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Thomas Maldwyn Pryce (11 June 1949 – 5 March 1977) was a British racing driver from Wales known for winning the Brands Hatch Race of Champions, a non-championship Formula One race, in 1975 and for the circumstances surrounding his death at age 27. Pryce is the only Welsh driver to have won a Formula One race and is also the only Welshman to ...
The impact with the fire extinguisher wrenched Pryce's helmet upward sharply. Death was almost certainly instantaneous. Pryce's Shadow DN8, now with its driver dead at the wheel, continued at speed down the main straight towards the first corner, called Crowthorne. The car left the track to the right, scraping the metal barriers, hitting an ...
Tom Pryce and Frederick Jansen van Vuuren 5 March 1977: Pryce, a driver in the 1977 South African Grand Prix, struck and killed Van Vuuren at 170 miles per hour (270 km/h) as Van Vuuren ran across the Kyalami racetrack to extinguish a burning car. The fire extinguisher which Van Vuuren was carrying struck Pryce's head and killed him.
"Tom Pryce, a Formula One driver, and a 19-year-old track marshal both died at the 1977 South African Grand Prix after the marshal ran across the track beyond a blind brow to attend to another car and was struck by Pryce's car. Pryce was hit in the face by the marshal's fire extinguisher and was killed instantly."
Tom Pryce (UK) [note 15] March 5, 1977: 27 South African Grand Prix: Kyalami Racing Circuit: Shadow DN8: Race [42] Brian McGuire (AUS) [note 16] August 29, 1977: 31 Shellsport International Series Round 11 † Brands Hatch: McGuire BM1: Practice [43] Ronnie Peterson (SWE) [note 17] September 10, 1978: 34 Italian Grand Prix: Autodromo Nazionale ...
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