1990 DieHard 500 - Jimmy Spencer Flip & Interview - Call by MRN

All When Jimmy Spencer crossed the start-finish line at the end of the DieHard 500, it ended the most amazing bit of driving and good fortune of the day. Spencer had collided with a careening Ken Schrader on the backstretch during the final lap and flipped four times. He then landed on his wheels, restarted the car and lumbered the rest of the way home. "I could count how many times the car turned over because it really wasn't a bad flip," said Spencer. "I was really lucky. Let's put it this way, I counted three times that I saw the asphalt. I'm just glad the car started again, and that I didn't land on my roof." The blame for Spencer's crash was placed on Michael Waltrip with some, such Lake Speed, sounding bitter. Waltrip ran out of gas on the backstretch and as he slowed he was hit by Schrader, who then lurched into the wall and pinballed into Spencer. "Michael Waltrip was in front of us, holding us all up," said Speed. "It was like he was trying to win the race, and he was blocking everybody. He just about put Bobby Hillin and me into the fence. Going down into one on the last lap, none of us knew where he was going to go. "Spencer and Schrader were trying to go by me on the inside and me and Bobby were on the outside. The 30 (Waltrip) dropped low and ran out of gas. We went flying by him, and I looked in my mirror and just saw somebody flipping." For his part, Waltrip said, "I ran out (of gas) right in front of those guys and probably caused them to take evasive action and might have had something to do with the wreck. I'm sorry, (but) there wasn't anything I could do about it. The car stopped running and that's a bad place to have that happen."

[@joshjarnagin3161]

CBS didn’t even acknowledge the crash in its broadcast. They barely even mentioned the caution being out

[@ArturoAlbanil]

Can you upload the 2011 mike wallace flip at talladega also ?

[@etienneoliveira5652]

sure can arturo

[@Thomas1651]

Nice! Another part of the mystery has been solved. Now the only thing left is to find the footage, if footage even exists…

[@Thomas1651]

And I’m sure we’d all love to see it, as they were describing how cool it was.

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

I Like Generation 3 NASCAR Winston Cup Series From 1981 To 1993

[@30AndHatingIt]

Agreed, those cars are the iconic NASCAR look in my opinion.

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

Buick Regal Chevrolet Lumina Ford Thunderbird Oldsmobile Cutlass And Pontiac Grand Prix From The Early 90s

[@middlereno]

He finished the race? Sheeeshh

[@iankhan4614]

So Dale Earnhardt in 1997 isn't the only driver to flip a car over and finished.

[@Sensatokiko]

​@@iankhan4614Ralph Moody flipped in 1956 and finished in 3rd ☠️

[@7ine]

do you have anything from the 2nd iowa race in 2018? and if so do they say anything about the max tullman and matt tifft crash?

[@brysonmonette9850]

Can you upload the 2019 Chicago land finish between Kyle Larson and Alex bowman

[@myplanetmyhome_8057]

let’s get some mrn calls from the texas race i hate seeing these crappy replays from the broadcast

[@etienneoliveira5652]

hey nascargavin8 can you find taylor gray's 2024 flip

[@etienneoliveira5652]

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?

[@etienneoliveira5652]

2024 fresh from florida taylor gray flip call by mrn please!

[@lancehurley9743]

Jimmy was old school and always called it like he seen it

[@gnnascarfan2410]

Was that Dan Hubbard in Turns 3 and 4?

[@dantastic5]

yes

[@anandguruji83]

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