wow im reading alot of jokes bout this crash well attempted jokes none are funny at all. this is one of the worst and horrific accidents i've seen. humans cant survive impacts like that so of course he would have sustained intense injuries and died but thats not funny and remember he too has a family. how'd you feel reading jokes bout your son or brothers death.. no human being could've reacted at those speeds. death is apart of motor racing but not a funny one so shut up you unfunny dickheads
Looks like he went into the turn too harsh and it got the car sliding left. When he tried to correct it, the car corrected itself so when he tried to correct, it spun the car right into the wall, and of course that is the end result.
if you look right after the first impact with the wall look alittle left and down you will see gordens helmet bouncing down the track at 40 seconds you see gordens body roll up and over on left side of the video
@hearts76100 Aye, it's just that us people back in '82 were used to these things. Remember Gilles Villeneuve had died just a week earlier... and that was indeed a horrific crash... but aye, Greg Moore's crash is even worse looking, anyway, it's just that we weren't used to such crashes and we all remember how tragic this one was...
@hearts76100 How is that crash worse? Gordon Smiley's body was ripped to multiple pieces (head chopped off and arms and legs cut off separated from body) and he died as soon as he hit the wall, with absolutely no chance of survival.
Car disintegrated far worse than Moore's, also Moore was in a coma before dying while Smiley died instantly.
@hearts76100 if he was pancaked, he would died instantly. but nope. he just died when arriving at hospital. different from smiley since he's being killed instantly at the moment of impact..
and please dont use exclamation mark, like your were trying to stand out here and proving your opinion was 99% true. i know its democracy, but please respect anyone here by not trying to stand out by using that mark..
@wallsofink smiley's head and arm was still there, and there's no report his leg was decapitated. the doctor who bring smiley's body to the care center only said that the only part from smiley's body that were gone is the top of his skull, although every bone on his body were shattered..
thank god you can't see the grey spots that are his BRAIN! he was fucked up completly, almost every bone was shattered, he lost the top of his skull to the fence and he was a fucking mess...poor guy
You all are ate up, like on of our race car legends wants to be remembered for a damn good crash or even have people argue over how he dies...grow up..
If you freeze frame at 0:21 you can clearly see the left rear suspension failure. The left rear wheel is pointing in a completely different direction to the right rear.
Haven't seen this horrible crash in many years. He was featured on ESPN Classiic
yesterday. They showed the 1981 race. He hung in there for most of the race running 5th pl. I watched this live on tv in 1982. Always remembered his name.
This still looks just as horrible now as it did then.
WTF! at least other 2 cars crashed at the same corner that weekend, you can see the marks on the asphalt and lndy should have checked for oil on the surface. Fatal racing accidents are usually horrific and this is one of the worst.
Modern cars are made out of a carbon composite that is MEANT to resist such a high speed crash, whether Gordon would have survived in such a car is a moot point though. Horrific crash, one of the worst I've seen.
Actually cars break up on impact to absorb the energy, spare the driver from massive G forces. Don't suppose they have much concrete walls around nowadays, do they? I'm not talking about whether he survived, the point is stuff breaks in high speed impacts, and there is no airplane that can crash in to a wall at 800 km/h and stay intact.
Yeah but the actual cockpit is designed to shield the driver from the worst of it. I don't know if its flexibility absorbs the shock after the other parts have sheared off but I think that would be the case. As for airliners slamming into stuff, big bits would tend to shear off and be seen lying about the place as is normally seen in crashes, even into mountain sides.
@StephenMaturinMD yeah its ment to absorb shock and reduce driver risk, but goin 220 head first into the wall would of killed him anyway. The human body cant withstand that many G's
is that white thing just infront of the wheel of the wreck actully Gordon?? you can't hit a wall harder than he did, that would prob. still be fatal today
He was scalped in this accident, and his brains were splattered down the straight along with the top half of his skull. A large 30lb piece of flesh was torn from his left side, almost looking like a shark attack victim...Ouch!
This is a tough one to call. He could have turned down into the grass and taken the impact from behind. But it appeard he was making a correction to straighten out and just slid up into the wall. It did appear he was also breaking the car before impact. The surface of Indy has always had a slickness to it. Sad day. RIP Smiley
He was as bad as decapitated. There are aftermath images that show the top of his skull missing, but widened the rest of his head due to the fence basically grating it down.
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Why did this moron turn right?
Doesn't he realize that it's PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE to drive through a wall? I mean, what the fuck? What was he thinking? Was he trying to drive it outside of the racetrack?
I mean, I can't believe how stupid some people can be. It's common sense. You can't drive through walls. Gosh...
@ToyGoomba your a dumbass. Its called over correcting! as you can see he tried to save the car, but he overcorrected and slid into the wall. Dont post stupid shit if you are trying to make a valid point. Dumbass!!
It's a fact that he committed suicide. He realized that he was too slow for Qualifying so he couldn't get into the Indianapolis race and fulfill his dream so he was upset and committed suicide.
Certainly one of racing's most gruesome accidents. Comparable with Tom Pryce (1977 South African GP at Kyalami) and Russell Phillips (1995 NASCAR Sportsman race at Charlotte).
Thank God safety has improved over the years, but I think a vague element of danger should remain so young racers will think twice before trying something too daring. A totally safe environment now gives them the idea that they're invincible, and it's why non-race fans think it's just "driving in circles".
I disagree - the Tom Pryce accident killed 2 people and was very surreal. With the Pryce accident footage you can see almost everything......and its gruesome. With this accident you know he's dead, but you cannot see any blood or body bits flying all over the place.
Looks like he entered that corner way too fast. At that speed he was predestined to slam the wall, being it head-on or otherwise, the tragic outcome would've been the same.
Don't worry, I'm sure that death was so instantainious he never felt a thing! Something like a plane crash! At least he didn't have a few minutes to think about it before he died!
I think a modern Indycar would not deform itself like that upon impact but if that would safe a driver, i'm not so sure about that. The only reason why there haven't been more fatalitys is that simply every may 33 drivers with a lot of luck enter the 500.
okay actually pause it right at 41 and then keep playing and pausing it until you see the shape of his body. Now all of this is within the 41 second mark
Dude, at the very end of the crash, you can see his body still attached to the cab. so basically, his body was still in the seatbelt. He never was thrown from the car
i have just been reading ( Rapid Resposne ) about the Dr Ovley and his colleagues who attended that and baiscally what was said is there wasnt much left of him and the Gordon Smiley had almost broke every single bone his body! RIP
He alwyays praised Indy for safety..Indy was the first track to go to the safer barrier..in short, the best record out there. Smiley was the only person killed between 73 and 92 and it seems hard to imagine that anyone could survive a head on crash like that
Michael McDowell at Texas Motor Speedway hit the wall at about the same angle as Gordon Smiley did at 180mph and walked away from it. However that was a NASCAR COT car not an Indy car. There's more car around the driver them plus the added COT safety features. Also in 1982 the didn't have SAFER barriers.
almost every bone in his body was shattered, his head got decapitated , they found the head in the helmet, and brain pieces, skin guts was everywhere.
"I noticed small splotches of a peculiar gray substance marking a trail on the asphalt leading up to the driver. I was shocked to see that his helmet was gone, along with the top of his skull. He had essentially been scalped by the fence. The material on the race track was his brain. His helmet was literally pulled from his head on impact. I realized that nearly every bone in his body was shattered. He had a gaping wound in his side that looked as if he had been attacked by a large shark."
It must really pain an announcer like Jackie Stewart to discuss this because he is such an advocate for driver safety. It has been his mission for years, and even though this is an old footage, it must pain him then as much as it would today.
that's what i said too, i guess he wasn't smiling after that one and all the phuckin flag wavers got on my ass! glad to see there are like minded crash enthusiasts in the same place!
Come on people, read what this derranged cunt has written. If he says "leave a comment you pile of shit", don't leave a comment! (Yes, I know I'm being hypocritical.) He is saying these horrendous things to provoke a reaction. Stop replying to his comments, stop adding comments to his profile, and this channel will fizzle out and die.
Yes Piquet had a carbon-fiber chassis but the reaseon he survived was that his car lost much of the speed by spinning a few times before it hits the wall. Without that...?
Yes the Carbon-Fiber chassis definitely saved Nelson's life, but he crashed in turn 4. Back then in the early 80's, a lot of the chassis were still made of metal or aluminum alloys which did not have solid protection for the feet and legs although some cars did incorporate a carbon-fiber monocoqe (If I pronounced it right). This was definitely driver error in this accident.
yeah, Smiley's head was going pretty fast when it slammed into the bricks. of course he didn't feel nothing as his brains were all over the shop by that point.
LOOK!!! Have some fricking respect. His family probably went through HELL so the least you can do is pay respect for a man that passed on doing what he loved. I know for a fact that if that was you in that car, I would not be laughing so SHUT UP!!!
However, this would be one reason why I would not want to ever race an Indy Car. As small as those cars are, I would just be afraid of a car doing exactly that.
I never will understand why people bash the safety at Indianapolis. No one could have survived this crash no matter what. It was the only falality at Indy between 1973-1992..a far better record than F-1 or Nascar.
actually at 00:39-00:43 if you look closely you can see his body, still attached to the seat, tumbling on the track. (Look towards the wreckage in the middle. You should see his body tumble.)
1982 saw Gilles Villeunuve died a week before then Gordon Smiley, Riccardo Paletti and Jim Hickman. Coquencidently Villuenuve and Smiley were once teammates in the Atlantic Series back in the 70's at one point!
Possibly. But, if you ever get to read the book titled "Rapid Response", it gets even more disturbing.......His helmet was ripped-off. Every bone in his body was shattered. Had a gaping wound as if he had been attacked by a shark. And even his brain was splattered all over that corner. VERY DISTURBING! If I was a race car driver, I would sooner take my chances w/a heavier stock car.
The Events leading up to the crash put Gordon in a tight spot. The car hadn't handled well the whole month of May. The speeds were down and Intermedics Brass was at the track to watch their car get in the field. Some say the CV joint broke nonetheless it's a no no to turn into a spin at Indy. I remember AJ saying the 1982 March was a piece of junk. The car was hard to work with. This is by far the baddest wreck even at Indy. Gordon came completely outta the car, If you look close, it's really ba
25 years after that , last weekend in texas motor speedway , nascar driver mcdowell , had an incredible accident very similar to this one of gordon , the driver went out of the car completely uninjured , that s 25 years of difference , !!! carbon , kevla
Yeah, you got to consider safety, but also, McDowell is in a big, bulky stock car, with lots of metal protecting him. Smiley was protected by nothing more than a very thin, super light race car.
The McDowell comparison would work more for Neil Bonnett or Dale Earnhardt
agree , but in the case of mcdowell , he was uninjured , no cuts , no broken bones , but i talk much more about the inercia of the brain in that impact , i m a doctor , and if you look at formula one star robert kubica last years accident in montreal , was very similar to ayrton senna´s speed and angle but the worries that time were about the inercia , the cockpit nowadays is an incredible structure ,and ´´HANS´´ probably could have saved earnhardt,smiley no chance,think, even with today safety
He was so fucking owned! That must have hurt liek hell! I'll bet he past out from the pain.
3338MAN 7 hours ago
I don't believe I've ever seen a more violent crash in any Motorsport. RIP Gordon, and thank you.
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wow im reading alot of jokes bout this crash well attempted jokes none are funny at all. this is one of the worst and horrific accidents i've seen. humans cant survive impacts like that so of course he would have sustained intense injuries and died but thats not funny and remember he too has a family. how'd you feel reading jokes bout your son or brothers death.. no human being could've reacted at those speeds. death is apart of motor racing but not a funny one so shut up you unfunny dickheads
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SingingRavensShadow 1 month ago
@MusicLuver153 same here lol
deonoxivar 1 month ago
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MagnusRulerHardt 2 months ago
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me too
dos845 2 months ago
@MusicLuver153 Me too
SingingRavensShadow 3 months ago
Someone on omegle unfortunately pranked me into watching this horrid video. Just awful R.I.P.
SingingRavensShadow 3 months ago
@MusicLuver153 did for me too
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Looks like he went into the turn too harsh and it got the car sliding left. When he tried to correct it, the car corrected itself so when he tried to correct, it spun the car right into the wall, and of course that is the end result.
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wallsofink 4 months ago
0:40 his helmets on even on his head, omg
BlueBlazer89 4 months ago
if you look right after the first impact with the wall look alittle left and down you will see gordens helmet bouncing down the track at 40 seconds you see gordens body roll up and over on left side of the video
twotoneify 5 months ago
if you look right after the first impact with the wall look alittle left and down you will see gordens helmet bouncing down the track
twotoneify 5 months ago
He was a dirt track & a rally driver ok, but with little or non experience of formula racing on ovals.
kzbxvz 6 months ago
0:40 Why he said that he died instantly ? I think He was trying to stand up.
mqmqmwmw 10 months ago
This is the worst crash ever seen
juampech 10 months ago
@juampech
Have a look at Greg Moore in 1999!
That crash in my opinion is alot worse!
hearts76100 8 months ago
@hearts76100 Aye, it's just that us people back in '82 were used to these things. Remember Gilles Villeneuve had died just a week earlier... and that was indeed a horrific crash... but aye, Greg Moore's crash is even worse looking, anyway, it's just that we weren't used to such crashes and we all remember how tragic this one was...
220773 6 months ago
@220773 Anyway, Jackie Stewart proudly commenting with his Scots accent... if only he weren't a Celtic lad... :-(
220773 6 months ago
@220773
No disagreeing with you there bud!
I was watching Greg when he got killed and it still makes me feel ill watching it!
Regards to you and thanks for commenting.
hearts76100 6 months ago
@hearts76100 How is that crash worse? Gordon Smiley's body was ripped to multiple pieces (head chopped off and arms and legs cut off separated from body) and he died as soon as he hit the wall, with absolutely no chance of survival.
Car disintegrated far worse than Moore's, also Moore was in a coma before dying while Smiley died instantly.
wallsofink 4 months ago
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If you take the time to read my comment again!
I said, and i quote myself " MY OPINION " !!!
Greg landed on his head and torso and by all accounts his body was compressed to the point of a pancake!
You have your own opinion and i have mine, after all that's a democracy my friend!
hearts76100 4 months ago
@hearts76100 if he was pancaked, he would died instantly. but nope. he just died when arriving at hospital. different from smiley since he's being killed instantly at the moment of impact..
and please dont use exclamation mark, like your were trying to stand out here and proving your opinion was 99% true. i know its democracy, but please respect anyone here by not trying to stand out by using that mark..
jonap1st 4 months ago
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Shut up you wanker!
Have a word with yourself.......!!!!!!!!!
hearts76100 4 months ago
@hearts76100 take it easy kid, dont cry.. i'm gonna buy a lollipop for you :)
jonap1st 4 months ago
@wallsofink smiley's head and arm was still there, and there's no report his leg was decapitated. the doctor who bring smiley's body to the care center only said that the only part from smiley's body that were gone is the top of his skull, although every bone on his body were shattered..
jonap1st 4 months ago
I remember this from the days of watching the Indy 500 every year with my brother. RIP Gordon. You were one of my favorite drivers.
TheTrimby1973 10 months ago
damn thats crazy. ive never seen a worse wreck in racing than this.
lobobmax 11 months ago
thank god you can't see the grey spots that are his BRAIN! he was fucked up completly, almost every bone was shattered, he lost the top of his skull to the fence and he was a fucking mess...poor guy
supercrapnstuff11 11 months ago
holy FUCK. that is some scary shit. rip
teameymelli1 11 months ago
You can see his body flopping around like a rag doll. Ugly crash!
OfZion 1 year ago
Did he died?
TehSamurai 1 year ago
you need to be removed from this earth!
Brian211978 1 year ago
@TehSamurai In the long run i would say he is better off.
roquefortfiles 1 year ago
@TehSamurai are u fucking kidding me, of course he did
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You all are ate up, like on of our race car legends wants to be remembered for a damn good crash or even have people argue over how he dies...grow up..
RockerBoysGirl 1 year ago
You all are ate up, like on of our race car legends wants to be remembered for a damn good crash or even have people argue over how he dies...grow up
RockerBoysGirl 1 year ago
he had no chance
ThePhidipidies 1 year ago
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most amazing crash ever!! I've seen a lot of crashes but this one is really sick! Fuck yeah!
thank you Gordon we really appreciated
picpocarmy 1 year ago
R.I.P
101276 1 year ago
If you freeze frame at 0:21 you can clearly see the left rear suspension failure. The left rear wheel is pointing in a completely different direction to the right rear.
TheJerryludlow 1 year ago
look again...can he be seen waving his hand in the cockpit just seconds before impact?
Jcc2006 1 year ago
Haven't seen this horrible crash in many years. He was featured on ESPN Classiic
yesterday. They showed the 1981 race. He hung in there for most of the race running 5th pl. I watched this live on tv in 1982. Always remembered his name.
This still looks just as horrible now as it did then.
Jcc2006 1 year ago 2
Gooosshh
Danheroman 1 year ago
limox - its on youtube. They show the stills. Look at the final still closely.
weallfollowmanutd 2 years ago
WTF! at least other 2 cars crashed at the same corner that weekend, you can see the marks on the asphalt and lndy should have checked for oil on the surface. Fatal racing accidents are usually horrific and this is one of the worst.
StyrofoamKup 2 years ago
Modern cars are made out of a carbon composite that is MEANT to resist such a high speed crash, whether Gordon would have survived in such a car is a moot point though. Horrific crash, one of the worst I've seen.
StephenMaturinMD 2 years ago
Actually cars break up on impact to absorb the energy, spare the driver from massive G forces. Don't suppose they have much concrete walls around nowadays, do they? I'm not talking about whether he survived, the point is stuff breaks in high speed impacts, and there is no airplane that can crash in to a wall at 800 km/h and stay intact.
Weirdo10o4 2 years ago
Yeah but the actual cockpit is designed to shield the driver from the worst of it. I don't know if its flexibility absorbs the shock after the other parts have sheared off but I think that would be the case. As for airliners slamming into stuff, big bits would tend to shear off and be seen lying about the place as is normally seen in crashes, even into mountain sides.
StephenMaturinMD 2 years ago
@StephenMaturinMD yeah its ment to absorb shock and reduce driver risk, but goin 220 head first into the wall would of killed him anyway. The human body cant withstand that many G's
rotorypowered74 1 year ago
is that white thing just infront of the wheel of the wreck actully Gordon?? you can't hit a wall harder than he did, that would prob. still be fatal today
sweetballer9 2 years ago
fuck you
lazar71 2 years ago
this is the worst car accident ever
jackie stewart is commentating
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hmdwgf 2 years ago
Jesus christ.. worst crash I ever saw :-(
tommye75 2 years ago
Lets see you react that quick to an oversteer at 200mph, wouldnt be easy douches
bausy88 2 years ago 2
At 0:54 if you look closely you can see blood explode everywhere near the front of the car before the car explodes. :(
Gforcebond 2 years ago
He was scalped in this accident, and his brains were splattered down the straight along with the top half of his skull. A large 30lb piece of flesh was torn from his left side, almost looking like a shark attack victim...Ouch!
Snoopo 2 years ago
Looks like he zigged when he should of zagged
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awesome!
PanekPL 3 years ago
This is a tough one to call. He could have turned down into the grass and taken the impact from behind. But it appeard he was making a correction to straighten out and just slid up into the wall. It did appear he was also breaking the car before impact. The surface of Indy has always had a slickness to it. Sad day. RIP Smiley
CVetteMan1111 3 years ago
He was as bad as decapitated. There are aftermath images that show the top of his skull missing, but widened the rest of his head due to the fence basically grating it down.
weallfollowmanutd 3 years ago
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Why did this moron turn right?
Doesn't he realize that it's PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE to drive through a wall? I mean, what the fuck? What was he thinking? Was he trying to drive it outside of the racetrack?
I mean, I can't believe how stupid some people can be. It's common sense. You can't drive through walls. Gosh...
ToyGoomba 3 years ago
Ever heard of the racing terms "oversteer" and "overcorrection"? You don't know what you're talking about.
ilferrari 2 years ago
@ToyGoomba your a dumbass. Its called over correcting! as you can see he tried to save the car, but he overcorrected and slid into the wall. Dont post stupid shit if you are trying to make a valid point. Dumbass!!
rotorypowered74 1 year ago
@ToyGoomba you sir is the biggest idiot on the planet race cars can spin out of control at any moment!
gosh you should have died in that crash!
bloba313 8 months ago
Why an idiotic set of comments by pashemotatos, like those above from a guy whose account is already closed, thankfully.
ed200007 3 years ago
It's a fact that he committed suicide. He realized that he was too slow for Qualifying so he couldn't get into the Indianapolis race and fulfill his dream so he was upset and committed suicide.
Karmageddon250 3 years ago
...too bad he had ALREADY FUCKING RACED IN THE INDY 500 BEFORE. GOD HOW FUCKING STUPID ARE YOU? REALLY?
bombdrop91 2 years ago
@Karmageddon250 Gordon should got finished with qualifying and wait til the next year. He should chill at home with his family.
OBJones28 8 months ago
opfer noob
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pashedmotatos 3 years ago
LOL WHAT AN IDIOT
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pashedmotatos 3 years ago
Asshole
IommiSabbath1 3 years ago
The most incredibly and horrific racing accident I ever seen!!
Is that Jackie Steward voice??
RobertNewVision 3 years ago
Yes - Jackie Stewart
IommiSabbath1 3 years ago
Certainly one of racing's most gruesome accidents. Comparable with Tom Pryce (1977 South African GP at Kyalami) and Russell Phillips (1995 NASCAR Sportsman race at Charlotte).
Thank God safety has improved over the years, but I think a vague element of danger should remain so young racers will think twice before trying something too daring. A totally safe environment now gives them the idea that they're invincible, and it's why non-race fans think it's just "driving in circles".
FrodothePuppet 3 years ago 2
I disagree - the Tom Pryce accident killed 2 people and was very surreal. With the Pryce accident footage you can see almost everything......and its gruesome. With this accident you know he's dead, but you cannot see any blood or body bits flying all over the place.
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Absolutely my favourite crash !!! this is great !!!
picpocarmy 3 years ago
What's wrong with you? Are you a twisted freak or something?
maestroadam 3 years ago 7
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I just love the impact dude... take a look @ the body in the final part of the crash... it's fucking shattered !! that's insane !!
picpocarmy 3 years ago
the fact that he died doesn't take away from the visual appeal of the accident tho.
saying 'cool crash' is different from 'cool that he died'.
foodeater398 3 years ago
m8 thats NOT funny
herkie12643 3 years ago
easily preventable, but he was in "way over his head" (no pun) stated by several indy veterans
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SexKittenMasturbator 3 years ago
He was crushed between a wall and an engine block
yaiknowscrewme 3 years ago
Looks like he entered that corner way too fast. At that speed he was predestined to slam the wall, being it head-on or otherwise, the tragic outcome would've been the same.
pateli 3 years ago
they should re-think that wall...
69lol69 3 years ago 2
worst than the dale crash
poopheaven 3 years ago
ugly
Eisenberg99 3 years ago
Don't worry, I'm sure that death was so instantainious he never felt a thing! Something like a plane crash! At least he didn't have a few minutes to think about it before he died!
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that poor fuckin cock sucker...
kmz365 3 years ago
oh.....shit
SnoringPug 3 years ago
WTF YOUR SUPOSE TO BE 18?
sanchezarvin 3 years ago
I think a modern Indycar would not deform itself like that upon impact but if that would safe a driver, i'm not so sure about that. The only reason why there haven't been more fatalitys is that simply every may 33 drivers with a lot of luck enter the 500.
Dimage25 3 years ago
okay actually pause it right at 41 and then keep playing and pausing it until you see the shape of his body. Now all of this is within the 41 second mark
Nitrous1081 3 years ago
Pause it EXACTLY at 41 seconds and you can see his head and everything still attached to the cab
Nitrous1081 3 years ago
at least what's left his head, minus the brains which were running everywhere down the track!
kmz365 3 years ago
Dude, at the very end of the crash, you can see his body still attached to the cab. so basically, his body was still in the seatbelt. He never was thrown from the car
Nitrous1081 3 years ago
There was no car left to be thrown from!!
SwanKong11 3 years ago 2
i have just been reading ( Rapid Resposne ) about the Dr Ovley and his colleagues who attended that and baiscally what was said is there wasnt much left of him and the Gordon Smiley had almost broke every single bone his body! RIP
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he aint smiling no more
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you said it. you need brains to smile and according to the Doc, Smiley's brains were all over the shop!
kmz365 3 years ago
The man's last name happened to be "Smiley". Joking about a dead man's last name is not at all funny.
NASCARfan22k 3 years ago 9
sure it is. that's why the youtube is on the air.
kmz365 3 years ago
He alwyays praised Indy for safety..Indy was the first track to go to the safer barrier..in short, the best record out there. Smiley was the only person killed between 73 and 92 and it seems hard to imagine that anyone could survive a head on crash like that
dpate23 3 years ago 4
Michael McDowell at Texas Motor Speedway hit the wall at about the same angle as Gordon Smiley did at 180mph and walked away from it. However that was a NASCAR COT car not an Indy car. There's more car around the driver them plus the added COT safety features. Also in 1982 the didn't have SAFER barriers.
polygamyporter 3 years ago
hey! was Smiley going face first or back of the head first when he slapped those bricks for the last time?
kmz365 3 years ago
I think that rates as the worst crash I've ever seen. Couldn't have been much left of him after that? Poor bugger.
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that poor phuckin bastard...
is that his helmut bouncing down into the infield grass?
it doesn't have his head in it cause you can see his melon getting slammed into the bricks!
kmz365 3 years ago
He was not decapitated although his helmet was torn from his head. And yes, his head did hit the fence from the still photos that I saw.
rsgillaspie 3 years ago 3
wall-1
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AbosRacing 3 years ago
Nigel Mansell - 1
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aure232 3 years ago
:07 in, a split second after he hit the wall, is that a blood splatter, or just a tire mark?
PYLrulz1984 3 years ago
And also at :28, its a bit of a long mark there to the left of the tire mark.
PYLrulz1984 3 years ago
just tire marks
edwardManfre 3 years ago
almost every bone in his body was shattered, his head got decapitated , they found the head in the helmet, and brain pieces, skin guts was everywhere.
AlaselSerpentGA 3 years ago
He wasn't decapitated...
aure232 3 years ago 2
What an awesome way to die, I wish I could go out while moving over 200 mph.
glowingskeleton 3 years ago
Speed Wins:
FATALITY
Volumesofdoom 3 years ago 2
"I noticed small splotches of a peculiar gray substance marking a trail on the asphalt leading up to the driver. I was shocked to see that his helmet was gone, along with the top of his skull. He had essentially been scalped by the fence. The material on the race track was his brain. His helmet was literally pulled from his head on impact. I realized that nearly every bone in his body was shattered. He had a gaping wound in his side that looked as if he had been attacked by a large shark."
RCR37 3 years ago 4
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Damn....dude probably looked like a bug that hits my winshield...SPLAT!!!
Hunkola 3 years ago
look again retard. the tire is STUCK IN THE WALL.
It's not a mark, it's the tire.
JHetfield186 3 years ago
the right front tire got stuck in the fucking wall. wow
JHetfield186 3 years ago
It's not the tire ... just the black rubber mark left by the tire's impact.
zeeosix 3 years ago 2
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If they only had air bags back then. He would have walked away.
perkiomenville 3 years ago
airbags for Indycars?
you serious?
only series-produced cars get those....
ma55aracin9 2 years ago
It must really pain an announcer like Jackie Stewart to discuss this because he is such an advocate for driver safety. It has been his mission for years, and even though this is an old footage, it must pain him then as much as it would today.
gahook 3 years ago 3
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He's not smiling now thats for sure!
josephdaw 3 years ago
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that's what i said too, i guess he wasn't smiling after that one and all the phuckin flag wavers got on my ass! glad to see there are like minded crash enthusiasts in the same place!
kmz365 3 years ago
scary thing is i have just noticed the helmet rolling on the track after the impact.
aburrows2008 3 years ago
was his head in it?
michaeliskoo 3 years ago
Come on people, read what this derranged cunt has written. If he says "leave a comment you pile of shit", don't leave a comment! (Yes, I know I'm being hypocritical.) He is saying these horrendous things to provoke a reaction. Stop replying to his comments, stop adding comments to his profile, and this channel will fizzle out and die.
Timdpr 3 years ago
your comment keeps it alive, stupid
flukyluke 3 years ago
ur mom wants to suck urs
lol SKOO SUX
crazyful123 3 years ago
u ass. He was 1 of da best and u think its funny. scum like u suck my dick
crazyful123 3 years ago
what the hell is your problem
ryanindy124 3 years ago
Nelson Piquet crashed 10 years later at same spot, at higher speed, and at similar angle. He got away with broken legs and a concussion.
The difference: carbon-fiber chassis.
mkreisel 3 years ago
Yes Piquet had a carbon-fiber chassis but the reaseon he survived was that his car lost much of the speed by spinning a few times before it hits the wall. Without that...?
aaab01 3 years ago
nah ive seen that crash not nearly as this one. this reminds me of geoff bodines crash at daytona even though the cars are completely different.
foodeater398 3 years ago
Yes the Carbon-Fiber chassis definitely saved Nelson's life, but he crashed in turn 4. Back then in the early 80's, a lot of the chassis were still made of metal or aluminum alloys which did not have solid protection for the feet and legs although some cars did incorporate a carbon-fiber monocoqe (If I pronounced it right). This was definitely driver error in this accident.
cfoster81 3 years ago
The most gruesome part of this video is at 41seconds..if you look at the center of the debris you can see his limp body being thrown the the ground.
robertmastroianni 3 years ago
yeah, Smiley's head was going pretty fast when it slammed into the bricks. of course he didn't feel nothing as his brains were all over the shop by that point.
kmz365 3 years ago
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ROFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!111111
That was hilarious. He was just driving and then all of a sudden.....SPLAT!!!
Screaminglife00 3 years ago
LOOK!!! Have some fricking respect. His family probably went through HELL so the least you can do is pay respect for a man that passed on doing what he loved. I know for a fact that if that was you in that car, I would not be laughing so SHUT UP!!!
ILikeCheeze24 3 years ago 7
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I would want people to be laughing if that was me in that car.
Screaminglife00 3 years ago
A very classless comment by screaming...
However, this would be one reason why I would not want to ever race an Indy Car. As small as those cars are, I would just be afraid of a car doing exactly that.
PYLrulz1984 3 years ago 2
I never will understand why people bash the safety at Indianapolis. No one could have survived this crash no matter what. It was the only falality at Indy between 1973-1992..a far better record than F-1 or Nascar.
dpate23 3 years ago 2
WOW! Basically his whole body from the inside out just exploded. Gordon didn't feel a thing...not a thing. RIP Gordon Smiley.
TheIRLSUCKS 3 years ago
actually at 00:39-00:43 if you look closely you can see his body, still attached to the seat, tumbling on the track. (Look towards the wreckage in the middle. You should see his body tumble.)
Screaminglife00 3 years ago
,he was STILL attached to his seat,right?
*way too horrible for anyone. PERIOD.*
ma55aracin9 2 years ago
TERRIBLE TERRIBLE IMPACT
e521soediv 3 years ago
1982 saw Gilles Villeunuve died a week before then Gordon Smiley, Riccardo Paletti and Jim Hickman. Coquencidently Villuenuve and Smiley were once teammates in the Atlantic Series back in the 70's at one point!
afannell 3 years ago 3
If you look closely near the end it looks like he has been split in two? a horrfic scary crash
RIP Gordon
aburrows2008 3 years ago
Possibly. But, if you ever get to read the book titled "Rapid Response", it gets even more disturbing.......His helmet was ripped-off. Every bone in his body was shattered. Had a gaping wound as if he had been attacked by a shark. And even his brain was splattered all over that corner. VERY DISTURBING! If I was a race car driver, I would sooner take my chances w/a heavier stock car.
zendcs 3 years ago 7
If you have watched Traces of Death in a rare video his hole body had been ripped a part like bomb blowing up. Very sick!
afannell 3 years ago
The Events leading up to the crash put Gordon in a tight spot. The car hadn't handled well the whole month of May. The speeds were down and Intermedics Brass was at the track to watch their car get in the field. Some say the CV joint broke nonetheless it's a no no to turn into a spin at Indy. I remember AJ saying the 1982 March was a piece of junk. The car was hard to work with. This is by far the baddest wreck even at Indy. Gordon came completely outta the car, If you look close, it's really ba
RKLMotorsports 3 years ago
25 years after that , last weekend in texas motor speedway , nascar driver mcdowell , had an incredible accident very similar to this one of gordon , the driver went out of the car completely uninjured , that s 25 years of difference , !!! carbon , kevla
rdtli 3 years ago 3
don't forget fuel cells, you hardly see a car explote into flames anymore.
ed200007 3 years ago 2
Yeah, you got to consider safety, but also, McDowell is in a big, bulky stock car, with lots of metal protecting him. Smiley was protected by nothing more than a very thin, super light race car.
The McDowell comparison would work more for Neil Bonnett or Dale Earnhardt
PYLrulz1984 3 years ago 2
agree , but in the case of mcdowell , he was uninjured , no cuts , no broken bones , but i talk much more about the inercia of the brain in that impact , i m a doctor , and if you look at formula one star robert kubica last years accident in montreal , was very similar to ayrton senna´s speed and angle but the worries that time were about the inercia , the cockpit nowadays is an incredible structure ,and ´´HANS´´ probably could have saved earnhardt,smiley no chance,think, even with today safety
rdtli 3 years ago 2
If you were a doctor you'd be able to spell "inertia", no?
Stubrit 2 years ago