Badger Midget flips and goes over fencing

Badger Midgets Heat Race 3 Saturday 6-22-2019 Sycamore Speedway ( start of race collision, crash, rollover, up and over fence into stands- but no one was hurt not even driver)

[@RyanCollinsFlyinRyan8]

That was my nephew that flipped over the fence. It IS hard to believe he walked away from that physically unhurt. His pocketbook; however, is hurting a bit. Fortunately, he already had another chassis. My nephew, his dad (my bro), and some others are working to get the 2nd chassis put together w/o missing too many weekends. His safety equipment did its job!

[@saltybildo4415]

Glad he's ok

[@RyanCollinsFlyinRyan8]

@@saltybildo4415 Yes, he's still doing fine and still racing a midget. When he races at Sycamore Speedway, he, his wife, and parents still think about that day.

[@bugme9085]

So glad he’s ok.

[@sidebite2533]

What about the fans in the stands? Was anyone decapitated?

[@RyanCollinsFlyinRyan8]

No fans were injured. I was told that a particular family normally sat in that very section, but they didn't attend that night, so those rows were unoccupied. Very fortunate!

[@elliotttrout9221]

My stepdad was there. Thank you for posting this

[@abandonedchannel4138]

Elliott Trout I might have seen him then. Cuz I was there.

[@unclebones2488]

nature of the beast

[@dontaft6517]

That car cleared that fence like it was nothing. Maybe rethink running midgets there.

[@Corky3D]

Trust me midgets can clear pretty high fences. I've seen it where a sprint car cleared the fence. They made the fences about 8 foot higher. After that a few weeks later, a midget in my Heat landed on top of the fence and bounced back in. They were already pretty tall.

[@dontaft6517]

@@Corky3D One of my home tracks is Angel Park. Lucky that was not on the front straight.

[@saragrant9749]

Oh wow! Damn, I hope everyone was ok!

[@Bi_irish]

That’s my home track baby

[@luigicirelli2583]

time to raise the fence

[@jameshowe8371]

Once they start flipping they don't stop any type of sprint car

[@StrivingTowardsWhatIsAhead]

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh

[@abandonedchannel4138]

I was there with my dad, I chocked on my pretzel because it scared me because I was close to the wreck and it scared me, I thought they would try and put the fence back up but no. It just stayed like that for the rest of the time. I for sure thought he was injured but nah. That surprised me. It just got ridiculous after that. Everybody started crashing. After a while, a bunch of cars crashed together and knocked a stoplight over and knocked out the light next to the light that got knocked out by the go cart thingy going over the fence. It annoyed but interested me that the go cart things need a push start. It was the best time out of all the times I ever went because of what happened. Meh but still hurts :( cuz I have been sitting for hourssssss. Half the time I was there I stole my dads phone cuz I got bored. I was by the third light from the wrecked light and fence.

[@jameshowe8371]

Also you spelled choke a wrong it's "Choke"

[@highpockets2376]

@@jameshowe8371 Pretty sure thats the least of abandonedchannel's issues.

[@tylerhendrickson5184]

@@highpockets2376 yeah, called a midget a "go cart thing"

[@9rjharper]

The “go kart thingie” is a midget. They’re 350-400 horsepower and weigh 900lbs, with full suspension and a cage. Not very go kart like. They have been push started since they started racing them in the 1930s, because starters, batteries, clutches, and transmissions don’t fit and aren’t needed.

[@abandonedchannel4138]

@@9rjharper I like how you described them, I was young and didnt know what they were back then but i travel the country every year now for races and im very big on sprint cars mainly and stuff so i know a lot now

[@theivory1]

You know what makes these types of crashes not as bad, girls screaming. Is that all they can do?

[@specialsock]

Yes

[@GowGows]

You would have been yelping like a bitch too i bet

[@sidebite2533]

Track looks Shady. Fans are practically sitting inches away from the front stretch wall. Fence looks like it's 100 yrs. old

[@presidentialpug9361]

My mom sent me and my friend to check out the prices of the t shirts and if she didn't my friend and I would have been crushed

[@emmacleary6331]

Well your very lucky then. I was there when it happened. But I was by the third light down from the crash.

[@RyanCollinsFlyinRyan8]

I'm glad you listened to your mom. That would've been a tragedy on top of a tragedy...worse then getting hit by a foul ball at the baseball field.

[@sidebite2533]

I was wondering if anyone in those grandstands we're hurt or had to jump for their lives. Moms are Wonderful , aren't they.🙏❤️

[@AntonioHernandez-bw9bt]

I saw my ass getting up an running down there, I remember that night, they closed off the section for the rest of the night

[@mattsenft4810]

Wow!! That's my track too..... Hope guy was okay.

[@brickssscentral3601]

I was there at the time, it was pretty scary seeing that happen

[@jamespinckard4210]

Well so far I haven't seen where anybody said anything about anybody being hurt in the stands. It looked like it landed in the last set of bleachers. Is that true? That was a bad one.

[@VladimirBlarp]

Didn't a large plane crash there once ?

[@saltybildo4415]

YEEYEE