Did anyone see Michael McDowell just wreck?

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aksn907

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Did anyone else see Michael McDowell just wreck in qualifying? I am amazed he walked away.
 
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yeah, it is.

but it stayed bent. he dented it. he put a groove in it. they had to spend 75 minutes fixing it.
 
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I'm glad to see that the wall done what it was designed to do and he walked away. That was a horrible wreck.
 
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I missed it, apparently he is ok. That could have a way of slowing him down for a while.
 
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There is a video of the crash on NASCAR.com, incredible! I think it is safe to say, a few years ago without safer walls and todays restraint systems, we would probably have had a fatality. At best a Bobby Allison type situation. Dale Sr didn't die totaly in vain.
 
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UPDATE

The wreck was caused due to a missing sway bar. Video surveillance showed Jack Roush taking his sway bar back which happened to be installed in the #00 car before qualifying. :neener2:

I wonder if they are running Roush motors with Toyota valve covers on them. Jack needs to check his inventory.
 
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After watching the video several times, including in slow-mo, I noticed a few things. First it appears he drove deeper and wider entering the turn, and you can see oil dry dust kicked up from his tires. This got him loose, and then he overcorrrected (hard not to do at 180-190 mph) When he impacted the wall, in slow-mo you can see the car turn just enough to the right to avoid a completely dead on head on hit. I believe this slight angle helped lessen the impact letting the car glance away just enough to avoid an injury. Also, the fuel cell was thrown out of the car when the rear swung around and hit the wall which may have prevented more fire. An amazing thing when you consider that was the secondary impact, making it seem the initial one has to be one of the most severe there has ever been. Certainly it is the hardest anyone walked away from without any injury.
 
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I noticed the oil dry on the track. I wish they would take more time cleaning after something like that instead of rushing to get started back.
 
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good observations rbroyles. that crash was gnarly. i also didnt realize that Reutiman isnt in the 00. what is he driving?
 
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orange parmejohn said:
good observations rbroyles. that crash was gnarly. i also didnt realize that Reutiman isnt in the 00. what is he driving?
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Reutiman is in the 44 now. it's another points manipulation situation. The 00 car is in top 35, so the rookie driver doesn't have that pressure of having to qualify. They are gambling that Reutiman can qualify on time.
 
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poor kid has had a rough couple of weeks. i'm pulling for him to run good on Sunday.
 
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Dr. Jerry Punch on ESPN said if that crash would have occurred a decade ago McDowell would have been "critically injured or worse".

I guess this is one way to get exposure for your sponser, but I don't advise making a habit of it.
 
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rbroyles said:
Reutiman is in the 44 now. it's another points manipulation situation. The 00 car is in top 35, so the rookie driver doesn't have that pressure of having to qualify. They are gambling that Reutiman can qualify on time.
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It is not a minipulation of points. Rute has been supposed to move into the 44 when Jarrett stepped out since the end of last year. They wanted to swap the points for the 00 and 44 but NASCAR said no.:)
 
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well he definitely made a name for himself... i heard about it from some friends of mine who care nothing about nascar... glad hes ok tho
 
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jhen713 said:
It is not a minipulation of points. Rute has been supposed to move into the 44 when Jarrett stepped out since the end of last year. They wanted to swap the points for the 00 and 44 but NASCAR said no.:)
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Well it boils down to the same thing instead of switching points, they changed drivers to the cars that would have had points switched. The cars are all built in the same shop, with the only difference how they come out of the paint booth plus drivers setup.
 
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Great to see Michael get out in such fantastic shape. 7 years ago he wouldn't be with us right now
 
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