How racing has changed!

[Pops]

Here is a video of early racing. This shows why we have the rules for life saving devices. Enjoy. Some of the scenes are very graphic!

http://devour.com/video/vintage-race-car-crashes/

[SC Cheesehead]

No harnesses or even seabelts! :eek:

A couple guys got snuffed by their own cars after flying out... :shake:

[CBT]

open wheel craziness back in the day

[Pops]

I think the death and injury rate has dropped a lot since those days. It took a lot of guts to drivr back then. Look at the early model street cars they drove. No saftey in thise either!

[blkZooM]

Wow, we have come a loooooooong way, alll those crashed were capable of killing people today let alone back then with no safety equipment

[SC Cheesehead]

I can't even imagine what it would have been like.

Grab the steering wheel and try to hang on, I guess...

[Pops]

Ben Hur with a lot of Horse Power!

[SC Cheesehead]

Ben Hur with a lot of Horse Power!


True, that!

http://www.shoebizness.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/man_hanging_on_to_dear_life_hg _clr1.gif

[LANDY]

Awsome video! Anything for a thrill, those guys practiced the sport like that because they didn't know better.

[Pops]

Kinda like watching early hockey or football. Brutal!

[Shaijack]

Men were like Superman back then. Now???????

[ImpalaSlayer]

man, alot of deaths in that vid.i kinda wish we could go back to that style of racing but with modern safety.

[tbone]

It seems like a bar to protect their head is such a "no brainer"! ;)

[LANDY]

It seems like a bar to protect their head is such a "no brainer"! ;) if they at least had a rope to strap them selfed in. Without a seat belt or strap the bar will kill you faster.