Motorsports Trivia Thread!
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There are quite a number of deaths due to heart attack during races. Lex Davison, 1965 Sandown Tasman series, for example.
Glenn Leasher died during a land speed record attempt at Bonneville salt flats, 1962, when his Infinity jet car exploded.
Jörg Bastuck was killed changing a tire during a WRC rally when struck by another car.
Tom Pryce hit in the head by a fire extinguisher.
Kevin Ward, intentionally standing on track, hit by Tony Stewart.
There are cases of drivers killed by fires and exploding engines and clutches not due to crashes.
Then there are the spectator deaths. From '01 :
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - At least 260 people - 11 percent of them spectators - have died at auto racing events since 1990 that include the gamut of U.S. motorsports from NASCAR to dragsters, The Charlotte Observer reported Sunday.
Twenty-nine spectators, including five children, and have been killed in track mishaps along with 204 drivers - an average of 22 fatalities a year during the period examined by The Observer.
Finally, there is the story of the Corvette racer who left the track at Watkins Glen and was decapitated by a wire. The story goes on that the drunken "bog people" grabbed the head and refused to return it to authorities for a time.
Glenn Leasher died during a land speed record attempt at Bonneville salt flats, 1962, when his Infinity jet car exploded.
Jörg Bastuck was killed changing a tire during a WRC rally when struck by another car.
Tom Pryce hit in the head by a fire extinguisher.
Kevin Ward, intentionally standing on track, hit by Tony Stewart.
There are cases of drivers killed by fires and exploding engines and clutches not due to crashes.
Then there are the spectator deaths. From '01 :
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - At least 260 people - 11 percent of them spectators - have died at auto racing events since 1990 that include the gamut of U.S. motorsports from NASCAR to dragsters, The Charlotte Observer reported Sunday.
Twenty-nine spectators, including five children, and have been killed in track mishaps along with 204 drivers - an average of 22 fatalities a year during the period examined by The Observer.
Finally, there is the story of the Corvette racer who left the track at Watkins Glen and was decapitated by a wire. The story goes on that the drunken "bog people" grabbed the head and refused to return it to authorities for a time.
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But none of these occurred during a motorsports event! Or did they?
Graham Hill and his passengers deaths occurred in a plane crash on the way home from a race. Hawthorn's crash occurred after he had retired from racing. Was Wollek hit during the event?
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Not the most optimistic thread at the moment but this springs to mind.
Pascal Terry, French, January 4, 2009, Dakar Rally.
"At the second stage of the rally, Terry, in his debut rally, ran out of fuel and sent out an emergency signal to organisers. It was believed that the organisers was misinformed that Terry reported back to the Dakar caravan at the end of the stage, therefore the search was abandoned, but it turned out to be his brother, also a competitor, who was in the camp. Terry went missing for three days, where he was found dead fifty metres from his motorcycle. His cause of death was pulmonary edema, it was believed that he likely died late Sunday evening or early Monday morning and his life could have been saved had the search operation gotten underway."
Pascal Terry, French, January 4, 2009, Dakar Rally.
"At the second stage of the rally, Terry, in his debut rally, ran out of fuel and sent out an emergency signal to organisers. It was believed that the organisers was misinformed that Terry reported back to the Dakar caravan at the end of the stage, therefore the search was abandoned, but it turned out to be his brother, also a competitor, who was in the camp. Terry went missing for three days, where he was found dead fifty metres from his motorcycle. His cause of death was pulmonary edema, it was believed that he likely died late Sunday evening or early Monday morning and his life could have been saved had the search operation gotten underway."
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Very Italian Glasses - Carlo Chiti (Alfa Romeo)
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Which driver was known "El Cabezón" by other drivers - He had a different nickname from the Media Journalists and the fans.
He won a British Grand Prix and scored 8 and 1⁄7th championship points for this single event.
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Which driver was known "El Cabezón" by other drivers - He had a different nickname from the Media Journalists and the fans.
He won a British Grand Prix and scored 8 and 1⁄7th championship points for this single event.
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What links these drivers...
Didier Pironi - Lewis Hamilton - Henri Pescarolo - Jackie Stewart - Laurent Aiello - Stirling Moss - Alain Prost - Jacques Laffite - Peter Revson and David Walker
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These drivers are not linked
Ayrton Senna - Jim Clark - Mario Andretti - Keke Rosberg - Rene Arnoux
If you are stuck name a driver and I'll tell you if they are also part of this group or not.
Didier Pironi - Lewis Hamilton - Henri Pescarolo - Jackie Stewart - Laurent Aiello - Stirling Moss - Alain Prost - Jacques Laffite - Peter Revson and David Walker
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These drivers are not linked
Ayrton Senna - Jim Clark - Mario Andretti - Keke Rosberg - Rene Arnoux
If you are stuck name a driver and I'll tell you if they are also part of this group or not.
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#2 I can't tell.
#6 is Sarthe, isn't it?
#12 is Panorama?
Ah, the 1977 South African incident. I've seen the video footage of that and it is decidedly not pretty and very GRAPHIC. I would strongly discourage people from looking it up.
Kevin Ward Jr actually made it to the Darwin Awards website, and there's a news update somewhere saying he was on weed during the race that ended him.
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Or is it Frank Bullitt?
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It's obviously Captain Virgil Hilts.
Cooler.
Cooler.
