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Luckiest racing driver in the world??

Matt

I remember this wreck, he's even luckier that it happened in practice. If all 43 cars had been out, he wouldn't have lived.

The angle that he hit the wall reminds me of the Ernhardt crash at Daytona. Makes you wonder whether the changes made after might have saved the lives of these two.

Neither of the two guys in these videos died.

The angle that he hit the wall reminds me of the Ernhardt crash at Daytona. Makes you wonder whether the changes made after might have saved the lives of these two.

Neither of the two guys in these videos died.

Time to take up Fishing as a sport....?

...and don't fall in the river!

Paul... ...!

Sitting in my comfy arm-chair is the most dangerous sport I get involved with... ...!

Falling asleep and missing Dinner is the greatest danger!... ...!

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Another thing, is that the damage to these two looked a lot worse than Dale's car, as I remember it. In fact, I was very surprised at the amount of visible damage to these two. 

That's because when these two crashes occurred, the cars were still largely based on, and still included a large portion of their road going counterparts.   

Dale's car and today's version of the car share only the roof panel. The rest is a purpose built race car. Kind of defeats the name of "stock car".  

ShaneG -- Nascar geek & historian,
gathering totally useless facts for over 20 years now.   

[quote][quote]Another thing, is that the damage to these two looked a lot worse than Dale's car, as I remember it. In fact, I was very surprised at the amount of visible damage to these two.

Waltrip's crash was in 1990,  but I was wrong about Harmon's crash, it was 2002, but still before they got the safer barrier.

The one before Waltrips that I was thinking of was Rusty Wallace's fun ride down the straight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1ib5bxdOrc

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Waltrip's crash was in 1990,