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The crash was well documented in film and still images, and shown worldwide. For the first time in its history, the Indianapolis 500 was stopped because of an accident. Partially in response to media pressure, USAC mandated cars carry less fuel (and crafted the rules to effectively eliminate the use of gasoline, effective for the 1965 season).
During Sunday's running of the Indy 500, Karam was running pretty well on Sunday, which was good since he needed the points badly. However, on the 94th lap of the race, disaster struck.
Marcus Ericsson, Tom Blomqvist and Pietro Fittipaldi involved in Turn 1 crash at Indy 500. Gannett. Christopher DeHarde, Zion Brown, Kyle Smedley. May 26, 2024 at 7:26 PM.
As of 2023, Savage's death in 1973 is the last driver fatality at the Speedway that occurred as a result of a crash during the Indianapolis 500 itself, but the last fatality at the Speedway as a result of a race crash was a 2010 MotoGP support race where a 13-year old rider was killed on the formation lap.
2.1 1973 Indianapolis 500 crash and subsequent death. 3 Complete USAC Championship Car results. 4 Indy 500 results. 5 Complete Non-Championship Formula One results. 6 ...
Katherine Legge (car at right) and Stefan Wilson were involved in a scary crash during Monday's seventh practice session for the Indy 500. (Photo by John Chilton-USA TODAY Sports) (USA Today ...
Gordon Eugene Smiley (April 20, 1946 – May 15, 1982) was an American race car driver who was killed in a single-car crash at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. [1] He was inducted into the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2000.
Rinus VeeKay changed his fortunes with one late, daring Indianapolis 500 qualifying run Saturday. The 23-year-old Dutch driver overcame an early crash that forced crew members to scramble to ...