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Kevin Heath crashed his buggy heavily during the 2007 Dakar rally and was lucky to walk away unhurt.

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United Arab Emirates rally Champion driver Mohammed bin Sulayem crashes a Renault F1 R28 during a drag race with a Ford GT at the Dubai autodrome on April 9th 2009, as part of the team's roadshow campaign in the United Arab Emirates.

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Originally Posted by windowlicker ↗

Marc Surer's huge crash in a Ford RS200 on the 1986 ADAC Hessen-Rallye which killed his co-driver and friend Michel Wyderand.

Full footage and aftermath

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The Cavan Stages Rally 2012 in Ireland and this Ford Escort lost control crashing into the spectators and killing two.

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Originally Posted by AlvinKarpis ↗

Full footage and aftermath

Amazing footage, very sad. You can see poor Michel Wyder bracing for the impact just before hiting the first tree.

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Originally Posted by 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.

I'm sure AK won't mind me refering from Wiki...

'A riding mechanic was a mechanic that rode along with a race car during races, and who was tasked with maintaining, monitoring, and repairing the car during the race. They also communicated with the pits and spotted from inside the car.'

'Riding mechanics were also referred to by the term mechanician. The position is largely associated with the early years of Championship car racing and the Indianapolis 500, however, they were also utilized in grand prix racing for a period of time.'

Indy racing - 'In 1923 riding mechanics were made optional, and only one team utilized them.[3] They were brought back from 1930 to 1937 and made mandatory once again. From 1938 on, they were again deemed optional, but no teams in the starting field used one ever again. In the years immediately following WWII, nearly all two-man cars had been parked, or converted to single-seaters. Eventually, in 1964, riding mechanics were formally abandoned'

F1 - 'Riding mechanics were also required in the classic era of grand prix. Riding mechanics were banned in Europe after the death of Tom Barrett in 1924.'

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Yann Buron and his co-driver Jean-Luc Ferrero left the road during the French, Pays des Maures rally 2012. Two people died, a spectator and a marshall and at least 18 people were injured, four of them critically.

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Originally Posted by windowlicker ↗

I'm sure AK won't mind me refering from Wiki...

'A riding mechanic was a mechanic that rode along with a race car during races, and who was tasked with maintaining, monitoring, and repairing the car during the race. They also communicated with the pits and spotted from inside the car.'

'Riding mechanics were also referred to by the term mechanician. The position is largely associated with the early years of Championship car racing and the Indianapolis 500, however, they were also utilized in grand prix racing for a period of time.'

Indy racing - 'In 1923 riding mechanics were made optional, and only one team utilized them.[3] They were brought back from 1930 to 1937 and made mandatory once again. From 1938 on, they were again deemed optional, but no teams in the starting field used one ever again. In the years immediately following WWII, nearly all two-man cars had been parked, or converted to single-seaters. Eventually, in 1964, riding mechanics were formally abandoned'

F1 - 'Riding mechanics were also required in the classic era of grand prix. Riding mechanics were banned in Europe after the death of Tom Barrett in 1924.'

Oh man I never even saw this post! My bad

And Wikipedia is ok to use, most of the time they get it right with the set of facts and main story

Its the background and cause that you always have to dig deeper for

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Joey Lagano's crash during the Nascar Sprint Cup Series 2009 at Dover.

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William 'Pete' Snell racing a Triumph TR2 at a SCCA club event at Arcata Airport in 1956. The TR2 had no roll over bar and when it flipped during the race, his helmet shattered, causing terrible head injuries and he lost his life. Snell had hit a straw bale after contract with a Porsche, causing the crash.