Sammy Swindell - Eldora Speedway - 10/8/2016
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- Опубликовано: 8 окт 2016
- Ride along with Sammy Swindell in the Blazin 82 at Eldora Speedway during his Heat race run from 5th to 3rd . Also watch as he searchers around the track and goes to the bottom and watch how close he gets .
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I had the privilege of sitting in a 360 Sprint car. You are literally sitting in a box, my feet were behind my knees. The left rear wheel is damn close to the back of your elbow.
Anyone that fly's around the track in a Sprint car is a BADASS!!
yea that's what is amazing. some these guys are big boys sandwiched in so tight. really is. and turnin in instead of away to avoid accident- yea bad ass big time!
What?! No it isn’t. It’s. Comfortable sit spot ur brake slides fwd and throttle on point. U don’t feel ur feet behind u knees at all what are sayin ima driver since minis and in then now.
Can you just imagine how little Rico a brew must feel in one of these? Scary stuff :)
cody siebert do you race minis? If I want to get into sprint car racing should I buy I mini? What do you suggest?
Watching these in car videos makes me realize just how quickly Mr Johnson & Mr Hodnett passed over. You are racing. Blink. Next dimension.
What a ride! If you notice how far back the wing is at 4.00 he rolls the wing forward BAD ASS!
the ride of a lifetime, love it,
Your whole team is awesom Sammy! This is a genius way to let us ride with you! I was rooting for you this year(2019) for the Kings Royal. Good racing!!
I love Sammy. I used to get autographs from him when I was like 7 years old and now I'm 47 .
I am 7 and I did
Gotta love The Ditch!
Got his left rear from tri city race track back in the 2000’s
WOW!!!!, thanks for the ride!
Classic Sammy !. 👍 Great Share.
Sammy is great driver he drove for my grandfather a few races
That's killer Sammy,it looked like his LF hit the wall in the turn early but he didnt flinch! It's crazy how much they lift up down the straights
so cool!
I rarely EVER give a video a thumbsup... That was some INTENSE POV SHIT! I didnt realize sprints were that hardcore.
And the thrill to drive one is even better ! Great, great feeling!
Only 900+hp in a 2,000lb car going 100+mph...ON DIRT! Don't know how much more intense you can get
@@randyreynolds8871 120 HP and 300 LB with two less wheels is right up there on the pucker meter too..........
Try 1350lb with fuel and driver onboard. I've personally witnessed dyno numbers closer to the 1000hp mark on a few occasions. Heart stopping methanol drinking fire breathing go-karts, if you will. At this level of racing there have been instances where the top 18 qualifiers in a 24 car field were separated on the time sheets by less than 0.4sec. Grassroots Racing at its Finest! I encourage anyone who cares to share in this experience, to visit your local dirt track one summer evening. You would not be disappointed...
1st lap at turn 3-4... bloody hell!!! I thought the wheel slapped the barrier but if you watch it at 1/2 speed its about 1-2 inches off when it hits the mound and bump steers into the wall. That could have been nasty!
Gr1pEnemy i think it just jumped off that rut and shook the wheel
Sammy is the KING!
Never forget when Sammy broke the record at the mile track at Syracuse, they asked him when did he realize he had a fast lap , his answer was when I looked up on the tower as I was going by . They also put the dirt down at Bristol, the sprint cars turned 3 seconds a lap faster than NASCAR did !
I dont think he ever touched the wall. left front runs over a mound of dirt. lifting the left front off the ground and he just steers left to counter the push that caused in the car.
@@richardcrane9899 I watch the 2001 Bristol race once a week,didn't know they were 3 sec quicker than nascars.Wow.
Wow. What a crazy ride.
Always cracks me up as how loose and floppy the steering is on sprints.
Amazing video.
I thought he was about to hit the inside wall a few times
POWER TO WEIGHT RATIO IS INCREDIBLE ONE OF THE BADDEST BIG BOY TOYS ON THE PLANET!!!! AND SAMMY BEING ONE OF THE BEST SPRINT CAR DRIVERS TO EVER LIVE I.M.O.EXCELLENT VIDEO.
That first lap out of 4 was TIIIGHT
GO SAMMY!!
suppose you could say he was running the bottom
You want it on top.
Lol sry little guy didn't know it was going show under ur name.those cars suicide machines.lol powerrr
How fast it be w a restrictor plate.
Nice run 👍 considering the left front is whacked out. Sammy Swindell fan 4 life👍👏👏🏁🏁
Absolutely one of the greatest.
Although, I lost a lot of respect for him as a person when he pushed his wife to the ground on one of his tirades.
left front is whacked out?
Jeessh!!! Hell yeah!!!!
Very cool!!!
Great run scary fast!
That’s how you run the bottom thru turns 3-4, damn
How fast are these guys going?
The left front has so much flex. it seems to just kinda wander around.. Is it hard mounted to the steering box?
That is just how you drive a sprint car. Constant slide corrections. The wheel is not loose.
Looks liek the steering wheel isn't moving when the tire turns though.
1:50 HOW DID THAT NOT BREAK
I kept waiting for the left front to just fly off, but I guess it has a lot of flex built into the spindle.
Unreal I suppose
Good Pittsburg cromemoly steel
What a bad ass run He ran many times at Sharon race way lot of the local drivers gave a good run with him
I grew up going to Sharon Sppedway. Lou Blaney, Ralph Quarterson, Buddy Cochran. Sorry, showing my age. It’s a great track and I visit every time I come back home.
exellent (im from claremont perth wa)
I never knew he could adjust the wing on the fly...cra cra!!
What is the red stick for? I noticed him use it when speeding up or slowing down before and after run.
Adjust the angle of attack on the wing
Lise night wase.
Why does that front wheel flap around like that? I race flatcarts but these are a whole other world
Good job sammy
Slammin sammy
Not very familiar with these cars so what is the red lever he was adjusting before the race started? Im guessing some kind of fuel mixture lever? Edit: also noticed he adjusted it a few time during the race so now im really curious
Its to move the top wing to get more traction and help keep the car down on the track
That's insane
@1:45 watch how far his left front tire flexes back when he taps the wall. An then goes right back straight lol.. Thats pretty cool.
I dont think he ever touched the wall. left front runs over a mound of dirt. lifting the left front off the ground and he just steers left to counter the push that caused in the car.
Can someone explain how the engine is hooked to the rear wheels, it seems like there’s no transmission, reminds me of a drag boat
Direct drive the drive shaft is bolted to crank no trans there is a in and out box which allows to b in neutral and running but to take off again u got to shut it down and push it again its in the rear diff that's it that's why they got to push start just a magneto no electrical system at all u stop fuel to shut it off
@@jeremyhanna3852 is it a heavy or lightweight steeringwheel feeling? I try to simulate with my direct drive on simracing
@@jeanmarclevy9413 its super light 80% of the time the front wheels ain't on the ground
@@jeremyhanna3852 thanks so i need to modify my settings
Help so much!
I think it was just the berm he tagged & not the inside wall
I never understood why the front wheels are floppy like that ? What is the reason behind ?
That is just how you drive a sprint car. Constant slide corrections. The wheel is not loose.
Yes it is floppy, the wheels moves when the driver doesn't turn the wheel.
It's not that it's floppy there are a couple of things that are going on that give it that look though.
1. The steering box is usually 6:1 or faster as far as the ratio goes therefor the slightest of movements or slack in the system are seen.
2. Keep in mind the steering gear is located by the driver and it connected by a drag link to the steering arm on the front axle. There is no centrally located rack up front inline with the axle like you do on your street car. So changes in the position of the axle from hitting bumps and such will actually alter the geometry alittle.
There other things that can cause it, but those are to two that immediately come to mind.
@jayss10 thanks for the explanation :)
That left front looks like it has a buggered king pin or rod end. They do not normally flop around near that bad.
What is the red lever do? Brake?
Most likely the wing slider valve. If you lookup DMI Wing valve I bet that's what it is. The other possibility is a fuel shut off valve, but the color leads me to think it's a wing slider valve.
Jay Dubs and Jayss10: The red lever is definitely the hydraulic wing slider valve. Notice he keeps looking up to confirm it's where he wants it. At 0:07 he reaches below the wheel and his left hand stays there until 0:13. You can hear the engine slowly lean out and gain RPMs. That's not his foot on the throttle, he's slowly closing the fuel valve so it doesn't load up on the start. Some drivers do this because it works, his engine really did jump. What blows my mind is I never see him reach back down to open it back up, after he gets going. Apparently he didn't restrict fuel flow more than what ever injector pill he's running.
Sweet. That makes sense yeah. My lifetime goal is to be able to do a lap or two in one of those!!
it ajust the wing so it can move back and forward
If you watch after the checkered flag (3:56) when he pushes the red lever forward, you can see the wing at the top of the screen moving forward. It appears he pushes it all the way forward, and then backs it up just a bit.
Control...drift.... power...control....drift....power
1:47 bloody hell!
1:49 or 1:50
Sweet Jesus !
why does the wheel move so much. ive only watched sprint cars once before. someone plz inform me
Gotta keep the wheels loose because of the constant movement of the dirt below. Tight wheels would lock up and cause you to crash or roll over. Loose wheels soften the momentum on the car when you are sliding. Watch something like the Chili Bowl midget racing and you'll see an even smaller track and smaller cars yet massively wobbling wheels as well.
@@Howard.Stern. Are you saying that if you held the steering wheel so it did not move, you could grab the front wheels and move them left to right and there'd be movement in them?
@@sanfranciscobay yup
@@OldGriz708 Do the wheels wobble left and right when going down the straight section or do they track straight?
@@OldGriz708 In wheel alignment, that movement is called "Toe In and Toe Out" correct?
yea, the leader was taking the high line all the way around, sammy was definitely taking the low one. Wow, that left front tire was freaking inches off the wall on a couple of those laps in turn 4. What a rush that would be to drive one of those things. So much power in a really light dune buggy essentially.
Saw sammy start last at Knoxville cause he showed up late..within five laps he was in second!!!💪🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦😎
Brings back a lot of memories running 360s & 410s years ago. Never liked running these super slick small tracks . Preferred the longer tracks that you can throttle down on , just powering thru the turns high then carrying the wheels down the straightaway
I retired from driving in 1996. You must have never run Eldora. With the right set up and track conditions it was a throttle down track when not driving in traffic.
You can have NASCAR. This is real racing.
totally agree!
Nice 👍 next time could you do a front wheel stand . Just to add a bit more excitement.
Sammy the best wheel man I’ve ever watched and still doing it today and still winning in his 60s but he doesn’t have any talent now does he?
And, to actually think I believed I could be a super modified or 410 sprint car driver at one time. Hahahahahaha! Not a chance. As soon as the green fell, I would have made a hard left into the pits, parked, got out, ran to the bathroom and scooped the poop out of my pants. LMAO
You & me both. These are my favorite cars. Super modified & sprint cars. But I love open wheel. Midgets, or whatever. Got have the $$$ to do it though.
Should have moved up in 3-4, had a good push off the bottom
Any idea of why no rock guard?
Chris Verda cuz hes old school as shit.
Nope..... he still hasn't learned his lesson.
In the early 90s, he was at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and was hit by a large dirt claude. It went straight through his face shield, and broke his nose. Still… No rock guard.
Chris Verda Probably for weight
Brett Perigo: Weight my ass. Drivers read a track like a golfer reads a green. Do you see any golfers taking a knee looking threw a shopping cart? What surprises me is Sammy's LOW make-shift tear off post and that he doesn't bend each one back so they pop up like a klenex. Sammy, banana shaped tear-offs aren't that much more expensive.
rayism 24b Your argument makes no sense, what do you mean by the golfer and shopping cart thing?
Balls of Steele . Lol, Fark that’s cool
myself on iracing i hit the wall on the outside and keep it going but sammy almost destroyed the left front ever lap.
55 year old man too
61 when this video was shot. He is 63 now and still racing.
Bob wirth famliy, go karts at dousman
I'm going hire a hacker,hacker to mess some people up
your tear offs are on upside down
Thats about as inside as you can get
1 bottom 1 top.....I hate bottom feeders but if the track goes that way...more power to you.
The top generally feels better.
forget us or the driver holding on for dear life look at that poor front left tire!
No wonder nascar Is dying! Crazy
Dont those things have no transmission? Ive heard its all throttle or none. That would be evil as hell to try and drive for the first time.
They have a 2 speed transmission. Basically first gear is enough to get you rolling at caution speed then you shift into second and from there it's just raw power after that. I drove a modified stock car on an asphalt track and the setup is similar.
Sprint cars don't have transmissions just a sliding coupler in the rear end either in gear or out of gear
@@KennyMarkusa in and out Box it's called I been racing sprints my hole life never heard of 1st and 2nd gear
Nope drive shaft bolt directly to crank shaft that's it
As was I back in the 70's back then there were in and out boxes bolted to the back of the engine now it's a coupler in the quickchange. Got beat by a guy on a constant basis by a guy who's in the Sprint Car Hall of Fame
It sounds and looks like he had to much gear in the car.
Slamming Sammy
Seems like NASCAR would be cake compared to this!
Matt Rossetti Ask Kyle Larson. He’s been doing shitty in NASCAR for the past 2 years but he is an excellent dirt track racer.
@@shilpi326 you are not very good at judging talent. Larson took ganasi farther than anyone else has...
Terry Garvin In 2018, 2019 Larson was not the same driver he was in 2017.
@@shilpi326 Ganasi cars are crap,just ask past championship winner kenseth... Kyle Larson is a Superior talent. I have watched him win on 4 different tracks this year and his skills are unsurpassed. So glad to see him having fun and being able to enjoy family and friends! You can not keep a good man down...
Don't cheat.....take the wing off. THEN show me you can drive that beast.
I’m
Sammy got smoked
Smoked by who? That 1 car he was racing started on the front row, he started 7th.
And you smoke pole!
Belleville Ks is way faster. Wide open all the way around. Never lift.
Do you see how slick this track is ?
@@racingman3849
Look up Belleville highbanks on youtube.
@@racingman3849
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That's True! Belleville Kansas is the fastest joint I ever ran. Surprisingly not scary at all.
@@raymond3803 did you run top or bottom? Was always fun to watch guys with a taller gear and more motor run the top. Gotta be brave to get up there!
I quit watching after the mud hit the camera no point in watching when you cant see what he is dong
Kenny weld was the greatest an smartest!! 91..94RIP❤️💪🏁🏁