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Off Topic => Other cars => Topic started by: Garry on January 27, 2014, 02:29:29

Title: Racing Accidents
Post by: Garry on January 27, 2014, 02:29:29

Here are a few accidents, but interesting in opening scene of early MB race cars.

No seat belts, roll bars or anything and a few very dead people I think.

Garry

http://devour.com/video/vintage-race-car-crashes/

Title: Re: Racing Accidents
Post by: Flyair on January 27, 2014, 06:32:20

impressive, and I think you're right: it looks that there are very few very dead people, but much more of just slightly dead people...  ;D

Title: Re: Racing Accidents
Post by: stickandrudderman on February 01, 2014, 18:16:45

Gruesome!

Title: Re: Racing Accidents
Post by: 71Beige280SL on February 02, 2014, 19:49:39

Wow, the open cockpit car crashes were pretty spectacular! Particularly the one that hit the wall and caught fire. Geesh!

Title: Re: Racing Accidents
Post by: georgem on February 02, 2014, 20:31:04

Frightening - it showed the deaths of many, however what interested me was the fact that many walked away - some of those impacts were huge - no seat belts, no padded dashes, no crumple zones and a whole lot of them still survived - just.

Title: Re: Racing Accidents
Post by: KevinC on February 04, 2014, 15:01:25

Rent the 2013 Ron Howard movie "Rush" when you can...about F1 Drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda in the 70's... more about the story than the accidents specifically but a good flick overall...

http://www.fandango.com/movie-trailer/rush:70scoolfeaturette-trailer/159252/2411157245