GeneSplicer

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**** - and you think you're a crazy driver!!

http://vimeo.com/20247765

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curly

iTrader: (25)

It's amazing anyone survived. Very surprising to see some of those guys pop up and run off track.

Did I see a lot of the old Monza circuit?

18psi

iTrader: (76)

noobs should have used roll bars

foxyroadster

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my grandfather tells me stories time to time he did dirt track racing in the 50's.

He wrecked once and spent a month in the hospital, its quite amazing anyone survived anything with how little safety they had.

rleete

iTrader: (21)

Open wheel bravery. Man, that took guts.

Midtenn

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I remember reading about how many drivers back then felt it was safer to be ejected from the car than to stay with it when it crashed.

sixshooter

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I've heard it said that they would prefer to risk being crushed or thrown over being burned, therefore no harnesses.

mx5autoxer

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God that was rough. You know you're watching the last moments of some of those guys' lives. And yeah thats so crazy that they'd rather be thrown. We've come a long way.

curly

iTrader: (25)

I think sixshooter is thinking of the magnesium cars. They'd rather be thrown because you can't put it out if it catches fire. And grinding against concrete at 100mph is a great way to generate some sparks. I'm sure some of the earlier cars that weren't magnesium didn't have belts either though.

turotufas

iTrader: (7)

Now I want to hear how those engines sounded back in the day.

sixshooter

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This was racing before fuel cells. Did you see the car that went backwards along the wall on fire? That's a horrible way to go. Having worked on Model A Fords and a few others from the 1930s I can say that there is a big difference in the way they are designed now to prevent rupture even if they are crushed.

There were no fire suits and the helmets were leather.