Oh yah, I saw that one - I was referring to looking for the 1974 footage that Adam referenced.
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Matt Quackenbush wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI96AKMswLM > > > > > On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Deanna Schneider < wrote: > > > 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:258077 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
