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Originally Posted by windowlicker ↗

These are the shocking images of Italian sportcar driver Mauro Bianchi's crash during the 1968 Le Mans 24 hours driving a Matra A220, he punctured a tyre on debris from an earlier accident.

He was pulled from the burning wreck with nasty burns but made a recovery from them.

Original post from page 54.

Some additional aftermath photos showing just how lucky Mauro Bianchi was to walk away.

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Santiago Saigós fatal crash in the Ensenada road race 1965 in Argentina.

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The aftermath of Scott Kalitta's fatal NHRA crash at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in 2008.

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Rare photo of US racer Sonny Ates crash at the fourth turn during qualifying at the Indy 500 in 1970, he was uninjured but didn't make the race.

Sonny made 15 starts in the series with 5 top 10 finishes and a best result of 5th in 1968 at Brooklyn.

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Bud Tingelstad crashes out of the 1965 Indy 500 on lap 115 at turn 3.

Bud took part in the USAC Championship from 1960 to 1971 starting 120 races with 56 top 10 finishes and winning a race at DuQuoin in 1966. He finished in the top ten at Indy 3 times, 9th in 1960, 6th in '64 and 7th in 1971.

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Arnie Knepper raced in the USAC Championship from 1963-1972, finishing in the top ten 21 times with a best finish of 3rd position on two occasions in 1966.

He became well known for his actions after crashing on lap 87 of the 1969 Indy 500 when after spinning out he stood up in his wreck waving his arms to warn drivers speeding at 180mph towards him.

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Ralph Liguori crashes out of qualifying for the Indy 500 in 1967, he did not make the cut and never did make the great race in six attempts.

Ralph took part in 61 USAC races from 1957 to 1971 with a best result of 2nd at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Speedway in 1970 and 76 NASCAR races with a best result of 3rd.

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Karl Busson flips at the Reading Fairgrounds 1973 fracturing his shoulder.

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Gordon Johncock crashes out of the Pocono 500 in 1975 in the Pat Patrick run Wildcat.

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LeRoy Porter's horrific crash at the DeSoto Speedway in Bradenton in 1990 which left him trapped in his burning car. After around thirty seconds he was able to get out of his harness and drop out of the passenger side, rolling on the ground to put out the flames. He was terribly burnt, sustaining burns over fifty two percent of his body, eighteen percent of them third-degree. Amazingly he survived, but would not race again.