he swore he watched a man die that day.
@Pwg1985
5 жыл бұрын
Great video. I miss ole Neil. Crazy it’s been 25 years.
@NickF60
5 жыл бұрын
Man that was a great video! More of an F1 fan but my interest for Nascar started some time ago and more and more since last year. Subscribed to keep watching this content!
@henriquepaladino3779
4 жыл бұрын
You should watch Nascar regularly. Isn't at its best years but still Very good
@brettrymas4587
5 жыл бұрын
This was a well put together documentary. Thoroughly enjoyed!
@denniswilson9317
5 жыл бұрын
I was a big fan of Bonnet and I never missed an episode of "Winners" on TNN. I remember arriving in Daytona 2 days after Orr was killed. It rained so much that we assumed the 125's would be postponed and it was just a coincidence that we were driving by the track 15 minutes before the start. We got in our seats just as they took the green for the first one. Three minutes after the checkered on the second one the rain began to pour and that is the way the rest of the week went weather wise. The rain would stop just before each race. I also remember that Earnhardt won everything he was in but the 500.The image of that car flipping into Lake Lloyd has stayed with me. I remember talking to a man that said he had never missed a Daytona 500 race. I got to meet Smokey Unick briefly over at a small museum. I went back the next year but I haven't returned since. I think Ned is the best announcer ever, but I am prejudiced. He drove a couple races for my dad back when he first started and I visited his shop ca 1961. Glad I stumbled on this video.
@b.j.morgan8175
5 жыл бұрын
Wow. This was before my time, but I've always heard of this speedweeks and the turmoil and tragedy. This was an interesting and informative watch.
@ajv802
5 жыл бұрын
The Peter Paul, John Thomas and Edward Edwards showdown was my most memorable highlight.
@TotoDG
5 жыл бұрын
To those of you who thought stage racing was new in 2017, you got another thing coming.
@dalejr183
5 жыл бұрын
And then came 2000 too Dale Earnhardt 4 drivers in one year its hard understand why these things happen in a series like that but thank god lessons were learned and changes were made but in in 1994 till today I still dont that has fully been understood but thank god for the safety today. That being said u cant ever let your guard down this is a very good video thank you for your work and content
@lookatthatggman
5 жыл бұрын
Very informative video. Never knew how tragic that year's Speedweeks was, and I never knew that was the last time that many drivers attempted the 500.
@GuruIV
5 жыл бұрын
was never a Rusty Wallace fan but i respect that talk he gave at the drivers meeting!
@gothard5
3 жыл бұрын
Damn, I sure do miss the IROC races
@The1BadGuy
5 жыл бұрын
Great job on this video! God Bless all of the racers who have passed on the track.
@bmc8319
4 жыл бұрын
1994 was just a tragic year for Motorsports Bonnett and Orr and months later Ratzenberger and senna
@user-kb1lo1se5c
3 жыл бұрын
Great job editing & making this piece. Thanks for the hard work! Makes my day at at work a lot better lol
@andrewdman48
5 жыл бұрын
So grateful for this video. I started watching only a few years after so I completely missed this era and knew this information but didn’t KNOW the details or context. Awesome!!!
@gunnercooper9405
Жыл бұрын
Rusty has a point in the drivers meeting video at the start, but tbf there has been instances of cars flipping on their own. Best example is Bobby Allison’s wreck
@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606
5 жыл бұрын
And a few years later Dale would hit the wall just right
@tomfarrell9302
5 жыл бұрын
Great video! It's crazy how far safety measures have come. This video really puts that into perspective.
@aaronkristofer18
5 жыл бұрын
That's some of the best footage I've seen of Neil's crash. Thank you.
@mattmoon5300
5 жыл бұрын
Good Stuff bud!! Glad it’s NASCAR season again. Keep grinding 🙏🏼
@StormSliders
5 жыл бұрын
I've gotta save this video for later. Because I can tell it's gonna be a good one.
@rydoggo
4 жыл бұрын
Dale Sr and Jr have similar speaking voices, I find that interesting.
@MJTAUTOMOTIVE
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder why that is.
@JDCardwell80
5 жыл бұрын
Great video! I've never seen the Andy Farr accident before & wow, how did he 'walk away' from that crash!?
@charismatic9904
4 жыл бұрын
Watching this and just a few hours ago ryan newman almost died at daytona.
@mesquitegirl2013
3 жыл бұрын
That was horrific, was glad To see pictures of him walking out of the hospital with his two daughters when he was released
@imalwayslast3170
4 жыл бұрын
Very very well put together video. Managing to get all of the footage and put it together and documenting it so well. Great job all around.
@k3ntry335
5 жыл бұрын
94' was a cursed year for Motorsports it seems like.
@Powerplayss
5 жыл бұрын
I was there working with an ARCA team and a NASCAR Cup team. Rodney Ore was in the garage next to us, practice finished and we heard him go past, then the radio went quiet, Rodney was gone. We helped load up his equipment so his family and crew wouldn't have to. Neal's crash during practice just didn't seam possible, coming through turn four and the car just turns right into the wall. he's here, and now he's gone. It was very tense in the garages as the big day came and I think every race car driver was ready to get the week over with. If you ever been around racehorses then you know the nervous tension that builds by race time, very nervous, very intense and somber, just wanting to go. I know I was ready to leave Daytona without seeing any more death and destruction.
@VikingArelius
2 жыл бұрын
19:11 Something I've noticed after all the times I've watched this video is the fact that Bob Pockrass has been in the media side of the sport for 30 years.
@t.sewell1513
5 жыл бұрын
This was an excellent documentary guys! Thank you.
@theunderdog9808
5 жыл бұрын
this speedweek reminds me of the 1994 san marino grand prix. 2 deaths in 1 weekend and an injury for rubens barrichello .
@larrynapier5003
5 жыл бұрын
I grew up with Sterling Mark I and I cried while he crossed the finish line! He would win the next 500 and started winning many more!
@heyitsvos
2 жыл бұрын
Man hardcore fan here, never imagined how uniformed i was. Brilliant doc
@chandlerwhite8302
4 жыл бұрын
The SAFER Barrier has probably saved at least a dozen lives since 2001.
@alwaysopen7970
4 жыл бұрын
More.
@RC.41
5 жыл бұрын
This was a great video. 25 years ago. One of my favorite Diecast cars that I have is someone made a custom Rodney Orr car, and they made it out of a #21 Neil Bonnett
@kruzer98
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!!! Loved it. Brought back a lot of memories for me.
@scottt3100
3 жыл бұрын
Brock Beard...most excellent! You are the man!
@shawnbarczak1766
5 жыл бұрын
An excellent video. It mentions all aspects of danger involved in racing overall. The only question I have in this is after all that did happen, in much I did forget...thanks for the reminder...why wasn't more done at that time in regards to safety? I don't believe the Hans device had been developed yet but still...and I get the soft walls aka safer barriers weren't developed either but why wasn't this looked at overall? We lost a lot of great drivers over the years. May we NEVER forget them and what they have done and did for the sport. RIP TO ALL THAT LOST THEIR LIVES. They are all now running on the track upstairs and someday we all get to see the greats run together. Having the greatest times ever again.
@jackthorton10
3 жыл бұрын
I tell you one thing... It will be a heck of a race to the checkered flag to witness
@King1614
2 жыл бұрын
I think nascar just assumed it was part of the game, thoroughly convinced that the cars were as safe as they can be. It took Dale dying 7 years later to get them to realize they had a problem. The deaths prior to that meant nothing to them, the pressure from the media and the fans weren’t enough. All nascar had to do was find the cause of the crash, not the prevention of the death.
@anthonyrausch5708
5 жыл бұрын
The Drivers today are damn lucky. With soft walls, HANS Divices. Brick Cars, they can literally hit a catch fence or flip multiple times down a straightaway and climb out with no injury's. If there is one thing I could change though would be there attitudes toward the danger of driving a stock car.. I am wondering how many of the modern day drivers are actually scared of jumping behind the wheel of one of these human made contraptions knowing they could loose there life.. There will never be another speech like the one Rusty gave at Speedweeks 94..hopefully.. I wounder how much respect the drivers today , with this safety bubble around them, have for each other once they jump behind the wheel..
@WakeEffectz
5 жыл бұрын
Never heard this story until now, great video. Very tragic. 94 was not a good year for Motorsport
@drawedtome
3 жыл бұрын
Rusty earned my respect for that speech
@ericdanielsbenavidez5867
2 жыл бұрын
Damm...1993-1994 we're absolutely deadly...sad seeing Dale in all the video's knowing what happened in his last Daytona 500 in 2001 another Awful year.
@6lemans10
5 жыл бұрын
The same year Ayrton Senna died. F1 was in a dark place in 1994.😔
@ryansheehan9462
3 жыл бұрын
The odd irony is that F1 lost Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna on the same weekend, in the same year that NASCAR lost Neil Bonnett and Rodney Orr on the same weekend. In each case, the two fatalities were an established veteran and a rookie.
@AlanNadeauIII
5 жыл бұрын
Loy sounds a lot like Boosted GT if you've ever watched Street Outlaws.
@lordshankracing4724
4 жыл бұрын
People saying Nascar isn't Nascar anymore are stupid. You should be happy that it is safe. Those people who say Nascar isn't Nascar anymore are basically saying that they were happy that Adam Petty, J.D Mcduffie, Kenny Irwin Jr, Dale Snr, Grant Andcox, Bruce Jacoby, Rodney Orr and many more are dead. You should be happy that the drivers crash knowing that they are more likely to survive in the crash. Sure Nascar ain't the same anymore but you should be happy that people don't die in it anymore.
@dougkeklak2009
2 жыл бұрын
Everything about NASCAR was better in this era. The cars. The drivers. The media coverage. Everything.
@dergenmusic2081
4 жыл бұрын
1:59 they pressed “F” to pay respects *before* it was cool
@acer5871
5 жыл бұрын
Still to this day don’t know how Andy Farr survived.. I believe the flip probably saved him from a head on and likely fatal crash.. I found this rare-ish photo of Bonnets crash a couple of years back of when he lost control along with the car sliding after the Impact, not sure how many people have seen this but here it is the-fastlane.co.uk/cpdb/crashphotos_view.php?editid1=525 This site is a great resource for pictures of crashes that there isn’t very much video of, unfortunately due to copyright they cannot be used in KZitem videos. There are also warnings on some fatal crashes of graphic content such as Kenny Irwin being loaded into an ambulance and blood on the side of Friday Hassler’s car, I strongly advise caution when looking up some fatal accidents.
@TheJer1963
5 жыл бұрын
@goomba1982 Stanley Smith suffered a Basal Skull fracture at Talladega in July of 93. He lived but never raced in the Cup Series again. This was the Diehard 500 where Jimmy Horton in the #32 went over the wall and rolled down the hill and ended up on his wheels on a dirt road. This was the same crash Stanley was injured in and Neil flipped and went up to the broadcast booth to finish calling the race. You can buy that race on Amazon, at least you could at onetime. I bought a copy.
@kennethcole1886
5 жыл бұрын
Its not letting me onto the site and now im curious >_
@acer5871
5 жыл бұрын
Kenneth Cole Yeah they made it so you have to register to view the database :( Costs nothing just need an email and they don’t flood you with spam, as I said it’s an amazing resource.
@kennethcole1886
5 жыл бұрын
Well thats the problem. I did and i never received an email. Checked spam and regular. Even used my backup email and still nothing so i cant login :(
@DavidRSAT
5 жыл бұрын
Kenneth Cole Same.
@matthewfawbush7731
5 жыл бұрын
Great Video I have seen a lot of crashes, wrecks, big one's, at Daytona and Talladega a lot it can happen it can strike anytime. also this will Mark 25 years of a legend is trying to make a come back in NASCAR We will remember of hueytown Alabama's legend of the Alabama The mighty legend Neil Bonnett He will always be my favorite legend in the world He is looking down at all of us From the Lord Father Almighty in the pearly gates of heaven When we are ready for Racing, we will say a stronger higher powerful Faithful prayer to the legends of NASCAR with their honestly, their honor, their careers, and they are the legends of champions. Rest in Peace, Neil Bonnett God Bless the Legends of champions 🙏 God's Got This 🙏
@randomepic6204
5 жыл бұрын
I live in hueytown Alabama and I can say we have NEVER forgot him or Bobby Allison Davey, Donny or red farmer. They're all still very beloved here
@matthewfawbush7731
5 жыл бұрын
@@randomepic6204 Amen, Bro
@__deebzz__
5 жыл бұрын
I also live in Hueytown
@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113
5 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of when Dale said "Thank the "Lord" for a good, safe day etc." Sure thing, Intimisavior. I guess they edited, out, the part where he thanked his "Lord" for the deaths of Neil Bonnett and Rodney Orr. If his "Lord" is responsible for "good, safe days", then, surely, his "Lord" is responsible for everything, else. Here, we have "God's Got This." Your comment, i reckon, because, assuming there is a "God/Lord" (and i have no reason to assume there is), it would explain the lack of shit, being given and/or done, by this "God/Lord", in regards to all, other, Human endeavors: Your "God"/Dale's "Lord" has got your comment and multitasking is not it's forte or "Lord"te, if you will. Besides; if this "God/Lord" character gave a shit, in regards to all the NASCAR drivers, whom "Thank the Lord" on any given Weekend, the Start/Finish line would be 30 Cars wide, at least, as each race would end in a 30 some Car tie. Better go ahead and make it 43 Cars wide, as everyone, else, would be jumping on the "Thank the Lord" Bandwagon, faster than a speeding Junior Johnson can deliver Moonshine, to Pastor Passoutzalot and his parched Parishioners. Pastor's Privy will soon have a line, 43 Parishioners, wide, thank the poured Moonshine. If nothing, else, the widened Start/Finish line would be evidence, as to a "God/Lord" existing and giving a shit, in regards to Human endeavors, as opposed to the complete lack of evidence, the entire Planet possesses, at this time, in regards to such a "God/Lord" existing and giving a shit, about anything, other than your Comment. Maybe, tomorrow.....
@jaybrooks1098
5 жыл бұрын
The air foils really made that car pretty safe.. then the stupid car of tomorrow comes out. I miss those cars.. they were so manual
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