1969 Daytona Permatex 300

This footage of the 1969 Daytona Permatex 300. It is from abc wide world of sports. It shows the fatal crash of Don McTavish

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Sports

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• 1969
• Daytona
• Permatex
• 300

[mrdirttrackusa]

Wow, theres a video of this crash but not of elliott sadlers hit a pocono. This is still a horrifying wreck though. R.I.P

[marine224a1]

@MerscratianAce looks like when the front end was sheared off, if you look closely he looks like a ragdoll as his car is spinning around just before being cracked into, id bet my money on him being dead by the time he was contacted by another car

[MrLuke5416]

Was he crushed?

[sr71sr71]

@marine224a1 One can only hope...so sad.

[PYLrulz1984]

There is racing, and then there is insanity.

Having cars go as fast as humanly possible is just asking for disaster. Maybe back in the day, it was "acceptable", but today, I'd rather my favorite driver be able to have a full career. I understand that death is always a possibility in racing, I just think in some instances, one should use their head in setting up something.

[JagermeisterDetox]

1:50

thank me later

[clintonearlwalker]

@beeroosterm That would make for some exciting racing for the fans, no sanctioning body would ever allow it though.

[beeroosterm]

@clintonearlwalker I say we allow unlimited horsepower and speed and see what the racers can come up with. 4 wheels, discrete wheelbase and track. Fuck it - 275 mph on the straights.Tough shit to the losers. That's racing.

[beeroosterm]

@clintonearlwalker The problem the sanctioning bodies do not want to admit out loud is that real racing would be too fast/dangerous given the technology of today's engines/aerodynamics. However, they still want to make millions of dollars, and so we get these boring races that are ironically, probably just as dangerous. Why should anyone be surprised that running wheel to wheel in a pack at 220 for long periods of time is more dangerous than going 250 in single file?

[clintonearlwalker]

@beeroosterm Well, that's an interesting theory, I remember when Bill Elliot was getting up around either 210 or 220 at Daytona, that's when they came out with restrictor plates.  I can remember the period when "racing" meant pushing the speed of the car, now all the cars are equal. However, after Dan Wheldons crash at Miami last year, I don't think upping the speeds of any race series is likely anytime soon.

[beeroosterm]

@clintonearlwalker Yes - the new guys race cars that are slower than new Corvettes you can buy for 50 grand. While it still takes balls to race, the new cars are for pussies. Sorry, but I think they should be going 220-230. No more long trains at that speed...

[beeroosterm]

@2StackMac Yes - but before that, you can see both his legs after they were sheared off right after he was hit. Gruesome....