Scott McLaughlin Walks Away After Scary Crash | 2026 INDYCAR at Alabama
Scott McLaughlin was evaluated and released after a frightening crash in Practice 2 at the Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix at Barber Motorsports Park.
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39 Comments
Him clearing the fence was a blessing in disguise
So glad he is alright, that was so hard into the wall
Standard american quality driving
єто как карпентер в лагуна секе , точно также его подкинуло
3:24 – When you've crashed so many times you have the presence of mind to just casually brace your helmet and start telling yourself off before you've even hit the wall. (Note: that's not a dig at him for crashing… every top tier race driver has had many a shunt in their time.)
Over the hedge bush, under the fence!!!! Glad he's okay.
Your a tough guy Scotty MAC. Just as well you went in Thier backwards. I hope you can have some luck for the rest of the year mate
Yes Scott Mac you will be watching SVG tomorrow. He is looking good
Scotty MAC. We all know Kiwi's can do fly. Keep the car on the bloody track material
That needs to never happen again. Grosjean could get out in his F1 crash, could Scott have got out of that if his car was on fire with the fence above him like it was?
Going through the catch fence probably knocked about 10g's off the impact. Better than a safer barrier. Not quite hitting a pillow but if that had been an actual wall he probably wouldn't be with us anymore
seems like a safe track 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 they need to fix that bump.
That barrier is weak af
This is what happens when you're track isn't FIA approved
Let's not forget to congratulate whoever built this wall.
It was the same as having nothing there.
What is it with racecars going THROUGH the catch fence. This is the third time this month I've seen this. Indy car, sprint car dnd stocker.
They had the red flag out almost before the car came to a stop and the safety workers were there almost as fast. Formula 1 should take notes.
That was so scary crash into fance Scott McLaughlin!😲😦😖🏎
Actually the fence absorbed most of the impact.
As vedações funcionaram muito bem!. Tudo okay com o piloto, é o mais importante!. Segurança!
nah, not scary at all… What are you lying about? The impact was soft as a pillow…
Oh my goodness how he walk away from that 😰
Catch 3:22 the speeds these announcers claimed he was going was so far-fetched and then seeing the replay he was doing not even 70 mph ¿`_
0:02 have you ever watched the movie Driven and F1 the Movie?
thank god he walked away
"Had this happened in the 80s, he would've died, and had it not been for the barrier, he probably would've completely gone through the fence and possibly crash into those trees, possibly causing serious injury or death."
– Me while seeing this wreck
That couldn’t have been more perfect, certainly someone was looking after him.
How many grams of force did it encounter?
Are the fences made out of cardboard?
Glad he is ok, that crash could have been way worse
You talk about the literal term of the word,…"catch fence",…well,..it speaks VOLUMES here!!! He was SO fortunate that the car met with the fence "flush" instead of an angle!!! The race car was able to "soften" before impact by sliding underneath the catch fence!
Just maybe the smart engineers and 'crash experts' should build "tyre walls" tall enough and designed to catch race cars hurtling through the air after leaving the track at 300km/hr? 🙈
Seems like crash barriers and protection impact technogy is WAY BEHIND race car development – and this design deficit places every driver and spectator at huge risk?
Get your race track fit for purpose before someone pays the price for your complacency..
Indy cars don't drive well on the grass. Pro safety tip.👌👌
He knows he doesn’t want to get fenced in!
So glad to see Scotty is ok 👍🙏
Some reevaluation needed for the track, how grading of the gravel traps, barriers. That was really scarry to watch, it just worked out ok in this instance.
That is a total failure of the fence😮
Such hypnotism.
not matter which driver, they all say the same thing.
listen to any sport talk it's all the same day in day out.
give them bread and circus = sheeple
How concerned should we be that a car can go off at a fairly conventional angle and still go through a barrier and fence and hit foliage? More tyre stacks at that corner? Had the car caught fire, or any damage been done to the cockpit area, and the outcome could have been tragic. It's disappointing how little attention was given to these questions by the TV coverage. They seemed more interested in sycophantically prattling on about the site's wonderful museum rather than determining whether enough is being done for driver safety?