Drivers walked away from what was one of the scariest wrecks in years at a sprint car race on Saturday night at the Bridgeport Speedway in South Jersey.

“Top speeds 105 to 110 mph, and you’re carrying those speeds through the corners at such a ridiculous pace, it’s crazy,” said Aidan Borden, a sprint car driver from Jackson Township.

Borden joined 41 other drivers from across the Northeast Saturday at Bridgeport Speedway in Gloucester County to run in the Mid Atlantic Sprint Series 305 sprint car event honoring the memory of fellow driver Joey Kay, who died in a non-racing incident one year ago.

He discussed what happened when things started to go wrong.

“I saw a car started flipping ahead of me, and I lifted to avoid it. I'm good at avoiding wrecks. Someone just drilled me, and I started to barrel roll midair as I was rolling. I got drilled from behind again, parts flying anywhere, I went flipping down the whole backstretch, not a good situation,” Borden recalled.

Even before the wreck was over, the Bridgeport Speedway ambulance was already on the way to the scene. After a few tense moments, Borden, and Jeremy Kornbau, of Western Pennsylvania, both climbed out of their destroyed cars without a scratch.

“There’s a lot of impacts, right, that are probably high g-force,” said Warren Alston, a member of the civilian advisory board of the New Jersey State Police Race Control Unit.

Alston has seen and responded to a lot of crashes. He also trains first responders and other track crews on how to keep everyone safe. In New Jersey, the state police set safety standards for all forms of motorsports.

“We require containment seats in our race cars in New Jersey. The seat belts need to be within two years of the stamp of the manufacturer. Minimum five-part harness. They must wear a Snell-rated safety helmet,” he said.

Borden’s destroyed car now sits in pieces inside his Jackson Township garage. But he doesn’t have a long time to rest. A brand-new car is nearly race-ready for his next event on Wednesday night – again - at Bridgeport.

“Honestly, I’m kind of more motivated now that I’ve been in a wreck that bad and I wasn’t hurt, I'm kind of like, 'I was like OK, I can go that fast again. I’ll be fine, hopefully,'” said Borden.

Alston credits those strict standards set by the state and followed by Bridgeport Speedway that allowed Borden, Kornbau and others that night to walk away.

“You put things in place to do your best to minimize the next one because there will be a next one in motorsports because it’s inherently dangerous,” said Alston.