don renfrow 55 chevy crash

[1968 nova ss]

I am sure alot of you guys have seen this crash on youtube.Amazing to say the least.just type in don renfrow to see the wreck.Curious anybody know what race track or the year this happened.Interesting to say the least.Chris teed

[Tommy]

Heres the link. Amazing video, glad he survived !

LINK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2tk8X8tZok)

Tommy http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

[Seattle Sam]

Billboard in the background mentions Hayward and Fremont which are a couple of Bay area towns, so maybe the track is Sonoma?

I hope this guy looks into bolting down his seat, and using well-anchored seat belts. You can't always count on being "thrown clear" http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

-Sam

[427TJ]

That's Fremont, later known as Baylands Raceway. Long gone, sad to say. The GM plant (now Toyota) is across the highway and back in the old days the track and the plant were just about the only thing out there. First time I went to Fremont was in 1974 when I won tickets through the Revell Master Modelers Club and it was a afternoon-evening show wth the Revell funnies and a few rails. I went back there a few years ago and walked through what was left of the pits. The track had been torn up and turned into gravel and everything was gone except for the pole that held the electrical supply to the tower.

[Shankin]

I watched that about 6 months ago. How crazy is it that he walked away. Did you see how far the seat went into the air?

[Bob Jenkins]

the first time I watched it, I thought, why isn't that guy going to check on the driver, why is he just kneeling there watching....until I realized, that is the driver http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[Xplantdad]

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the first time I watched it, I thought, why isn't that guy going to check on the driver, why is he just kneeling there watching....until I realized, that is the driver http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

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Same here... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

[Canucklehead]

I was thinking "boy is that spectator ever lucky, that car nearly hit him........wait a sec how DID that car miss him he was right in the way.........hold on this is'nt right"

[JQ]

I can't believe how he is already standing up and his car hasn't finished rolling.. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

[Jonesy]

That was some bad driving.... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif

[joey]

My grandfather got killed in a 55 roll over, Don's nickname should be lucky!!

[69chevelle.greg]

This wreck was at Baylands Raceway in Fremont, Ca. The race track is no longer there.
He was wearing his racing harness, which actually amazingly tore form the mounts.
It appeared that one of the leaf springs shackles broke loose causing it to go all over the place.
The car belonged to his son (Rob Renfro) and this was the cars first track run. Ron emerged completely unhurt from the car as it "dumped" him safely on the ground.
The car was a total loss except for a handful of parts.