Amazing pics of Indy 500 crash!

[Jack_Bauer]

I found a sequence of photos showing in detail Stan Fox's mind-boggling crash at the first turn of the '95 Indy 500 at a speed in excess of 200mph. Apparently he did suffer some head injuries from the initial impact with the wall, but astonishingly the only injury to his legs was a bruised heel!

He later made a full recovery and returned to racing, though sadly he lost his life in a road car accident a few years ago I believe.

Makes you wonder about the safety levels back then. The cars don't look too disimilar to today's Indy cars yet you'd have to think/hope that that kind of destruction to the front of a car wouldn't be possible these days.

I think the fact that his feet landed on the rear wing of the other car helped him out a lot, if they hadn't then the car probably would've rotated further and he would've landed feet first onto the tarmac!

[car_fiend]

that's a horrible crash man. thanx for the pics.

[Jack_Bauer]

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[IBrake4Rainbows]

Holy Crap, In the last couple of shots his legs have NO protection.

He's lucky he didn't end up like Alex Zanardi!

[targa]

Originally Posted by car_fiend

that's a horrible crash man. thanx for the pics.

ahahahahahahahahaha

[nota]

I remember seeing a similar Indy result, Salt Walther with legs sticking out in 1973

[blackcat77]

Danny Ongais had something similar as well.

Pat Bedard's wreck was about the scariest I ever saw that the driver survived. Greg Moore's was the absolute worst. I saw it once and never want to see it again.

[car_fiend]

Originally Posted by targa

ahahahahahahahahaha

haha....haha... i dun get whats so funny.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Originally Posted by car_fiend

that's a horrible crash man. thanx for the pics.

The Irony obviously escapes some people.

[Rockefella]

Don't want to sound weird here, but does anyone have video of Greg Moore's crash? Heard about it a few times but just want to witness it.

[twinspark]

Never seen these pics before (indy 500 don't get much media time here). But what were those cars made of, cardboard? I mean sure, it would take a lot from the car's body to survive a crash to cement wall at 200mph. But when they're racing on an oval with walls right next to the track and so many cars on the track at the same time that crashes at some level are almost inevitable, it's insane. Just makes me wonder if they effort enough in the safety, though it must have gotten better since crashes like this one.

[twinspark]

Originally Posted by Rockefella

Don't want to sound weird here, but does anyone have video of Greg Moore's crash? Heard about it a few times but just want to witness it.

I have a 19 second 11MB clip. I still don't understand why there's so much bare cement walls in american circuits.

[Fumacher]

let's introduce the monocoque or a better one to the americans, cos this is insane :S

[r1ckst4]

damn.... thats horrible!

[lightweight]

Originally Posted by twinspark

I still don't understand why there's so much bare cement walls in american circuits.

They are right to use cement on ovals. Usually on ovals the cars don't crash head on. They crash "sideways". The course of the car and the bend form an angle of a few degrees. Studies have shown that under these circumstances, the cement absorbs the energy in the best way.