Indy 500 Legends - Fatal Racing Accidents

[Glibzer]

@cartracer58 no he died of a bad blood transfusion giving him hepatitus b

[kartracer58]

did swede savage burn to death because from what i saw he was trying to get out (i think)

[Chihuahuaman2]

Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald both died in that crash??

[RockHotTamales]

@Chihuahuaman2 well of course

[RockHotTamales]

@Chihuahuaman2 eddie sachs hitted the wall, dave macdonald hit him when sach's car was blowing up.

[Invader010]

Im making a presentation in class on how racing can affect your life, can i use your video?

[erwinruys]

Steve McQueen has the best quote of all.

[Ex77Thruxton]

RIP to all drivers, but no disrespect, but 1:18-1:23 is Mike Magill's 1959 flip, and he was fine (other than bruising).

[M3OWxI3EASTLY]

2:09 is that his brain splatering? Not trying to be disrespectful.

[NeCroW]

i imagine the horror even today if a child says to her parents that she wants to be a indy driver.

[WARFOX101]

IMO early F1 and Indy cars were death traps.

[mamamcqueen]

HOLY SHIT!!! 2:23 is really awful. :( Poor Swede.

[Ryan1123451]

1:32 Oh My God

[javierb415]

Rip. Sad. :(

[tsharpmac420]

in shortys wreck they left his car up against the wall for the wrest of the race

[tsharpmac420]

sweet metal guardrail

[QuikdrawlMcgraw]

never saw a few of these

[oscieonfire]

lol 1:17 the camera guy . also, for eddy sachs' crash, imagine bieng in the stands and just seeing flames the whole front straight god RIP all drivers

[Kenmorfdublin]

@ 2:30 "While rushing to the car, I saw splotches of a peculiar gray substance marking a trail on the asphalt leading up to the driver. When I reached the car, I was shocked to see that Smiley's helmet was gone, along with the top of his skull. The material on the race track was most of his brain. I rode to the care center with the body. On the way in I performed a cursory examination and found that nearly every bone in his body was shattered. I had never seen such trauma." Cart MD Steve Olvey

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@Kenmorfdublin: Well, that's just CREEPY!!!

[Trueshadow000]

@Kenmorfdublin wow...

[Kenmorfdublin]

Astonishingly, Swede Savage (2:15) survived his crash and even joked with medical personnel who attended him, and he was fully expected to live when taken to Hospital.

However, he died in hospital 33 days after the accident.

It is widely reported that Savage died of kidney failure from infection, but the real cause of death was believed to be complications related to contaminated plasma, and that Savage contracted hepatitis B from a transfusion, causing his liver to fail.

[tartass342]

@Kenmorfdublin at 2:24 you can see him moving inside the car inside the flames.

[indyracingnut]

For some, it's the ultimate glory....for others, it's the ultimate sacrifice. But that's why people race. To them, it's worth the risk. RIP to all those featured here and countless others who passed in the pursuit of a dream in motor racing.

[TheeRedMan]

R.I.P

[mqmqmwmw]

2:22 Was he trying to get out ????? WTF ?

[BADASSED88]

@mqmqmwmw yea he died from burn wounds on the way to the hospital

[mar4eloser4e]

@mqmqmwmw yes he was he actually died nearly a month after the accident from contamined blood transition

[myers2789]

@mesice because at the speeds they are travelling, hittng a wall made of rubber would cause your car to spin, causing more g-forces on your body, and sliding along the concrete wall allows the car to slow gradually with a smaller g-force load. Plus, most of the fatal crashes in the recent past were caused by direct force into the wall, which rubber would not help with in the slightest. It is all a lesson in physics.

[mesice]

why the fuck don't they make tyre-walls instead of concrete? that would save so many lives!

[GAELDU34600BEDARIEUX]

c une superbe video crashcarnagevid MERCI

[Hunorrrr]

Omg Gordon Smiley ... 

[BrookieMac840]

Eddie Sachs crash is really bad

[caramelosspeed]

good video, baaad crashes :O :( :S

[reefshark46]

Brayton is #32

[powertone36]

at 1:18 - the wreck is Mike Magill, #77, Dayton Steel Wheel Spl, in 1959, not Pat O'Connor, who is the flip just before Magill's wreck. Magill lived, by the way.

[reefshark46]

what number is Scott Brayton?

[GeneralsAlert]

song?

[CrashCarnageVid]

@GeneralsAlert "This is Goodbye" by 5ML.

[TiagoWakabayashi]

@CrashCarnageVid the song/band name kinda has a total relation with the video

[kinkbmx490]

@CrashCarnageVid perfect song to go with the video. R.I.P to all who have died in racing

[kinkbmx490]

@CrashCarnageVid the one of floyd roberts in 1939 did the other one that went over the wall also died? cause it looked like he did =(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

[reefshark46]

1:08-1:23

[racermac1988]

"For some the 500 mile race is the ultimate triumph, for others the ultimate sacrifice."

RIP Scott Brayton. Coldwater, MI still misses you.

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@racermac1988: And for some it's BOTH (Roberts, Vukovich were defending winners of the races where they died)!!!

[Montoya42Fan]

So sad :(

Hope they all R.I.P.

Atleast they died doing what they loved.

[kensethmartinfan]

great video, there's some footage here that ive never seen before. Video liked and faved, R.I.P. to all those men.

[nathan0401]

when the crashes are instant death so you no they didnt go through allot of pain are ok to watch but OMG 2:25 thats a bit grusome, cuz the guys on fire and u can see him frantically trying to put it out :( R.I.P

[Tuningfreak899]

very good vid dude. =)

[bradk12fan]

R.I.P. to all those who died doing what they loved.

[zroRTE]

2:24... brutal ;/ rip :(

[Bixenonek2]

all drivers die?

[xetlive]

I remember that Swede Savage wreck. I was around 12 years old. Still sticks out in my mind because he was trying to get out while the car burned and never made it.

[bradk12fan]

@xetlive I thought that Swede survived the accident, but died 3 months later of an infection while in the hospital.

[xetlive]

@bradk12fan

Is that what happened? I was a kid so its fuzzy.

...

I just went and read up on Swede.

It is widely reported that Savage died of kidney failure from infection, but Dr. Steve Olvey, Savage's attending physician at Indy said that the real cause of death was complications related to contaminated plasma. Olvey claimed that Savage contracted hepatitis B from a transfusion, causing his liver to fail.

So your correct, infection. :(

Thanx for the insight!

[bradk12fan]

@xetlive No problem, it's a shame that so many had to die before changes in safety occurred. I'm thankful that some of these changes were made however, because without these changes, a very hard crash that I had in Legends cars about 6 years ago, would've been a lot worse. R.I.P.

[xetlive]

@bradk12fan

I found this page... indymotorspeedway [d0t] com/500d-73 [d0t] htm

It tells a lot plus it talks about how one of his crew members was hit and instantly killed by a fire truck while running out to help Swede.

[fastfortress]

Does anyone know about that indy car or F1 wreck where the car stopped on the other side of the track and the safety workers went across the track and one was hit and split in half? I saw a video on here and now I can't find it again.

[luggi1807]

@fastfortress it was a f1 crash. the driver who died was tom pryce

[edgaras421]

those old indy cars are the most unsafe to drive. No safety belts, no froll cage...

[Nas49Razing]

RIP drivers doing what they love