Brain Head Gordon Smiley
On may 15th 1982 a cocky young driver named gordon smiley went out to qualify for the 1982 indianapolis 500.
Brain head gordon smiley. May 15 1982 aged 36 speedway indiana us. Only a week after gilles villenueves passing at zolder the world was worried about. His helmet due to massive centrifugal force was literally pulled from his head on impacti rode to the care center with the body.
If a driver of a modern indy car had an identical accident to the one that killed gordon smiley in 1982 would she survive. I reedited the uploaded video in feb 7 2015. Could it have really been worse than gordon smileys 82 wreck.
During an attempt to qualify for the indy 500 gordon smiley a cocky young driver from texas was determined to break 200mph or die trying. Gordon eugene smiley april 20 1946 omaha nebraska us. In 1982 during qualifying gordon smiley was killed in the most horrific crash ive ever seen at the brickyard.
In 1982 racer gordon smiley was killed after reaching his stated goal of 200 mph straight into a wall. Smiley hit so hard that it almost seemed as if he had disappeared as if a car smacking a wall head on at that speed was enough to drive a man to a completely different plane of existence. I dont want to seem morbid but im so curious about something that ill run the risk.
Gordon eugene smiley april 20 1946 may 15 1982 was an american race car driver who was killed in a single car crash at the indianapolis motor speedway. Television broadcasting in japan. I waited for several seconds.
The magic of gordon smileys brain. Page 1 of 4 gordon smileys crash in a modern indy car posted in tnfs archive. That is not legitimate.
3 2 starts races. The question for those of you who are up on the safety engineering of modern indy cars is this. And that one happened on pole day in plain view of tens of thousands of people.