2022 Crashes - First Third Of The Year

Part one of three, every four months we will release videos like this.

[@matthewallen9290]

That guy running down the track after the camero, now that's a crew member you want around.

[@thealarmclock9307]

*Camaro

[@spencerfernandes3687]

The one that went in the car an pulled something out an put it in his pocket seems sketchy to me what that was

[@davidcarper5411]

@@spencerfernandes3687 this takes no prep to a new danger level..

[@Ivebeenhad]

You mean the guy that ran to the car first, then to the driver? That guy? YOU CAN HAVE HIM

[@dualsportrider3221]

Not sketchy bud, at back of car he got batt disconnect lever. Pass side I think he pulled haylon fire suppression sys. Like maybe the driver didn't. The fire went out right after. Could have been a go pro?

[@rustymiller2855]

6:30. Camera man has balls. Never even flinched lol

[@spasticnapjerk]

Too bad we don't have that footage

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

Now, we know why Adult Diapers were invented. Yes, Adult Diapers: "None of the Flinch. Two times the Load."

[@chriswade42]

It's sad to see someone crash no doubt.. but man does it get me the worst when the other driver gets taken out as well..

[@gamingwiththepros2057]

3:51 ikr just having your race ruined too must suck

[@chriswade42]

@@gamingwiththepros2057 it's always a risk we take, but yeah I'm sure the race wasn't all that was ruined lol, at least they didn't look super smashed up and no flipping or fire etc.

[@johngass]

Always interesting to watch but I just hate to see anybody crash their car. So much passion and time and effort and money in it and gone so fast.

[@jimsolinas491]

It looks like the track was sprayed with grease!

[@glyphs3]

It's traction compound plus the track has a "scrapper" that make the lanes super smooth and shiny. There's no grease out the otherwise they would be sliding at the hit. A lot of times it's tire shake on one wheel which loses grip and the other tire hooks up and causes the violent turn into the wall. One had a tire failure. Lots if great cars damaged.

[@lucasblanchard47]

@@glyphs3 I think Jim means about halfway down where most of the cars got loose. Hence why they all got loose at that spot.

[@xxsupermanxx567]

@@glyphs3 also these small tire cars spin and it causes the wheel speed to shot up so high it causes the car to get wild quick. Bradenton is a great track. Not the cause

[@donaldbogusz6170]

Bro that is a treatment they put on the track after it's been dried scraped dragged with tires and rosin then they spray a compound back in the day it was called vht nowadays pimp juice stripper glitter I don't know any other names but there's a bunch of them there's all kind of compounds that they put down but they spray the track thus giving it to shine that you're thinking of

[@glyphs3]

@@lucasblanchard47 Yes I agree. Most issues happen there. And remember a lot of tire shake occurs there as well. The track is a little cooler at night so issues can develop quickly. During the day not so much.

[@13699111]

Thank you for posting this video . It's painful watching the vehicle's destroyed can't imagine how the driver's feel crossing the line hitting the competition vehicle .

[@bidenstoletheelection9116]

They don't care and when you enter a race track you sign a waiver form waiving all your rights to hold track or any other driver responsible for damage or death, So unless the racer that hits the other car agrees to pay for it the driver whom got hit is SOL

[@billclark5943]

I remember when drag race crashes were a lot less frequent. Like 2 decades ago. Of course we were making a lot less power. Now everyone has 3-4k hp

[@coyoteannabis1192]

Depending on which class/category, some go as high as 6-7000 hp...

[@billclark5943]

@@coyoteannabis1192 educate me. I have been around it my entire life and am not aware of anything that makes between 5 and 10k hp. 5, maybe 5500hp and below is supercharged methanol. 10k or more is Top Fuel.

[@mtblover4975]

@@coyoteannabis1192 Top Fuel is around 11,000 give or take

[@coyoteannabis1192]

@@mtblover4975 Damn. I haven't really followed drag racing in a while...

[@fraire711]

@@coyoteannabis1192 yeah it’s actually insane seeing them in real life. They are so fast! Shakes your whole body.

[@bugme9085]

The black and white 65 mustang was wise to get out of it, and not get backin it,he avoided getting hit.

[@MycontentisgoldJerryGold]

That old wagon that crashed had been rebuilt after an earlier street crash that severely injured one of the Lagana brothers.

[@BigKandRtv]

First of all, this camera and operator is fantastic! Second, at 6:53 you can see sparks come from under the rear tires when traction is lost. Crazy good camera work.

[@Glitch-nr9ct]

Ok,....right off the bat, very first car I have a comment. I've been to dozens and dozens of live drag races and watched hundreds of events online and I've literally *never* seen someone wreck during the burnout. He/she stayed in it way way way too long. That has GOT to be a brand new driver and God Bless'em, they're never going to live that one down.

[@philipschrantz8402]

Apparently, it’s really difficult to use a fire extinguisher…

[@mrt601]

If you can drop anywhere from 50 grand plus on a power plant maybe considered a fire compression system and one that is backed up with a thermostatic triggered switch just in case you forget to pull the release or you're not able to pull it its a good investment

[@shadowthagreat]

4:45 that was the weirdest crash I’ve ever seen… Car was going left than WHIPPED hard right! That looked paranormal!

[@shadowthagreat]

Wait wtf happened @ 7:40 ‼️‼️‼️‼️ this video is nuts!😂😂

[@StraightLineMedia]

If I remember correctly, the smoke you see is water. A hose came off if my memory serves me correctly, causing the car to do what it did.

[@StraightLineMedia]

@@shadowthagreat 7:40 the driveshaft broke, when it exited the car, it slashed the tire

[@kurtdowney1489]

@@StraightLineMedia AHHH Thank you!

[@GeekBoyMN]

From the sound of things the engine speed was going up and down, then at 4:45 the bottom of the engine blew spewing oil all over the track which the back tires hit throwing the car sideways.

[@THE_RYANN]

7:40 Wow! blowing a 36" tire is brutal

[@TylerMorgano]

driveshaft broke and cut the tire, not a good day for those guys

[@deathjunky]

@@TylerMorgano I thought it looked like the rearend locked up blowing everything apart... Sucks to be him...

[@brianholcomb6499]

Thanks for posting! It really is sad to see all that expensive equipment get torn up! Especially when it was too cold to run to begin with 🙄🙄🙄🙄! The newbs should have known better! Most can barely handle the cars when everything is perfect! Then put in new & fresh combos, on a track that's cold as hell, is just asking for it! Thanks again!

[@josephwinkler4863]

You would sure think they would do some testing and DeTuning if the car can’t handle the track

[@danielpearce906]

Dude when that camaro hit the wall then pulled his parachute he saved it 😳

[@KIMB0z567]

Jesus does the track have ice on it

[@bugme9085]

It looks like it,😬🙄no prep.

[@rcnelson]

Taught me a thing or two: these dragsters involve a whole lot more than just planting the throttle and going in a straight line. Even with traction controls and presumably well set-up cars there's a lot of skill involved in moving them down the strip.

[@thealarmclock9307]

Yeah man people just look at it and can't see the challenge.. " it's just a straight line," But they fail to realize that it's 2-4000 horsepower pulling you every way but straight. Especially no prep racing

[@mtblover4975]

@@thealarmclock9307 Well, 11,000HP for top fuel😂

[@MS-Patriot2]

There is no dynamic traction control allowed in drag racing. Only pre selected weight distribution, spring / damper settings and tyre pressures, oh and clutch / fuel / ignition timing for Top Fuel / Funny Car. Driver skill is paramount in catching a drifter.

[@mekanism8364]

@@MS-Patriot2 That isn't true. Traction Control is allowed in many classes. Maybe not NHRA but certainly its around in a lot of the small tire cars I see

[@MS-Patriot2]

@@mekanism8364 I was only referring to the pro classes in NHRA and Europe. I’m interested to learn which purpose built competition vehicles are using closed loop traction control.

[@budddove6480]

The first guy John Forced that thing right into the wall......😆 🤣 😂

[@lanewilson543]

So many comments from people that have obviously never driven anything faster than a lawn mower

[@TOBYH]

SEEMS LIKE THE CAMAROS ARE HAVING TROUBLE GOING STRAIGHT!

[@paulhare662]

Mustang Pox.

[@beebwanon]

Most of these crashes at the same spot on the track on the left side. Could a lot of these be the fault of the track?

[@ItsBurstify]

I think it’s more that the speed of the cars by that point in the track any errors are dramatically worse

[@billstetler6769]

Agree

[@Axial_Andrew]

What these racers don't know, is that we've secretly coated the track in bacon grease... Let's see what happens...🤠

[@chupposity]

Access to insane amounts of horsepower - while not cheap - must be more affordable as there are more and more cars with the ability to break traction. It's a sign the sport is alive and well, but there will be more of this. Kudos to the drivers with the presence of mind to hop out and turn off the power right away.

[@derekhobbs1102]

Some of those rapid response crews were bang on.

[@jimmccabe801]

Race cars and fire = scary stuff.

[@xXCWALDROUPXx]

0:54 jeeeesus look at that passenger rear tire deform

[@tomrogers9467]

“We can fix it. My Dad has an awesome tool kit. He’s a TV repairman”.

[@GameCatcher89]

RIP to all those Foxbody Mustangs, now I know why I can't find a decent one under 10k

[@slugface322]

Well then I will add to your distress. bout a year ago I let my bone stock LX purchased brand new in 87 go for nothing.

[@rephill54]

With all the fuel and oil around the track you would think they would have a foam truck on site instead of portable extinguishers.

[@mr.d9562]

Those Brand named tracks have some poor azz prepped lanes

[@billstetler6769]

What is shiny on the track? Looks like that caused all these crashes

[@brianl3883]

I have been around this awesome sport since age 7/1968, and is it just me, or is watching this painful to anyone else?! These aren’t pro teams, and I just see the cash register ringing $10k’s+. Yikes. At what point does HP exceed wheelbase? Track prep and traction compound doesn’t seem to be helping. Other than bad set ups (launch errors); or driver error (top end), I am at a loss. Wow.

[@TheUprightLuthier-1959]

I'm not an expert, just rabid fan for 60+ years. Too cold? Bad track bite application / touch-ups, They ruined their own conditions, track should have immediately been closed. it slips and grabs without reason. I would put the car on the trailer and thank them for wasting my time.

[@Nitedontdie]

@@TheUprightLuthier-1959 Most of these wrecks are actually caused by insane tire shake. You can see it in some of the shots, they're shaking so violently that the tires are folding with overlap. The ones where people are losing traction off the line is a setup error, not a track error, as in most cases the car in the other lane hooks perfectly fine. If the tire pressures are too high or suspension has no travel in the rear or front, this can quite often cause the tires to simply not bite.

[@TheUprightLuthier-1959]

@@Nitedontdie So you think the tire shake is caused by insanity. Kewl. Nothing you saw contradicts my conclusion. Your conclusions is: tracks are perfect, drivers are all beginners. To me, the track looks like the La Brea tar pits. Too much track bite on one part not enough on another. Track-bite is a brand name of track treatment. It looks like tar. See the men mop it on. Car run good until car turn left. Right lane good, left lane f*cked. I expected the emergency vehicles and golf carts to flip in it. Please take me to school again.

[@oleriis-vestergaard6844]

Must be gearbox problems or traction problems , but hated to see those jewels getting banked in the sidewalls

[@rangerjones5531]

Driving in a straight line 😆🍺

[@boostedbilly7308]

Why is it you always got the idiots running down the track

[@bugme9085]

Yeap ,i just don’t get it.

[@boostedbilly7308]

@@bugme9085 especially when track officials tell you not to do that

[@boostedbilly7308]

@@bugme9085 and one new people always hang onto the back of the cars or Push when they’re doing burnouts

[@Philc231]

Will they ever use safer barriers on drag strips ?

[@agmc4me]

Is this a ice rink or a race track?

[@erpfanatic6586]

Seems the Bradenton Florida and South Georgia Motorsports Park tracks can get proper wild in a snap! Wow, some of those cars came around so quickly I don't know if 'ol Johnny Force himself coulda saved em!!! Hope the driver n their guys are alright. Nasty contact in some of those licks.

[@shanerosploch651]

I’m thinking that’s why victor at Bradenton is in the middle of a track reconstruction right now lol

[@coyoteannabis1192]

Bout damn time, that place has been a shit show for years...

[@m19c65]

3.6 @204. Crazy🤯

[@joshthemediocre7824]

I think that dude about 2 minutes in was running like he had to get his cocaine out the car...like damn i knew i shouldn't have left it in the race car!..he got there and got whatever he was after tho..in my world it was cocaine!!

[@eddies5424]

Hahah that’s my friend Cory. When the car hit the wall the fire extinguisher went thru the fuel tank causing the explosion. But he was shutting off the nitrous. The coke was in the bottles. Lol

[@chrisdaigle8262]

I'll ask again, why isn't there a barrier in the middle of the strip to keep the cars in their own lane?

[@ericwalker2388]

This is the same track ???

[@jeffrykopis5468]

I think I see the problem: They all failed to go in a STRAIGHT LINE 🤣!

[@1milsubznovidz79]

I love how he just walked away from a flaming Camaro like it’s nothing

[@scattman3960]

Definitely something down on the track

[@ericwalker2388]

The mix on the track is the reason on each side damit to all racer's????

[@johnwayne6778]

Ice on track

[@JMNTN]

i wonder why drag strips don't have a center barrier

[@Thomasnmi]

Do the drivers need / want to see the other vehicle?

[@rcary]

Is the track wet? Looks like they wipe out when they hit that damp area. 🤔

[@RipRoaringGarage]

I dont think Im taking my car to the track anymore lol...At least here the drivers seem ok (though not sure about that Bel Air wagon..hitting the wall with the green house...ouch)

[@1951RKP]

I don’t like fuel cells mounted up front. I know why they do it but when they hit the rail head on it ruptures into flames

[@Creamcheese550]

1:30 you can see the driver walk away so dissapointed ☹️

[@oonioomphs9440]

Crappy tracks can’t handle this kind of power.

[@Mark.D.H.]

Sad to see so many wrecks. Track standards seem to be seriously lacking though. Having been to Santa Pod in the UK a number of times, the slightest chance of oil being on the track, it's cleaned and even a spot of rain and racing is stopped.

[@MikeM275]

Most of these wrecks were because of dumb ass drivers. Nearly all the 5.0 wrecks, outlaw wrecks, etc are drivers with WAY more power than they know how to handle. Very few if any of these wrecks had to do with track prep. Had everything to do with driver prep. PS, I've raced on at least of a few of the tracks in this video...with zero issues.

[@bugme9085]

Wow he saved the car,👍🏽 then crashed into the wall😬 don’t ever get back in the throttle .😮

[@jimmystanford7039]

Watching this made me think of the soft walls of nascar I wonder if they would take some of the impact off the drivers here nothing is going to save your life savings from being destroyed but those angle head on impacts have to be hard on the old neck

[@tylerzesiger7648]

I’ve thought of the same thing. It’s amazing that this hasn’t been implemented at the NHRA national level tracks

[@fredrikfarkas]

Are the cars too aerodynamic? Seems like the bulkier ones got some drag at the behind keeping them straight, or maybe it’s just the more aerodynamic ones got freshmen with new cars, dunno, but drag and turbulence behind the car makes sense to me in terms of keeping it straight

[@davidlong1786]

Apperas to me that the majority of the problem is the track conditions.

[@clintonmorris8222]

1000hp wet strip and a lead foot. What could go wrong?

[@rayc2137]

My first time every seeing a crash during a burnout, plenty of people getting loose but not actually hitting the wall.

[@chevyguy98]

Looks like that track doesn't keep up on prep very well, too many wrecks mostly all in that left lane in the same spot

[@jordanwilliams2557]

7:41 did the tire pop or something?

[@kipcoulter9302]

OOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOO WOW...!!! OOOWOW...!!!

[@reecetbobby5347]

Oh no! Was that the wagon that was featured in car and driver last year??

[@klk1900]

Step#1 finish the race. Step #2: focus on winning. in my world a wreck (DNF) was equally as bad as losing! Now I use the same technique with my kids and it works really well. I feel like the Guy has a weight/balance & setup issue but he’s just going out trying to win instead of finishing the race. Which is very easy to do. I raced from 4- 25. luckily I had my parents, they would tell me the truth. if I got ahead of my chain.

[@bugme9085]

Not a really good safety safari if it took that long to. Get to a fire extinguisher,🙄 they need training.

[@stevennewman8276]

Is it really worth it to hang fuel cell on nose? I mean really...1.5 gallons,a light tank,small pump & some line. 15-20 lbs ud need to put up there if u moved tank to rear. Big whoop. Itd save alot of cars from burning down. Just 1 guys opinion that cant b changed

[@Primus54]

What is with the ponding water at the finish line in some of these?

[@cjay3218]

4:45 you’re telling me they’re letting these cars run knowing there is standing water at the end of the track? recipe for disaster. hydroplaning is some scary shit.

[@danielrowling5]

If you look at it frame by frame, it's actually cooling water that leaked from the car itself. Probably a hose that broke off and then indeed once it got under the tires, the driver was nothing more than a passenger.

[@charlesking9214]

looks like the track is to slick.

[@tazanteflight8670]

@8:09 This is some of the most bizarre physics

[@wolfracing9504]

Track crew fast as hell

[@screaminj3371]

Was Bradenton no prep or something?

[@bugme9085]

No sir ,I would not run my Car on that track after seeing others crash ,😮😢yeap put it on or in the trailer and leave. 😬

[@oliverrobey6973]

That was Tom Bailey's son that's sick week

[@rodparnell1953]

1:57 took one hell of a long time before anyone arrived with a fire extinguisher ffs

[@HopsAndLead]

What is the DA doing in the first clip? Well deserved.

[@billmadison2032]

I can't imagine the shame of wrecking a car during the burnout

[@glyphs3]

Broken pieces/parts or violent tire shake. No shame there. Just normal physics at work.

[@billmadison2032]

@@glyphs3 it just looked like equipment superior to the operator from the video. He just let it rotate too much

[@whytebearconcepts]

5:56 One that might actually have a chance of buffing out.

[@steveb9151]

1:12 I bet he regrets using that Ford Pinto chasis.

[@c.b.816]

Why are they sending it with a freaking puddle of water on the track?

[@btcbob11392]

So they let the guy with the car that couldn't go straight the first time go out and crash it again.???? WTF you got some genius's running that show.

[@MichaelHill-qc4yc]

2 Fast, 2 Curious

[@justaperson8560]

That track just ruins good cars

[@crustycobs2669]

Doing a burnout, but crashes the wall and destroys the car...amazing. That track surface was slippery?

[@glyphs3]

No most likely tire shake on one wheel while the other one hooks up causing the violent turn into the wall. OR a broken axle.

[@calvincandie5344]

The first car did the throttle get stuck and he put it into the wall to avoid crashing further down track?

[@stevesmith9840]

That is some funny stuff. Love watching all of these people breaking their toys.

[@matforsbon]

They put on to much traction shit on the race track that makes it more slippery and easier to lose control. Look at 4:35 when the car drives through a puddle of that shit at the end and lose it.

[@mjs28s]

@2:00 At an event like this and that is what they have for fires? A couple of guys with extinguishers? What happens now that some are used? Will they have enough for later? How about even a trailer mounted water tank with a small pump and hose on it for crying out loud?

[@jbath302]

great sport!

[@mr.k6136]

7:40 if that tire exploded that's something I haven't seen since they addressed the issue in top fuel. Hope it was user error not the manufacturer.

[@Illuminwhy]

Driveshaft blew the tire and then the tire blew everything the hell off, geez

[@chrisbaisden8023]

They need different type of prep material or something

[@cLEdits]

Is it just a coincidence that most of these are at Bradenton?

[@TheBobmoorensons]

There's definitely something slippery on thst right lane 100%

[@RedArrow73]

Why is the racing surface all wet?

[@oliverrobey6973]

I put my car on the trailer and take it home I wouldn't even bother racing

[@streamofconsciousness5826]

That place must smell like burned rubber all year round, I'm getting a whiff of it just watching in my home. why does the track look wet, are all these after a shower or do they hose down the track to make it a bit more challenging. 7:40 did he even hit anything, Looks like he clipped it, lost a quarter panel and the rest of the right side of the car just followed. I like the extinguishers along the side of the track, no matter where a car stops there is one 10 feet away. A Expensive Hobby for sure.

[@oliverrobey6973]

I really wish they'd learn how to prep a track whether it's no prep or not