The Downfall of Aaron Fike
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- Опубликовано: 30 май 2024
- On July 7th, 2007, the NASCAR industry was hit with some wild news. Aaron Fike, a 24-year-old NASCAR driver, made national headlines. Aaron was with his fiance in the parking lot of King’s Island, an amusement park just north of Cincinnati, Ohio. After being notified of suspicious activity, police arrived at the park. Fike would attempt to flee the scene, but would eventually be caught. He was hit with a felony drug abuse charge, admitted to racing under the influence, and unsurprisingly lost his seat in NASCAR. Today we’re going to talk about Aaron’s rise and fall in NASCAR, as well as the surprising turn his life took.
The Downfall of Aaron Fike
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Mike skinner: certified drug expert is something I didn’t expect to hear today. Great video
caught me off guard. had to replay that part again to see if i heard it correctly.
@@Dratchev241 same man same I was in the industry for a bit and I didn’t even hear about this until then so this was a phenomenal job
Addiction is hell i been through it and it started with a hurt back so i feel for him
That’s the saddest thing. I hate to see that so many addictions started with painkillers. I wish they would stop pushing opioid painkillers, but sadly, I’m sure the pharmaceutical industry pays hospitals big bucks to do so.
OK, I remember back when this happened, and couldn't grasp him in a car shooting up in a parking lot.
But when I fell into opiate addiction the day came when I was doing just that to not be in pain and to just simply feel normal.
Missing a dose = Covid symptoms at their worst in just a few hours.
Getting the dose didn't get him high it got him to a normal non-addicted people are at all the time.
Yep. Currently battling my own demons too. It sucks when you gotta use to feel normal.
@mrj3217 That's what people who have never done drugs don't know. At first most people take drugs (pain pills, coke and heroin) to get high obviously, a numbing rush comes over your body that makes you feel great. Then over time, (different for everyone but not that long) you find yourself taking your drug of choice just to feel "ok". Something I will never forget was when I was with two friends and another guy who was with them. We had all four just shot up heroin and thirty seconds after as I could fill it running through my body I said "And the world is normal again." All three responded at the same time, one said "exactly" one said "fuck yeah" and one said "amen". Drugs will win if you let them
Using on track during a race is just. Horrible. But I'm happy to see he's bettered himself.
Meanwhile 50% of pro athletes are hungover playing. Lol
@@mcbassinfaas7285 The other 50% are injecting synthetic hormones and other PEDs.
@mcbassinfaas7285 yeah but they aren't driving next to others at full speed either. Think of other people.
I don’t even wanna imagine how it feels
@@mcbassinfaas7285playing football while hungover, and driving while on heroin are 2 totally different things 💀
While not condoning his drug abuse... People dont understand how debilitating back pain can be. When mine went to Shit, I literally cried most days. I drank to make the pain to subside. People do not understand how bad it is to lose the function of your back.
I sorta understand, I have CTE from several concussions and hits to my head. I micro dose mushrooms almost everyday just to function. I can deal with pain even debilitating pain but I can’t deal with people and light most days unless I am using. If not I can’t be around people without being a complete asshole. Only thing that helps is being in a dark quiet room which is extremely depressing. Mushrooms have allowed me to live a normal life for the most part. I used to judge drug addicts and alcoholics. Now I realize I have no idea what they have been thru, only GOD can judge, all we can do is try and understand and help best way we know how.
@@TheronAnderson-hy3lp “only god can judge”…😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Then he needed to take racing off to heal his back, then get into racing without abusing drugs.
8:58 Mike Skinner is a hell of a driver and person.
Tyler Walker has been posting videos on Facebook lately detailing his current addiction to crack cocaine. Extremely sad, he's one of the best sprint car drivers alive but can't get it together.
Addiction is the problem. It's his head. Crack is the symptom.
Imagine that... Mike Curb having his grubby digits on more open wheel drivers... Something is seriously fishy with that guy...
And then Tyler was on FBlive doing crack last night. Sad to see Walker still on the wagon. Dude was one of the baddest in the business on dirt. Hopefully enough people begging him to get clean last night got to him and he actually tries this time.
He started popping up in my feed lately with lots of friends tagging him, begging him to get help. Dude was unreal in the Kumar 24 sprint car in CA in the mid 2000s.
@RyanEverson16r It eats me up to see it. He needs good patient people around him who aren't junkies. Last time he went back, it was definitely the company he kept that got him back in.
Okay so I saw some posts on Twitter about that yesterday and couldn't figure out who the hell everyone was talking about, but this comment made it all click together for me. Damn
I do certainly agree and understand that drivers should not be racing under the influence.However, what they do in their own free time should be their own personal business.Even if that includes illicit substances period nobody has a problem with everybody having too much to drink tonight before, but if you happen smoke, a joint or snow in a line.Well then you're fired
John Ehrlichman (top white house aid of President Nixon) said the following in an interview according to a publication by CNN (Cable News Network) over 7 years ago . . . . . “You understand what I’m saying? We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin. And then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities,” Ehrlichman said. “We could arrest their leaders. raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.”
How this guy kept getting rides is amazing. Did he have personal sponsors or family money? No way a guy like this lasts in todays NASCAR.
Stinks all of that happened but I’m glad to see him get clean and living a good life now
Ive never used heroin but who the hell snitched?
A passerby according to the video. He should not be using at a family park. I go to Kings Island would report somebody using drugs in the parking lot.
That ending was inspirational
Do a video of Tyler Walker next since he was mentioned in this one.
As someone who's been through the addiction wringer, well done video. I'd be out of my gourd for softball games and convince myself i played better for it, but cant imagine doing that with a race car, especially at such a high level. Or maybe i can, i did do some wild shit back in those days lol
Aaron got that 1st Top 5 knowing he was doped out of his mind, and it made him feel like it was what he needed to run good 🥴
I mean, I get it. I got my first softball homerun on opiates and you'd better bet I was faded for every softball game from then til I got clean lol. Definitely a bit different with a racing though 😅
@@Stormynormy42 i definitely feel I do my best work when Im the right stoned and buzzy from a couple of beers. I know my limit, but definitely know where Im on point 👌🏻 Hahaha
Tbf, he did score a top five on heroin
the reason why alcohol is generally viewed as harmless or less destructive as other drugs, is because everybody uses alcohol and they don't want to hear that they are addicted and slowly destroying they nervous system/brain with this. just like with any other drug... I'm not so sure about cannabis, though, but smoking weed makes me f-ing lazy
The scenario of what happened in a parking lot seems more like people trying to scare him straight but backfired. Straight out of the Arrested Development George Bluth Sr handbook. Rich people do things like that alot and quickly deny anything if throwing money at it doesnt work.
He had access to good doctors and treatments, yet decided to do illegal drugs. Some people with the most advantages never learn.
Now if you're gonna use on race day, I would imagine you'd want something to heighten your awareness, like an upper.. Not something that's gonna put you to sleep... 😮
No you want nothing but the high of racing alone
Rookie ... Stimulants will give you a heart attack if your heart rate is already high, which it is if you're in a racecar. Lowering your heart rate will help you focus more and shake less. You will OD before you fall asleep in a racecar.
No that's you kid
This is a job, pro athletes have to train for. Painkillers are no joke@@c.jjohns6758
As a former opiate addict, I get why you'd think that, but it can also get you to this perfect zen awareness zone where you feel so in tune with everything that you're almost reacting to things before they happen, like everything is in slow motion other than your brain, without the hyperactivity associated with uppers. And the complete lack of anything even related to pain only heightens that focus. That combination is the high that people end up chasing that drags them into addiction. Doesn't surprise me that that run came within a week of becoming a daily user, he was superman that day, and it likely did actually make him a better driver on that day. But it isn't long before that level becomes harder to achieve, for shorter periods of time, and.... well, it tends to spiral from there, til you find yourself locked up for either using in a stupidly public place or alleviating property of their owners, or you die from trying too hard to find that level again.
I'm glad his situation didn't result in any on track injuries and that he's seemingly found peace and stability in his sobriety, this all could have turned out so much worse in so many ways.
Ancient history
ARCA brakes at 0:45
I've smoked cannabis and won dirt races sooooo
That's not a drug buddy
nascar would give him a bonus today lol
Mike Skinner ratted him out...😂😂 thts hilarious.🎉
Mike Skinner might’ve saved his life or the lives of other competitors, crew members, and officials had the problem gone unnoticed
@@bob8776 Mike Skinner was high as a kite most of the time..
How you flee and still get caught with shit. Also whys herion viewed so bad by a sport that had alcohol sponsors? Who cares what they do in their free time?
You can't be serious lol
amen brother, my right to do crack MAH BODY MAH CHOICE 🗣🗣🗣
@@AustinOgonoski why would I not be?
@@cowmann3555 yea same as my right to bear arms.
Are you that naive?! There’s a massive difference between beer and HEROIN!!
Who?
"Herion" Fike
Carl Edwards did the same thing except with anabolic steroids. He raced while pumped, but NASCRAP let him "retire". I guess cause steroids are not in the same category as a hard-core drug.
Terrible driver, wreck's too much equipment.
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