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Chandler Smith suffers brake issue, crashes hard at Road America | NASCAR

Watch as Chandler Smith suffers an apparent brake failure at Road America, crashing his No. 16 car into the wall during the Xfinity race.
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25 comments

NASCARGachaLadybug&CatNoirBullHaulerFan July 29, 2023 at 8:15 pm

Seriously I’m honestly surprised there’s no safer barrier at that point!

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Dylan49 July 29, 2023 at 8:37 pm

Not every track is gonna have safer barriers

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DKRacing July 29, 2023 at 8:42 pm

Plus it’s expensive to put that safer barrier on every wall, especially on this track, and because of that they have to put the safer barrier in places where cars are more likely to crash. Obviously this is a freak occurrence, but nobody would normally be crashing that hard on a straightaway.

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theoriginalshew July 29, 2023 at 9:06 pm

Why? It’s a straight away on a road course.

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JGR4LIFE July 29, 2023 at 9:22 pm

@theoriginalshew what about Alex Labbe then?

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JGR4LIFE July 29, 2023 at 8:15 pm

Why no safer barrier walls on the frontstretch?

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Evan Moore July 29, 2023 at 11:43 pm

It’s a road course, wrecks and issues don’t usually happen at high speeds on the straights, so there’s no need to have SAFER barriers.

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RussianBubbaWallace July 29, 2023 at 8:19 pm

Chandler absolutely did the right thing trying to ride the wall

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chad4208 July 29, 2023 at 8:34 pm

no he made it worse

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BDeLuca4444 July 29, 2023 at 8:57 pm

@chad4208better to ride the wall to slow down than to go head on at 160 mph plus.

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chad4208 July 29, 2023 at 9:26 pm

@BDeLuca4444he didnt ride the wall. he put himself into concrete at a 45 degree angle. He tried to ride the walk but failed

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gclauter July 29, 2023 at 9:30 pm

​@BDeLuca4444Yes,do Brasil,very well

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Evan Moore July 29, 2023 at 11:38 pm

⁠@chad4208He failed at riding the wall, but he absolutely succeeded at not plowing into the turn one wall at 160.

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Freudian Slip July 29, 2023 at 8:21 pm

Glad he’s ok.

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conan mcclanahan July 29, 2023 at 8:22 pm

Prayers up, man!
He’s gonna be feeling that for a while.

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Ron Belanger July 29, 2023 at 9:01 pm

LOL, Sky Fairy talk.

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stampede122 July 29, 2023 at 8:22 pm

Good thing about it is he had enough time to get the foresight to do something before the turn

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jorgthenascardriver July 29, 2023 at 8:23 pm

That looks fatal but it not because of the safety thing nascar puts on the cars

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Level IX July 29, 2023 at 9:03 pm

I hope someone says something about the fact that the wall split the way it did. That’s not that far from hitting the gate at Bristol.

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Ez Pz July 29, 2023 at 9:28 pm

If he didnt do that he woulda skipped right over the sand trap and smashed something head on

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TrendyDwarf July 29, 2023 at 9:32 pm

Ahh that engine sound

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William Seaman July 29, 2023 at 10:01 pm

Scary incident! Glad Chandler walked away!

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Racing Aerials July 29, 2023 at 11:48 pm

SMT data said when his brakes failed he was going over 170 miles per hour. I can’t imagine the helpless feeling. He made the right decision but I can’t imagine purposely hitting a wall that fast knowing it’s your only option.

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SlickBLook July 30, 2023 at 3:45 am

Ive been in this situation in a national go kart event going about 100 km/h (aimed for 1 level tire barrier in the centre of the track as opposed to hitting a tire wall head on or spinning the kart). You dont have time to think you just see an opportunity to slow the vehicle down and go for it.

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Antonio Vidal July 30, 2023 at 5:00 am

I’ve always wonder if they could slow the cars down by downshifting first and then maybe hitting the wall at a lower speed… anybody knows?

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