Amazing old time race crashes

[Greg from Aus]

Pretty cool how some of them walk away.http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...13330736228431



Greg

[HarleyR]

id say there were a lot of them that didnt...

[shortrack]

Crazy!.....back when they used to think it was best to be thrown out the vehicle clear of a wreck.

[TheJDMan]

Trust me, not everyone walked away. There is a BBC documentary titled "Grand Prix the Killer Years". It is a very sobering look at the lack of safety in cars and tracks and how many drivers and spectators died in the early years of formula 1 racing. There are several interviews of famous drivers one of them is Jackie Stewart and at one point he and his wife counted 57 people they knew who had been killed in racing accidents. Anyone who has anything to do with high performance driving on any level should consider this a must see. It gives one a greater appreciation for how we got to where we are today in terms of safety in motorsports.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xml...ler-years_auto

[shortrack]

Trust me, not everyone walked away. There is a BBC documentary titled "Grand Prix the Killer Years". It is a very sobering look at the lack of safety in cars and tracks and how many drivers and spectators died in the early years of formula 1 racing. There are several interviews of famous drivers one of them is Jackie Stewart and at one point he and his wife counted 57 drivers they knew who had been killed racing. Anyone who has anything to do with high performance driving on any level should consider this a must see. It gives one a greater appreciation for how we got where we are today in terms of safety in motorsports.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xml...ler-years_auto

Great vid.....seen bits of it over the years....sobering

[TonyHuntimer]

Good vid. Thanks for sharing. I'll have to look up the video Steve mentioned.

Tony Huntimer
RaceHome.com

[Poopy]

Wow that is amazing. Crazy bad as$ dudes.

[blakes72x]

awesome video these dudes were all straight up daredevils!

[pro67coupe]

This stuff is rough! Hate to see it after having a decent wreck myself. It's still better to get hurt or killed doin something you love then just sitting on the couch all the time because what you want to do is too dangerous

[BMR Sales]

Wish I had some Videos of the Stuff I have lived through ( Dukes of Hazzard flying into a Lake - long story, barrel-rolling a Formula-Ford,, getting hit by the longest Limo I've ever seen,)