I used to watch him in the late 60's when he drove CAMRA super modified cars in the Pacific NW. I remember his beautiful metallic red Ford powered modified being the fastest at our local track. They used to call him 'The Denver Ace'. RIP Jim.
That's a very hard hit at a bad angle. May not be fatal in most cases today but even today very easily could be. You run into a concrete wall at that speed and angle especially in an open wheel race car and at the least your legs are going to take a hit and the decel alone is going to hurt you. Some types of crashes are fatal in any era.
it's like the woman who died on sanibel island in florida, she got attacked by a 12 foot alligator and due to the pond bacteria, she only survived a few days in the hospital. Back in this day when Jim Malloy crashed, the bacteria infected him so much due to the non-sterile wall collisions. now, of course, all the walls are treated for anti-bacteria conditions.
@Destroyed666Doom yes, the crashes that r so spectacular, the flips and tumbles through the grass are usually not fatal bcause the car is losing energy gradually but in a case such as this where you hit the wall at like 140-150 and lose most of the energy in one big hit in an unsafe f1 car well you are probably going to die
It's totally amazing that only 40 people have died at that track in 100 years of racing. That is truly amazing!!!! Think about that,,, and how many events they have at that track every year from about mid nineties on and how many events even before that if you include practices / quals / race / off-season practice / tire testing, etc. It's a truly amazing statistic. Indy sets the standard for keeping people out of the morgue. Unprecedented.
@NealeinMI Yeah that's some HORRENDOUSLY poor taste by the people who made the video. It sounds like they're trying to dramatize the whole thing instead of honoring the dead.
Indy, even in the early 70s, was known for it's emergency trucks "moving before the crashed car even came to a stop." Fire was MUCH more of a threat back then (see 1973), and you couldn't see a methanol fire, so it was 100% normal for them to immediately douse the car with fire extinguisher foam, even if no fire was visible.
He probably just got loose, tried to correct it, and you can see the car bite suddenly to the right. Those cars were tube frame, no tub, and the cockpit was crushed.
@Glibzer I saw Smiley's crash live and in person....that was a mess, indeed. People were screaming and crying, including myself. Some got sick, one woman behind my parents and me fainted.
Indy's safety crews and medical staff have been the quickest and best in the world for decades, and this vid illustrates their constant daily brilliance as well as anything. (Notice the safety truck already on the move, well before the accident is even complete!)
If you ever have a chance of surviving a horrendous racing accident, this great facility is where you are best off having it. If only Formula One had been nearly as conscientious all these years.
Its instinct to correct the car when i steps out, but in this case he tobably would have lived with maybe a broken back if he had just rode the spin and backed it into te wall in stead of correcting back to the outside radius of the corner and nearly head oning the wall.
@motorsportfan1990 The most likely cause is mechanical failure. But because of the fact that the driver did not survive and there are no decent films of before the crash, along with the fact that the car was too severely damaged to inspect the exact cause will more than likely never be known.
i bet he died cause the first help on the scene, probably yanked him out of the seat and didnt protect his neck in anyway, they came spraying fire extinguishers, with no fire, so i can only imagine how hyped up they were and how that untrained energy was misguided, into the thoughtless acts, that lead to the death of the driver.
I'm sorry, but the musical 'accompaniment' is just ridiculous, inappropriate, and all wrong. We're not watching a National Geographic special where a python in the jungle is inching closer to its prey before striking. We are seeing a fellow man's life expire.
He would have lived if that happened in todays time. The cockpits of those cars are much stronger and can withstand alot more punishment. It is a shame to see someone pass away like this.
@cudemo33 Perhaps but not without serious injury. Look at Vitor Meira's crash just a couple years ago. He was out of action for a year recovering from injuries and he didn't even have as far to go to hit the wall as Malloy did because Meira's impact was close to the entrance of the corner. A hit like Malloy's today would still be VERY bad news.
Calm down about the music!! (sign of the times) They have been crashing, and dying at Indy for years! Thats part of racing!! Bill Vucovich, Mickey Thomson, Swede Savage, Scott Brayton, unfotunatly the list is long..They passed doing what they loved to be doing!!!! Can we all say the same? What sucks is being taking out by some idiot texting on the way to the store!!!
Can't find the tape right now, but anyway, the footage is *not* from 'Faces of Death' or any other similar video, it's from one of those sponsor produced films about the Indy 500 that were common in the 60's and 70's.
@dairymairy666 Plus, don't forget about the SAFER barrier in the turns, which is mistakenly referred to as a NASCAR invention, when the Indy Motor Speedway thought of it was before NASCAR did.
Sad, but to be honest, if I was a driver and I had to die in my car, that's how I'd want to go. I'll take this over burning to death or asphyxiation any day.
Rest in Peace, regardless, I have nothing but respect for drivers of this era, when it took a ton of fucking balls to do what they did. Now all you need is rich parents.
@fearbeforefearbefore I wouldn't like to crash at that speed and slowly die in a hospital. I'd like to die like Gordon Smiley, fast and painless, instant death.
I have to disagree. Remember Paul Dana? I believe that this crash could be fatal in the modern day car pending circumstances. Driver would've definately suffered a broken back as many IRL drivers have suffered in similar crashes.
@Slmjm884 - Its a lot more of a chance then slim ;)
All it takes is for 2 drivers to touch wheels and one driver to go flying into the catch fence. Vitor Miera was lucky last season when he went head first into the wall at 230mph and survived with only a broken back.
@Iggy3 u guys dont think it thru ! Indy car drive rs still dont wear head restraints ! Even NASCAR drivers do. A powerful thrust like MAlloys could ever so easily break necks of little drivers like Danica, in an Instant ! It depends on angle into the wall, + thrust of vehicle ! Dont believe that todays driversare much safer...dont !
@gbop63 when did they start doin that ?! i never saw any in 2011 ! they mus be hiding ! lol drivers back then, were still "real" race car drivers whowere all prepared to put their lives: RITE ON THE LINE ! -in order to perform optimully in getting their car over the finish line firs ! how longs it been since Indy was like that ? Head restraints will not save them anyways ! Not at those aircraf speeds.....................
@Iggy3 That depends. Senna's fatal crash was also a head-on with a concrete wall (though that was F1 not Indy, and 1994 is still behind where current cars are). I seriously mistrust concrete retaining walls even with today's cars. Back then, even with those vehicles, had the wall been Armco or a tyre wall, there's a respectable chance he could have survived. At the angle, I'd say a tyre wall collision would have resembled Barrichello's adventure in the same race that killed Senna.
Wow - props to the rescue crew. They're through the fence before the car even stops sliding & rendering aid within 10 seconds of the car coming to a complete halt.
They scared the shit out of us with this creeeeeepy music back in the 1970's. And to be serious, racing in the 70's and earlier was very very dangerous.
i saw this crash and others in this format in a movie called "catastrophe". I think that's what this is from, with the deep voice announcer and the music
Hmmm let's see. A big concrete wall, a guy who can't control a car going round a predictable oval with no interference from other cars. Let's just say it was a freak accident rather than point out the obvious.
this was a close family friend and for a jackass like you to say that is very indecent. fuck off. lets see u control one of those cars around a predictable oval. ya fuck up
the car understeered and went into the wall. Not enough down force on the front wing, got off of the line and on to the dirty part of the track? Or too much throttle as he came off of the corner.
dude stop with the purpose crap. what everyone does with his/her life is a choice and he chose to drive. theres no design to what you must do in life.
Every person has a purpose. Every person has something that they are God-given good at. What this man was good at was racing, and he was damn good at it to get to where he did in the professional ranks.
This man's purpose in life was to be a racecar driver, something that he loved. He loved racing cars and he loved being admired for doing so well. You sir, obviously dont understand what life is really all about: doing what you love.
He died? I never knew this I have seen this crash a few times and never knew that he died. I think it's because at indy I have seen cars completely gone more than his car did. His neck break then yes?
this is the point where all see you are a noob. this crash was in the early ´70. the footage of this video also. it was normal at this time. the safety thing and a good feeling to find the right music was another then yet!
so next time. update you brain before you posting stupid nonsense!
I was a safety worker for several years. One thing we always try to do is keep a vehicle between us and any oncoming traffic on the track. Debris from his crash could easily send another car our way and it would be bad to get sandwiched between our truck and the new incident.
The way he went would be the correct way for being 180 from the stopped car. By the time he got out of the truck, the fire marshal already saw how the wind was blowing and wanted to attack the flames upwind of them to be the most effective.
blame the camera. The priority of the safety truck is to shield the incident from any additional crashes that may occur. His crash debris could easily send another car into the incident field.
Now it makes perfect sense, everytime i watched this i'd think "wtf, its like he just ran straight on into the wall" i never even thought about the fact of wind speed.
i have been working on indy cars for 19years,ihave never seen a carbon fiber tierod or pushrod or pullrod ,on any lola ,raynard,dallara,g-force or swift chassis that was used at indy
most cars then would go flying at the wall because a tirod would break and causing the car to go straight towards the wall. that is why they make carbon fiber tirods that they did not have in the 70's
I used to watch him in the late 60's when he drove CAMRA super modified cars in the Pacific NW. I remember his beautiful metallic red Ford powered modified being the fastest at our local track. They used to call him 'The Denver Ace'. RIP Jim.
mumbles552 1 week ago
Was This Crash May 18, 1972 or did he die of his injuries May 18, 1972
NR2003Wrecker 1 month ago
malloy must of fainted or maybe had a heart attack
TheJimmyb222 3 months ago
Greg Moore Jim Malloy Ayrton Senna Gilles Villenueve
Today the fatality come back Dan Wheldon passed away .....
R.I.P The racing cars the death more fast....
txuriurdin753 3 months ago
That's a very hard hit at a bad angle. May not be fatal in most cases today but even today very easily could be. You run into a concrete wall at that speed and angle especially in an open wheel race car and at the least your legs are going to take a hit and the decel alone is going to hurt you. Some types of crashes are fatal in any era.
otochari 4 months ago
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otochari 4 months ago
In a way it was probably fitting they used a hearse as an ambulance at Indy back in the day, death seemed to be just part of the game.
Zoomer30 5 months ago
ghost busters anyone about the ambulance rest in piece man rest in piece
darkfang776 6 months ago
Very sad. It didn't seem to take much in those days, but it just proves that safety has come a long way. RIP Jim Malloy.
mohawkman251988 6 months ago
The music is totally frightening, shock!
QeXeQ 6 months ago 8
great classic footage, thanks for posting.
nastynascarnut 6 months ago
it looks similiar to gordon smileys crash. RIP , sorry for my bad english
dusman78 6 months ago
@dusman78 There's nothing wrong with your english
BrickGrease 6 months ago
It's always sad to see a racer lose his (or her) life. But that was a BEAUTIFUL ambulance! If ya gotta go, that's the way.
brainslks 6 months ago
Yes it was a beauty !
nastynascarnut 6 months ago
it's like the woman who died on sanibel island in florida, she got attacked by a 12 foot alligator and due to the pond bacteria, she only survived a few days in the hospital. Back in this day when Jim Malloy crashed, the bacteria infected him so much due to the non-sterile wall collisions. now, of course, all the walls are treated for anti-bacteria conditions.
gbop63 7 months ago
How is that fatal? Were the cars that weak back then?
Destroyed666Doom 7 months ago
@Destroyed666Doom yes, the crashes that r so spectacular, the flips and tumbles through the grass are usually not fatal bcause the car is losing energy gradually but in a case such as this where you hit the wall at like 140-150 and lose most of the energy in one big hit in an unsafe f1 car well you are probably going to die
Mikeskates97 6 months ago
I think it was practice, not qualifying and definitely not during the race.
l1nkh0gthr0b 7 months ago
0:37 ghostbuster car.
but on a serious note, rest in peace all fatal crash victims
NascarWannabe 7 months ago
He died in the hospital three days after being pulled from his destroyed car. He never regained consciousness.
hajmorusit 8 months ago
Press 1 repeatedly.That was a hard hit!! R.I.P. to all who died in racing.
CaptainGolem 8 months ago
Cause of death: asphyxiation by fire extinguisher.
perkiomenville 8 months ago
It's totally amazing that only 40 people have died at that track in 100 years of racing. That is truly amazing!!!! Think about that,,, and how many events they have at that track every year from about mid nineties on and how many events even before that if you include practices / quals / race / off-season practice / tire testing, etc. It's a truly amazing statistic. Indy sets the standard for keeping people out of the morgue. Unprecedented.
gbop63 8 months ago
That was a heavy impact...
HitchHikersBlues 9 months ago
I think the music in the video killed him.
NealeinMI 9 months ago 23
@NealeinMI Yeah that's some HORRENDOUSLY poor taste by the people who made the video. It sounds like they're trying to dramatize the whole thing instead of honoring the dead.
breathingreflection 9 months ago
@NealeinMI It almost killed ME!
GeneralHoohah 2 months ago
THIS IS VERY VERY SCARY
schumi19912006 9 months ago
music name?
FANFANI100 9 months ago
WTF is with the music...
Clay3613 10 months ago
the music maybe part of the documentry
getowned84able 10 months ago
Indy, even in the early 70s, was known for it's emergency trucks "moving before the crashed car even came to a stop." Fire was MUCH more of a threat back then (see 1973), and you couldn't see a methanol fire, so it was 100% normal for them to immediately douse the car with fire extinguisher foam, even if no fire was visible.
He probably just got loose, tried to correct it, and you can see the car bite suddenly to the right. Those cars were tube frame, no tub, and the cockpit was crushed.
doctorindy 10 months ago
Call this bad? Look at smileys!
Glibzer 10 months ago
@Glibzer I saw Smiley's crash live and in person....that was a mess, indeed. People were screaming and crying, including myself. Some got sick, one woman behind my parents and me fainted.
whatanightmare1 10 months ago
Change the music plz but not to soundsystem 009
Glibzer 10 months ago
Indy's safety crews and medical staff have been the quickest and best in the world for decades, and this vid illustrates their constant daily brilliance as well as anything. (Notice the safety truck already on the move, well before the accident is even complete!)
If you ever have a chance of surviving a horrendous racing accident, this great facility is where you are best off having it. If only Formula One had been nearly as conscientious all these years.
ikshields 10 months ago
I can't imagine anyone surviving a crash that horrible.
Seattlecarnut 11 months ago
scary music, RIP. Rescue crew was scary fast
Nascarfan880 11 months ago
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91thomasg 11 months ago
fuck man...whats up with that music!!!! RIP
ro7477 11 months ago
Its instinct to correct the car when i steps out, but in this case he tobably would have lived with maybe a broken back if he had just rode the spin and backed it into te wall in stead of correcting back to the outside radius of the corner and nearly head oning the wall.
acuraboy101 11 months ago
@FirehawkISback Cause it was the 70's and they didn't have much good music to work with.
skatersRgay1993 1 year ago
Excuse me mr.Commentator, but we're not watching speed racer, we're watching a great driver lose his life doing what he loves.
TheZonda5002 1 year ago
why is the car drivin straight into the wall??
motorsportfan1990 1 year ago
@motorsportfan1990 The most likely cause is mechanical failure. But because of the fact that the driver did not survive and there are no decent films of before the crash, along with the fact that the car was too severely damaged to inspect the exact cause will more than likely never be known.
2014cwajts71 11 months ago
It shows that these days a driver would walk away from that, this is prime example of how much safety has increased over the last 30 odd years
chorltzLol 1 year ago
i bet he died cause the first help on the scene, probably yanked him out of the seat and didnt protect his neck in anyway, they came spraying fire extinguishers, with no fire, so i can only imagine how hyped up they were and how that untrained energy was misguided, into the thoughtless acts, that lead to the death of the driver.
dodgedart74 1 year ago
what is the name of this documentary>??
purplesalad 1 year ago
My condolences to his friends and family. I hope a terrible accident like this never happens again. RIP
khunopie 1 year ago
I'm sorry, but the musical 'accompaniment' is just ridiculous, inappropriate, and all wrong. We're not watching a National Geographic special where a python in the jungle is inching closer to its prey before striking. We are seeing a fellow man's life expire.
pnutbutrncrackers 1 year ago
Why the Ghostbusters car took him away!?!?!?!?
I bet Egon Spengler has something to do with it!
bassnicola 1 year ago 2
this is from faces of death );
norman26c 1 year ago
He would have lived if that happened in todays time. The cockpits of those cars are much stronger and can withstand alot more punishment. It is a shame to see someone pass away like this.
cudemo33 1 year ago
@cudemo33 Perhaps but not without serious injury. Look at Vitor Meira's crash just a couple years ago. He was out of action for a year recovering from injuries and he didn't even have as far to go to hit the wall as Malloy did because Meira's impact was close to the entrance of the corner. A hit like Malloy's today would still be VERY bad news.
manthing43 1 year ago
How come they took him off in the ghost busters car???
RasOrville 1 year ago
Calm down about the music!! (sign of the times) They have been crashing, and dying at Indy for years! Thats part of racing!! Bill Vucovich, Mickey Thomson, Swede Savage, Scott Brayton, unfotunatly the list is long..They passed doing what they loved to be doing!!!! Can we all say the same? What sucks is being taking out by some idiot texting on the way to the store!!!
tuengem 1 year ago
The impact sounds like a 1000kg bomb falling on its target
ufsantaris555 1 year ago
You notice back in those days the cars weren't made to absorb energy and crumble into pieces like they are now,this feature has saved many lives.
will2dmax 1 year ago
This music & voice reminds me the weird doc in 'Faces Of Death' series
Axilleac 1 year ago
@Axilleac That's what I figured. Had to be a clip from Faces of Death.
superserial1 1 year ago
It seems music horror film, gave up fear
Danadao23 1 year ago
it makes me think of angry natives doing a wild drum dance in the african jungle and as the music shreaks they sacrifice a human
MrCo2manchris 1 year ago
it went to wall cuz in back days the used turbos on them in high speed turbo will stay on and u lose control over the car.
jokiiiiiiii 1 year ago
That Music is fucking scary. Isn't a deadly crash scary enough ?
R. I. P.
TheMenrath 1 year ago
that music freaks the $hit outa me O_O ... it looked like he had a tire or axle problem :O
codymasrahll 1 year ago
gotta love the 70's "no one will ever know what sent malloy into the wall" little mistery!
18sux29rox 1 year ago
horrible music
33kalam 1 year ago 5
Can't find the tape right now, but anyway, the footage is *not* from 'Faces of Death' or any other similar video, it's from one of those sponsor produced films about the Indy 500 that were common in the 60's and 70's.
rustyfan2010b 1 year ago 2
@dairymairy666 Plus, don't forget about the SAFER barrier in the turns, which is mistakenly referred to as a NASCAR invention, when the Indy Motor Speedway thought of it was before NASCAR did.
TheGreatAtilla 1 year ago
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fucking cheesy 70s faces of CRAP & music.
Teach always said one way or another you'll get your ride in a Cadillac one Day.
MontrealMan1970 2 years ago
The Twilight Zone!
mad122780 2 years ago
Read Stephen Olveys bokk Rapid Response its excellent, he's the Dr who worked in the Indy car series. an excellent read.
Bobcatt40 2 years ago
rip....... the music jeez scary
mattysowls 2 years ago 9
Wonderful music
lytealight 2 years ago
Man and have to depend on 1972 era emergancy medicine.......
19thSFGA 2 years ago 5
Sad, but to be honest, if I was a driver and I had to die in my car, that's how I'd want to go. I'll take this over burning to death or asphyxiation any day.
Rest in Peace, regardless, I have nothing but respect for drivers of this era, when it took a ton of fucking balls to do what they did. Now all you need is rich parents.
fearbeforefearbefore 2 years ago 72
@fearbeforefearbefore I wouldn't like to crash at that speed and slowly die in a hospital. I'd like to die like Gordon Smiley, fast and painless, instant death.
JVhapu 1 year ago
@fearbeforefearbefore no you need skill to race in any motor sport
mrtitsmigee 6 months ago
OMG!! that hit was un-fucking-real. What a shame he had to go.
SwanKong11 2 years ago 6
:'(
crazaykid86 2 years ago 4
did he die at the act or in the hospital
sixtolojunior 2 years ago
He survived 5 days in the hospital, but died of his injuries.
Slmjm884 2 years ago 23
They used creepy music in the 70's for these kind of videos. may he R.I.P
corky7ca 2 years ago 7
would this kind of crash be fatal these days?
Iggy3 2 years ago
Not in a longshot. I belive that the cockpit would still be intact, the driver would escape unharmed.
Slmjm884 2 years ago 27
I have to disagree. Remember Paul Dana? I believe that this crash could be fatal in the modern day car pending circumstances. Driver would've definately suffered a broken back as many IRL drivers have suffered in similar crashes.
manthing43 2 years ago
that wouldnt be fatal, maybe if another car hit him, but now there going even faster, and the safety precautions on the cars now are ridiculous
g25racingnerd 2 years ago
@Slmjm884 there is still that chance, though slim today, that someone could die doing this.....
stampede122 1 year ago
@stampede122
True, but like you said, VERY slim.
Slmjm884 1 year ago
@Slmjm884 - Its a lot more of a chance then slim ;)
All it takes is for 2 drivers to touch wheels and one driver to go flying into the catch fence. Vitor Miera was lucky last season when he went head first into the wall at 230mph and survived with only a broken back.
Zadan 1 year ago
@Slmjm884
Unharmed maybe not.. But without bigger damage..
See Kubica's crash in Montreal 2007
KriagalLP 8 months ago
@Iggy3 look at tony kanaan's crash in 2009, almost identical, yet he walked away just a little shaken up
BrookssRobinsonn 1 year ago
@Iggy3 u guys dont think it thru ! Indy car drive rs still dont wear head restraints ! Even NASCAR drivers do. A powerful thrust like MAlloys could ever so easily break necks of little drivers like Danica, in an Instant ! It depends on angle into the wall, + thrust of vehicle ! Dont believe that todays driversare much safer...dont !
poffy8888 1 year ago
@poffy8888 you're pretty stupid if you don't think they wear head restraints. At Indy, they do.
gbop63 8 months ago
@gbop63 when did they start doin that ?! i never saw any in 2011 ! they mus be hiding ! lol drivers back then, were still "real" race car drivers whowere all prepared to put their lives: RITE ON THE LINE ! -in order to perform optimully in getting their car over the finish line firs ! how longs it been since Indy was like that ? Head restraints will not save them anyways ! Not at those aircraf speeds.....................
poffy8888 3 months ago
@Iggy3 That depends. Senna's fatal crash was also a head-on with a concrete wall (though that was F1 not Indy, and 1994 is still behind where current cars are). I seriously mistrust concrete retaining walls even with today's cars. Back then, even with those vehicles, had the wall been Armco or a tyre wall, there's a respectable chance he could have survived. At the angle, I'd say a tyre wall collision would have resembled Barrichello's adventure in the same race that killed Senna.
2206411411 9 months ago
it's like an episode from the Twilight Zone.
808D3 2 years ago
Creepy music....... does ANYONE know who this soundtrack is????
waterfordjim 2 years ago 8
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A made a poem about Malloy's death:
"Malloy, a Nebraska wild rose
Descend from the highest days of Icarus
With the delicacy of a moose
He never get the bus"
rafaelsccp 2 years ago
It's sadly kind of reminiscent to Gordon Smiley's crash, only clearly not as fast at him.
punkr 2 years ago
Wow - props to the rescue crew. They're through the fence before the car even stops sliding & rendering aid within 10 seconds of the car coming to a complete halt.
imupwiddat 2 years ago 38
@imupwiddat
Indianapolis set the standard for crash response.
1965cyclone39 8 months ago
They scared the shit out of us with this creeeeeepy music back in the 1970's. And to be serious, racing in the 70's and earlier was very very dangerous.
kzbxvz 2 years ago 11
i saw this crash and others in this format in a movie called "catastrophe". I think that's what this is from, with the deep voice announcer and the music
DunlapRacing53 2 years ago 2
what tv show was this - I've never seem on tv at all!
Hlover01 2 years ago
I really doubt they showed this on TV in 1972.
Slmjm884 2 years ago
the music WTF!!
macpac22 2 years ago
Its amazing to see the crashes that used to kill drivers..... Says a lot for the new safety technology they have now.
TwoEyeCyclops 2 years ago
At 0:36 it looks like the same kind of car they used in Ghostbusters.
On-topic: Too bad that guy died. It didn't look as bad as it was. R.I.P. :/
Jesant13 2 years ago
thank god they dont play music like that in sporting events anymore !! Almost sounds like the tune is taking the piss that hes hurt :(
maniackolder 2 years ago 6
Ranklescher - You obviously don't know very much about motor racing.....
Robbbo64 2 years ago
Ranklescher, it's called "pushing a car to the limit" ...clearly something you've never done.
KeeperOfTheKitten 2 years ago
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How can you crash on an oval?
Ranklescher 2 years ago
didn't dale die on a oval?
k9forkids 2 years ago
No he died at Daytona.
hztm 2 years ago
Well Daytona is a Oval
k9forkids 2 years ago
Sorry I thought you wonder which oval.
hztm 2 years ago
No, it's only a commercial ad , to teach that speed limits is for save life.
And only who want to die will "push the car to the limits"
Expecially with those piece of paper
Dante1969 2 years ago
That's like saying 'how can cars like EVER go wrong?'
jammyjay2003 2 years ago
I would say Whatever made smiley go into the wall it looks like a similar way they went into the wall
TheOffspringFan12 2 years ago 2
Hmmm let's see. A big concrete wall, a guy who can't control a car going round a predictable oval with no interference from other cars. Let's just say it was a freak accident rather than point out the obvious.
BillKendall6 2 years ago
Ok schumacher.
hifivnmutha 2 years ago 4
this was a close family friend and for a jackass like you to say that is very indecent. fuck off. lets see u control one of those cars around a predictable oval. ya fuck up
manfriendlegend1 2 years ago 7
it happens alot, tones of people have died on ovals, there dangerous
adampope64 2 years ago
the car understeered and went into the wall. Not enough down force on the front wing, got off of the line and on to the dirty part of the track? Or too much throttle as he came off of the corner.
larryanderson2010 2 years ago 3
Looks like tire or suspension failure to me.
recklessted 2 years ago 3
people have risky hobbies, it's their choice
bshaun2 2 years ago
dude stop with the purpose crap. what everyone does with his/her life is a choice and he chose to drive. theres no design to what you must do in life.
highway955 2 years ago 2
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since there's no need to race, then deaths like this are totally in vain. sad.
blueslady77 2 years ago
I totally disagree with you here:
Every person has a purpose. Every person has something that they are God-given good at. What this man was good at was racing, and he was damn good at it to get to where he did in the professional ranks.
This man's purpose in life was to be a racecar driver, something that he loved. He loved racing cars and he loved being admired for doing so well. You sir, obviously dont understand what life is really all about: doing what you love.
Please choke for me!
Slotten68 2 years ago 8
He died? I never knew this I have seen this crash a few times and never knew that he died. I think it's because at indy I have seen cars completely gone more than his car did. His neck break then yes?
jraybay 2 years ago
That music is creeping me out :[
AIyx 2 years ago 8
Sounds similar to the music used in the Faces of Death movies.
johnnyjohnson 2 years ago 3
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thats why i think they should ban the in because if the front fender comes the car goes crazy
hi91023 2 years ago
numbnuts please!!
SwanKong11 2 years ago
sorri that comment under the name of mentalduckyluvsyou is mine !!!!!!
that is my sisters account i forgot to sign out lol
F1patXD 2 years ago
the music should never have been on this video
this is a fatality not a children's Dracula movie
F1patXD 2 years ago 9
@ F1patXD.
this is the point where all see you are a noob. this crash was in the early ´70. the footage of this video also. it was normal at this time. the safety thing and a good feeling to find the right music was another then yet!
so next time. update you brain before you posting stupid nonsense!
basicgroove 2 years ago
What's with the music?
Togepi9876 2 years ago 6
thats the faces of death music,its kinda like cheesy evil porn
mmmkaythen 2 years ago 14
its bad enough that he died without that dodgy music ...weird!
HotFord88 2 years ago 48
The music makes this better.
dtobin123 2 years ago 3
if you look its very similar to the gordon smiley crash
rockolutheran 2 years ago 3
very similar. only smiley hit head on. malloys hit was at a harsh angle, but the car stayed mostly intact. unlike smileys.
DINews 2 years ago 7
well yes considering Smileys car completely disintegrated
F1patXD 2 years ago
@rockolutheran, apparently it was the same turn, turn #3. rip to both.
JABBADABBADOODOO 2 years ago
When I hear the music, makes me think of the TV Series "Emergency!" It was a later 70's show but definitely similar time frame, technology, etc.
indyoder 2 years ago 3
Actually, Emergency! premeried four months before Malloy's accident.
DNSKansas 2 years ago
whats about the fucking music?
crispt9 2 years ago 3
the music has got to stop!!!!
camillemona 2 years ago 18
There have been a lot of sad days in racing. We'll miss all the drivers we've lost over the years.
harleyultra1550 2 years ago 14
anybody see the guy with the Fire Extinguisher Run the LONG WAY around the front of the truck? for no reason?
RyanSamuelBarry 2 years ago
I was a safety worker for several years. One thing we always try to do is keep a vehicle between us and any oncoming traffic on the track. Debris from his crash could easily send another car our way and it would be bad to get sandwiched between our truck and the new incident.
ParagonB 2 years ago 4
Also, as he approached the car he observed where he should deploy the extinguisher.
Watch where he goes to and then tell everyone a faster way to that point.
clargdorp 2 years ago 2
The way he went would be the correct way for being 180 from the stopped car. By the time he got out of the truck, the fire marshal already saw how the wind was blowing and wanted to attack the flames upwind of them to be the most effective.
1more4theroad 2 years ago 2
its great how the emergency truck stops so that they block the shot
Mims8595 2 years ago
blame the camera. The priority of the safety truck is to shield the incident from any additional crashes that may occur. His crash debris could easily send another car into the incident field.
ParagonB 2 years ago
Yeah, what were they thinking?
clargdorp 2 years ago 2
Lol it reminds my of jomes bond music!
anyways r.i.p
mosportkarting6 2 years ago
It reminds me of the overall Havoc video series, Speed Fever movie and similar stuff- just dunno if we can find such stuff on DVDs.
As for the music, it sounds like some James Bond moviescore by early 70s.
RimRiderQC 2 years ago
wtf kind of music is this
tsohmas 2 years ago 10
What show was this from?
Creepy music. RIP.
ILikeCheeze24 2 years ago 3
Extremely quick response by the track marshalls.. RIP
EvtheNev 2 years ago 2
This was in practice on May 18th, 1972, not during the race itself.
IIRC, there was a gust of wind which upset the car, sending him out of control.
discpad 2 years ago
Now it makes perfect sense, everytime i watched this i'd think "wtf, its like he just ran straight on into the wall" i never even thought about the fact of wind speed.
19bam91 2 years ago
oh my god.. rip
ZorroRTJ 2 years ago
gotta love the music lol
R.I.P
kennymiesta 2 years ago
It's ironic that Malloy was told right before this by the other drivers that he would be killed if he kept that speed up...
R.I.P
skynet0912 3 years ago
Da medo só de ouvir a musica
Danadao23 3 years ago
I don't know what's scarier, the crash or the music.
Fastball2000 3 years ago 3
Definitely the music.
MalarkyingAround 3 years ago
i have been working on indy cars for 19years,ihave never seen a carbon fiber tierod or pushrod or pullrod ,on any lola ,raynard,dallara,g-force or swift chassis that was used at indy
dbr781969 3 years ago
o well
it's the risk of the job
just like a soldier being shot
sh*t happens
303patrick 3 years ago 2
most cars then would go flying at the wall because a tirod would break and causing the car to go straight towards the wall. that is why they make carbon fiber tirods that they did not have in the 70's
Rossiracer156 3 years ago
everytime I watch shit like this I get creeped out. the music is like twilight zone shit (X^U. anyway.
did this guy break his neck?
jraybay 3 years ago
sounds like is a clip of the "faces of death" series.
well. scary stuff! :/
r.i.p.
basicgroove 3 years ago
he probably got on the apron and got loose then oversteered and wrecked
DialgaRules24 3 years ago