Audioslave "Gasoline" -Rare Vintage Indy Car Crash Footage

[lotusfirebird]

I agree, 'rare' is not how you describe these many played videos

[qwasd0r]

These things were rolling fuel tanks. You can see the drivers almost jumping out of the speeding cars, dreading the fire. lol

[Zadan]

none of this footage is rare.

[2oldcoots]

The fuel spraying the crowd is unreal. As a young kid, I always loved sitting low in the stands at motorsports events, close to the action. After a radiator exploded one night at our local track and threw scalding water on the first ten rows of the bleachers, I became a top row guy.

[505197]

We had neighbors come back from Indy in 64 with blisters from the intense heat of the fire, they looked like they had been sunburned. I talked to Graham Heath who was crewing that year , he said Bettenhsusen was off the ground coming through the flames with the throttle wide open . Bill Chessbourg 's last indy race was that year I believe , he was a racer's racer, I recall seeing a picture of him standing alone smoking a cigarette as other racers talked in small groups. Nobody ever gave bill lip

[JonGian]

Good Video, Great song!

[rdadal]

Gasoline would not be banned for another year. In them days, there was no firesuit. It was cotton soaked in borax.

[1doc1savage1]

Honestly, I have no idea at 80mph. Probably give the flame retardant gear the 45 seconds or so it lasts for the car to slow down. Who can say, until your ass is the one on fire.

[1doc1savage1]

The footage of the driver climbing out of the car at what looks like at least 80mph(+)? Says it all. They tell the drivers now to stay in the car, it's actually gotten several of them killed. IRL spilled some serious blood in it's infancy. Most of the reckless drivers have been weeded out now though, it's a great series. I can think of worse things than getting snuffed racing at Indianapolis. No one likes to see it happen, BUT, racing has a bloody, and tragic heritage.

[csykes23]

would you stay in a car that was on fire?

[delmer221]

For 1doc-- Several of them killed by standing up?- Who , when. I don't think so. Also NONE of these wrecks in this video, NONE, had any connection with the IRL. All were at least 20 years before the IRL was formed. Prior to that USAC sanctioned the race & before that it was AAA. I don't want to give you a hard time, but your statements are incorrect

[1doc1savage1]

I have a complete grip of the fact that IRL is not represented in this video. I was making a statement.

They tell the drivers now to stay in the car, it's actually gotten several of them killed. IRL spilled some serious blood in it's infancy."

It's a reference to the recent past, compared to this video(the dark ages). It's comparative, ok?

[TheIRLSUCKS]

The IRL is garbage now...honestly I loved the IRL idea's from the get-go but unfortuantly (even with "unification") it has been literally destroyed by its own. Sad. CART was the right path, Tony had a "vision" but that is all it was...just a "vision" which is now irrelevant in racing.

[Zadan]

lol if cart was on the right path why did it die.

Idiot.

[xXdoctorXXGoNzOXx]

@Zadan CART died because Tony George wanted his Formula to dominate. And after all he OWNS Indianapolis. CART Formula was almost perfect. Way better than the shit cars they race now. Barely better than nothing. It's a clownlike McDonalds freakshow.

[sprinter4]

After the Sachs & Macdonld fire in 1964, This was the last time gasoline would be used in indy cars. Only alcohol for fuel from then on.

[Dead1301]

Those cars are driving with gasoline!?

[penske13]

yes they wre....pressurized at that. :O

[mj5660]

2:33 It is Mike Mosely, 1972 is the year, the flames were coming up the cockpit. 2:56-3:09 Salt Walther crash, I met Salt a few years ago at the Indy 500 memorabilia show. His burns are very disfiguring, he has to wear gloveson his hands they were burnt so badly!! Fire is the worst thing to a race driver!! scary.

[nesico5]

u can have SO much fun ... with me v

[goerge4]

cool.. some footage i haven't seen yet..

[mickyhunt]

lol at 2:33 WTF?

[brysanna]

At the 3:56 mark, notice Salt Walther's legs hanging out of his car. Wow.

[daveinindy]

All the '73 deaths were tragic. But Swede Savage died in the hospital due to medical incompetence. He was well on his way to recovery when, about one month after the crash, medical staff killed him through sheer, albeit accidental, incompetence.

[bagonmyhip]

I know he (Swede) was burned really but that is just tragic.

[jazzbo1974]

that last part was from the 1973 indy 500 the worst year for the 500 3 people were killed in the month of may well the last crash he died a month later

[elvira2262]

very rare...RIP

[wawwwaaa]

what happend at 3:30

[ljostarter]

the start of the 1973 Indy 500. Salt Walther got up in the fence and sprayed the first few rows of "A stand" with methanol.

[rsgillaspie]

yeah, my parents were part of the crowd that got sprayed. I wasn't born yet.

[campingoncampus]

@wawwwaaa think a tire blew

[iwannabeatb]

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