Oh Sure, we can laugh now.............

[67Dart273]

Seat belts? Cages?


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcHIWQduLjk"]When Racers Where RACERS! Old Race Car Crashes www.RightFace.us - YouTube[/ame]

 

[clinteg]

That guy at 3:05 got LUCKY! Them guys were crazy to drive those cars like that.

 

[69B-Cuda]

man, I hurt all over after watching that!

 

[bighammer]

wow, lots o' carnage there. amazing how the sport has evolved

 

[67Dart273]

wow, lots o' carnage there. amazing how the sport has evolved

And really, not all that long ago that Earnhardt left us. Along with some others since then, including Scott Kalitta

This website shows some 400 dragstrip deaths since the late 50s

http://dragstripdeaths.webs.com/

 

[diymirage]

That guy at 3:05 got LUCKY! Them guys were crazy to drive those cars like that.

what about the announcer at 1.14 ?
half a yard to the right and his stand would have become his coffin

 

[clinteg]

what about the announcer at 1.14 ?
half a yard to the right and his stand would have become his coffin

Oh yeah, missed that! And it looks like there were people sitting in a set of stands right behind him with cars just tumbling by!

 

[diymirage]

on a side note, I just watched "rush" the movie about Niki Lauda and mike hunt
surprisingly good movie

 

[AlV]

Outrageous! IMO, The only thing that comes close to that today is MotoGP.
That's brass!

 

[inkjunkie]

Damn....

 

[Dartnut]

That's some wild crap there.....

 

[roadrunnerh]

I've seen that one before, but it still amazes me!
How about the guy who ends up up-side-down after the crash at 1:38?