Mark Martin Dodged a bullet in a very crash.

[Scott Liggett]

Martin's 55 spun down pit road after trying to avoid a spinning Terry Labonte's #47. The scary part happened when he slid driver's side first past an opening in pit lane and hit the short concrete wall at the other end of the opening just behind the door and in front of the right rear tire. The wall penetrated more than a foot into the car and literally cut the frame rail in half smashing the oil tank that sits directly behind the driver. That is supposed to be the single toughest part of the car and it was cut like a it was made of balsa wood. A foot farther forward and Martin would not have fared so well.

He was just fine, but it was definitely scary to see that wall cut into the car like a big knife.

[pdub]

Glad Mark's okay, it used to be Michael Waltrip who often hit the once-in-a-million-nobody-will-ever-hit-this object somewhere out of the way on the track kind of stuff.

[Scott Liggett]

Glad Mark's okay, it used to be Michael Waltrip who often hit the once-in-a-million-nobody-will-ever-hit-this object somewhere out of the way on the track kind of stuff.

I remember Waltrips crash at Brisol where the old gate to the infield was at. Nothing left of that car.

The scary thought here is that Martin is driving Waltrips old ride.

[SpiderGearsMan]

guess the wall breaks will go bye bye

[pdub]

I remember Waltrips crash at Brisol where the old gate to the infield was at. Nothing left of that car.

The scary thought here is that Martin is driving Waltrips old ride.

Yeah, he did that, and Darrell was crying in his car, sure Michael had to be dead.

And the only race I ever saw from the grandstands at Rockingham, The Grand National (Busch? Nationwide?) series, Michael came off of turn two and slid sideways and passenger-doored the water barrels that protected the start of the concrete wall that was the pits on the back straightaway. Spectacular.

[Beagle]

guess the wall breaks will go bye bye

I looked up from the boobies...errr... my empty beer in time to see it, he got lucky really. Hit it in the strongest part of the side of the car, almooooost missed it. Another 18" forward and it might have been a lot worse. I bet he's still sore as hell. Ouch.

They could water barrel the wall to speak directly to your statement. I don't pay attention that close, but holy hell, the way he hit it, they should think about something.

[Caveman Tony]

Mikey is AWESOME. Wish he raced more often. Man he was fun to watch crash. I love NASCAR.

[pdub]

Mikey is AWESOME. Wish he raced more often. Man he was fun to watch crash. I love NASCAR.

Yep. There it is. There's gotta be a reason.

[pdub]

Mikey is AWESOME. Wish he raced more often. Man he was fun to watch crash. I love NASCAR.

What about the time he crashed backward against the wall and he couldn't get out of the car? He's 6 foot 4 or something, big guy. He couldn't get out.

So the next year NASCAR tried an escape hatch on the roof, and Mikey won a race and threw the hatch open and stood straight up in the car to celebrate.

[Scott Liggett]

Waltrip also spent 20 minutes stuck in a car that ended up on its roof at Talledega. He was screaming at them by the end because they thought it was toodangerous to flip it over with him in it. But, I guess flipping down the backstretch is safe. Sitting in a upside down wrecked car is safe.

[nesabo]

I liked when Darrell and Mikey raced. Did not have to listen to their "commentary".