OT: Tom Pryce video clip

Sorry for waiting. Until now I recived many requests to send video clip which shows how tragic things can be. This clip is stressfull, and I MEAN IT !!! link is: http://www.geocities.com/formula1data/ One more time, think about seeing this !

I had actually read abot it before but didn't realise how bad it was until I saw it, in one way, you can't blame Tom Pryce, the marshalls should have seen him coming, but I guess he died doing what he loved doing, as did Ayrton Senna, Roland Ratzenburger, Greg Moore, Dale Earnhardt, it jus reminds us that motor racing, no matter how much we love it, is a dangerous sport, and yet when we play these games we should remember that legends in the sport made racing what it is today, the most popular sport in the world. We all pay homage to these brave people when we buy the games, when we play them and when we enjoy them and talk about them, at the end of the day, 22 F1 Drivers, 40+ Nascar Drivers, 30+ Cart, loads others out there and they are all brave men, and are all great drivers. With this, let me plug EA's F1 2001 Season, I have been playtesting this for the PS2, this is an AWESOME Game, realistic, and the PC version is gonna be better yet.. :) (btw.. I work for EA) Cya all, Happy Racing! <fluffypony> "Dino Be�en" wrote:

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> > Sorry for waiting. > Until now I recived many requests to send video clip which shows how tragic > things can be. > > This clip is stressfull, and I MEAN IT !!! > > link is: http://www.geocities.com/formula1data/ > > One more time, think about seeing this !

WOW thats VERY disturbing to watch. I am not familiar with this incident . When did it happen? "fluffypony" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I had actually read abot it before but didn't realise how bad it was > until I saw it, in one way, you can't blame Tom Pryce, the marshalls > should have seen him coming, but I guess he died doing what he loved > doing, as did Ayrton Senna, Roland Ratzenburger, Greg Moore, Dale > Earnhardt, it jus reminds us that motor racing, no matter how much we > love it, is a dangerous sport, and yet when we play these games we > should remember that legends in the sport made racing what it is today, > the most popular sport in the world. > > We all pay homage to these brave people when we buy the games, when we > play them and when we enjoy them and talk about them, at the end of the > day, 22 F1 Drivers, 40+ Nascar Drivers, 30+ Cart, loads others out there > and they are all brave men, and are all great drivers. > > With this, let me plug EA's F1 2001 Season, I have been playtesting this > for the PS2, this is an AWESOME Game, realistic, and the PC version is > gonna be better yet.. :) (btw.. I work for EA) > > Cya all, Happy Racing! > <fluffypony> > > "Dino Be�en" wrote: > > > > Sorry for waiting. > > Until now I recived many requests to send video clip which shows how

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> > things can be. > > > > This clip is stressfull, and I MEAN IT !!! > > > > link is: http://www.geocities.com/formula1data/ > > > > One more time, think about seeing this !

You forgot about the (mostly) unpaid workers who man the tracks so that these drivers can go race. A moments pause to reflect on those who have perished during something they (and I) also love. F1 has claimed two marshals in the past year, and motorracing in general has been cruel worldwide with approx 5 deaths in same period. Book (A person who can never go back to just "watching" a race.) "fluffypony" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I had actually read abot it before but didn't realise how bad it was > until I saw it, in one way, you can't blame Tom Pryce, the marshalls > should have seen him coming, but I guess he died doing what he loved > doing, as did Ayrton Senna, Roland Ratzenburger, Greg Moore, Dale > Earnhardt, it jus reminds us that motor racing, no matter how much we > love it, is a dangerous sport, and yet when we play these games we > should remember that legends in the sport made racing what it is today, > the most popular sport in the world. > > We all pay homage to these brave people when we buy the games, when we > play them and when we enjoy them and talk about them, at the end of the > day, 22 F1 Drivers, 40+ Nascar Drivers, 30+ Cart, loads others out there > and they are all brave men, and are all great drivers. > > With this, let me plug EA's F1 2001 Season, I have been playtesting this > for the PS2, this is an AWESOME Game, realistic, and the PC version is > gonna be better yet.. :) (btw.. I work for EA) > > Cya all, Happy Racing! > <fluffypony> > > "Dino Be�en" wrote: > > > > Sorry for waiting. > > Until now I recived many requests to send video clip which shows how

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> > things can be. > > > > This clip is stressfull, and I MEAN IT !!! > > > > link is: http://www.geocities.com/formula1data/ > > > > One more time, think about seeing this !

it happened (Looking up his F1 history books) 5th March, 1977 at Kyalami.. <fluffypony> > WOW thats VERY disturbing to watch. I am not familiar with this incident . > When did it happen?

fluffypony wrote in message <[email hidden]>... >in one way, you can't blame Tom Pryce, the marshalls >should have seen him coming You can't blame Tom Pryce in ANY way. There was nothing he could do. He came over the crest of the hill at +180mph to see this guy infront of him. Anyway he would've only seen him for a split second before being hit by the fire extinguisher...

Im sorry i asked... terrible accident. What i find unbelievable is how another marshall runs accross the track after tom struck the other marshall, and a car zips by at 180mph only 4secs after! Things have come a long way. Also, why was tom just dumped on the ground? And did his helmet come off on the impact, or removed by marshalls? Dino Be�en <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9l6tll$35qn$[email hidden]... > Sorry for waiting. > Until now I recived many requests to send video clip which shows howtragic

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> things can be. > > This clip is stressfull, and I MEAN IT !!! > > > link is: http://www.geocities.com/formula1data/ > > One more time, think about seeing this ! > >

That picture "did" enough for me.... this is something I *don't* want to see.. Shame about Pryce though... he, like so many of "the others", was a great talent. -- ed_

"Luke Phillips" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3b77d354$0$20970$[email hidden]... > Also, why was tom just dumped on the ground? And did his helmet come offon > the impact, or removed by marshalls? impact was so strong you could at the end of the clip that his helmet droped near the place where accident happened

"Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<MzTd7.357$[email hidden]>... > That picture "did" enough for me.... this is something I *don't* want to > see.. > > Shame about Pryce though... he, like so many of "the others", was a great > talent. Likewise, Ed. I confess to starting the video download, but the first few frames suddenly made me realise "s**t, I'm about to see someone die". I'm very much interested in F1 history, but I don't need to see something so tragic to build on my knowledge. I actually feel guilty for even considering watching it :-(

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> "Luke Phillips" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3b77d354$0$20970$[email hidden]... > > Also, why was tom just dumped on the ground? And did his helmet come off > on > > the impact, or removed by marshalls? > > impact was so strong > you could at the end of the clip that his helmet droped near the place

where > accident happenedI read at the time that he was decapitated but as far as I could tell from the video he was still in one piece. Thanks for posting it Dino, although it is not pleasant I feel it ought to be available. -- Tony Whitley GPLRank -0.54 MonsterRank 407 and falling... "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, but Moss, he gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand Prix.

I am confused on this. I know the marshal died, but did it not show a driver in his car that appeared to be dead as well? Racer X Veteran Sim Racer #4 Corvette C5-R in the GTIC #24 Monte Carlo in the DORL Victory Lane- http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1423/

Driver was also killed instantly. The fire Extinguisher the marshal was carrying hit him in the helmet. -- Kevin Anderson [email hidden] "Target 12" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I am confused on this. I know the marshal died, but did it not show a driver > in his car that appeared to be dead as well? > Racer X > Veteran Sim Racer > #4 Corvette C5-R in the GTIC > #24 Monte Carlo in the DORL > Victory Lane- > http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1423/ >

Tony Whitley wrote: > I read at the time that he was decapitated but as far as I could tell from > the video he was still in one piece. Sure can't say that about the poor track marshall. I've seen the video also, what a horrific accident. Gary

> Tony Whitley wrote: > > I read at the time that he was decapitated but as far as I could tellfrom > > the video he was still in one piece. In this kind of thing, the severity of the outcome increases exponentially each time it's told. Pappy

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> > > Tony Whitley wrote: > > > I read at the time that he was decapitated but as far as I could tell > from > > > the video he was still in one piece. > > In this kind of thing, the severity of the outcome increases exponentially > each time it's told. >

You're right, but I'm old enough to be talking about reading the newspapers at the time... -- Tony Whitley GPLRank -0.54 MonsterRank 407 and falling... "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, but Moss, he gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand Prix.

I believe that was Helmut Koinegg (sp?) at Watkin's Glen, around the same time . . . --David [snip] > I read at the time that he was decapitated but as far as I could tell from > the video he was still in one piece. Thanks for posting it Dino, althoughit

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> is not pleasant I feel it ought to be available. > > > -- > > Tony Whitley > GPLRank -0.54 > MonsterRank 407 and falling... > "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, but Moss,

he > gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand > Prix. > > >