Anyone watch the deadliest crash?

[bazil]

About the 1955 le mans crash on beeb 2 there?

[Lee]

Yeah, seen that before. Scary watching them get in what is basically a canoe on wheels, with no seatbelts or helmets!

Although interesting to think that you could probably go and whoop the lot of them if you could take a normal road going 'rarri back in time.

They were days of big balls!

[bazil]

it was pretty brutal TBH 80-100 people killed and the police records are still sealed after 55 years!!!

really good programme.

[wwmnw]

Is this on any online thingys? I've been to work so missed it.

[bazil]

not sure mate, i read about it in a magazine and only flicking through channels i caught the start,

for 55 years the dead driver was blamed, but after watching this it totaly cleared his name and proved he was not at fault.

short story of it was a car left the track at 150mph and went straight into the main grandstand, no offical death count was released but witnesses said between 80-100 killed and around 200 casualties, there were 300,000 spectators that day

[Hobbit]

Just watched it on i player. Mental stuff.

[bazil]

really good programme, tells the true story, le mans had this
group B had portugal and corsica
F1 had imola each has there dark days but atleast lessons get learned and saftey improves

( but the TT still remains mental :) )

[burgo]

ive watched that before and it was pretty mad but it was always going to happen