Anybody see the race? I grew up in Watkins Glen, been to a ton of races, watched Nascar most of my life. Its been a long time since I've seen a wreck this bad. I wish they had a better angle of it... but there is a rail that sticks out at the end of the straight-a-way to protect a service road. Kurt ,#2, missed it by 30-40ft but Elliot hit it pretty much dead on. He was probably going 175mph... figure they go like 195 down the straight?. Imagine taking a car, then removing everything in front of the firewall. The engine was sittin on the track completely removed. Elliot somehow walked away. :shock:

 

They slow mo it around 1:40 in... its not the #2 car... it was behind #2 off camera for everything except the moment of impact. Up until then Clint, JJ, and Kurt were REALLY racin it hard. Those few laps were very exciting... along with Gordon and JPM drag racin for 1-2.

 

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One of the rare exciting Pocono races.... ( not talking about the crashes - I dont watch for that reason).... tons of passing and great racing....

 

Pocono is the most outdated track in the series..... for the fans and the racers.....

 

I stopped going years ago..... stands suck, traffic sucks. Racers have been warning someone is going to get killed there....... and yesterday, it almost happened. If it wasnt for the updated cars, Elliot Sadler would not be here today.

 

Now Pocono will be forced to finally do something.....

Yeah, it should almost rain EVERY race! HAH! Everyone races the entire time like it will be rained out at any moment. Thats partially the reason for the wreck. I think JJ was just trying to bump draft and rubbed Kurt the wrong way. He would have been able to save it but Clint just happened to be in perfect PIT position.

 

I hate the races where everybody clicks off laps until they have 5 to go then start racin.

I hate the pocono racetrack. Nazareth was good though. That trip through the grass though, brought back memories of Greg Moore.

 

Warning, he dies

Holy crap. Good thing for the new cars.

 

Jimmie Johnson's a tool.

I remember seeing a Dodge Viper wreck almost that bad at WG. He lost his brakes or something coming down the front straight, dumped it into the infield, hit the track, launched airborne over the banked turn, flew OVER the sand pit, into a foam barrier and tire wall. He got out and walked away but it was pretty dicey.