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This is what Enzo Ferrari said when asked who were the greatest drivers he had hired,

"... a debutant. His name was Guy Moll and he was showing that he belonged to the small group of top drivers. It is true that Moll was not the first foreigner that drove for me, but I acknowledge that he was the most sensational one. That day Moll showed his champion style, established his personality as a driver and proved me right when choosing him for my team."

He might not be a famous name now but Gull Moll made an amazing impact in GP racing in his short career when he made his debut in 1932 and was soon signed by Ferrari to drive his works entered Alfa Romero's in 1934.

Moll won the 1934 Monaco GP and the GP race at Avus and was on the poduim in most races until the 1934 Coppa Acerbo in Pescara where he crashed trying to pass and lap Ernst Henne. It appears that the strong scirocco-wind caught the Alfa sending it spinning for 400m hitting some trees and coming to rest against a barn. The 24 year old died shortly afterwards.

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On 16th September 1956, Richard von Frankenberg in his modified number 9 Type 645 spyder was racing closely with Von Trips, both running above the white line. The spyder veered to the right unexpectedly towards the lip of the banking, shot vertically into the air and spun several times. Von Frankenberg was thrown clear of the cockpit, his fall was broken by bushes which grew at the bottom of the banking. The car crashed below, bursting into flames among parked cars. Somehow Frankenberg escaped with minor injuries.

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Jesse Samples in the 1965 Dixie 400, crashed through the wall and broadsided, fortunately on the passenger's side, and flipped. He was miraculously unhurt.

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Another big one....

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Jean-Louis Lafosse in a Rondeau at Le Mans 1981 while flat out on the Mulsanne straight the car turned sharply to the right, probably due to a collapse of the front-right suspension. The car hit the guard-rail with a huge impact right before a marshal post. Two marshals were hit by debris and were seriously injured. The Rondeau bounced back, spinning across the track, and crashing against the left guard-rail before stopping in the middle of the track. The car was completely destroyed particularly its front end; Lafosse, fully exposed, was killed instantly. Some attributed Lafosse’s death to the fact that he preferred racing with the safety belts very loose, but the sheer violence of the crash and the level of damage to the Rondeau made the accident unsurviveable.

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Eddie Pagan crashes violently through the guardrail at the Darlington Raceway during the 1958 Southern 500. Although it looks spectacular Pagan received only minor scrapes in the crash.

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Jack Smith going over the wall at Darlington in 1958.

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Originally Posted by windowlicker ↗

Another big one....

"....beautiful Pinto...." Those are 2 words I have never seen together before.

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Massive 15 car pile up at the 1969 Bathurst race...

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Joe Weatherly at Riverside 1964. Joe didn't wear a shoulder harness or have a window net fitted as he was afraid of getting trapped in a burning car.

His car left he road and hit the wall hard as did Joe's head which inflicted the fatal injuries.