1979 NASCAR DonWilliams Huge crash
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THAT WAS ACTUALLY A BIG ONE!
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Why did the cars always have a huge explosion upon collison with other cars back then?
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You know if it weren't for these drivers pushing themselves to the absolute limit we wouldn't have the safety in our cars we enjoy today. Much respect and may their courage be an example to us.
8 months ago 2
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I haven't yet seen a video that shows his crash properly.
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I live in valdosta ga. Don williams drove a #168 dirt race car for years at the now closed Thunderbowl Speedway,it was a 3/8 mile dirt oval.. The car was owned by the Cooper Bros. Racing located in Ray City Ga. .He lived and was from Madison Fla. which is about 30 minutes away from Valdosta...He was a good man and a dam good wheelman..Rest In Peace Don...#168
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even the ARCA drivers would be impressed by a wreck like this
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I think he died because a piece of sheet metal drove itself up through the visor of his helmet, and into his forehead. Also I believe he is not one of those flaming cars but one of the earlier wrecked cars... another side note is that Joe Frasson, the car the most on fire, was the first driver to wear nomex gloves and fireproof underwear... which probably saved a lot of his skin, but the goggles and his helmet melted to his face.
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and that's why they introduced brakes for the following season
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rest good don.....:(
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@Culiver51 I thought it was Madison, Florida. There is a chapter of this incident in Ed Hinton's book, Daytona.
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It really angers me to know that NASCAR turned its back on Don Williams. When his mother heard that "Big" Bill France had Alzheimer's, she thought to herself, well, you're now getting what you deserve. I had a 3rd cousin who suffered the same type injury in a wreck in September 1969. He died in July 1993. All that time he was nothing but a vegetable. Drivers just weren't protected back then. I think about J.D. McDuffie's tragic death. Senseless.
mkl62 3 years ago 14
The car on fire was driven by Joe Frasson, who walked away from the car under his own power, even though you don't see it in this video. He was unhurt.
Williams' car can be barely seen on the right-side of the screen, at the :19 or :20 mark.
It's pretty asinine for someone to call this one cool, especially considering the hell that Williams endured for the next ten years. He was severely injured, and struggled to survive for ten years before dying in 1989.
JoeytheHDK 4 years ago 13