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Markko Märtin's co-driver Michael Park's death at the 2005 Wales Rally GB was the WRC's first fatality in over eleven years. In April 2023 Hyundai driver Craig Breen died in a crash. He was in Croatia conducting his pre-event test for the 2023 Croatia Rally in the week leading up to the reconnaissance and rally itself.
A broken spindle caused the car to crash and burst into flames [6] Norris Abbott (USA) 1958-07-19 Drag racing Paradise Mesa Drag Strip: Race Transmission exploded, car caught on fire, Norris lost control of car and was ejected [7] Bill Abell (USA) 1940-08-23 Stock car Fulton Fairgrounds: Race Lost control and car left the track [8] Bud Abell (USA)
Marius Mestivier was the first race fatality, occurring only a few hours after Guilbert's death. The most recent death is Allan Simonsen, who died in the race of 2013. In total, two drivers died in the 1920s, another two in the 1930s, one in the 1940s, five in the 1950s, six in the 1960s, two in the 1970s, two in the 1980s, one in the 1990s ...
Drag racing star John Force is in the intensive care unit at a Virginia trauma hospital after driving into a concrete wall at 302mph. A “catastrophic engine failure” caused the fiery crash on ...
A nearly $200,000 McLaren was split clean in half in a grisly car crash in Texas Monday that left two people dead. Alarming photos show the black luxury sports car ripped in two after it smashed ...
Winston Racing Series: The 51-year-old driver struck a wall, having had a heart attack, of which he died on July 11, 1993, the next day. [123] Ron Biellier (USA) [124] July 15, 1994 Speedway USA (Bolivar, Missouri) Race Winston Racing Series (Late Model Stock) The 45-year-old businessman brushed a wall but died of a heart attack. [124]
This is a page with information on deaths that have occurred during motorsport events. Auto racing is a dangerous sport by its nature and has seen a large number of deaths. . In the second half of the 20th century safety standards and car construction were improved so that the number of deaths has fallen noticeably: In Formula 1 deaths were a regular occurrence earlier in the history of the ...
Some critics have been harsh about the way Mann handled the crash in Ferrari, in part because the scene is quite graphic—but de Portago’s death was extremely gruesome, as his body was found in ...