I went in search of this footage, and didn't find, it, but found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxObupTVzAQ
Warning - pretty heartbreaking stuff in there - especially one clip with a pit crew member trying to save someone from a fire, and other people basically pulling him away when it's obvious it's in vain. Eesh. On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 11:34 PM, Adam Churvis wrote: > > 5 years ago, this guy would have been in a body bag. Praise jeebus for > > soft > > wall technology. > You want to see what I mean, find some old footage of Peter Revson dying in > South Africa in 74. During qualifying he broke stiction just after entering > the corner, fishtailed, and crashed straight on into a solid wall at about > 200 MPH. It looked like he let off the gas a bit as a knee-jerk reaction to > sliding; it's a mistake mostly made by amateurs (like me!), but sometimes > made by expert drivers as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258068 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
