Video - NASCAR Samsung 500 Qualifying Crash - Michael McDowell

[onlooker]

Check out this crash that happen today at Texas Motor Speedway, during the Samsung 500 Qualifying. McDowell walked away and is ok. They had to stop the qualifying for over a hour to fix the softer barrier wall.

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[diogee]

Yeah that was one hell of a viscous crash...pretty amazing to walk away from something like that.

[hawk 5]

Just got done watching it, that was damn scary.

[rugbybdyb]

I cant believe that he is still alive, Im a huge nascar fan and that wreck is one of the worst I have seen.....This is his second race and I will be amazed if he is any good after that.....

[indy62]

i was watching it was terrifying to say the least

[rugbybdyb]

You all watch this one....Here is a wreck from the IRL series at Texas motor speedway, watch this one the whole way through to get the magnitude of this crash.....

[jtuck]

Without that wall the way it is he'd be dead, that looked worse than earnhardts wreck

[Junkyard Dog]

amazing he didnt get seriously hurt

[rugbybdyb]

It was way worse that earnharts wreck....Sr. Died because he was not wearing the hans device I think with the new car, the safer barrier, the hans it is what saved his life.

[onlooker]

Without that wall the way it is he'd be dead, that looked worse than earnhardts wreck

I feel the same way, that wall adsorbed a lot of the impact, and without that wall, things would of been much worse.

This wreck shows how the safety precautions are working.

[BadNina]

Wow...

That reminded me of Kesolowski's last fall at California in the Busch race.

[awhitejackson]

It was way worse that earnharts wreck....Sr. Died because he was not wearing the hans device I think with the new car, the safer barrier, the hans it is what saved his life.

Definately right....He just refused to wear it....The hans device has increased NASCAR safety tenfold....