What a Disaster!

[aportinga]

Just going through bins in the basement and I came accross my old bin of F1 tapes from 1988 onward. Popped in the 1994 Imola and holy **** - I frankly do not know of many race weekends that were really that bad.

Barichello's accident was crazy-nuts (nearly died), Ratzenberger dies on Friday then Lamy nearly slices himself in 2 when he slams into the back of JJ Lehto's Benetton - splitting his car in two. One tire flies onto the roof of the grand stands while the other tumbles into the actual grandstands.

Then of course Senna dies...

I know there have been more people (spectators for example) who have died during race weekends but at least for my time as a fan - nothing in any sport has come close to such a disaster that this weekend was.

I guess I never realized just how bad it was until I looked back.

[Ziggy]

July 29, 1951

[NismoZ]

'55?

[Methanolandbrats]

March 1994.

[datachicane]

'55?

Nope, Brown, Green, and Mackey. Not a dirt guy but I've heard of Black Sunday.

[cameraman]

Has to be '55 with the Mercedes 300 SLR going into the crowd at Le Mans. It just about ended racing.

[NismoZ]

Yup, that's the one I meant. Vukey bought it a few weeks earlier, too.:(

[Ziggy]

Black Sunday

and no, Winchester was not a dirt track

http://www.onedirt.com/news/flashback-friday-black-sunday-29-july-1951/

[aportinga]

Has to be '55 with the Mercedes 300 SLR going into the crowd at Le Mans. It just about ended racing.

I was not around for that one...

[racermike]

Senna's manager almost talked him into walking out on the race weekend there, as Ayrton was already concerned about his safety there.

Race stewards were not happy that he made such a fuss about the safety issues, basically telling him to shut up and race.

[BarillaGirl]

Posting for pchall.... whenever he heard on the radio that Jimmy Clark died. :(

Posting for me.... when Greg Moore hit the wall. Peter turned to me and said, "He's gone." :(