[AlvinKarpis]

Originally Posted by FunkPumpkin ↗

Thanks for the pics/vid and the background info. I'm too damn old to remember all this stuff from back in the day, so it's cool to have the extra info as well. I use it to go back and read up on some of these things after the fact, so the "reading" bit is much appreciated. :)

You sir are #12 in the group of readers

Give or take the 1000 or so members who love to read that I dont know about yet

Gonna be posting some more stuff today when I get a chance

[Bong-in-my-hand]

Poor guy that would be a horrible death.

[AlvinKarpis]

Originally Posted by Bong-in-my-hand ↗

Poor guy that would be a horrible death.

Horrible for everybody who was there that day in the stands

Horrible for his wife and children, family and friends

Horrible for him for about 1 second, remember the Doctor who signed his death certificate said that the blunt force trauma was so off the charts that Smileys death was so instantaneous with the impact of his car that it could not be measured in time and he did not feel anything

And in the one second after his tires gripped the track and sent him straight into the wall im sure he thought or said "Oh shit!" and tried to duck his head down (pop the player out to widescreen and watch the first angle in slo-mo you can see him try to duck down and try to brace himself) thats all he had time for

When I first heard about the crash from my father I remember asking him how bad it hurt before he died and my dad said from what he saw on the news back in 1982 it happened so fast that he didnt even have time to think about how bad it was going to hurt

I have a newscast from that night somewhere that I got from a Youtube race fan from Minneapolis I think

Let me dig it out and post it

[AlvinKarpis]

Here is that newscast

Im sure it was pretty much the same all over the United States, just with the local area newscasters giving their own spin on it

[jinhwangtikatang]

So quick, this crash is one of the most dramatic motorsports crashes I've ever seen, and I think I've seen all of them.

[dropkic]

Man, talk about hitting a brick wall! I don't think you could survive that crash with today's safety standards in place. I don't know the actual speed but I'm sure it was probably around 200mph. I've seen those guys up close at the Houston Grand Prix and it was raining. You have to see in person to really appreciate the speed and driving skills those crazy bastard truly have. Amazing!

[AlvinKarpis]

Moved set to Death Photos to post in order

[AlvinKarpis]

Moved set to Death Photos to post in order

[AlvinKarpis]

Moved set to Death Photos to post in order

[AlvinKarpis]

Moved set to Death Photos to post in order