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Posted on 10/17/11 at 10:44 pm to SPEEDY
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I think his head was caught in the catch fence
I think that as well. If you look at the footage from turn 3, you can see the cockpit of his car heading directly into the catchfence.
Starts around 7:50
Posted on 10/17/11 at 11:42 pm to purplepylon
Looking back it seems like death was pretty common in open wheel racing back in the 60s and 70s. Check out this video from the 1964 Indy 500
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LINK
Posted on 10/18/11 at 12:01 am to itawambadog
Holy frick 
I love old racing pictures where spectators are practically on the track, like this one where they are all checking out the car that went out of the track
I love old racing pictures where spectators are practically on the track, like this one where they are all checking out the car that went out of the track
Posted on 10/18/11 at 11:33 am to SprintFun
I'd drive an Indy car on an empty track but I'd never race one. You literally have no protection. And just barely bumping tires can put you in a world of hurt. I know NASCAR has had its fair share of fatalities, but today's cup cars have to be ten times safer than an Indy car.
Posted on 10/18/11 at 6:08 pm to crimsonsaint
Taking any car at a high rate of speed is a rush and I guess the drivers have to turn off that thought in their head about the risk. I remember when I first got my car I got it up to 140 but then afterwards I thought "damn, it something was in the road I would be screwed"
Posted on 10/18/11 at 6:19 pm to purplepylon
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I think that as well. If you look at the footage from turn 3, you can see the cockpit of his car heading directly into the catchfence.
Starts around
Damn, thats the best (or worst) footage I've seen of it yet.....Tough to watch...He didnt stand a chance of surviving that.
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