1976 John Banks flip @ Daytona (High Quality)

[@josepedrorodriguez2376]

2nd violent roll over at Daytona ever. 15 times barrel rolling that's wild 😮😮😮😮😮

[@broran_]

The actual rolls seem pretty similar to Maynard Troyer's flip in '71, wonder if John also clipped the apron to get on his side too

[@STP43FAN1]

Not sure. Seeing this after the 2024 Firecracker 400 is especially topical.

[@mesc681]

Never seen this one before anywhere. Damn he went for a ride

[@toddclark332]

My favorite series as a kid and they still are like a tank coming at you down the road😂

[@oleboy4332]

These guys were TOUGH! No safer barriers. No HANS, crappy helmets, crappy fire suits, horribly designed cars for impact. Bad asses!

[@rayogrady4349]

Good ol' days of racing.

[@tagnut1952]

Dave Marcis wore wing tips..........lol.

[@rayogrady4349]

​@@tagnut1952i believe he was one of the last drivers to wear them. He wouldnt wear the" new shoes" that orher drivers wore.

[@tagnut1952]

@@rayogrady4349 Yeah, pretty sure he was. Gotta love those old school guys. Earnhardt was about the last one with the open face helmet, guys not wearing gloves etc. Drivers smoking during yellow flags. lol. Sounds crazy today but Those were the days!

[@Slinger43]

1:45 😳?? I didn't know Waylon Jennings raced in Nascar! 😂

[@Stiitchjones]

LOL Waylon Jennings and his buddy Marty Robbins, Marty said he was the official wall tester for Nascar.

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Excellent video quality for 76

[@GlennHall-s3r]

I was there but admit I was only 14 years old. Didn't see it start, but remember the broken glass shimmering in the sun all across the track. We were sitting in the tri-oval

[@joequillun7790]

Ahh, Mr. Jackie Stewart. The good ole days of stock car racing, and a country that was still proud.

[@saltybildo9448]

Bicentennial year too

[@fortzezzzneverratioedagain5795]

finally we can see how he rolled over there

[@alexgolovchenko3791]

I think I knew the Banks Family, delivered parts to their shop many years ago, I think. I might be mistaken, the years have flown by, God help me. I remember them as good people.😢

[@sludge8506]

In Windsor, Ontario??

[@alexgolovchenko3791]

@@sludge8506 You may very well be right. The shop to which I delivered parts was south of Windsor. I think, maybe, their name was Bochamp. I don't rightly remember. I know the Son had a horrific crash. It all seems very familiar, very long ago. Sorry for the confusion. That terrible video brought back many very convoluted memories. My mind is not right.

[@guydemers7607]

The Banks family owned Banks Alignment which was located on Crawford Avenue in Windsor, ONT. and the Beauchamp race shop was located just south of McGregor, ONT on Walker Road and they ran in the Pintys Nascar Series in Canada.

[@alexgolovchenko3791]

@@guydemers7607 Hi, Guy. Thank You! It was about 30 years ago I was running auto parts out of Dorchester, ONT. for CANUSA. It was called the 'West Run'. I had about 60 stops a day on that route, Bank's Alignment was one of those stops along with the 'Beauchamp Race Shop' and many others. I knew I hadn't totally lost my mind!

[@middlereno]

Holy moly

[@nicolassanchez8318]

These cars have been flipping since the start. Deal with it. It’s physics. If they down anymore then why watch?

[@JasonNation72]

This wreck must've spooked him because he never raced in NASCAR again after this occurred.

[@sunny62maheshwari]

He did not spooked but he got into alcohol. I worked and built the roll cage on #55. He was a amazing person ❤

[@sunny62maheshwari]

This is a great video and I am so glad to find it. Johnny Banks was my Boss and a kind hearted person. I am what I am today because of him. A very talented Licensed mechanic ( retired now) GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS FAMILY. 🙏🏾

[@WheelerMotorsports]

Wow. Amazing

[@JazzyJosh3296]

Wow, this must’ve been rare footage

[@STP43FAN1]

Yes. NASCAR itself has this video

[@SHOTGUN1100]

no way its josh

[@JazzyJosh3296]

@@SHOTGUN1100 omg it’s shot

[@littleteapot132]

Real

[@RRaquello]

Johnny Banks was Canadian but I'm assuming Tom Williams wasn't. The days when Dave Marcis was a genuine contender. Doc Faustina, a racing dentist twenty years before Dr. Jack Miller?

[@SanrioKyujitsu]

how many times did he actually flip..? bc i think he flipped 15 times

[@NascarAllOut]

15 flips is the magic number... that's how many times Maynard Troyer flipped in 1971. If Banks flipped more than 15 times this would be the biggest barrel roll in NASCAR history.

[@apbadogs]

These dudes were driving rockets on wheels with horsecrap safety concerns. Just unreal.

[@CutterHistorical]

Is he the only Canadian ever to compete at Daytona???

[@SimRacin14]

No... Trevor Boys, Earl Ross and Roy Smith come to mind. Smith was 10th in '82 Daytona 500, Ross was 11th in '74. They've done well.

[@daveywaite25]

@@SimRacin14 Also Vic Parsons from Barrie Ontario. I raced against him at Peterborough.

[@altstiff]

F1 champion Jacques Villeneuve also raced in the 500

[@SAVikingSA]

Stewart Friesen who runs in the Truck series currently is Canadian-born and has run at Daytona multiple times

[@Cjohn31]

No not even close

[@tamtam21801]

Trying to figure out how this even happened

[@nascage]

My guess would be a blowover. There seems to be evidence in other wrecks during this era where they started to occur. There was one around this time at Talladega where it happened on the backstretch. I wanna say it was Richard Brooks.

[@StillMe69]

If you watch the video it was clearly explained....

[@sludge8506]

He blew a front right tire. 🛞

[@tamtam21801]

@@StillMe69the smoke and dust makes it hard to see🤦🏿‍♂️ people being smarta$$es again

[@StillMe69]

@@tamtam21801 No, not hard to see at all. I can see it clearly and I'm almost blind.

[@mrs3533]

Looks like Tom just came back from tending to the moonshine still ?

[@STP43FAN1]

A reminder after the 2024 Firecracker 400 that these blow over wrecks aren’t because of the flat bottom on the new cars