1970 Buddy Young flip @ Riverside

Buddy Young flips during the 1970 Motor Trend 500 NASCAR Grand National race at Riverside International Raceway. Buddy slammed into the turn one wall at over 100 mph and barrel rolls roughly 13 times before coming to rest in the infield. Buddy lost control of his '69 Ford Torino after hitting an oil slick laid down by Dick Brooks' blown engine.

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[OpaZzbrowns]

Buddy Young was my Auto Mechanics teacher at George C. Marshall High School in Falls Church VA in 1974-75, and got me my first job at Jim McKay Chevrolet in Fairfax VA. He told me about the big wreck where his car flipped. He said when he woke up, he was strapped to a gurney on a helicopter. All he saw was the sky above him and he though he was dead going to heaven. He rode a Harley-Davidson sportster to school back then. He had some in the class helping him build a race car in 1975. Lots of the guys at McKays knew Buddy well.

[brianb]

Mr young was my auto mechanic shop teacher at south lakes high school in 1979 and 80

He was also my brothers shop teacher at Marshall hs while attending Herndon hs

We both remember buddy for his stories his good nature and his advice

Live long mr Young

[d_byrd]

Driver: *Has horrifying wreck that could have left them paralyzed or dead*
Narrator: "The yellow is out again!"

[richardraines]

Buddy was my shop teacher 81-85 southlakes Fairfax va i learned a lot from him those 3 years

[evannuh-koo-la]

Fritz Duda never should've gotten rid of this track

[jackgillett]

Read he only passed in 2014. Even continued racing albeit for a short period only.

[MrChristopherHaas]

Friggin great seeing McCluskey in Nelsons Superbird #1.

[DAFFYDOO]

I remember seeing him race and cheering for him at Old Dominion Speedway in the late 60's and early 70's. I want to say he drove a black and gold chevy #13..

[ditto]

Those Mopar cars with the wings were the coolest stock cars ever

[lookc]

It was a miracle he didn't break his neck! WOW!

[rogerburnett]

We were at that race. Didn't see that wreck, but saw the horrible Cook crash directly in front of us in turn nine.

[MrChristopherHaas]

USAC and NASCAR in harmony with Winston West winning

[sludge]

I didn’t know they ran the Bird at Riverside.

What did the SuperBird teams run on the short tracks?

[TommyThesquirrel]

I love 90's-80's Nascar of all cars of richard petty diferents Scheme And i like his

[johnnybravo-irev]

I figured this video would have been more about the flip.

[DarrenMartin-xv]

Number 81 not only jumped the hay bales, he also spun twice in that race!

[McRocket]

Holy crap. The speed that the car was flipping. Yikes.

[carsland]

Do you have hq footage of elliot sadler's 2004 flip at talladega? Like the full clip with different angles that isn't cut from that closest call segment.

[MrChristopherHaas]

Right up there with Reuben Garcias crash. And AJ Foyts. Wicked

[carsland]

how do you even flip that many times and that violently at a road course