Lyle & Mark talk about the crash & safety
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- čas přidán 5. 03. 2016
- Lyle Barnett was involved in a bad crash in September 2015 at SGMP. Now him and his father are talking Safety .........RJS Racing Equipment ......15835 Corporate Rd N Jupiter, Florida........ (844) 904-7223
This man still races! Just watched him drive warpath in 2022 on 1320! And he won the finals! 🤘🤘
Hell yeah he does and he put WarPath right down the lane..
Races at the highest level. NHRA ProMod.
Lyles a bad man he is running pro mod or pro stock i wanna say mod in nhra he is usually winning if he pulls up in the no prep car
Wow, that was one hell of an incident. I've been through a monster wreck back in the late 1990s. I won many Road Race national events wearing less than I should have . I know that you, spreading the word on safety suits, boots, gloves, etc... will save lives. As I get older, and I am preparing a drag car I will remember what you said here.
I will make sure I am over protected. Lyle, I know you survived for a reason. The drag strip will be a better place for it.
Cheers my friend,
Steve
Wow I'm running 8.90 1/4 and I will be upgrading to 20 jacket and gloves after seeing this
He is still a racer to this day What a champion
Thank you.......... I had not really sat down and truly considered the importance of proper protection until seeing this and I'm converted. All my gear will now be upgraded to -20 before I get back into my race car, thank you !
I will never complain about my pains due to an accident again. He is so inspiring.
He dam* sure is a inspiration. He is one lucky man to be here today. Just him willing and wanting talk and live that day over inside his mind again. That takes a strong man to do so. Giving us his story for no reasons other than. Hoping his story might help save a person's life. Or keep someone from having going through. Everything he was having go through after being burned inside of a car.
Sorry about the crash. Thanks for having the courage to do this video. BEST TO BOTH OF YOU!
Still rockin a sweet beard
I'm pretty sure he rocks that sweet beard because of the scarring. God bless him he doesn't even have eyebrows. But he is such an inspiration! I swear they should put a cape on him and S on his chest. I don't know if I'll ever get to meet someone of his caliber, but I thank God for people like him!
Great Information. Sorry Lyle had to go through that. Hopefully you guys can get the word out.
Oh man - god bless bro', hope you continue to recover!
I have 3 dragsters that run 4.30-4.40 in the 1/8 mile and we do a lot of Big Money bracket racing. My sons and I wear SFI-15 suits, the best carbon fiber helmets money can buy, Hybrid Pro head/neck restraints, head sock, plus all of the other normal safety gear {gloves, shoes, arm restraints}. Routinely I see bracket racers, especially down South, jump into a 4 second dragster in shorts/sweatpants and a t-shirt. I just don't understand why some racers don't take their personal safety seriously. I've been told that guys don't like wearing the proper gear because it's too uncomfortable. I'm sure if you ask Lyle, not having his eyelids is much more uncomfortable. People say to me, you're only running 1/8 mile, what could happen? I have several racing acquaintances that will tell you through personal experience that you don't need the other 1/8 mile to fuck shit up. Control the controllables!
This man and his dad are both my heros !
Safety is a major issue we all should address ! 👍
It is a true tragedy that this has happened to you Lyle. However, ii applaud your courage in coming out of this and being a spokesman for safety. Love your Dart and all that you have accomplished since then, Please know that in my book you are a true racing hero.
God bless you. I love watching you race. I pray that God continues to watch over you!
I'm glad you survived and able to teach others!
Thank you heavenly father for your mercy and grace
Good on you, Lyle, for having the guts to tell other racers about your mistake(s). It takes a lot to admit when you screw up; you will save others lots of pain, and save some lives, as well.
There's lots of ways cars can get you. All it takes is a moment's lapse in judgment. I spent a week in the hospital, and have the scars to remind me of a stupid mistake 40+ years ago.
I was working on someone's Chevelle, and took it for a test drive, after tuning it up. I was driving it hard, and did a few launches, to see if I'd fixed the lean stumble. I had, but then the Chevelle overheated. I was close to a friend's parents' house, and when I pulled up, they were all outside, preping the house for paint.
I jumped out to borrow their hose, and being used to the pressure-less cooling system in my '57 Chevy, I didn't even think about the Chevelle having a 'new' pressure style system. I reached out with my left hand, opened the cap, and instantly par-boiled my left side; wrist, to shoulder.
Was I ever glad I had the hose in my right hand, running cold water. I still have the image in my brain of the skin on my arm; reminded me of steamed salmon, the way the skin hangs off it.
I was about 4-5 miles from the hospital, which was on the opposite side of town. Being 18, and full of testosterone, I got the car cooled down, and (I thought), my arm pain under control, and told the buddy who was with me, 'Take me to the hospital'. He replied, 'My license is suspended for the second time. I'll lose it permanently if I drive.'
So, I got in, and headed for the hospital. I got about 100 yards down the road, when the cold water wore off. I was driving, screaming and laying on the horn, all the way into town, through the middle of town, and to the hospital, while he was hanging out the window, yelling at people to get the eff out of the way.
They were waiting for me, at the hospital, I remember getting out of the car, onto the gurney, and getting a shot. By the time we got into the ER, I was telling jokes, and flirting with the nurses. Sure glad my friend's mom had the foresight to call the hospital, and tell them I was on the way.
All it takes is a second, if you make a mistake. I got lucky, it could have easily taken out an eye.
You're not the only person to do that.
@@giovanhagar Wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Something people don't talk about is how easily burns get infected. I ended up w- a huge boil on my shoulder, then a carbuncle on my wrist, (multi-head boil), & the docs considered my recovery non- problematic!
@@georgedennison3338 not a lot of shit worse then burns
@@jessecoc6247 Now that I'm officially ancient, I can say there isn't anything worse than burns/scalds on as little as 20% of the body; I say that as I approach 4 yrs of dealing w/ 2 bouts of throat cancer & 1 of liver cancer.
Throat surgery was 1st, in 2020, & I'm still putting up w/ 2 major side effects of the surgery, at the same level of pain; it'll be 4 in July.
I'd still take this over a large burn.
@@georgedennison3338 fuck dude you aint have the easiwst route
I feel so sorry man Im just glad u are here and now you know but Im so sorry man
Praise god you could make this video.. and thank you for making it.
Lack of safety rules and requirements at a track. Racers die unnecessarily at tracks that know better too many times a year. Glad you made it and also that you promote proper PPE based on your experience.
After Keith Raftery, this guy is my favorite racer..I just like him..I've never met, but I hope to in Dallas in October.. I watch him, Stevie & Coutney on Shake and Bake as often as I can..Dude just says like it is
A man's man. His strong mentality and will allowed him to come back stronger than ever.
Conheci a história dele no Netflix. Muita superação. 👍👍👍👍
During my families tenure racing a true Pro Mod, several things took great influence in the safety gear in our car. The first being a good friend of ours, fellow racer and track owner was severely burned in an accident. It wasn't a race but the clean up from a car blowing something up at the starting line and making an oil mess. After the mess was mostly clean, the starting line was re-prepped with VHT/methanol and rosin dust which is lit on fire to melt it it. The first go at it didn't fully set it up and after it appeared to have burned out, our buddy sloshed a bunch more methanol down. Well there must have been a teeny tiny bit left burning in a crack or maybe an ember somewhere because it flashed over the track surface and into the fuel jug which belched burning methanol upon ignition all over our friend. He was out of his fire suit at the time, just street clothes. He suffered a lot of 3rd degree burns because of this. It's the exact same fuel our pro mods consume gallons of each pass and pump at high pressure and flow rates. The oil system sits at 90psi at idle and a lot more down track. Lots of overdrive on the blower making 60-65psi of boost with a lot of atomized methanol in it. If something happens to these systems as Mr. Barnett has very unfortunately discovered, the consequences can be severe. My dad suffered a shop accident prior to our car being race ready that further solidified the choice to pay the price for full top fuel gear to race in. The helmet, suit, gloves, shoes, nitro boots, all of it including fire bottles for the engine and drivers compartment. He was welding on a project and a piece of metal moved while welding and it touched an aerosol paint can and we thing arc'd to ground through the can which melted a pinhole in it and ignited it into a blowtorch and in seconds received 2nd & 3rd degree burns on his arms in mere seconds. His skin and some underlying tissue dripped off his arms. No expense spared of fire equipment on our car to say the least.
lyle is a amazing dude..after this shit he still gets at it.. he has balls of steel...and hes real good at doing stuff.
Came here from the beer money series. Dang that was rough.
Wow incedabal man. Thanks lyle
A lot of guys don’t wear stuff because it’s uncomfortable, but I can only imagine the uncomfort after an incident like this.
Bendiciones camarada volvio a nacer y gracias a su traje…animo q eso no lo detenga de sus sueños y gustos
Hey lyle your awsome, hope to meet you some day.
hes doing great in the Dart npw so good
Cleetus McFarland needs to see this.. he always runs with his visor up when running Leeroy or Ruby.. He often doesn't wear gloves too.
We’re all guilty of complacency but in Cleetus’ defense he does seem to at least take peoples criticism into consideration rather than just saying “it’s not going to happen to me”. I got in a bad wreck when I was 15 and fortunately despite breaking every bone in my face I survived and I’m ok today but my life would have been a lot different if I was wearing my seatbelt. My immediate family all started wearing theirs but even seeing me go through multiple reconstructive surgery’s there’s people in my extended family that have told me they’d rather be thrown out of a vehicle than wear theirs.
@@strangefruit8776 my brother in law NEVER wears one and he drives for a living.. but then he's over 400lbs so I could see where it likely doesn't fit around him.. Sorry to hear about your accident... Reminds me of Mike on American Hotrod back in the day.
@@jaratt85 to be honest as much as I’m a stickler for wearing a seat belt in a car or pickup I don’t wear one when I’m driving a semi because the damn seats bounce so much it’s impossible to get comfortable with the seat belt. I figure there’s a pretty narrow window where it’s really going to matter in a semi anyway because all the crashes I’ve seen are either fatality or the driver walks away without a scratch. Ive never really understood why they don’t mount the whole seat belt to the seat in a semi so it moves with you.
@@jaratt85 I just watched a video about mikes wreck and my wreck was different but the injuries were pretty much the same. I was riding with an idiot kid I barely knew for the first time and he stomped it as soon as we left this other kids house and we made it about 1/3 mile and hit a culvert running 90. It was an 04 short bed regular cab Chevy 1500 and I face planted on the grab bar of the dash. I’m not sure how I survived let alone without a major brain injury but I did by some miracle.
@@strangefruit8776 sounds like how a friend of mine died. He let a really stupid younger kid drive his truck (they were likely high or drunk or both) and Opie lost control and he walked away with minor injuries and Preston died. Of course they were driving like a bat out of hell on one of the crappiest roads around town instead of messing around on the smooth road. And that's coming from a guy that did over 150 in a 99 Olds Intrigue on the street.. I just know which streets are somewhat safe to push cars on.
Amazing
Wish every racer could see this video.
I would love to know how to contact lyel barnett
Brave man
It seems motor sport has always been reactive regards safety.
My 2 cents worth,any front engined car should require funny car levels of fire protection.
That's one lucky man right there. Burning to death is one of my biggest fears.
🙏🙏
His beard still looks gangster.
The passion almost killed him and yet he went right back into it. 💯
for sure
I wanna see more of that White Mustang Lyles got that thing beat a Telsa
Congrats on your Win, Chopped the Tree Down to, WALLY! 💪
Insane
Just watches him at NHRA Midwest nationals!
What does the compression gloves do ?
If your still wondering and if nobody has answered your question yet. Not everyone has to wear compression garments after burns. Compression gloves, mask, and other compression garments. Are worn to help burn survivors control scar maturation, and they often improve the overall appearance. The scars that are forming are red, raised, and firm, called hypertrophic scars. Hypertrophic scars are painful and itchy. The tightness of the scar can limit movement when it’s over or near a joint surface. This can limit a person's functional ability. Because he has suffered hypertrophic scars on his hand. He will forever have to were compression gloves, for the rest of his life. To help with the pain from the scars. That his hands were left with after his burns healed.
Only if he would have had his viser down man I'm sorry Lyle much love
I have skin grafts on 1/3 of my body and have nightmares to the day.Cant imagine being on fire at that speed in a cockpit.The suits and fire system have to be your lifeline.
I know this is an older video but if you participate in motor sports please share.
👍😎👍
Why would you race that level of a car without a fire suppression system?
His car did have a fire suppression system in it at the time of the fire. You have to manually pull the fire systems in those cars. Fires start outside of the cars, there installed outside of the cars. There also dont work and aren't effective at speed. Also those cars aren't sealed up inside like a street car is. It wouldn't have helped or done any good pulling the fire system. At those speeds the suppression materal. Would have been sucked right threw and away from the car. Instead of stopping the source of the fire outside of the car. No disrespect but alot of people dont have a clue. About how those cars are built or how the systems are set up to work. Most people would say, he should have pulled it anyways I'm sure. But its easy for anyone to say. But nobody knows truly knows what they would have done. Unless they were put in his position inside that car at that time. You have a split second to make your decision on what to do when something bad is happening. His was to focus getting his car stopped. That was engulfed in flames at 180 mph. Instead of possibly crashing. So he wouldn't have been on fire, already burned, then adding on trying to get out of his burning car after a 180 mph crash. If he would have pulled the fire system at that speed. What ever vision he did have left to see were he was going. It would have been gone. Immediately after pulling the fire system. After it was all sucked threw the car dusting the inside of his car at 180 mph. Causing him to more than likely crash at the speed he was at. By the time he got the car stopped he was being burned, he was on fire inside that car and he just wanted to get out of it. Before he burned to death inside of it.
JJ Da Boss didn't see this?
Fallin off the horse sucks. Gettin kicked while your down, I'm sure, is a whole lot worse. Way to get back on.
Apparently he, along with hundreds of other people have no clue what the numbers on suits are. It has nothing to do with the layers, the numbers are the amount of seconds that you can be in a fire without receiving burnt flesh...
3 sec. 5 sec. 20 seconds 🤯
SFI RatingTPP ValueTime to 2nd Degree Burn3.2A/163 Seconds3.2A/3147 Seconds3.2A/51910 Seconds3.2A/103819 Seconds3.2A/156030 Seconds3.2A/208040 Seconds
what happened to you sucks, but if you can stop it from happening again that's a positive.
all because of one tiny little injector....
Reactive , my ass. Everyone aint reactive. Youre lucky to be alive, This is why you have to make people do shit. Because stubborn people they wont... do it on their own.But really, you aint the guy to be preaching safety. Youre the example to use for what not to do.
MMMMM Bacon!!!
novafreak69 - grow up dude.
Dan Myers it’s a joke calm down pussy