On the site with the images of old gp's, i noticed the pics of Tom Pryce's
fatal crash. What happened in the crash, it looks a bit odd in the photo
where the car is driving down the road with all 4 wheels off the ground and
his head is leaning down.. Anybody know?
Luke
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Luke Phillips wrote:
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> On the site with the images of old gp's, i noticed the pics of Tom Pryce's
> fatal crash. What happened in the crash, it looks a bit odd in the photo
> where the car is driving down the road with all 4 wheels off the ground and
> his head is leaning down.. Anybody know?
He hit a young fire marshal who was running across the track. They were
both killed. Do date still the most horrendous accident I have ever
seen.
Gerry
Sounds like the photo is taken after the incident that killed him. Just as
he came over the blind crest at Kyalami's old s/f line he hit a marshal
carrying a fire extinguisher to another car that had just retired. Pryce his
the marshal as he was in the middle of the track and the fire extingusher
hit him in the face at close to 180mph. Pryce's car continued out of control
all the way down to T1 when it hit Laffite's car.
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>On the site with the images of old gp's, i noticed the pics of Tom Pryce's >fatal crash. What happened in the crash, it looks a bit odd in the photo >where the car is driving down the road with all 4 wheels off the ground and >his head is leaning down.. Anybody know? > >Luke >-=87=- > > >"Luke Phillips" <[email hidden]> writes:
> Geez..What was the marshall doing on the track? Thank god for the saftey in
> todays racing... After watching the crash at the start of the gp race last
> week, and still see him walk from the wreck was amazing..
Some time ago I found a video of this accident. It was some of the
most disturbing things i've seen.
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> > Racecraft <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Sounds like the photo is taken after the incident that killed him. Just as > > he came over the blind crest at Kyalami's old s/f line he hit a marshal > > carrying a fire extinguisher to another car that had just retired. Pryce > his > > the marshal as he was in the middle of the track and the fire extingusher > > hit him in the face at close to 180mph. Pryce's car continued out of > control > > all the way down to T1 when it hit Laffite's car. > > > > Luke Phillips wrote in message > > <3b73a9ae$0$20903$[email hidden]>... > > >On the site with the images of old gp's, i noticed the pics of Tom > Pryce's > > >fatal crash. What happened in the crash, it looks a bit odd in the photo > > >where the car is driving down the road with all 4 wheels off the ground > and > > >his head is leaning down.. Anybody know? > > > > > >Luke > > >-=87=- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Geez..What was the marshall doing on the track? Thank god for the saftey in
todays racing... After watching the crash at the start of the gp race last
week, and still see him walk from the wreck was amazing..
Luke
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> Sounds like the photo is taken after the incident that killed him. Just as
> he came over the blind crest at Kyalami's old s/f line he hit a marshal
> carrying a fire extinguisher to another car that had just retired. Prycehis
> the marshal as he was in the middle of the track and the fire extingusher
> hit him in the face at close to 180mph. Pryce's car continued out ofcontrol
> all the way down to T1 when it hit Laffite's car.
>
> Luke Phillips wrote in message
> <3b73a9ae$0$20903$[email hidden]>...
> >On the site with the images of old gp's, i noticed the pics of TomPryce's
> >fatal crash. What happened in the crash, it looks a bit odd in the photo
> >where the car is driving down the road with all 4 wheels off the groundand
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> >his head is leaning down.. Anybody know? > > > >Luke > >-=87=- > > > > > > > >"Olav K. Malmin" <[email hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> "Luke Phillips" <[email hidden]> writes:
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> > Geez..What was the marshall doing on the track? Thank god for the safteyin
> > todays racing... After watching the crash at the start of the gp racelast
I've watched the video, too. Believe me: You don't want to see this!
Regards
Crash
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> > week, and still see him walk from the wreck was amazing.. > > Some time ago I found a video of this accident. It was some of the > most disturbing things i've seen. > > Check groups.google.com for posts on this subject on > red.autos.sport.f1Apparently another marshal, with a better view of that part of the circuit
gave the 'all clear' by blowing a whistle or something for the marshal to
run across the track. Unfortunately the weight of the fire extinguisher
slowed him down, so he didn't make it...
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>Geez..What was the marshall doing on the track? Thank god for the saftey in >todays racing... After watching the crash at the start of the gp race last >week, and still see him walk from the wreck was amazing.. > >Luke >-=87=- > >Racecraft <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> Sounds like the photo is taken after the incident that killed him. JustQuoted text (26 lines)
>> he came over the blind crest at Kyalami's old s/f line he hit a marshal >> carrying a fire extinguisher to another car that had just retired. Pryce >his >> the marshal as he was in the middle of the track and the fire extingusher >> hit him in the face at close to 180mph. Pryce's car continued out of >control >> all the way down to T1 when it hit Laffite's car. >> >> Luke Phillips wrote in message >> <3b73a9ae$0$20903$[email hidden]>... >> >On the site with the images of old gp's, i noticed the pics of Tom >Pryce's >> >fatal crash. What happened in the crash, it looks a bit odd in the photo >> >where the car is driving down the road with all 4 wheels off the ground >and >> >his head is leaning down.. Anybody know? >> > >> >Luke >> >-=87=- >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >In article <[email hidden]>, "Racecraft"
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Geez - what year was THIS? I've never heard of Tom Pryce before... :(
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>Sounds like the photo is taken after the incident that killed him. Just as >he came over the blind crest at Kyalami's old s/f line he hit a marshal >carrying a fire extinguisher to another car that had just retired. Pryce his >the marshal as he was in the middle of the track and the fire extingusher >hit him in the face at close to 180mph. Pryce's car continued out of control >all the way down to T1 when it hit Laffite's car. > >Luke Phillips wrote in message ><3b73a9ae$0$20903$[email hidden]>... >>On the site with the images of old gp's, i noticed the pics of Tom Pryce's >>fatal crash. What happened in the crash, it looks a bit odd in the photo >>where the car is driving down the road with all 4 wheels off the ground and >>his head is leaning down.. Anybody know?This video was in some really bad moveis/videos...kinda like "faces of
death". It is sickening to watch. It is in one of those Orson Wells "End of
the World/Nostodamus" things from the late 70's. It is worse than that ARCA
crash from Daytona when the ambulance working got nailed and pushed under
the car, but I think he lived.
btgoss
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> In article <[email hidden]>, "Racecraft"
> <[email hidden]> writes:
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> >Sounds like the photo is taken after the incident that killed him. Justas
> >he came over the blind crest at Kyalami's old s/f line he hit a marshal
> >carrying a fire extinguisher to another car that had just retired. Prycehis
> >the marshal as he was in the middle of the track and the fire extingusher
> >hit him in the face at close to 180mph. Pryce's car continued out ofcontrol
> >all the way down to T1 when it hit Laffite's car.
> >
> >Luke Phillips wrote in message
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> >>On the site with the images of old gp's, i noticed the pics of TomPryce's
> >>fatal crash. What happened in the crash, it looks a bit odd in the photo
> >>where the car is driving down the road with all 4 wheels off the groundand
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> >>his head is leaning down.. Anybody know? > > Geez - what year was THIS? I've never heard of Tom Pryce before... :( > > Eldred > -- > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +366.59... > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats"Luke Phillips" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have this video clip
if you want I can upload it for you
Eldred, it happened in 1977.
Johnny
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> Geez - what year was THIS? I've never heard of Tom Pryce before... :(
>
> Eldred
The marshalls name was Jacques Van Vuuren, he apparently was crossing the
track at the time. I know several people who saw the accident first hand
and apparently the fire extinguisher flew right over the grandstand. Heaven
knows what damage it would have caused if it had gone flying into the
crowded grandstand!
A pointless waste of two lives:(
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> Geez..What was the marshall doing on the track? Thank god for the saftey
in
> todays racing... After watching the crash at the start of the gp race last
> week, and still see him walk from the wreck was amazing..
>
> Luke
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> Racecraft <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> > Sounds like the photo is taken after the incident that killed him. Just
as
> > he came over the blind crest at Kyalami's old s/f line he hit a marshal
> > carrying a fire extinguisher to another car that had just retired. Pryce
> his
> > the marshal as he was in the middle of the track and the fire
extingusher
> > hit him in the face at close to 180mph. Pryce's car continued out of
> control
> > all the way down to T1 when it hit Laffite's car.
> >
> > Luke Phillips wrote in message
> > <3b73a9ae$0$20903$[email hidden]>...
> > >On the site with the images of old gp's, i noticed the pics of Tom
> Pryce's
> > >fatal crash. What happened in the crash, it looks a bit odd in the
photo
> > >where the car is driving down the road with all 4 wheels off the ground
> and
> > >his head is leaning down.. Anybody know?
> > >
> > >Luke
> > >-=87=-
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
I saw it on a video called 'The Quick and the Dead'. It had many horrific
crashes. I knew the marshall was killed .. that was kind of obvious, but I
didn't realise Tom Pryce was killed too.
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> This video was in some really bad moveis/videos...kinda like "faces of
> death". It is sickening to watch. It is in one of those Orson Wells "Endof
> the World/Nostodamus" things from the late 70's. It is worse than thatARCA
Pryce
> his
> > >the marshal as he was in the middle of the track and the fireextingusher
photo
> > >>where the car is driving down the road with all 4 wheels off theground
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> crash from Daytona when the ambulance working got nailed and pushed under > the car, but I think he lived. > btgoss > > "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > In article <[email hidden]>, "Racecraft" > > <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > >Sounds like the photo is taken after the incident that killed him. Just > as > > >he came over the blind crest at Kyalami's old s/f line he hit a marshal > > >carrying a fire extinguisher to another car that had just retired.Quoted text (9 lines)
> > >hit him in the face at close to 180mph. Pryce's car continued out of > control > > >all the way down to T1 when it hit Laffite's car. > > > > > >Luke Phillips wrote in message > > ><3b73a9ae$0$20903$[email hidden]>... > > >>On the site with the images of old gp's, i noticed the pics of Tom > Pryce's > > >>fatal crash. What happened in the crash, it looks a bit odd in theQuoted text (17 lines)
> and > > >>his head is leaning down.. Anybody know? > > > > Geez - what year was THIS? I've never heard of Tom Pryce before... :( > > > > Eldred > > -- > > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > > F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +366.59... > > > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats > you > > with experience... > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. > >Could you email it to me, [email hidden]
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> "Luke Phillips" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3b73a9ae$0$20903$[email hidden]... > > I have this video clip > > if you want I can upload it for you > >luke
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> I have this video clip
> if you want I can upload it for you
The file doesnt load in mplayer.... Could u email me again, what program did
u use?
Luke
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> "Luke Phillips" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3b73a9ae$0$20903$[email hidden]... > > I have this video clip > > if you want I can upload it for you > >"Luke Phillips" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> The file doesnt load in mplayer.... Could u email me again, what programdid
> u use?
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