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A YouTube star crashed his $200,000 McLaren sports car while livestreaming — and a clip of the incident has gone viral. During a livestream on the platform Kick on the morning of Saturday, Oct ...
Date of accident Event Circuit [note 1] Session Car Larry Mann (USA) [5] September 14, 1952 250-mile race Langhorne Speedway: Race Hudson Frank Arford (USA) [6] June 20, 1953 International 200 Langhorne Speedway: Qualifying Oldsmobile Lou Figaro (USA) [note 2] October 24, 1954 100-mile race: North Wilkesboro Speedway: Race Hudson John McVitty ...
The 1955 Le Mans disaster was a major crash that occurred on 11 June 1955 during the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race at Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, Sarthe, France.Large pieces of debris flew into the crowd, killing 83 spectators and French driver Pierre Levegh, and injuring around 120 more.
Car NASCAR: Komfort Koach 200 Race Involved in a multi-car pileup while competing in the Charlotte/Daytona Dash Series, Young's Chevrolet Cavalier was slowly sliding backwards between turns three and four when hit almost head-on by Duell Sturgill with the impact ripping apart the front end of Young's car. The 38-year-old auto mechanic was ...
Donington Historic Festival - Masters Pre-66 Touring Cars Race Race Crashed into another car [166] Mark Donohue (USA) 1975-08-19 Open wheel March 751: Formula One: Österreichring: Austrian Grand Prix: Practice A tire failure caused the car to crash into the wall and vault over the fence: died of a blood clot in the brain two days later [167]
The Big One is a phrase describing any crash usually involving eleven or more cars in NASCAR, ARCA, and IndyCar racing. It is most commonly used at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway, although occasionally seen at other tracks as well, such as Dover Motor Speedway and Watkins Glen International.
The race was won by A. J. Foyt, but is primarily remembered for a fiery seven-car accident which resulted in the deaths of racers Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald. It is also the last race won by a front-engined "roadster", as all subsequent races have been won by rear-engined, formula-style cars. It was Foyt's second of four Indy 500 victories.
Moreover, in a practice run the throttle had stuck, forcing Weatherly to kill the engine to avoid another crash. [29] On lap nine of the race, Weatherly's car crashed into the wall in turn four near Stand H, turned over, and both its occupants were thrown onto the track. Weatherly was already dead when rescue crews arrived.