Video of Girl Almost Falling Over From Velocity of NASCAR Racers Goes Viral

A video of a girl nearly being blown over by the blast of wind from a pack of NASCAR racing vehicles has gone viral once more, nearly 10 years after it initially went viral.

The clip, which is believed on social media to have been filmed throughout the 2014 Daytona 500 held on the Daytona Worldwide Speedway and received by Dale Earnhardt Jr, sees followers coming to the fence to take images of the racers as they fly previous on the observe.

The vehicles are being pushed at speeds of as much as 200 m.p.h. and they’re only a blur as they cross, however the tailwind generated by 20 or extra vehicles in shut proximity was sufficient to nearly blow the followers over.

Within the caption of the publish, it was commented that watching NASCAR on TV doesn’t do justice to how briskly the autos are shifting and the impact when watching them up shut from trackside.

Some on the social media web site warned that it was a harmful option to make in happening to the fence as a crash on the observe might show catastrophic for many who are solely a metallic fence away from the vehicles.

With telephone in hand, the girl had a tough job of holding onto it in addition to staying upright within the clip, which has been considered greater than 100,000 occasions because it was posted on X, previously often called Twitter, on Saturday.

Commenting on the publish, one X person wrote: “I’d not be close to that fence!”

Whereas one other added: “Quick and livid #Real“

The video clip going viral once more is a welcome distraction for NASCAR followers who’ve seen the game undergo a troublesome week with the Noah Gragson scandal.

Gragson was launched from his NASCAR contract after his indefinite suspension from driving within the sequence.

The Legacy Motor Membership suspended the 25-year-old from the group earlier this month after he appeared to love a meme on social media mocking the loss of life of George Floyd by the hands of Minneapolis police in 2020.

On the time, the membership mentioned Gragson’s actions didn’t “signify the values of our group.” Now Gragson and the Legacy Motor Membership have parted methods on the request of the motive force.

Legacy introduced the choice on X.

“At this time, Noah Gragson requested to be launched from his contract as the motive force of the No.42 for Legacy Motor Membership,” learn the assertion.

The assertion included a quote from the younger driver saying he requested to be launched from his contract so he “can take time to work by way of the NASCAR reinstatement course of.”

“I really like racing, and I’m trying ahead to a second likelihood to compete for wins on the highest degree of NASCAR—and most significantly, make my household, my group and the followers pleased with me as soon as once more,” he mentioned.

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