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The 1939 Indianapolis 500, Bob Swanson was involved in the accident that killed defending champion Floyd Roberts. Thrown from his car when Roberts hit him, Swanson lay unconscious on the track as the car overturned and caught fire. His lucky escape proved to be only a temporary reprieve, as he was killed a year later while attempting to qualify for a midget car race.

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A selection of Indy 500 crashes...

The first is Al Gordon in 1936, he suffered slight bruising.
The second is Al Unser Snr in his Parnelli in 1977.
The third is Tom Sneva at the first turn in 1987.
The fourth is a picture of the in-field around the 1944/45 period. Just shows how safety has changed during the years.

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Eddie Miller's massive crash in practise for Indy 500 1976 when his car left the track flipping into a spectator area.

[jeremycrpntr]

Originally Posted by AlvinKarpis ↗

How to search this thread for a specific driver or crash

Ok go to Google.com

Copy and paste this site:documentingreality.com indy/formula one: into the search bar

Then type in the name of the crash/driver/race after it is pasted and hit enter

All of the search results for that name will pop up

If you are having any trouble with that try tweaking the words around a little

Still cant find it? Just make a post in this thread and I will give it a try

AWESOME!!! Thanks!

[jeremycrpntr]

Originally Posted by AlvinKarpis ↗

http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...ml#post3149642

This is your original post

I still have not heard anything on Rich Volgers video

Like I said before somebody had to have recorded it off ESPN that night

I will look more deeply into Volgers death today and see if anybody has ever come across the rare video

I remember SEEING it on ESPN the next day, but have desperately tried to find it ANYWHERE on the net, and have NEVER found anything! I'll never forget them showing his helmet rolling down the track... Was a HUGE fan of him!

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A selection of NASCAR flips, none fatal.

1. 1960 Don Bitner at Lakewood Park.
2. 1961 Lee Petty at Daytona.
3. 1962 Bill Amick at Daytona.
4. 1965 Bud Strickler at Darlington.
5. 1984 Randy LaJoie at Daytona.
6. 1991 Darrel Waltrip at Daytona.
7. 1993 Neil Bonnet at Talladega.
8. 1995 Ken Schrader at Talladega.
9. 1997 Robert Pressley at Daytona.

[jeremycrpntr]

It's Vogler though... Rich Vogler.

[jeremycrpntr]

Originally Posted by AlvinKarpis ↗

Un-fucking-believable

I have had the Rich Vogler video for the last two weeks!

It was sitting in my Spam instead of my Inbox

When I sent out some feelers after Rustymustangs request I didnt hear back from anyone

But apparently the day after I did that one of my longtime race/crash contacts sent me the video and it ended up in my email Spam (maybe due to the size of the file?)

So for two weeks I have had this rare video and instead of double checking my email like any smart person would do, I walk around with my thumb up my ass hoping someone out there recorded it back in the day and will by the grace of god get a hold of me first so I can post the video

What a clusterfuck of an operation I have running over here

Anyways not to make light of Rich Voglers horrific death in any way, the contact told me that Richs helmet contained his head and that he was decapitated

I can not back that claim up because I have no facts about Voglers death at all

But the contact has a vast knowledge base and I trust what he says on any issue, so take from that what you will

RIP Rich, I remember you well from all the Indy 500s that you were in during the 1980s

THAT IS AWESOME THAT U HAVE IT!!! I haven't seen it since the day afterwards. His head was not in the helmet though. I've heard ppl say that too, but it is not true. He was NEARLY decapitaated, but was not. WOW MAN! Thanks for sharing!

[AlvinKarpis]

Originally Posted by jeremycrpntr ↗

I remember SEEING it on ESPN the next day, but have desperately tried to find it ANYWHERE on the net, and have NEVER found anything! I'll never forget them showing his helmet rolling down the track... Was a HUGE fan of him!

Did you download the rare Vogler video that was sent to me?

If you have not, go back a few pages and do so

Not that it will get taken down on DR but I want everybody who has been looking for that video to have a hard copy of it on their computer

The quality of the video on the JW player is the same quality of the version that was sent to me, so in most cases (as with this one) its 1000x easier to just download it

This is not just directed at Jeremycrpnter, but all DR members

It was always my goal to provide videos/pictures to any fan that could not find it online or elsewhere

So please download away, just dont re-post it on Youtube or another website

Thats all I ask

Lets keep it all here on DR to get Chris some traffic or new members

[AlvinKarpis]

Originally Posted by jeremycrpntr ↗

It's Vogler though... Rich Vogler.

I know it is, sometimes dyslexia rears its ugly head at me

Im sure half the time I type Volger instead of Vogler

Just ignore my short comings

Edit: And when im saying his name out loud, I always pronounce it the correct way "Vo-Gler", never ever will you hear me pronounce it like "Vulgar"

Just in case anybody was hearing my voice when reading my posts