Elliott Sadler says NASCAR is hiding crash footage [Video]

Retired NASCAR veteran Elliott Sadler says he was involved in a crash that was so alarming that he was privately shown it once and the footage has been sealed away ever since.

During an appearance on the Dale Jr Download this week, Earnhardt and Sadler shared recollections about the two biggest crashes the latter was known for throughout his four-decade NASCAR career, one that occurred in 2000 at Michigan International Speedway and the other at Pocono Raceway in 2010.

First, this crash at Pocono:

Fans have long speculated there was additional video content that NASCAR had shelved and Earnhardt wanted to know if there was some merit to that.

“The crash at Pocono where it ripped the motor out,” Earnhardt asked. “There’s this small cult group following or whatever that believe there’s something that happened in that wreck that NASCAR doesn’t want anybody to know about. What in the world is that?”

Sadler said there’s no there, …