The Most Dangerous Race Tracks EVER

Race tracks are pretty safe nowadays. But it wasn't always that way...

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[chiseledmedal]

Fun(or depressing) fact this year was the first Isle Of Man TT to be completely "deathless" since 1982

[SBEngine]

The Isle of Man TT is so dangerous that the only times there were no fatalities were 1937, 1982 and 2024.
That's how insanely dangerous that race gets.

[bluengold]

Must be fun being a fan back in the day knowing your driver didn't die after getting loose at a buck fifty during braking

[bsmotorsport]

Langhorne Speedway was actually the site of the first fatality in NASCAR history. During a race on September 14, 1952, Larry Mann flipped his green Hudson Hornet through a fence and out of the track. He suffered serious head injuries and a pulmonary hemorrhage, which he would succumb to hours later in a hospital in Philadelphia. The use of green paint on his car started the superstition among drivers to avoid using the color.

[alexherman]

Honestly Pocono Raceway deserves an “honorable” mention. Basically Indianapolis-level danger at a track which until very recently was always a decade or more behind in safety advancements. Plus it’s so wide that it puts the cars closer together at faster speeds than Indy going into turns which are sharper or as sharp as those at the Brickyard.

[BrandonA]

The Isle of Man TT is by far the scariest circuit in the world. 60 KM of chaos, 0 safety, and it's not a threat but almost a guarantee that someone will die every year on that track. It's unbelievable that the track is still run by bikes every year, but one of the world's greatest spectacles.

[sdx]

Whoever made Langhorne Speedway took the saying: "racecar drivers only drive around in circles" to a whole new level.

[Pulsen]

Got curious, so here are the five deadliest race tracks of all time.

5. Daytona International Speedway - 28 fatalities
4. Spa-Francorchamps - 48 fatalities
3. Indianapolis Motor Speedway - 48 fatalities
2. Nürburgring - 68 fatalities
1. Isle of Man - 242 fatalities

[Tac]

Daytona, Talladega, and Pocono at least deserves a honorable or in this case a dishonorable mention.

[mait]

Honoreable mention Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa🇪🇪, Estonia. 1933-2006
The track (with no barriers) was surrounded by deep forest and... cementery. Among other casualties, the track claimed life of TT legend Joey Dunlop in 2000.

[karelpgbr]

19:05 I recall watching a documentary about the Isle of Man TT, and they showed this crash, and then abruptly cut to Conor Cummins in the hospital, almost completely caged up. They asked him if he felt scared, if he feared the idea of ever going fast again, he responded with a laugh, before stating that “When I get better, I’ll be back on that bike as soon as the doctors let me.”

Another encounter of mine was with a sidecar racer who raced the TT three times, once they crashed, the second they broke engine, the third they finished. He mentioned how at some point the track gets so bumpy your vision cannot adjust fast enough, making everything a vague shade of colour, accompanied by blurs. My father, absolutely astonished, asked him how he knew where to brake and steer. The man grinned, answering: “Oh mate, I just aim for the grey bit.”


Those men and women, those road racers, they just aren’t human.

[jamesprumos]

2:02 - what made Fuji so dangerous was that unlike basically every other racetrack in the world, you go down into the banking as opposed to going up it when entering the turn. This made keeping control going into the turn much more difficult than your average banking.

[DeclanArambasicRacing]

Fun fact. When Opatjia stopped street racing the Croatians opened autodromo Grobnik, and it was the known as the grippiest race track on earth and has only been resurfaced once in 2011

[PipoZizo]

Imagine being so dangerous that the FIM decided back in the 70s that you are too dangerous to be part of the Grand Prix racing scene for a class that is far more dangerous than auto racing.

[TheBigPossum]

Pocono Raceway in PA definitely deserved a dishonorable mention. So dangerous was this track that despite being one of the most unique in the world, Indycar refuses to race on it. Nascar hems and haws every year whether they should race on it and its even claimed the lives of drivers paying for a few laps around. The Tricky Triangle is iconic but deadly

[miscellaneoussarnian]

the whole video i was just waiting for Josh to talk about the Isle of Man TT. and having it at NUMBER ONE is well deserving

[Relentless]

From a guy living in Northern Ireland, big thanks for highlighting our road racing scene to the world. The UlsterGP will always be one of the greatest things I've seen in person, and each rider is a true hero 👍👍

[MrBdog]

Pocono easily for me is one of the most dangerous modern ovals in racing. 200+ mph into turn 1, so god forbid your brakes go out into the first corner. Almost killed and paralyzed Robert Wickens back in 2015, was partially responsible for the decline in Jimmie Johnson’s career after his brakes went out into turn 1 in 2017, and ended Kurt Busch’s career after a qualifying wreck in 2022. Also, Elliot Sadler in 2010 had on of the hardest ever impacts in NASCAR history at this place. Definitely still a dangerous track.

[hannesgroesslinger]

5:34 Larry Vanthoor's race winning move.
Crashing so hard that he turned back time to when he was still in the lead...

[sirhenners]

the most insane thing about the Targa Florio is that for a period, the practice sessions were run when the roads were OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. they had to contend with TRAFFIC