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Tom Pryce began his final race weekend, the 1977 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami, by setting the fastest time in the Wednesday practice session, held in wet weather. Pryce posted a time of 1 minute 31.57 seconds with the next best, the eventual 1977 World Champion Niki Lauda, one second slower.
The 1977 South African Grand Prix (formally the XXIII The Citizen Grand Prix of South Africa) was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 5 March 1977, won by Niki Lauda of Austria. The race is principally remembered for the accident that resulted in the deaths of race marshal Frederick Jansen van Vuuren and driver Tom Pryce.
5 March 1977 [23] 1977 South African Grand Prix: Pit-Straight [22] Shadow DN8: Tom Pryce: van Vuuren was a junior fire marshal in the pit lane. While crossing the track with another marshal to extinguish a fire that had engulfed Renzo Zorzi's vehicle, he was struck by Tom Pryce, who was unable to see van Vuuren. The impact killed van Vuuren ...
Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit (from Khaya lami, My home in Zulu) is a 4.529 km (2.814 mi) motor racing circuit located in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa, just north of Johannesburg. The circuit has been used for Grand Prix and Formula One races and has hosted the South African Grand Prix twenty times.
Austrian Grand Prix: Österreichring: March 751: Practice [18] 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 ...
One by One (reissued in edited form as The Quick and the Dead in 1978) is a documentary about the deadliness of Grand Prix racing, including footage of fatal racing accidents. It is narrated by Stacy Keach. The film was reissued as The Quick and the Dead in 1978 including the death of Tom Pryce at the 1977 South African Grand Prix.
5 – British Formula One driver Tom Pryce dies during the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami when his car strikes and kills marshal Frederik Jansen van Vuuren. 7 – A Pretoria restaurant is destroyed by a bomb. April. 1 – Pik Botha, South Africa's ambassador in the United States of America, is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs. June
"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."