NASCAR Weird Areas at Tracks

The Weirdest and most Unique areas of all NASCAR tracks.
There are bound to be even more with the addition of tracks NASCAR has put on the schedule in 2021.
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[@nascarfan0331]

With part 2 use nascar tracks that don’t exist anymore

[@endgamerplays]

The yellow bumps on the Daytona Road Course chicane are actually called sausage curbs, no idea where people are getting “turtles” from.

[@marymills838]

Minneapolis road course is done 2023 was the last year

[@TheCoolStyle]

I was once racing at Charlotte in NASCAR Heat 5 and my car blew over in turn 3 where the catch fence wasn’t there. Instead of falling of the track, I hit an invisible wall.

[@Nascarbruinsfan8812]

I have done that like100 hundred times btw and first

[@thefastmeow]

Charlotte speedway going above and beyond with new invisible wall technology 🎉🎉🎉

[@jasonbowser5754]

Going backwards at Kansas. I hit someone got launched over the invisible wall.

[@marrisapittman9143]

I've done it so many times

[@kelvinf45]

Ahh, maybe they forgot to add textures to the catch fence at that turn

[@TimmyThomasIsAWESOME]

Brads face/reaction when asked about the tire placement is hilarious 🤣

[@nathanfogarty4673]

Yeah it’s kind meme worthy

[@colej6976]

Lol

[@allainangcao28]

“I dare you to repeat that question…” - Brad’s thoughts… probably…

[@StsFiveOneLima]

Also one of his best quotes. "I think there should probably not be weird angles like that to wreck on."

[@karelpgbr]

He’s like: “Damn are you kidding me?”

[@Smoneey]

Charlotte did design a chicane which required slowing, the drivers just ignored it and crashed anyway. That’s on nobody but them.

[@HardstyleCatalyst]

Yep, ARCA Brakes at it's finest

[@bustaurchops]

I loved the chicane wall it created amazing wrecks

[@ryansadler4971]

If your favorite sport is only amazing due to a tragic misfortune, your sport is terrible. That being said, thank you so much for clicking this video just to down vote to fix my algorithm... Then seeing there is someONE more retarded than the entirety of NASCAR.

[@roganfield]

@@ryansadler4971 lol mad

[@dihydrogenmonoxide2878]

to be fair, the first turn of the chicane was much easier to take then the second, which can give the false sense that it's time to get on the throttle when your actually entering the 2nd breaking zone.

[@nascarstopmotionandmore4266]

The Charlotte turn 3 having no catch fence is still baffling to me

[@4_14_fan]

Catch fence. Boy why do we need a catch fence when we got billboard's and RVs

[@nascarstopmotionandmore4266]

@@4_14_fan 😂 Nascar in the 50s be like: why do we need billboards and RVs, we got people!

[@4_14_fan]

@@nascarstopmotionandmore4266 😂

[@extragoogleaccount6061]

@Santiago Davila It'd by a better missile platform than anything North Korea has ever made.

[@Blown_engine]

@@extragoogleaccount6061 And if it was a Honda Then that means Japan made the most powerful Missile ever

[@whatincarnation95]

_the entirety of dirt bristol_

[@whatincarnation95]

i liked the race and track lol

[@RandomCarl05]

These answers can be easily taken by an "out of context" twitter account lol

[@cay7809]

Because it’s D I R T

[@cay7809]

@Jake Dodson you dare oppose carnation? Perish foolish mortal

[@allainangcao28]

It was an interesting idea at least.

[@DennyDeliversYT]

0:18 RawGator grew his hair out!

[@ConnMC]

This video is Michigan International Speedway in a nutshell

[@kameronverplank5427]

Facts

[@ConnMC]

@@N45C4R24 MIS is basically like an outsider with weird physics (coming from a michigander)

[@tonyarobinson9194]

MIS is like Daytona but not a super speedway

[@tilfmilfy7459]

MIS is alright if u like just watching the cars go fast af but there’s never really a race changing wreck

[@brandontrost8888]

@@tilfmilfy7459 He’s talking about the oddities/weird angles, and general iffy things. Michigan International Speedway has almost everything in this video.

[@mrdarknezz6285]

The Bristol crash with Michael was almost like a wake up call

[@didgereemedia194]

5:06 reminds me of the tyre wall that used to be at the exit of The Chase at Mount Panorama, Bathurst. In 2006, Paul Radisich crashed nearly head-first into the earth bank tyre wall and rolled his car. The problem was the tyre wall faced nearly a perfect 45 degrees to the track. In 2011, two separate crashed also demonstrated the flawed design; A Ford Mustang was bumped in the rear which turned it to drive right into the tyre wall, now bundled in canvas belting. The car practically crumpled to the firewall. The driver survived largely uninsured. A V8 Ute (a now defunct series) crashed head first into that tyre wall, destroying his Ford Falcon Ute. In 2014, the sand trap and tyre wall were removed, now it's just a solid concrete walls beside the exit of The Chase.

[@brandonconway4982]

You need to add that one wall that Elliot Sadler hit at Pocono in 2010.

[@thebestkdbfan8295]

Yeah

[@seanconroy4522]

Agreed

[@extragoogleaccount6061]

Ah the mysterious and legendary (possible) "hardest hit ever taken in NASCAR." That was like a wall fully supported by an earthen embarkment, right? Absolutely no give and no SAFER barrier. Someone will have to interview Elliot about that some day.

[@scottshinbaum1772]

@@extragoogleaccount6061 The entire engine got ripped out of the car and flew out into the middle of the track!

[@shinystarmiestudios4179]

I think that is the closest a car came to flipping, without actually flipping.

[@drewgamezzz8482]

@1:03 I mean, had that guy hit him a quarter of a second later nor maybe just a different angle or spot on the car, that guy would’ve for sure not survived that crash. That is freaking insane honestly.

[@fishproductions22]

I have been WAITING for one of these for nascar tracks and the gator boi came through

[@RawGator]

It had to be done!

[@nascarstopmotionandmore4266]

5:35 Oh no I’m gonna cra- GREEN

[@dalejr.]

“Oops.”

[@simoneburini4036]

G R E E N

[@travisoliver2288]

2:40 Shit that's me (u/MothProofSolid). Forgot I made that comment until this video, but still a good point to this day.

[@carterscheibel1115]

I see you used MrBeast's explosion outro when introducing the tracks. Rich taste

[@RawGator]

You got me 😅

[@TyrantOfNerds]

The "AGAIN" with Charlotte almost made me choke on my pop tart from laughing XD

[@timedrfreeman]

6:20 these are the same things that are called sausages over here in Europe, right?

[@fidan2fast]

Yep, sausage curbs

[@theHusky2490]

Just call them 'gators and we'll have a trifecta

[@JJWilsonVlogs]

2:07 Don't forget the Austin Dillon wreck at daytona

[@sirafoxtron1701]

2:21 I think they had a budget to build a catch fence so they put sponsor sign up there instead

[@iViking90]

6:20 IDK why NASCAR calls them turtles. Normal people call them sausage curbs.

[@crisnicolainflores2252]

*Kerbs

[@alabamaskar52522]

The catch fences are only that Strong Thanks to Bobby Allison's crash at Talladega where he tore out the catch fence and Almost ended nascar

[@adamalfredsson373]

There is actually a longer layout of Watkins glen that nascar doesn’t use, that’s why that wall after the boot has that weird wall

[@nicholasbelardo4273]

And same with that wall at Indy

[@adamalfredsson373]

@@nicholasbelardo4273 Indianapolis motor speedway actually has an infield road course that formula one used between 2000 and 2007

[@nicholasbelardo4273]

@@adamalfredsson373 Yes, that’s what I was referring to

[@purplereign84]

You forgot to mention Daytona's inside wall leading into pit road during the early 80s. It wasn't reconfigured until after Randy LaJoie hit it in early 1984.

[@audiokyle]

I used to make corporate medical videos and I know how long it takes to make any video requiring research. Thanks for making these. I am now subscribed.

[@TheRealMountainMonkey]

Takumi is that you??? 4:35

[@berryboiblast]

ITS BEEN SO LONG!!!!!!! Great video Raw Gator, glad your back!

[@RawGator]

thank you!!

[@poly_hexamethyl]

0:41 Wow, that didn't look like too bad a crash, yet it caused all that damage! :-o

[@Ham71778]

Huh that was bad as fuck

[@BB_Sebring]

Never knew the term 'turtle' for kerbs/curbs. I've always known them as 'sausage kerbs' from F1. It'll be interesting at COTA if track limits become an issue with qualifying or the race outcome changing because a driver exceeded track limits. A common but annoying penalty in F1, but unheard of in NASCAR

[@michaelskinner2121]

I wouldn’t be surprised if nascar did the same as Indy car and basically said there was no track limits.

[@Retrowastakenwastaken]

Sausage kerbs? Sounds like a type of food

[@SpeedLe3gendGaming]

This is the best raw gator vid I watch it when I'm bored

[@user-rl7cw9eg8e]

How could you forget the bus stop at the Daytona RC, where the cars go flying if they hit that dirt spot

[@ConnMC]

Haha yes

[@dantheboss998]

This is a Motorsport weird area not a NASCAR weird area, yes NASCAR runs in this but is not a NASCAR area.

[@user-rl7cw9eg8e]

@@dantheboss998 yes it is. If they run the track, it's a NASCAR area. Also the Daytona 500 and the Daytona RC are the same place so... your comment doesn't make any sense

[@Homeless_Pigeon_History]

@@user-rl7cw9eg8e hey it’s you again

[@user-rl7cw9eg8e]

@@Homeless_Pigeon_History toaster

[@gummy_6437]

This video should’ve been made after the 2021 Indianapolis Road Course

[@blueflags599]

Great video really enjoyed it

[@RawGator]

Thanks! Means a lot

[@LILMADERR23]

Love the videos man! Love your own style as well!

[@takecaution_2418]

You’re such a nice guy, you sound really sincere at the end of each video and it puts a special feel to each video. After the first video I got recommended of yours I subbed. You’re a great KZbinr

[@baitbustersfishingoutdoors4709]

00:47 “destroyed his car in half”

[@WufferVR]

Loving these vids

[@christianrobertsracing1]

What about the underground mine at Charlotte Motor Speedway that the Logans robbed money from?

[@fedde7232]

What?

[@sierraacharlie]

Is that supposed to be a reference to something or what?

[@christianrobertsracing1]

@@sierraacharlie the Logan Lucky movie

[@blainecarlino6375]

Legend says that there is still a prosthetic arm lost in the mines

[@christianrobertsracing1]

@@blainecarlino6375 really?

[@-BigMike-]

Always love a RawGator voice-over video.

[@amishguy_]

For some reason, this makes me think about the exit of turn 5 (?) at sonoma. The cars used to get so close to hitting the wall on exit.

[@nolle]

I'm getting really into NASCAR and your channel is so awesome

[@OrdinaryDude]

You missed Elliot Sadler's crash at Pocono 2010. There was a weird angle I THINK near turn two where his hit was basically into a flat surface at full speed. Nasty, nasty hit. They have since fixed it.

[@DJDouglasWarden]

Good stuff yo. Subscribed

[@theamericangamer3]

Dude you are randomly in my recommended and I am now subscribed.

[@Avglngth]

Really liked this video. Def subscribing to watch more

[@ceelak]

Charlotte Motor Speedway now has a smaller catchfench then the rest of the track in turn 3. I did a tour there in January

[@silentgaming6396]

What engineers tell their drivers on non oval circuits: Ok make sure to execute this very complex manoeuvre... turn right

[@cryobytedoesstuff2302]

6:22, Out in Europe, Formula 1, Formula 2, Formula 3, Blancpain Series, And Wec I think (not sure) these things you called ‘Turtles’ we call ‘Sausage Kerbs’ and It made Alex Peroni Fly at the Monza F3 Race

[@bdfphotography]

Great video man!

[@linkroblox9474]

6:25 f1 fans know them as the max verstoppers

[@wesleykroon8447]

Cringe

[@linkroblox9474]

@@wesleykroon8447 no you

[@firenerf2197]

@@wesleykroon8447 nou

[@wesleykroon8447]

@@firenerf2197 you are named FireNerf21 thats a classic fortnite named so who’s a cringe now?

[@wesleykroon8447]

@@linkroblox9474 your name is also cringing me the hell out.

[@RedTyphoon]

Yeah, the dirt track was great. Can't wait for more. 👍🏼

[@coolname545]

Actually just wanted to say great video! Subscribed :)

[@daveizdebski]

The gate at Bristol has been moved to turn 3 because you're turning away from the wall when entering 3 so there's almost no chance that you'll hit it, plus it it stronger

[@HHh-ej4rl]

Very interesting video! Just subscribed

[@FerrellAnimal]

Awesome video dude!

[@juliadomna2400]

This video is the 5,000th video I’ve ever liked 🤣✌🏼 great stuff :)

[@RawGator]

Thanks! I actually just liked my 5,000th video the other day too

[@ludgatecircus15]

Just learning about NASCAR. Really helpful!

[@uknwonspirit300]

Same 😀😀

[@nickmangona48]

Pocono was a very dangerous track for a while there. Kasey Kahne almost going over the wall, and Elliots sadler hitting that 90 degree corner were nasty hits. Not to mention brake failures like Jeff Gordon in 06', Jimmie Johnson in 17' and Bubba Wallace in 18'.

[@GraveDigger35]

Break failures are not the track's fault though, that's on the cars

[@SDCBMS]

Subscribed, I like this guy

[@marcosadventures6140]

Actually, your videos appear on my home page normally 4 times. I am subscribed.

[@___-ht6js]

3:50 it's just the Monaco chicane but it's actually sized for the cars that race there

[@Cometism]

Im into cars and not really nascar at all but I really enjoy your videos, Keep up the work

[@Mattdugas24]

There were a lot of racetracks on the Cup schedule only had catch fence where the grandstands were up until the mid-90s. The backstretch Daytona didn’t even have an inside wall for decades.

[@trandinhoward4840]

Hey this was the first video I watched when I 11 you still are make the best nascar videos

[@protonjones54]

3:34 further evidence nascar drivers don't know how to turn right

[@irrutias7035]

You could add the pit entrance in Indianapolis, It is a wonder how it managed to stay throughout the years

[@alexbourgeois7863]

To dangerous for pit crews without it

[@AA-Ashley]

Cool video dude.

[@electricgaming9914]

Yes I watched the whole thing but I’m already subscribed

[@thefaballbowler]

I love your videos why wouldn't I subscribe never think I won't your the best

[@nascarfan03daleswitchyass]

5:12 me when I go to school

[@TacitusKilgore528]

Just in case nobody else has said it yet, I love the Spyro music on the transitions. It's the little details that count. Lol

[@iViking90]

Name one thing weird about Sonoma Everyone: Gilligan's Island RawGator: Well yes, but actually no.

[@gorgewashington1216]

i suscribe for the quality of information your calme voice that make easy to understand "im french"

[@whizkidbricks9740]

I have a piece of bubba’s 43 car from the Roval. I got it signed too!

[@thebestkdbfan8295]

ALL YOUR VIDEO'S ARE 🔥🔥🔥

[@RawGator]

YOU'RE 🔥 🔥 🔥!

[@thebestkdbfan8295]

Lol

[@MegaExCaliber]

I love it when NASCAR Tries new things

[@mrs6968]

Loving it

[@vailosquiet8678]

actuly found ya through recomended, loved the storytelling aspect ya got!

[@RawGator]

thank you, it means a lot! Can't wait to put out more content

[@HayTatsuko]

I'm glad Atlanta got rid of the awful inside barrier angle that Steve Grissom encountered pretty much straight-on, back in the spring 1997 race (PrimeStar 500, I think). That remains one of the scariest wrecks I've ever seen in 30 years of watching NASCAR.

[@thymetodream6084]

I spent some professional time at Sonoma Raceway and it was said to me that Nascar drivers disliked the track because it was too "technical." To that I say, buck up princesses!

[@browaitwhat]

2:07 also the 2015 Austin Dillon wreck

[@nathanstroud2223]

One of the Indy Lights drivers hit the Keselowski wall a few years ago. I wanna say it was Dean Stoneman. Edit: Nope, it was Chase Austin.

[@joshuadouglas2250]

Nice one

[@wadeoemcke4684]

You forgot about one part about talladega. The trioval in the bottom groove was originally supposed to be the apron so it’s banked less than the other 3 grooves

[@fullsend2976]

The way the car just flys with no problem

[@byingtonbrosYT]

Now he needs to add the Indy road course with the kerb

[@finchee7800]

The Watkins Glen example wouldn't be a problem if NASCAR used the full layout of the track (I haven't watched a race since 2017, so I'm not sure if they still use the shorter layout). Doing so would eliminate the risk of cars hitting the Armco as such a vicious angle. That, and turn 7 is the slowest corner and would provide a good overtaking opportunity similar to Turn 11 at Sonoma.

[@natebailey99]

I was at the 2019 Indy race and the entire crowd gasped at the same time when it happened and it was crazy

[@Bubbatharoracer]

EmpLemon once said “double the Sonoma turn 11 and that’s basically Martinsville”

[@markcrist739]

good thinking homes

[@michellecabrera8147]

I now I'm late but in the 2010 season at Pocono during Elliot Sadler and Kurt Busch crash they talked about putting a catch fence

[@lexithomas9694]

Dale Sr was the one who suggested safer barriers. I never knew that.

[@michealdubie4480]

Bristol dirt race was probably my favourite race this year

[@10poundsimracing14]

Cool video

[@unbrysonabletga6017]

That little opening at WWT kills me

[@nicoleduffy2899]

Hell no that’s scary 😮😮😮

[@Hopeless770]

You should have mentioned coming out of turn 1 at Watkins Glen there was a barrier and grass they changed because of the crash that David Reutimann was in. They made it less of an angle and took the grass completely out.

[@RawGator]

I hear you. I'm making sure I write this one down in case of a pt. 2

[@sterlingshadowx]

Turn 1 has been the site of a ton of bizarre crashes. Obviously the point of the old gravel and grass runoff was to slow cars down but it was basically worthless when Jimmie Johnson slammed into the wall during the Busch Series race in 2000

[@jimsoutdooradventures2748]

Great video,new Subscriber here

[@RawGator]

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for the sub!

[@fedde7232]

For Indy I’d say the pole at the finish because a car might fly up and smash into it

[@RawGator]

I had that on my list but for some reason dropped it from the video. I always thought that scoring pylon was a hazard

[@drygsv]

I swear rawgator is iceberg

[@schildhouse]

Your hair should be the thumbnail 😍

[@RawGator]

Big thanks I'll take some notes