[Norwegian1]

Originally Posted by kilyurselph ↗

Nothing Like A Good Old Racing Accident To Cheer Up DR's Voyeurs

There is nothing cheering about racing accidents, at least not when they are fatal. If you are looking to be cheered up then you can move along, there is nothing here for you...

[AlvinKarpis]

Originally Posted by kilyurselph ↗

Nothing Like A Good Old Racing Accident To Cheer Up DR's Voyeurs

Were you born stupid?

Or did you have to work at it?

[windowlicker]

Originally Posted by windowlicker ↗

Italian Giovanni Salvatti lost his life in this impact with the armco at the Tarumã track in Brazil 1971 during an F2 race. He was battling with Wilson Fittipaldi for 4th when he locked his breaks up and speared off into the barrier which inflicted fatal injuries.

(Page 115)

A few more pictures of Giovanni Salvatti's fatal under guardrail crash in 1971.

[windowlicker]

September 19th 1906 and George Robertson destroyes the Apperson, injuring himself and riding mechanic Arthur Warren. The accident happened on Old Westbury Road in Roslyn during the American Elimination Trial for the Vanderbilt Cup. It was theorized that a left rear tire blew before they struck a large tree, the impact hurling the machine into a telegraph pole. The force of the impact was so great the car was wrapped around the pole like a piece of wire.

[windowlicker]

A very big impact for Sergio Perez in his Sauber-Ferrari during the 2011 practice for the Monaco GP.

[windowlicker]

Michele Mouton at the Monte Carlo rally in 1983 in an Audi Quattro, after hitting a stone wall at over 60 mph. Michele won four WRC rallies and finished runner-up in the drivers World Championship in 1982.

[windowlicker]

Tony Roberts goes flying at Bathurst....

[AlvinKarpis]

Originally Posted by The Dark ↗

One famous time at Monaco he was listening to Murray give a lengthy explanation why Liger driver Rene Arnoux was slower now than in his prime, and saying Arnoux blamed it on now driving a normally aspirated car rather than a turbo.... so live on TV Hunt says "Well all I can say to that is Bullshit". (It is on you tube, well worth a search).

Its also on DR and I will search for you

http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...ml#post3241659

[DoubleZ1013]

Question for AlvinKarpis:

In the early days of racing, they had a mechanic riding along with the driver. I'm guessing it was his job to take care of the gears and making sure the cars were functional at the time (cars being a new invention and all). Do you know how long mechanics were required to ride along with the drivers, and when did the practice stop? I've read many sad stories where the mechanic was killed along with the driver in racing accidents. I know you've posted a few of their stories on this board. I just found it to be an interesting practice in the history of racing.

[DoubleZ1013]

Originally Posted by kilyurselph ↗

Nothing Like A Good Old Racing Accident To Cheer Up DR's Voyeurs

Racing accidents--along with any kind of death listed on these pages SHOULD NOT cheer anyone up. I mentioned in another post that I read this board to help me forget about my issues. The things that have happened to so many people here makes whatever I'm bitching about seem like a first world problem, and it puts things into perspective. How am I going to continue to complain about not getting any when somewhere a group of soldiers are raping and killing innocent children? Sure there is having that morbid curiosity, but I find DR to be educational, albeit sad, and with that said I consider myself to be fortunate than the thousands of people who've had the misfortune of having their last photos posted here. The least I can do is to read their stories, view(and occasionally post) their images with respect, and wish the survivors well.