Possibly the worst motorsport accident...
06-12-2004, 08:14 AM
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Possibly the worst motorsport accident...
*warning* the following clip contains a fatal accident from the 1982 Indy 500
http://www.newtechpirates.com/video/smiley.mpg - 10mb
Its incredible how the car simply "disapears"
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06-12-2004, 08:35 AM
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The way it just shot to the right suddenly
06-12-2004, 11:21 AM
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What happened cos it wont work 4 me?
06-12-2004, 11:42 AM
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06-12-2004, 12:03 PM
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He lost control on some oil in the middle of a bend - he over corrected and hit the wall head on at over 200mph.
If the car had been a carbon fiber chassis he may of walked away from that - because the car was made from aluminium back then it simply exploded on impact
Ive edited it for people who may not have the right codecs:
www.newtechpirates.com/video/smiley.wmv - 1.6mb
www.newtechpirates.com/video/smiley_slowmo.wmv 1.3mb
06-12-2004, 12:24 PM
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thats shocking
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06-12-2004, 01:56 PM
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wow, you can see the guy spinning over the tarmac in the slow motion.
Very bad
06-12-2004, 02:42 PM
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06-12-2004, 02:42 PM
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Very bad accident that... Good for him it was fast though... RIP
06-12-2004, 03:58 PM
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That is not good the way the whole car just crumples on the slo movie
06-12-2004, 04:37 PM
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ouch!
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06-12-2004, 08:13 PM
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that car is just abliterated rip
06-12-2004, 09:21 PM
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bloody hell when did that happen? Can you imagine what the fans there at the time felt?
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07-12-2004, 05:20 PM
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It was at the 1982 Indy 500. Same year F1 drive Gilles Villenueve was killed
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Thats one bad crash. Poor guy
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Shocking...........when the vid finishes and is stopped on the last frame you can see the poor guys arm in the wreckage.
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