Classic Race Car Crashes

[Roger 68 charger]

 

The link below is a film compiled of vintage auto racing accidents from the late '20s with Bugattis, Millers, Maserattis, and Bentleys, up through the '30s and '40s dirt tracks, and up to about about 1955, in the case of the Mercedes team at LeMans, and the Jags, Allards and MGs mixing it up after the war. It is about 4 minutes long.



There is an old saying that "There are old race car drivers, and there are bold race car drivers, but there aren't many old, bold race car drivers." I think this explains why. Before the days of safety devices of any kind.



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

     

[Aero426]

Damn few died in bed.

[tan top]

looking at that !! it seems crazy today !!  with no roll  bar or cage ! wonder why no one ever thought of putting something like that in 

by the looks of it one wreck  & your prolly wiped out  with the open top racers 

intresting video , thanks for posting 

[Aero426]

looking at that !! it seems crazy today !!  with no roll  bar or cage ! wonder why no one ever thought of putting something like that in  

by the looks of it one wreck  & your prolly wiped out  with the open top racers  

It was common that some drivers felt it would be best to be thrown clear of the wreck in the event of a rollover.  

Hard to imagine 140 mph on 4" wide tires, on a wooden track banked steeper than Daytona.    

[bobs66440]

That's difficult to watch...

[Richard Cranium]

I believe that someone posted that a couple of weeks ago. 

[Laxy]

Great video, thanks. Those guys had balls the size of watermelons...