Nascar's Worst Brake Failures

[@mrjack8849]

Watkins Glen in a nutshell: turn 1 brake failure. I remember playing NASCAR racing video games in the 90s and flying off the track on that turn every time.

[@sameutsler945]

YESS also in NASCAR 09’ it was good times

[@therayven3147]

I still fly off that damn corner even in today's NASCAR games on PS 3...

[@lizbet5242]

Driving around in a circle was actually fun too play!?

[@saragrant9749]

A couple of these aren't brake failure, they're stuck throttles

[@JoeyJordison97]

@@lizbet5242 You're a fucking dumbass.

[@Funboy229]

6:07 you can't have a brake failure if you never had brakes to begin with. #arcabrakes

[@sgtpepper3161]

Facts

[@ricky107_]

Idk anything about like that brand do can u explain?

[@Theel25]

@@ricky107_ ARCA Brakes is a joke that ARCA drivers(A lower racing series) can't slow down to save their lives. They just barrel into wrecks.

[@ILikeRice88924]

Funboy229 lol

[@nicktabor732]

Jimmie Johnson 48 Champion pretty much is what ARCA was made for, the wrecks

[@conspiraciesarejustgreatst2059]

"That's a hard lick!" How many times you hear that during the season? Lol...guy cracks me up. Btw, ever since Dale Earnhardt lost his life, Daryll has always claimed each crash looks really bad and he's worried about the driver. While he was watching his brother win the Daytona 500, he got very excited and emotional while Dale was pretty much sitting dead in his car. I think he felt so bad for being happy for his brother while Dale was sitting there, dead. He obviously had no clue the crash was that serious so you can't blame him one bit. But I think he decided to play it safe from then on, so he doesn't seem like he doesn't care about the other drivers. Poor guy...

[@chasee3797]

Darrell said during the broadcast, "I just hope Dale's ok, he's alright ain't he?" Just a few seconds after his brother won the race.

[@therayven3147]

Yes, I still remember that race... And it's funny how Earnhardt was playing defensive and not offensive that race... Then again maybe he wanted his boy to have that race seeing that, if my memory serves me correctly, Jr. has not won a Daytona 500 up to that point... Also he may have been like, "fuck it, I got all three of my car in the top three, so..."... Either way, it was a sad state of affairs in that day... D. W. was Earnhardt's closest friend in NASCAR, and has never really been the same sense his death...

[@chasee3797]

@@therayven3147 Dale's death very much affected Darrell and Michael Waltrip. I believe he was perfectly content with finishing third that day. He also kept saying to Michael that he was going to win in his car and how they were going to team up during the race. Dale always believed in Michael and knew he could drive, even amid the 461 race losing streak he had.

[@therayven3147]

@@chasee3797 yeah, I remember Michael's reaction after he got word Earnhardt died... He was devastated... Yeah, Michael was a good driver... Maybe he didn't win a lot of races, but he seem cool, calm and collected... Dale seen something in the kid... Or he wouldn't have kept him around all those years...

[@BobBobSquared]

Not Seb. These other millennial soy boy act like they watched nascar when Dale Sr. died.....lol. You were watchin your hairy bushed tree huggin mothers teats swang in your face motor boatin style.

[@jetz9226]

2:30 that’s a perfect hip check in hockey.

[@jeffreygaunt7488]

Ha 😂

[@alanvanasch4793]

Absolutely beautiful. Sees him coming up the wall and moves up into him clean and hard with the hip. Purely textbook

[@HeadOfBucket]

Jimmie Johnson really needs some better brakes, he's in like half these clips

[@chiefkeef74]

Well he does drive for Chevy

[@jaymarten9199]

@blah blah well didn't you get salty

[@evanrodgers738]

The point made in these comments? Dont buy GM 😂

[@peters8950]

@blah blah Pontiac went out of business years ago😂

[@Grastiars1]

Don't need breaks. Full throttle in all the turns.

[@OjamaLemon]

These guys couldnt get a brake those days

[@tanner9670]

I get it, but who is gonna get woooshed?

[@MDOG3232]

I would like but it’s at 69 soo sorry

[@Brandon-21MN]

@@MDOG3232 same

[@itz_jacoby3]

Ba dum tss

[@Kosacade]

haha nice

[@loosecannon9301]

A true testament to NASCAR safety and funny little rules

[@chipsnever957]

6:01 I see no brake failure here, just Arca being Arca

[@bmxer123ist]

0:30

[@ljacks0264]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@inspiredwoodworks4131]

All these brake failures, and yet no mention of when Kenseth lost his brakes & drove into Logano. 😂

[@bumble_24bee34]

Inspired Woodworks yeah I’m know right 😂😂

[@jimsoutdooradventures2748]

yes, that was break failure,right?

[@inspiredwoodworks4131]

JimOgle's Outdoor Adventures Kenseth wouldn’t lie about something like that, would he???

[@jimsoutdooradventures2748]

@@inspiredwoodworks4131 NO, drivers never lie!

[@rkyve9]

No that was a "blown right front tire"

[@brianschaffer9220]

5:00 WOW! Thankfully the crew seen the mishap coming. That would have really hurt otherwise!!

[@sludge4125]

Who’s the butt hole, Brian?

[@seaneurick_977]

3:03 what’s scary is how he is sponsored by weis markets. Look where he lands.

[@diangelomycantaloupe8002]

Right at it, that's cool

[@eLMoKoZo14]

Marketing at its best????? Jkjk

[@chrisbarmby8640]

I worked at Jp Mascaro. The sign right before weis.

[@malarucoon]

6:03 this crash reminds me of way back when Mark Martin took a hit to the inside guard rail and a chain link fence. But I think that was at Daytona.

[@chrisdegeorge7244]

That was Talladega in 1994. I was there.

[@troygroomes104]

That actually a hung throttle, caused by a blown tire

[@tankfirewalker5774]

Wow I just realized it's been over 20 years since this was filmed and I remember watching it live the older you get the faster time travles No matter what NASCAR will always be the best way of life known to man

[@Sammyboii1i]

Controller disconnected

[@shappah221]

I see you’re a man of culture with that profile pic

[@Sammyboii1i]

Gaming With Ethan why thank you

[@sameutsler945]

In NASCAR 09’ lol 😂

[@americascrewchief2004]

Is this who i think it is

[@Elijah9201]

c o n s o l e p e a s a n t

[@aidanw9378]

"I've never seen a 48 car torn up that much." 8:05

[@djm.6322]

Well, to be fair it is a 92 car 😂

[@tylerpederson8134]

That wasn’t a 48 car

[@djopm4681]

This should be called Jimmie Johnson’s relationship with his brakes.

[@IPooopdogl]

2:28 forza be liike

[@toddsin8611]

It’s watching each and every one of these wall crashes and all the ones over the last 30 years that’ll always make it hard for me to find peace in the crash that killed Dale. It will never make sense in my simple mind

[@oddjob626]

Was at Pocono for the bubba wallace wreck ,still get an uneasy feeling watching that

[@dragonblazer96]

I was there as well. That was the hardest impact I've witnessed yet

[@032adjutantreflex]

I thought for sure I had just watched someone die. It seemed like forever it took him to drop that net but really it was only like 45 seconds.

[@bigelile07]

It was similar to Gordon but Gordon's was worse

[@ferryh99]

i still dont get why Bubba didnt use to outside wall to grind to a halt......

[@jeremymarsh569]

@@ferryh99 It's a natural reaction. Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson did the same thing in their Pocono crashes. Not much time to think your options through at 200mph

[@alemarion]

When you're able to hear an impact from far away, you know it's bad.

[@therayven3147]

I thought the same thing... When a car hits a wall hard enough to hear the impact from that camera angle... That *HAD* to hurt... From 100+mph to 0 in less than a second... Yeah...

[@IPooopdogl]

You should here when someone goes into the wall hard at the indy 500 you can hear that from the other side of the track

[@iceloracingnetwork9427]

0:22 *Jimmie Johnson has joined the chat*

[@999glue5]

Jimmie Johnson vs breaks

[@hopex9729]

This needs more like so I’ll help u Here a like

[@999glue5]

Hopex thanks!

[@airezzz1381]

Brakes not breaks

[@999glue5]

@@airezzz1381 his brakes breaks we gonna go with that

[@airezzz1381]

@@999glue5 that works

[@thebeetalls]

Those barriers and neck harnesses have saved so many lives. 🤯

[@cujoedaman]

What I take away from this is never drive a car with a number in the 40's.

[@petej.8676]

Even that hard hit into the wall couldn't knock any sense into Bubba Wallace

[@skicarNR]

I was sitting right in front of that Denny Hamlin crash at the glen. This brought back so many memories! Thanks!

[@48fanfromky]

6:07 Nope, I'm not making any jokes... UHHHH!!! I can't hold it back anymore! ARCA BRAKES!!!

[@ricky107_]

Explain please I need to know why everyone is saying thiss xD

[@48fanfromky]

@@ricky107_ In many past ARCA races (most notably 2005 at Daytona), many drivers just pile into crashes that have been occurring for over 10 seconds without slowing down. If someone piles into a crash while barely slowing down, it became known as an ARCA brake (basically saying that the only way for ARCA drivers to slow down is to hit another car or object). In video games and racing simulations, many people still yell "ARCA BRAKE!!!" over chat if a car piles into a crash without slowing down.

[@nate2137]

David Land's first time using brakes

[@theRealBrandonRoberts1990]

Oh that's a good one

[@claytongoode7784]

Lol that is a good one

[@racingpower1954]

DRIVER LIST: 1. Denny Hamlin 2. Jeff Gordon 3. AJ Allmendinger 4. Bubba Wallace 5. Cole Whitt 6. Dennis Setzer 7. Brad Keselowski (O_O) 8. Brad Smith (O_O) 9. Brad Keselowski (Again) 10. Jimmie Johnson 11. Jimmie Johnson (Again)

[@Be.authentic_]

2:46 I love Rick Allen. He has some of the best modern-era calls out there. So much energy. That's all I'll say about that lol

[@zacharyosvald251]

AGGRESSIVE GOES AROUND

[@briangarner]

That last one with Jimmy Johnson, wowzer.

[@ScottKenny1978]

Yeah, holy shit I didn't think he was even going to be conscious after than big a crash.

[@Magikarp3275]

5:34 that is dedication to your job, you got hit by a car and thrown to the ground yet you get back up and continue on with your job

[@TheCgrules]

Some really hard hits. Crazy how much safety shit is put into these nascars

[@Renville80]

504Productions if, at the end of the day, it’s the car owner’s wallet and not the driver that’s in ICU, it’s worth it.

[@therayven3147]

@@Renville80 amen...

[@bentheswitchsportsfan06]

5:54 ARCA BRAKES!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ricky107_]

Explain please I need to know why everyone is saying thiss xD

[@malm4640]

Same

[@samcamworm]

Cool video king Kyle Busch!

[@benthomson9397]

Shows how far safety features have come when you compare the 'tap' into the wall that killed Dale Earnhardt to the brutal hits these guys walked away from.

[@bumble_24bee34]

George Clinton Gordon would’ve been seriously injured or dead if safer barriers weren’t there

[@devinthierault]

The main thing about Dale was the his car hit the wall head on at full speed.

[@therayven3147]

@@devinthierault that crash with Johnson at the Glenn was a head on crash... I think the difference between the two was the angle... Earnhardt's crash was somewhat at an angle, causing his head and neck to tweak sideways a bit, causing a spiral fracture to the base of his skull...

[@jordancox559]

Earnhardt also had previous injuries and that was before the advent of the Hans device. His death record shows major trauma to the head and chest. I'd imagine that hit shoved the steering wheel into his chest and face. But I wasn't there. Hell I was 6 years old.

[@shadowpho3nix228]

2:57 is it me or does he skim like a puck on a hockey table

[@GenericWhiteMan00]

Let's play a game, every time the phrase "that's a hard lick" is said, you take a shot!

[@willsee7452]

Yup...I died.

[@thattigkid7015]

Okay Satan, lets play

[@isaacteng4868]

6:06 god damn that was a hit

[@elamonty]

I find watching the races on television and whatnot to be extremely boring and uninteresting, but I do enjoy these videos.

[@Mjdecker1234]

How so lol? Or just nascar. Current day nascar for sure but other series?

[@danafield4696]

I always love when the 48 car hits the wall or got no breaks !! Lol makes my day !

[@Lobsterboy666.]

So you like it when other people get hurt your fucking asshole

[@micahbacon]

Brakes. Not breaks.

[@Spoolsy]

Them were some hard licks, I tell you hwat...

[@Dat-Mudkip]

Now that I think about it, there's been a lot of brake failures since they ditched the "Car of Tomorrow"...

[@CLINT_theNotorious_TTG]

Come on now give these drivers a “brake.” It wasn’t their fault…

[@M3Rn]

"He was doing the same left-hand turn!" XDDD greatest comment i've ever heard, case closed. :D

[@MrRoblox1377]

>Worst Brake Failure They don't even have brakes

[@DeosPraetorian]

But they do

[@kevinwise1997]

*well yes, but actually no*

[@bubbagumption9938]

Dw: brakes were working for sure... L8r: what was the problem? Brakes went out

[@weedfreer]

Yikes that last one...looks as if the barrier didn’t do much to slow him at all!

[@KSE828]

I got a headache just from watching this. Thank god for all this safety tech.

[@zerodos_02]

Missed a good Kenny Wallace one from 2001 I believe driving the 98 Stacker 2 car. The Mark Martin 1997 one is nasty too

[@MarshallBurrell]

I was in turn one for that Cole whitt crash at the Glenn

[@dmeemd7787]

Holy SH*T! 😳😬😳 great compilation, these are some of the worst I remember or have seen.. geezus....

[@safespacebear]

DW's bones feel it every time he sees a driver smack the wall. You can hear it in his voice. I admit DW used to get on my last nerve but I respect how much he cares about all the drivers. It doesn't sound fake or put on to me

[@t.sewell1513]

Pocono is flat out dangerous.

[@James-vj5hz]

IndyCar needs to stop racing there, Wickens is lucky to be alive.

[@ryansampsell3340]

J Barnsley that can happen at any track

[@tankfirewalker5774]

Turning right is a little tricky when your use to turning left all the time I'm not even joking the cars are modifed oval shorttrack cars but the drivers are the same NASCARS were never factory desinded to run road couses it was added to circit to boost spectator murality how ever Gordon was the man to beat at the Glen back in the day

[@Kylora2112]

Stayed for the entire video because I knew Jimmie Johnson at The Glen was going to there.

[@patpatterson6073]

Bubba wallaces wreak still makes me cringe! What a lick he took!

[@imonit1177]

With the amount of money and work that goes into these cars it baffles the mind that these things happen.

[@anthonycope8637]

I don't get why they decide to try and dive inside to scrub speed instead of running along side the wall and taking a softer hit

[@ClummzyDummzy]

anthony cope panic of the moment to try and get the car to slow down. You don’t think when it happens just react

[@anthonycope8637]

@@ClummzyDummzy I can't disagree that they have the panic moment of knowing the crash is coming but I think they try and hero drive vs crash the car...they have way more time to make the choice of ride the wall or try and scrub speed through the grass then they do when a crash is happening in front of them and have a dozen variables like what the cars around them are going to do and where they are going....they always try to save the car

[@buna7364]

Yeah, true. But you also gotta remember, these dudes are going 180+ into these corners. By the time drivers hit their brakes they are already on the inside of the track far away from the outside wall ready to take the turn, THEN they realize that their brakes dont work.

[@therayven3147]

I see the point, but it is easy to say what "I would have done" in that situation, but believe me, I have raced cars before, and trouble can come at you in less than a tenth of a second, and all these thoughts run through your head at 100+ mph... What you see on the TV don't do what is actually happening justice... We see a crash and say, "well, that could have been avoided" or "I would have done it this way", but untill you're actually *IN* that situation, you really don't understand how it feels...

[@shawnatipton6662]

6:03 y'all ever heard of ArCa brakes?

[@EeveeFromAlmia]

It's really something rather, idk, emotional? In hearing them just chat away and then suddenly react to the crashes.

[@brendanwilliams7291]

Wild slides as a result of brake failures in NASCAR? You better believe it.

[@amandavilla3726]

I was at the 2015 Daytona 500 and Saw Austin Dillons Car Flip.... My Heart Broke.. But When He got Out of the car I thought he was dead... But I Remember When Mike Harmon Hit the Inside Wall Hard, But Good Thing they both survived.

[@mrexists5400]

that last one, yah, the safety gear did it's job, going that fast and stopping that quickly and walking away? damn good job

[@the4000class]

It’s incredible that those men are safe after these crashes especially the last one. Makes you wonder why normal automobiles are not even close to being that safe

[@vollrathfgc]

That Jeff Gordon one at Pocono always hurts for me to watch, especially when he comes out and lays down by his car

[@zuestoots5176]

brake failure is scary shit. You dont know how much you rely on them untill there is none.

[@calebb6815]

When the brakes blow you got three ways to stop in a race, 1. Engine brake, but that won’t do much if your at track speed. 2. Slam the wall, but that wrecks yo car and hurts lien hell. And 3. Slam into the poor bastard in front of you.

[@chasehicks7465]

5:30 that jack man hit to his chest, there is NO way that didn't injure him. Hard to watch

[@eleazarpyscher8569]

That Brad Keslowski hitting his crew members was inexcusable. His dad accidentally killed a crew member back in the day. That's a lesson Brad should know.

[@ninetailedfox579121]

Alternate title for the video: "Worst crashes in turn 1 at Watkins Glen"

[@kingturd757]

Johnson took a wicked lick at the end

[@mutahirjawad9462]

Jimmie Johnson exists Brakes:aight imma head out

[@Reading_Modeler]

4:58 I WAS AT THAT RACE!!!

[@coastyken7370]

nicr

[@FVPS904]

Must be nice to watch NASCAR live

[@sethparamore64]

Man Jimmie would've have walked away had that been only a few years early. A lot of progress in safety has been made at that track

[@deeeeeeeench1209]

That 50 Cal had a FN FAL hand guard lol

[@DM-qp7do]

I didn't used to pay much attention to DW when he said a crash was bad until Dale was killed. DW was the only one truly concerned about Dale, I wasn't because I didn't think it looked that bad, I was wrong. DW knows what's up.

[@miningflame9847]

6:28 and 8:17 definitely looked the worst, glad there weren't any casualties in the video. Can't imagine dieing to a break failure. (In NASCAR heaven) How did you die? Oh, the usual. Crash due to break failure. You?

[@nascage]

I was going to suggest Geoff Bodine's crash at Watkins Glen in 1989, but after looking it up and watching it more closely, it appears his brake failure was a result of tire failure. So, I'm not sure this wreck fits the criteria.

[@OverBanned]

“He had a break failure and took that same left hand turn...” This is nascar, what other kind of turn could it be.

[@etrcentenario9737]

It's not like half the crashes were at turn 1 at Watkins, which happens to be a right turn.

[@parthl]

me in racing games ramming into things: i don’t see a problem here

[@christophermathern6796]

Great video. However you forgot ken Schrader's brake failure at pocono. That was a scary crash

[@carwashadamcooper1538]

At least half of these are not brake failure, but it's a great excuse.🤣

[@christophercancel934]

Moral of this video: When you breaks go out, DO NOT SLAM THEM and let the car go on its own.

[@zombie1478]

Around 6:04, that drivers throttle stuck after the first impact, not brake failure

[@therayven3147]

I was almost thinking he was unconscious... But could have been a "hung" throttle...

[@6allmotivepowers363]

You forgot Martin Truex Jr's 2011 crash at Martinsville with Kasey Kahne

[@AkinaGhost]

2:57 Wouldn't it have been better to stay up high and ride the wall rather than go down low and smash the wall?

[@scotthix2926]

Yes but your instinct is never to turn into a wall, in a split second decision. Even in drivers meeting they say for turn 1 ride the wall if brake failure,but again instinct.

[@bubbab89]

I was there for Gordon's crash at Pocono, he hit that wall so hard it actually broke.

[@calebleach4658]

Bubba wreck was the worst one i experienced in person sounded like a big gun going when he hit

[@exoticbutters4154]

that first one was oddly similar to Jimmie Johnson's wreck at the glen in 2000 the exact same spot minus no sandtrap

[@corbinselanne7990]

That last one WAS Jimmie's 2000 wreck in the 92 car

[@therayven3147]

Man, when a car hits the wall *THAT* hard you can hear the impact from that camera angle... That *HAD* to hurt...

[@RedCard94]

Pocono Turn 1 is the worst place to lose your brakes. Jeff Gordon and Bubba Wallace both crashed hard

[@prismfireproductions3772]

And Johnson destroyed the rear of his car in that same turn

[@corbinselanne7990]

You can't have a brake failures list without Jimmie Johnson in the 92 car at Watkins

[@gordoningraham5750]

The only one I didn't see on here was the one from Kansas where Almirola lost his brakes and slammed into Danica. As I recall he missed the next six races due to injury.

[@travishopkins6539]

Never understood why they turn down into the grass to try to slow down at pocono. They’re only making it worse by increasing the angle they hit the wall at.

[@frederickschulze8014]

Funny how Johnson was involved somehow in what, at least 3 of these? Not trying to say anything, just a coincidence.

[@Sammyboii1i]

Frederick Schulze there are 3 sides to a triangle ILLUMINATI

[@daffy7313]

Frederick Schulze he goes faster so he needs to use brakes more

[@therayven3147]

I was thinking the same thing... Johnson seems to have a lot of brake problems... Good driver, but perhaps a little over aggressive on the brakes?

[@richardfitzwell6579]

They always guess the throttle hung up. Fact is these cars are 4 speeds, if the throttle hangs, push in the clutch. C'mon guys.

[@daleedwards9751]

Richard Fitzwell Or, kill the ignition. Sounds simple enough...until ur doing 200+ going into turn 1 at Pocono. U have like .00005 seconds to make that decision. Thankful for safer barrier’s. 🙏

[@therayven3147]

I have raced cars before, and it is easy to say "I would do this" or "I would that" when sitting on the couch watching this on TV... But in reality, when your doing 190+mph, you have less than a tenth of a second reaction time to react... So many things go through your head in such a short time you often can't react fast enough... And even if you kill the engine, you're already carrying a speed of over 190+mph into that corner, a crash is most likely unavoidable...

[@nickyehscob2s]

~*controller disconnected*~

[@keepingitlemon5604]

The last one was gnarly