Not bad, but they could have left out Denny Hulme's crash. The poor bloke crashed because had a heart attack, and then passed away shortly afterwards as a result. RIP.
Was the only reason he crashed, had survived much more serious crashes during his career…agree it didn’t need to be included in a clip about Bathursts biggest crashes
Anybody who's done the obligatory Aussie Revhead pilgrimage and the standard parade lap of the mountain knows just how intimidating it is at 60kmh in a modern vehicle with current tyre technology. The fact that the old blokes did it in those old tanks with sloppy steering boxes and skinny cross-ply tyres at 60 mile an hour is fucking insane. Would have gone faster if not for the weight penalty of their huge balls.
@@JB-vd8bi cheers mate. Nobody should be allowed to armchair-commentate incidents at Mt Panorama until they've taken a car around it themselves, in my humble opinion. Have a nice one ;)
@@sixstringedthing I was just saying that in a reply to a comment on another RU-vidr’s video. He said the track is no joke, he’s “raced the Mountain on a few video games” I replied “until you have driven up pit straight, traversed the esses and round Forrest elbow onto conrod, you have no idea what it takes to wrestle a car on this track at 60km/h”. Then keeping in mind they average 160-165km/h! That’s the average! Do that for over 150 times and you realise that they’re not only race car drivers, they’re magicians!
A few years back I took my ex hillclimb/time trial car (a very modified Holden Gemini) around Mt Panorama. That was a well sorted and very stable club motorsport car that had been de-tuned and made a little more road friendly, and coming down through the esses going 60km/h felt like I was going too fast. It was well within the adhesion capability of the car, but as a driver I was acutely aware of how close those walls are and just how tight it really is. I did three laps and that was enough. I'm not totally inexperienced either, I did many laps around Amaroo, a good few around the Oran Park short circuit, some around Catalina (scary track), and even some laps around Eastern Creek in it's very early days so I had some idea how to drive a car fast on a circuit. But Bathurst is something else entirely. When you consider how fast the modern Supercars and GT3 cars go across the top and down to the elbow it's almost inconceivable. You really do have to drive it to know. Back in the early 70s when they ran production cars flat out it must have been utterly mad. I've owned a couple of old Fords (2 different XPs and an XT), the thought of pushing one of those cars flat out around Bathurst for half a day is roughly akin to a death wish. If I did five laps without crashing or breaking the car it would be a miracle. That track is completely bonkers. The drivers must have had a screw loose to try that back in those days, it's beyond brave what they did.
Even back in the 1960's I'm amazed that the Australian racing authorities allowed cars to compete without the most rudimentary roll over cage. Se the Viva HA model at 2.17 mins. One roll and the roof collapsed I was surprised to see the driver emerge with just slight bruising
What years was it in Nascar when they ran with 'fake' roll cages - made out of wood or other weight saving materials? Also seeing the first group b Lancia rally cars (was it the 037) roll over and fold like a piece of paper was shocking - that was the early 1980s I think - so I bet in the 60s, they would probably say 'anything goes'. Performance always trumped safety. Can you think of any more? Hope you're good :)
Yer the Seatbelt did nothing else then stopping them from launching from a car that folded up like paper. A pure dice roll there . Also Don't smoke around crashes please :D
The safety of the cars has come a really long way, even in the 60's and the 70's the cars were lightyears safer than they were... and now in the 2020's They're even better... Foam fuel bladders that don't burst into flames, rollcages that can withstand Condod straight right into the wall. I'm still alive to this day probably from lessons learned in these eras. When I was a young lil shit my mum spent huge money on getting me a helmet that wasn't Australian/NewZealand Standard. But FIA F1 certified. I crashed of course. and that helmet looked like a distorted nightmare. It was all crumpled and warped. I still got some brain damage, but it was VERY minor. God bless mums who buy motorcycle gear for their stupid kids!.
Makes me laugh...the car rolling down the hill at 4:42 and it's all caught on camera but yet there just happens to be a camera very conveniently at the bottom and more or less in line with the car coming down the hill
In those early crashes it's a wonder any of them survived considering safety was not a priority. I remember many older races with a bitter taste in the back of my throat. Many of which were not so lucky.
5:02 How on mother earth do you survive that? That might be the closest thing I have seen to a miracle ever. There literally must have been an angel in that car and I don't even believe in angels 🧐
Very well done video, the original cars of the sixties and seventies were the real drivers it was all skill back then in little more than street cars not the formula one cars of today with a body shell.
25 Years ago thought it was ridiculous That Richard's was driving around like That and crashed , Now I am 59 Years And wiser , he just lucky nobody got Injury or killed , 3 Wheels raining , Should have stoped Ps I can hear Moffitt in backroom You see why you must live life to the Full , such a well versed man , He Had so much knowledge , Thanks To Perking and others he is in a home Being looked after , Health and Financial All the best Moffitt
When I was a kid there was a crash worse than the one on this video when an open wheeler lost control at the top of the mountain very close to us and ploughed into the crowd and I believe the was deaths. I think it was number 38 and there was deaths.. I'm 76 now
Yup. He was literally suffering a fatal heart attack at the time but still had the awareness to pull the car up. I remember watching that race on live tv at age 13.
