I JUST HAD THE WORST CAR WRECK OF MY LIFE!
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2022
- In Episode 206 of Mike Finnegan's Garage, myself, David Newbern, and our friend Brandon Wise travelled from Georgia to Tennessee to party with 30 other CZcamsrs at Cletus McFarland's Bristol 1000 race and Cletus n' Cars burnout competition. Both were held at the Legendary Bristol Motor Speedway, the same high-banked oval track where NASCAR races are held. Taking a page from my wife's playbook, we overpacked for the trip, bringing two ramp trucks, one car and one jet boat for no reason other than to have a good time. This is the story of how I got caught up in the nastiest wreck ever, and rear-ending Kyle Wade's Crown Vic cop car at nearly full speed. Check it out and if you'd like to support this channel, please visit my store at www.fsmgarage.com and grab one of the new shirts, hats, stickers, hoodies etc.
Thanks!
-Finnegan - Auta a dopravní prostředky
That’s a good learning moment. Don’t be a sheep. They cautioned you and just because you didn’t see anyone else lift you ignored the safety crew. Good thing nobody got hurt.
To see Mike so excited is awesome. After everything he has done with cars, still gets excited as a puppy with two peckers
Most definitely agree. He's like a kid in a candy store when he's around vehicles like myself
Finely after 50 years The Death Metal Charger got to run on a nascar track
🤘
Exactly what I was thinking.
In my mind, DMC was screaming louder just for it.
Exactly my thoughts as well. Mr. Berry’s dream finally came true
One of the things that makes Finnegan one of my favorites to watch is that while being super competitive, even though he got taken out super early, he's just happy to be there and have fun!
He took himself out. Bad driving. Caution was called but he kept in it. Could of cost a life.
@@MrXracer390 exactly, thinking he was going to win the race in the first 10 laps because he passed some people who were pacing themselves. There is a reason he qualified last.
Ended Kyle from boosted boys race, but thankfully not his life!
I've been waiting for this! Seeing Game Over being towed by the Dale Truck was perfect. You do have the best jobs.
Dude Same fin Cletus is the last one I’m waiting to see the vid from now 👌
Best day at work ever !
Best Day at work ever
Dude, I so wanted to mob you outside the hotel lol, but I had a hand full of dinner for the family, and you were already drawing a crowd, figured you were beat from the race and wanted to get to bed, but I do appreciate you giving me a shout back when I hollared from across the parking lot! I went out and got a selfie with the ramp truck later, met about 10 other goobers there to do the same thing, had great conversations with folks from all over, from Wisconsin to Alabama, Florida to Ohio, it was amazing! Hope you had a safe trip back home! Also, I'm very jealous of your buddy's tundra, I think I'm gonna get a black one just like it!
Wow! It’s the first time in almost four decades that NASCAR has actually run stock cars!!!
I'm still liking my idea of a couple fan boat type fans at one end of the burnout box so they blow the smoke enough so the spectators can watch the cars the whole time. And it would be safer for the drivers and cars.
Finally you made it to one of Cleetus events.. I've been wanting to see you racing at one for ages, hopefully not the last.. bad luck with the incident.. plenty of people pointing the finger at who caused it but to me it was a racing incident, I don't think Cleetus has held an event yet were something hasn't happened...
A lot of people are forgetting you are driving ex-cop cars not race cars and most of you are just everyday drivers not race drivers...
its also america where people only know nascar and demo derbies, not that theyre much different anymore. people have confused rubbing with leaning on or dive bombing other cars. i'm just glad no one was seriously hurt
@@Syritis exactly, he could have let out of the freaking throttle and tried to get them on the next lap. Im not sure how I feel about HIM now.
@@Mr.monke_222 i'm not sure how much racing youve done but one mistake (thats hes already apologized for) is far from uncommon. but like i said, that one mistake has bigger consequences these days for him, and every other driver when "rubbing" is a very loose term.
Back in the early 70s, while I was still an apprentice toolmaker working at Ford UK, Research & Engineering at Dunton, we used to use the MIRA (Motor Industries Research Association - I think). We tested in the night shift because it was cheaper to run the four big electric motors that turned propellers from a Lancaster bomber. As the apprentice, it fell to me to go get the evening meal which was usually an Indian curry. It says something for the time that I had to drive all the way to Coventry for the nearest Indian restaurant - I bet there are 100 Indian restaurants closer than that nowadays. Our hack car was a Mk4 Zodiac, which had suspension made from jelly. The steering was so soft you had to anticipate a turn and move the steering wheel early. MIRA has a banked circuit, and being young and foolish, I thought I'd get a lap in on my way back with our curry. It was totally dark and the track is quite narrow. Especially where the track transitions into the banked sections. You can't see too far ahead because the headlights are pushed down on the banked sections, so it was all a bit scary. I decided to get one slow lap in, and then floor it, so coming out of the second banked turn I went for it. What I didn't know is that MIRA has three banked turns, and when I hit the third turn I found the track blocked by a tarmac resurfacing machine and a dump truck. I was doing 80mph, and thought I was about to die, but fortunately, the top of the banking was open, and I managed to swerve through the gap. I never told the rest of the crew, but they asked why I was shaking when I got back. I think that was the closest I have come to dying.
😂
I missed out that we were testing in the MIRA wind tunnel. Sometimes we'd get there for the start of our shift while the day shift was packing up. Our favourite crew for this was Jaguar as they used to get super paranoid about us hanging around their test car. What was worse is that they had highly out of date test equipment like Honeywell chart recorders, and we had what was state of the art for that time. We ribbed them mercilessly, and by heck they hated it. Stuffy buggers. What is funny is that Ford bought Jaguar in 1999. I don't remember working with Jaguar people but we certainly shared facilities with Land Rover when Ford bought that company. I was working in the instrument calibration lab by then, and we calibrated their accelerometers and other stuff. The Land Rover guys were great to work with, and not at all stuck up like the Jaguar people.
The fact you brought death meatal to Bristol, a nascar track was epic. The original vison of that car was to go to a nascar even and even though its not a nascar race, it still made it to one of nascar's most popular tracks
While watching this with the benefit of knowing how your day would end is funny, glad you and everyone else were ok in that wreck.
The guys that were fast in this race were turning low 20 sec. laps. That equates to a 90 mph average so the hits were huge.
And the bumper/chassis rails didn't move an inch, damn those things are tough!
@@williamgreer4087 well they are stamped steel
@@williamgreer4087 They're crazy tough. I've watched a few of them kill 70's gm wagons in big money demo derbies.
@@williamgreer4087 build for the worst case.
I have to say that I love Roadkill, but Faster with Finnegan is SO much better! I just watched the lawn mower episode. You, Newbern and Cotton are GOLD. I was in stitches. I hope you guys keep that show going for a long time. Also, you're one of my favorite CZcams channels. Glad you're okay! Man, that looked like fun.
yeah faster with finnegan is great. they have so many good shows. roadkill, roadkill garage, hot rod garage, faster with finnegan, hooptie challenge, engine masters. :)
Yeah failburger ruins any show he's on.
Great seeing your perspective. Thanks Mike.
I was wondering who plowed into the Booster Seat Bois. IT WAS YOU!!!
This really highlights something: that unfolded insanely fast and these cars were going much slower than stock cars. It's a testament to NASCAR driver skills that pileups like this don't happen every single race.
Seeing Finnegan have fun is always the best day at work ever!
WOW!! Glad you walked away ok, if a little sore. The race itself looked like a heap off fun.
Someone definitely pranked Mike by running those hood adjusters up that high. Hahaha
I was kinda expecting the hood to come off when it would not shut lol
Could he have been going any faster into the pileup? That he heard caution on the radio before hand is impressive that he headed in there at 90 mph.
Newburn ftw, “turn the adjusters down”
Great video! Loved every minute of it! Sorry for the quick exit, but at least you'll remember it for the rest of your life! Now you have something to look forward to in the next upcoming race that you're able to go to! Thanks for bringing us along for the ride!!
Hearing Finnigan say by bye after passing someone is just great
Don't be fooled by this 👆they are scamers
@@jasonfox6013 I report every one of these fools, no matter which channel they're on. A small protest, I know.
@@moyadapne968 Likewise.
😎👍🍻
@@moyadapne968 They're on every video and reporting it does nothing.
It’s become clear to me that I’ve been watching you WAY too long when I just KNEW you were putting “Hi Mom” on the wing. Let me tell you I fucking wheezed
Been waiting to see this from Fins perspective ever since seeing how hard Kyle got hit
And the verdict is. This guy shoulda slowed down but kyle kind turned down and left him nowhere to go……. But if cautioned. Might have Gapped more.
@@sictoday fins tires were already screaming so it's not like he could have really done anything else once he was on that collision course. still the comment he made about not slowing down because no one else around him was seems pretty bullshit to me considering he slammed into the back of the person in front of him.
If finnegan just let go of the wheel and let the car drift to the outside of the corner when he saw the slow down he might have skimmed by kyle or at least minimized the hit.
@@mofomoco then he would have hit haile deegan already stopped there against the wall.
he tried to kill a boostedboi.. only way to make good is to have em on roadkill now... lol i can dream right?
Ouch! Shit, I'm glad you're okay! As Roscoe P. Coltrane would say, "That was a horrendous crash!"✌️❤️🙂🇨🇦
"There's smoke coming from back here, but I'm going with everything's fine." 😁
Finn
That was awesome smiling till the end little bit of Goosebumps. Best day of work ever
If you search 'lockpicking lawyer master lock' on youtube, its faster to get those locks open without the key XD You could have just stuck a wrench in the top of the shackle and levered it open
I am glad I am not the only one who thought lockpicking lawyer needs to assist.
Yup. I saw that and my first thought was "Damn, where's LPL when you need 'em?" 😂
Those locks actually pop open even quicker with a tap to the side with the hammer.
That was nuts! Glad everyone is okay. Great to see you out there, man. Ive watched you for so many years idek how many.
10:44 I love that Speedycop and the Spirit of Lemons shows up in everyone’s videos.
I have to say Finn again you're one of my favorite CZcamsrs that's for sure you love what you do you're always happy this video put a smile on my face today thank you very much for that I would just like to know are you guys filming anymore Roadkill shows anytime soon plus I'd like to know do you have any 164 Scale Diecast of blasphemy by chance? Much respect from Armstrong BC Canada.
Love the fact your crown vic number is the UK emergency services number... They ain't gonna help ya kid! Love your content! Glad you came out OK!
The story behind Finnegans 999 number is if he ever flips over it reads 666 lol. Can’t remember where I heard him say it but it was a long time ago.
Too cool brother. Your channel, Cletus, and Hunt The Front are my go to guys and there y'all are at the same crazy event.
From Texas living in the Philippines love racing and cars so you guys are my entertainment.
Keep up the good work and have fun.
Glad you had a great time. Excellent to see you and all the others are ok after that crash you hit hard.
That was the first episode of roadkill I ever saw, the cop car shoot out episode.
I was like what the hell is this, and I recognized David from hot rod magazine. Turned out to be the greatest internet Discovery I ever came across, now I watch just about all the shows on the Motor Trend app..
Dragging the padlock is my go to move🤣
Until you lock a trailer tire with a cable and then drive 50 ft, you haven't lived!! Amazing how quickly and how many times it wraps tightly around everything.
Love the channel.
I really, really, wish I could say I hadn’t done that…..sadly, I cannot.
😂👍🍻
This made me smile, ear to ear dude. Congrats.
I'm glad everyone was OK. Nasty wrecks. Looks like such a blast.
race control says cation so i just kept going .
after 30 year of being around nascar racing the best thing you can do is get a hans device . they work . its all fun and games till we cant walk anymore
I am glad your alright. Dang that sucks you where doing so good. I think you could have won I hope to see you race again there. Also content with you and Brad would be awesome!
Great overview of the race. Glad you survived the crash. Hope you're ok after a few days.
I am really glad you made it to Bristol and had a great time! Sorry about the wreck...that's racing though. Thanks for the video, it is a good one!
Its really cool seeing everyones story, perspective, points of view, and events leading up to the wreck from every car since everyone is recording. You can't get that from NASCAR. I think ole Cleetus is going to respark interest in the sport. I would love to see more sponsors; new engines, trans, brakes, and body panels. Heck maybe even tube frames and whole fiberglass bodies. Would just love to see everyone with new bones put into these cars so they don't die so easily. So many coolant pops before the race even started and I don't think Finnegan had the only battery problem.
Pretty much sounds like you want to eliminate this "class" and step up into a class that already exists. Full tube cages with fiberglass bodies?? Lol.
? So you basically want to end what kind of started and make it just another racing class lol because that's what it would do and it wouldn't be fun anymore because most of the fun comes from them being half clapped out crown vics from cops n taxis
@@Keifsanderson I understand the point of view but im noticing how fast they are totaling these cars. At the rate they are going this won't be much of a series for too long when they run out of cars. There are only so many crown vics and im sure someone will be shady and start buying them up and marking them up to sell to cleetus and friends. I'm just thinking ahead and that they need to do something like have prefabbed parts (hoods, fenders, doors, replace the glass with plexi for safety) so that they can keep their cars operational and not run out of cars. Cleetus has a tire sponsor but it would be nice to see a sponsor provide replacement engines, coolant systems, brakes, etc. Just because too many racers keep getting knocked out of the race.
@@John_Conner222 if they total 20 cars a race 4 races a year for the next 20 years that’s 1,600 cars. They probably made three quarter of a million of these things….
The lax safety and forethought at Cleetus events never ceases to amaze me.
He’s gonna end up sued one of these days. Should probably go finish law school while he can.
@@TheReaper42069 He'll get law schooled soon enough. I'm more concerned about the people he get's killed along the way.
They have cages and everyone is in a suit and Simpson hybrid HANS. What, do you want training wheels and rubber buggy bumpers? Maybe everybodies' mommy could be there to kiss the booboos?
@@mikescherrer4923 They don't have cages. they have a 4 point roll hoop with curved forward facing door bars that don't even extend to the firewall, no halo and I'm not even certain there are rear down bars. They comment that the floors are rusted and you can see through to the ground. The window nets are attached to the door cards with wood screws. then they put a bunch of inexperienced youtubers on a banked oval to go wheel to wheel.
It's not even halfway safe.
@@TheMarikBathory Aww well maybe the moms idea would work. Or we could get a giant skirt for them all to hide under. With a big bucket of pearls for them to clutch while they wait for the scary race to over. LMAO 🐈
Absolutely love seeing the ramp truck. What's one of my favorite roadkill rescues.
10 Advil and a bottle of Bourbon! LMAO, That's Mike for ya! This dude is awesome!
I was gapping Fools
For 16 laps
@FSM😄
The Screaming Eagle
Brad DeBerti
For the Win🏁
You Guys are Awesome!
Darn! Can't wait for that caddy update vid and also for the pro street daytona.
Mike you drove extremely well. You have talent. Very good work.
Great meeting up with you again Fin see you around the next show man !!!!!!!!!!!!
Really awesome content lately thank you Mike I look forward to seeing your videos every week
Scammer in the comments.
I heard the caution, but decided to keep my foot down.
I’m glad you’re safe, and I hope you feel better soon brother!!
I knew you had that race! But racing things happen.. Can’t wait to cheer for you at the next race!
Kevin from KSR took that very heavy on his heart causing that wreck. He got way down on himself there for a little bit. I think hes good now. That's racing boys, can't be mad at anyone.
He had help. I bet he was getting blasted by angry 12 year olds.
Glad you made it out alright man, that was a helluva hit, reminds me of when I wrecked my '77 Delta 88, I was doing 45 up a four lane highway, someone ran a light in front of me and all I could think was "Oh hell", totaled my poor Oldsmobile, pushed the drivers side wheel back 6 inches.
Lol kinda reminds me when i ass ended a reefer trailer in a snow storm with my Mitsubishi. All i could say was "ah fu"". Didn't have enough time to even finish with the ck until the air bags deflated
@@ryansorkness7396 That's funny lol.. rip your Mitsu..I'm actually picking up an Evo in 2 days :D
The dale truck towing a jet boat around Bristol is a perfect example of what the nascar truck series should look like. Make the drivers back into their pits and it would become a true test of driver skill.
HAPPY 😊 TO HEAR MR HOSKINS IS DOING GOOD. ALWAYS GREAT CONTENT THUMBS-UP AND GOD BLESS ALL.
I was looking forward to seeing some Finnegan driving skills.
Apparently he doesn’t have any lmao
Completely irresponsible. He should be banned.
Thank you for all these videos it always amazes me how you seem to make death traps even more extreme death traps
That's looked like a blast, I'm happy not one was seriously injured
That was a hard hit! Glad everyone made it out alright!
Glad you are okay Finn. Everyone overlooks Brad as a threat on the track. He won the Hoopity Challenge, now the Bristol 1000. "Best day at work EVER!"
Man that looks like so much fun. Crash or no crash that looks like a ton of fun
You can fix it.....you are the world master at turning automotive wrecks into works of art.
I miss fun......and that looks like a lot of fun! Never stop doing this stuff, and thanks for sharing it.
Hope your okay dude!! Love the content!
Dang! Glad you are okay. But if you're gonna wreck, do it well!
Glad you're okay. Really, really, REALLY wanted to see the Charger do a hot lap. 😁
I hope you NEVER EVER, say; "I heard them calling "caution" but no one else was listening!" That could have been really terrible for someone. Great everything else for my first time watching you. You've got a new subscriber my friend! GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸🙏
Not gonna lie, I saw the title and thought Oh no, not Blasphemi
Me too!
i guess some people live under a rock. no offense.
@@fondfarewell2 🤣
You have to follow him on Instagram
Exactly the same thing
Seeing it from Finnegan's angle, it all happened very very fast. He was coming off the turn and all of a sudden everyone was stopped.
Forsure it looked gnarly as hell, I’m sure those crown Vic brakes are trash
That's why you gotta take the dude on the radio at his word LOL
@@RyTrapp0 100%
And then Mike
Stopped too😃
@@bryanluntz1603 🤣
Baby Darth Vader is the new nickname. That’s awesome lol.
Very cool. You showed good restraint. I would have hammered down and gone lol!
Its only a matter of time before someone gets hurt doing one of these. Every race someone gets a hard hit in a car not meant for it. Randy Pobst on his channel said in the nicest way possible that it was a complete clusterfuck and he wouldn't be attending anymore
Cleetus has gotten way too big for himself now, one man entertainment group.
Oh look. The Karen Group, Get out of your bubble, you get your knee scrapped daily, these guys know what they’re signing up for.
admits to hearing caution in his headset, doesn't slow down. doesnt name the other driver involved or seem apathetic. maybe just stick to taking those motor trend checks
That looks like a blast. Good job!
Man with that green window net and the yellow lettering a Finnegan’s Country Market motif in Days of Thunder or old school stock car style would’ve been PERFECT!
I know as another car guy you would have kicked yourself for years because you missed it . also it was probably the first 2JZ around Bristol Motor Speedway as well
Fin what's your thoughts on the fact that you ignored the caution and the result is part of what made you and others crash so badly? Normally in racing we get a massive penalty if we ignore a yellow flat, it's one of the worst things you can do on a circuit.
That looked like a real blast, until it wasn`t. Hope you are truly ok Mike. Thanks for taking us with you. That in car view looked wild.
Love seeing all your toys in person. That was really cool. ONe LoVe
Race starts 22:35
Thank you!👍🏻😊
So they are telling you “caution” over the radio and you decide to stay in it and apparently no regrets into smashing into Boosted Boyz? Wow.
does not admit any fault in the wreck, what is this Iracing?
I agree, that should get him banned from future races, that was a sub-rookie move by someone who feels entitled by his TV popularity.
@@indianaslim4971 - I was so ticked off at this I unsubscribed from the channel.
Mike flying out of the hover craft is funny no matter how many times you watch it
Glad you had fun!
Gets a caution.
Ignores the caution then runs hard up into another competitor .
Pretty stupid,it's Bristol it's a race track with real race rules.
Rules on place to prevent injury and deaths.
Stupid.
Its absolutely pathetic what sxsblog is trying to spin this into smh.. All they’ve done is put cleetus in a impossible position and are alienating themselves from future events because they’d rather be balls deep in drama
I seem to be out of the loop, what are SxSBlog doing? Are they pissed about the wreck with Kevin from KSR??
@@jonathantraeger3584 go see for yourself. Words doesn’t do justice for how pathetic the video they put out was
I haven’t heard anything about sxsblog causing drama. Where is this coming from?
@@TheJustinChronicles1 watch their video. It’s BS
@@given0fox968 lol I appreciate the Shane Gillis profile pic 😆 a clip i put up of him just starting blowing up last night lol
Great video Finnegan, the announcer audio mixed with your in car audio was great
What a spectacle! It’s the car version of the 1st century Rome’s Colosseum! 👍🏻 Glad everyone made it out alive! 🤣
I hope you learned your lesson when you hear caution the next time. You're lucky you didn't hurt anybody.
I hope there isn't a next time. His response was pathetic.
Well said. The first time I've ever had a feeling of disappointment for Mr. Finnegan. That was just plain stupid. Had he listened, he also could have had more fun by completing the entire race. "to finish first, you must first finish" - John Zink
Damn dude, your incompetence is dangerous.
Dead last, then never lifts coming up to a pileup. Stay off track when others are involved bro.
Great content thanks for sharing
Dude How awesome is that. you had the death metal charger that was original built for nascar and it finally after all these years got to drive on a nascar track. awesome video glad your ok. Cant wait to see whats next.
There is ONE person that could have prevented this result. KSR deserves all the smoke he is getting and more
Yep, but it is racing, these things happen. Not worth getting too worked up about.
That was friggen awesome WAT TO GO FINN!!
Cool, my friend, Fielding Shredder was there, racing the Orange/Black Continental Tire SST :) I wish I'd gone now, LOL!
That shot of all the Crown Vics rolling together was so bad ass hahah
I have one as my daily driver, it's a fun one. Thanks for the vid!